Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe In Balne, Yorkshire

Thorpe In Balne 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
WARD168.938540.92
COATES147.8212209.90
SMITH105.58663.96
ROBINSON105.586617.52
FLETCHER84.469339.16
BRIGGS84.469382.30
SAYLES84.46932,962.96
HACKNEY84.46931,025.64
CHAMBERS63.352058.94
ELMER63.3520983.61
HILL63.352013.16
SHEPPARD63.352096.77
WILSON52.79336.08
WALKER52.79338.34
TAYLOR52.79334.37
HARPER42.234634.90
RANDS31.6760576.92
HOWARD31.676017.07
OGLEY31.67601,666.67
GIBBONS21.117334.78
ADAMS21.11737.58
DENBY21.1173270.27
BELL21.11735.95
CLARK21.11733.72
BROWN21.11731.69
NICHOLSON10.55877.86
STANSFIELD10.558736.23
FOX10.55876.02
PARKIN10.558720.79
FISHER10.55874.77
WHALEY10.5587166.67
KITCHEN10.558732.79
HOLM10.5587714.29
BUCK10.558726.04
FORD10.55875.73
WINN10.558757.47
INNOCENT10.5587526.32
STOCKS10.558751.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAYLES2,962.9684.4693
OGLEY1,666.6731.6760
HACKNEY1,025.6484.4693
ELMER983.6163.3520
HOLM714.2910.5587
RANDS576.9231.6760
INNOCENT526.3210.5587
DENBY270.2721.1173
COATES209.90147.8212
WHALEY166.6710.5587
SHEPPARD96.7763.3520
BRIGGS82.3084.4693
CHAMBERS58.9463.3520
WINN57.4710.5587
STOCKS51.2810.5587
WARD40.92168.9385
FLETCHER39.1684.4693
STANSFIELD36.2310.5587
HARPER34.9042.2346
GIBBONS34.7821.1173
KITCHEN32.7910.5587
BUCK26.0410.5587
PARKIN20.7910.5587
ROBINSON17.52105.5866
HOWARD17.0731.6760
HILL13.1663.3520
WALKER8.3452.7933
NICHOLSON7.8610.5587
ADAMS7.5821.1173
WILSON6.0852.7933
FOX6.0210.5587
BELL5.9521.1173
FORD5.7310.5587
FISHER4.7710.5587
TAYLOR4.3752.7933
SMITH3.96105.5866
CLARK3.7221.1173
BROWN1.6921.1173

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SAYLES in Thorpe In Balne 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 4.4693 in Thorpe In Balne means that 4.4693% of the people in Thorpe In Balne on census day were called SAYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAYLES 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 SAYLES 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 SAYLES 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 SAYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,962.96 in Thorpe In Balne means that you are 2,962.96 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAYLES in Thorpe In Balne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe In Balne in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  BELL (2)  BELLWOOD (1)  BIRKINSHAW (4)  BRIGGS (8)  BROWN (2)  BUCK (1)  CHAMBERS (6)  CLARK (2)  COATES (14)  COULMAN (1)  DENBY (2)  DRABLES (1)  ELMER (6)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (8)  FORD (1)  FOX (1)  GIBBONS (2)  GOODWORTH (5)  HACKNEY (8)  HARPER (4)  HILL (6)  HOLM (1)  HOWARD (3)  INNOCENT (1)  KITCHEN (1)  MAGSON (3)  MURGATROYD (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OGLEY (3)  PARKIN (1)  RANDS (3)  ROBINSON (10)  SAYLES (8)  SHEPPARD (6)  SMITH (10)  STANSFIELD (1)  STOCKS (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WALKER (5)  WHALEY (1)  WALLENDER (1)  WARD (16)  WARDINGLEY (3)  WILSON (5)  WINN (1)