Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thruscross, Yorkshire

Thruscross 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
PEEL196.0127335.10
HANNAM175.37971,752.58
MYERS144.4304169.90
PULLAN123.7975960.00
GILL123.797553.67
SIMPSON113.481019.90
BLAKEY103.1646395.26
BROWN103.16464.80
SHEPHARD103.1646330.03
GARTH92.84811,285.71
WIGGLESWORTH92.8481576.92
NELSON92.848158.79
HORSMAN92.8481810.81
THOMPSON92.84819.51
HOLMES82.531620.79
HEATON82.5316105.82
TOWERS82.5316218.58
HODGSON82.531636.53
BOMER72.215223,333.33
ABBOTT61.898743.04
VERITY61.8987444.44
SMITH61.89871.34
METCALFE51.582369.25
IMESON41.26581,333.33
SHEPHERD41.265817.28
JEFFREY41.265868.49
SHELDON30.949462.37
MIDDLETON30.949418.08
LAYCOCK30.949469.12
ATKINSON30.94949.75
WINN30.949497.72
PRESTON30.949419.01
HARDISTY20.6329219.78
WILSON20.63291.38
SMITHSON20.632966.01
HOUSEMAN20.6329273.97
RHODES20.632913.63
HERRINGTON10.316584.03
LEACH10.31657.67
QUIN10.316529.50
BUCKLE10.316529.07
POUNDER10.316597.09
NEWALL10.316555.25
SEDGWICK10.316543.67
GARNER10.316510.01
HARKER10.316530.03
WHITAKER10.316511.20
DAVIDSON10.31653.76
PEARSON10.31652.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOMER23,333.3372.2152
HANNAM1,752.58175.3797
IMESON1,333.3341.2658
GARTH1,285.7192.8481
PULLAN960.00123.7975
HORSMAN810.8192.8481
WIGGLESWORTH576.9292.8481
VERITY444.4461.8987
BLAKEY395.26103.1646
PEEL335.10196.0127
SHEPHARD330.03103.1646
HOUSEMAN273.9720.6329
HARDISTY219.7820.6329
TOWERS218.5882.5316
MYERS169.90144.4304
HEATON105.8282.5316
WINN97.7230.9494
POUNDER97.0910.3165
HERRINGTON84.0310.3165
METCALFE69.2551.5823
LAYCOCK69.1230.9494
JEFFREY68.4941.2658
SMITHSON66.0120.6329
SHELDON62.3730.9494
NELSON58.7992.8481
NEWALL55.2510.3165
GILL53.67123.7975
SEDGWICK43.6710.3165
ABBOTT43.0461.8987
HODGSON36.5382.5316
HARKER30.0310.3165
QUIN29.5010.3165
BUCKLE29.0710.3165
HOLMES20.7982.5316
SIMPSON19.90113.4810
PRESTON19.0130.9494
MIDDLETON18.0830.9494
SHEPHERD17.2841.2658
RHODES13.6320.6329
WHITAKER11.2010.3165
GARNER10.0110.3165
ATKINSON9.7530.9494
THOMPSON9.5192.8481
LEACH7.6710.3165
BROWN4.80103.1646
DAVIDSON3.7610.3165
PEARSON2.7210.3165
WILSON1.3820.6329
SMITH1.3461.8987

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called BOMER in Thruscross 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 2.2152 in Thruscross means that 2.2152% of the people in Thruscross on census day were called BOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOMER 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 BOMER 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 BOMER 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 BOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 23,333.33 in Thruscross means that you are 23,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOMER in Thruscross than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thruscross in 1881

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

ABBOTT (6)  ATKINSON (3)  BLAKEY (10)  BOMER (7)  BROWN (10)  BUCKLE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DUNWELL (8)  EMSLEY (3)  FOSTER (MIDDLETON) (2)  GARNER (1)  GARTH (9)  GILL (12)  HANNAM (17)  HARDISTY (2)  HARKER (1)  HERRINGTON (1)  HEATON (8)  HODGSON (8)  HOLMES (8)  HORSMAN (9)  HOUSEMAN (2)  HOUSEMAN (PEEL) (2)  IMESON (4)  JEFFREY (4)  LAYCOCK (3)  LEACH (1)  MAUDE (1)  METCALFE (5)  MIDDLETON (3)  MOLLONEY (1)  MYERS (14)  NELSON (9)  NEWBOULD (13)  NEWALL (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEEL (19)  POUNDER (1)  PRESTON (3)  PULLAN (PRESTON) (2)  PULLAN (12)  QUIN (1)  REDMAYNE (1)  RHODES (2)  RIDSDALE (6)  RISPEN (1)  SEDGWICK (1)  SEDGEWICK (2)  SHEPHARD (10)  SHEPHERD (4)  SIMPSON (11)  SHELDON (3)  SMITH (6)  SMITHSON (2)  THOMPSON (9)  TOWERS (8)  VERITY (6)  WHITAKER (1)  WIGGLESWORTH (9)  WILSON (2)  WINN (3)