Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornton Watlass, Yorkshire

Thornton Watlass 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
WILLIAMSON158.196791.41
EVERETT137.1038395.14
NICHOLSON116.010984.62
ALLISON94.9180173.08
SIMPSON84.371624.99
PRATT73.825166.60
SLATER73.825163.18
BECKWITH63.2787555.56
BRIGHAM63.27871,538.46
ANTON63.27873,750.00
HILL52.732210.73
CARNEGIE42.1858666.67
SCAIFE42.1858493.83
PARK42.185870.55
KIRK42.185850.51
HUNT42.185816.45
BARRETT42.185832.55
PEARSON42.185818.81
CROWE42.1858218.58
JOHNSON42.18586.51
HALL31.63935.57
ALTON31.6393600.00
DODSWORTH31.6393394.74
WAITE31.639378.95
BOOTH21.092911.08
HORNER21.092957.47
RILEY21.092913.81
ANDERSON21.09295.53
ABBOTT10.546412.39
LAUGHTON10.5464112.36
SPENCER10.54645.98
HUSE10.54641,111.11
ATKINSON10.54645.61
SALLIS10.5464370.37
HARKER10.546451.81
GRAINGER10.546435.59
WOODWARD10.546411.07
STONEMAN10.5464133.33
BARKER10.54644.18
HALLIDAY10.546426.46
PEACOCK10.546415.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANTON3,750.0063.2787
BRIGHAM1,538.4663.2787
HUSE1,111.1110.5464
CARNEGIE666.6742.1858
ALTON600.0031.6393
BECKWITH555.5663.2787
SCAIFE493.8342.1858
EVERETT395.14137.1038
DODSWORTH394.7431.6393
SALLIS370.3710.5464
CROWE218.5842.1858
ALLISON173.0894.9180
STONEMAN133.3310.5464
LAUGHTON112.3610.5464
WILLIAMSON91.41158.1967
NICHOLSON84.62116.0109
WAITE78.9531.6393
PARK70.5542.1858
PRATT66.6073.8251
SLATER63.1873.8251
HORNER57.4721.0929
HARKER51.8110.5464
KIRK50.5142.1858
GRAINGER35.5910.5464
BARRETT32.5542.1858
HALLIDAY26.4610.5464
SIMPSON24.9984.3716
PEARSON18.8142.1858
HUNT16.4542.1858
PEACOCK15.3410.5464
RILEY13.8121.0929
ABBOTT12.3910.5464
BOOTH11.0821.0929
WOODWARD11.0710.5464
HILL10.7352.7322
JOHNSON6.5142.1858
SPENCER5.9810.5464
ATKINSON5.6110.5464
HALL5.5731.6393
ANDERSON5.5321.0929
BARKER4.1810.5464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called ANTON in Thornton Watlass 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 3.2787 in Thornton Watlass means that 3.2787% of the people in Thornton Watlass on census day were called ANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANTON 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 ANTON 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 ANTON 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 ANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Thornton Watlass means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANTON in Thornton Watlass than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornton Watlass in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALLISON (9)  ALTON (3)  ANDERSON (2)  ANTON (6)  ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BARRETT (4)  BECKWITH (6)  BOOTH (2)  BRIGHAM (6)  CARNEGIE (4)  CROWE (4)  DODSWORTH (3)  ESPINER (1)  EVERETT (13)  EXELBY (2)  FIRBY (6)  GRAINGER (1)  HALL (3)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARKER (1)  HILL (5)  HORNER (2)  HUNT (4)  HUSE (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIRK (4)  LAUGHTON (1)  MAIDMENT (1)  NICHOLSON (11)  PARK (4)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (4)  PRATT (7)  RILEY (2)  SALLIS (1)  SCAIFE (4)  SIMPSON (8)  SLATER (7)  SOUTHREN (1)  SPENCER (1)  STONEMAN (1)  SUTTILL (1)  WEATHRILL (9)  WILLIAMSON (15)  WOODWARD (1)  WAITE (3)