Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willitoft, Yorkshire

Willitoft 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
BRAMLEY613.95351,538.46
FOWLER511.6279203.25
DRURY511.6279735.29
DAWSON49.302384.39
BEVERLY36.97677,500.00
FOX36.976775.19
FOSTER24.651234.78
SPINK12.3256285.71
BEVERLEY12.3256769.23
HOLT12.325634.72
WILLIAMS12.32563.24
BOOTH12.325623.58
RINGROSE12.32561,000.00
HERRING12.3256227.27
WOOD12.32567.30
CURTISS12.32561,428.57
WARD12.325610.65
PENROSE12.3256588.24
WILSON12.32565.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEVERLY7,500.0036.9767
BRAMLEY1,538.46613.9535
CURTISS1,428.5712.3256
RINGROSE1,000.0012.3256
BEVERLEY769.2312.3256
DRURY735.29511.6279
PENROSE588.2412.3256
SPINK285.7112.3256
HERRING227.2712.3256
FOWLER203.25511.6279
DAWSON84.3949.3023
FOX75.1936.9767
FOSTER34.7824.6512
HOLT34.7212.3256
BOOTH23.5812.3256
WARD10.6512.3256
WOOD7.3012.3256
WILSON5.0612.3256
WILLIAMS3.2412.3256

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BEVERLY in Willitoft 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 6.9767 in Willitoft means that 6.9767% of the people in Willitoft on census day were called BEVERLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEVERLY 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 BEVERLY 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 BEVERLY 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 BEVERLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Willitoft means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEVERLY in Willitoft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willitoft in 1881

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

GAMBWELL (2)  BEVERLEY (1)  BEVERLY (3)  BOOTH (1)  BRAMLEY (6)  CURTISS (1)  DAWSON (4)  DRURY (5)  FOSTER (2)  FOWLER (5)  FOX (3)  HERRING (1)  HOLT (1)  PENROSE (1)  RINGROSE (1)  SPINK (1)  TOREVELL (1)  WARD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)