Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe Underwoods, Yorkshire

Thorpe Underwoods 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
CHAPMAN97.031349.51
METCALF97.0313347.49
GRUNDY86.2500305.34
CARR86.250086.58
DODSON64.6875606.06
THOMPSON64.687515.65
RICHARDSON64.687527.54
RIPLEY64.6875705.88
NEEDS53.90632,631.58
PASHLEY53.90631,063.83
PROCTOR32.343895.24
SMITH32.34381.66
BRAMLEY32.3438256.41
POPPLEWELL32.3438714.29
BARRITT21.5625606.06
WOOD21.56254.90
DODGSON21.5625322.58
CARTWRIGHT21.562540.98
BENTLEY21.562536.97
HORNBY10.781368.49
PINDER10.781364.94
WALKER10.78132.33
MAWSON10.781397.09
RICHMOND10.781335.71
HOPWOOD10.781368.49
PREST10.7813250.00
GILBERTSON10.7813270.27
MILNER10.781334.01
SKELTON10.781353.76
KIRBY10.781320.58
HOPPER10.781354.64
FONES10.78132,000.00
WHITAKER10.781327.62
ORGAN10.7813196.08
COLLINGS10.781365.79
SNOWBALL10.7813238.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEEDS2,631.5853.9063
FONES2,000.0010.7813
PASHLEY1,063.8353.9063
POPPLEWELL714.2932.3438
RIPLEY705.8864.6875
BARRITT606.0621.5625
DODSON606.0664.6875
METCALF347.4997.0313
DODGSON322.5821.5625
GRUNDY305.3486.2500
GILBERTSON270.2710.7813
BRAMLEY256.4132.3438
PREST250.0010.7813
SNOWBALL238.1010.7813
ORGAN196.0810.7813
MAWSON97.0910.7813
PROCTOR95.2432.3438
CARR86.5886.2500
HOPWOOD68.4910.7813
HORNBY68.4910.7813
COLLINGS65.7910.7813
PINDER64.9410.7813
HOPPER54.6410.7813
SKELTON53.7610.7813
CHAPMAN49.5197.0313
CARTWRIGHT40.9821.5625
BENTLEY36.9721.5625
RICHMOND35.7110.7813
MILNER34.0110.7813
WHITAKER27.6210.7813
RICHARDSON27.5464.6875
KIRBY20.5810.7813
THOMPSON15.6564.6875
WOOD4.9021.5625
WALKER2.3310.7813
SMITH1.6632.3438

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called NEEDS in Thorpe Underwoods 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 3.9063 in Thorpe Underwoods means that 3.9063% of the people in Thorpe Underwoods on census day were called NEEDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEEDS 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 NEEDS 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 NEEDS 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 NEEDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,631.58 in Thorpe Underwoods means that you are 2,631.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEEDS in Thorpe Underwoods than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe Underwoods in 1881

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

BAPITT (5)  BARRITT (2)  BENTLEY (2)  BRAMLEY (3)  CARR (8)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHAPMAN (9)  CUNDALL (2)  DODSON (6)  DODGSON (2)  FINNAN (2)  FONES (1)  GILBERTSON (1)  GRUNDY (8)  GRUNWELL (10)  HAWKRIDGE (2)  HOPPER (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HORNBY (1)  KIRBY (1)  MAWSON (1)  COLLINGS (1)  METCALF (9)  MILNER (1)  NEEDS (5)  ORGAN (1)  PASHLEY (5)  PINDER (1)  POPPLEWELL (3)  PREST (1)  PROCTOR (3)  RICHARDSON (6)  RICHMOND (1)  RIPLEY (6)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (3)  SNOWBALL (1)  THOMPSON (6)  WALKER (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WOOD (2)