Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walburn, Yorkshire

Walburn 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
HUTCHINSON930.0000529.41
FAWCETT620.00001,034.48
PARK516.6667537.63
CARSWELL310.00002,727.27
HORNER310.0000526.32
HALL13.333311.33
TERRY13.3333129.87
HIRD13.3333434.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARSWELL2,727.27310.0000
FAWCETT1,034.48620.0000
PARK537.63516.6667
HUTCHINSON529.41930.0000
HORNER526.32310.0000
HIRD434.7813.3333
TERRY129.8713.3333
HALL11.3313.3333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called CARSWELL in Walburn 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 10.0000 in Walburn means that 10.0000% of the people in Walburn on census day were called CARSWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARSWELL 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 CARSWELL 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 CARSWELL 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 CARSWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,727.27 in Walburn means that you are 2,727.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARSWELL in Walburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walburn in 1881

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

CARSWELL (3)  EDDON (1)  FAWCETT (6)  HALL (1)  HIRD (1)  HORNER (3)  HUTCHINSON (9)  PARK (5)  TERRY (1)