Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornton Rust, Yorkshire

Thornton Rust is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
THOMPSON1611.188837.35
METCALFE1510.4895458.72
COCKBURN149.7902769.23
PERCIVAL96.2937401.79
MILLER85.594431.26
CHAPMAN74.895134.47
RICHARDSON74.895128.76
BAYNES64.19581,071.43
HUNTER64.195840.84
PICKERING53.496596.90
MUDD53.4965833.33
LAMBERT42.797251.28
SMITH42.79721.98
DURHAM42.7972325.20
HOYLE32.097990.91
CALVERT32.0979102.74
DINSDALE21.3986270.27
WILEY21.3986571.43
MASON21.398610.40
TERRY21.398654.64
WHITWELL21.3986476.19
ALTON10.6993256.41
PREST10.6993227.27
DIXON10.69936.38
MUSGROVE10.6993144.93
BLADES10.6993123.46
JANSON10.6993434.78
RIGGS10.6993208.33
GREENWOOD10.69939.00
CARTER10.69934.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAYNES1,071.4364.1958
MUDD833.3353.4965
COCKBURN769.23149.7902
WILEY571.4321.3986
WHITWELL476.1921.3986
METCALFE458.721510.4895
JANSON434.7810.6993
PERCIVAL401.7996.2937
DURHAM325.2042.7972
DINSDALE270.2721.3986
ALTON256.4110.6993
PREST227.2710.6993
RIGGS208.3310.6993
MUSGROVE144.9310.6993
BLADES123.4610.6993
CALVERT102.7432.0979
PICKERING96.9053.4965
HOYLE90.9132.0979
TERRY54.6421.3986
LAMBERT51.2842.7972
HUNTER40.8464.1958
THOMPSON37.351611.1888
CHAPMAN34.4774.8951
MILLER31.2685.5944
RICHARDSON28.7674.8951
MASON10.4021.3986
GREENWOOD9.0010.6993
DIXON6.3810.6993
CARTER4.1710.6993
SMITH1.9842.7972

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called BAYNES in Thornton Rust at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4.1958 in Thornton Rust means that 4.1958% of the people in Thornton Rust on census day were called BAYNES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAYNES in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BAYNES as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BAYNES here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BAYNES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,071.43 in Thornton Rust means that you are 1,071.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAYNES in Thornton Rust than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornton Rust in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALTON (1)  BAYNES (6)  BLADES (1)  CALVERT (3)  CARTER (1)  CAYGILL (1)  CHAPMAN (7)  COCKBURN (14)  COSTOBADIE (2)  DINSDALE (2)  DIXON (1)  DURHAM (4)  GREENWOOD (1)  HESELTINE (5)  HOYLE (3)  HUNTER (6)  JANSON (1)  LAMBERT (4)  MASON (2)  METCALFE (15)  MILLER (8)  MUDD (5)  MUSGROVE (1)  PERCIVAL (9)  PICKERING (5)  PREST (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIGGS (1)  SMITH (4)  TERRY (2)  THOMPSON (16)  WHITWELL (2)  WILEY (2)