Top surnames from the 1881 census in Withernsea, Yorkshire

Withernsea 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
JOHNSON123.582110.66
PARKINSON123.582174.67
SIMPSON113.283618.77
CURTIS102.985152.60
COGGIN82.38812,666.67
STEPHENSON82.388141.75
KING82.388110.96
STOREY82.388194.01
WORRALL72.0896164.32
MATHESON72.0896152.84
WILSON61.79103.90
SIMPKIN61.7910476.19
FOX61.791019.29
WILLIAMSON61.791019.98
MARGISON61.79104,000.00
ELLWOOD51.4925270.27
MELTON41.1940338.98
BROWN41.19401.81
PATRICK41.194059.97
BRODIE41.194088.89
JACKSON41.19404.27
WING41.1940189.57
WHITEHEAD41.194017.67
RICHARDSON41.19407.01
HARMAN41.194080.00
GARTON41.1940242.42
MARSHALL30.89555.34
KIRKLAND30.8955100.67
BATTY30.895558.59
ROBINSON30.89552.81
DRY30.8955697.67
BUCKLEY30.895516.45
DENNISON30.8955115.83
STORR30.8955258.62
SMITH30.89550.63
SIMPKINS30.8955198.68
CHAMBERS30.895515.75
VINCENT30.895528.71
INGRAM20.597019.55
FINLEY20.5970215.05
CLAMP20.5970196.08
RANKIN20.597040.16
STRAKER20.5970327.87
HUDSON20.59707.29
WARD20.59702.73
FLOWER20.597061.16
KIRKWOOD20.597066.01
BEEBE20.59701,428.57
ACEY10.29851,000.00
SKELTON10.298520.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARGISON4,000.0061.7910
COGGIN2,666.6782.3881
BEEBE1,428.5720.5970
ACEY1,000.0010.2985
DRY697.6730.8955
HAWK555.5610.2985
SIMPKIN476.1961.7910
COOKMAN370.3710.2985
COATSWORTH344.8310.2985
MELTON338.9841.1940
STRAKER327.8720.5970
ELLWOOD270.2751.4925
STORR258.6230.8955
OGLESBY243.9010.2985
GARTON242.4241.1940
FINLEY215.0520.5970
SIMPKINS198.6830.8955
CLAMP196.0820.5970
WING189.5741.1940
WORRALL164.3272.0896
MATHESON152.8472.0896
DENNISON115.8330.8955
KIRKLAND100.6730.8955
STOREY94.0182.3881
BRODIE88.8941.1940
HARMAN80.0041.1940
PARKINSON74.67123.5821
FENNER70.4210.2985
KIRKWOOD66.0120.5970
FLOWER61.1620.5970
PATRICK59.9741.1940
BATTY58.5930.8955
CURTIS52.60102.9851
EARLE48.0810.2985
HOLLINGSWORTH45.0510.2985
CAMPION42.5510.2985
STEPHENSON41.7582.3881
RANKIN40.1620.5970
MAYHEW36.2310.2985
VINCENT28.7130.8955
CHESTER24.3910.2985
PRIEST22.7810.2985
SKELTON20.4910.2985
WILLIAMSON19.9861.7910
INGRAM19.5520.5970
FOX19.2961.7910
SIMPSON18.77113.2836
WHITEHEAD17.6741.1940
DOWNS16.7810.2985
BUCKLEY16.4530.8955

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called MARGISON in Withernsea 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 1.7910 in Withernsea means that 1.7910% of the people in Withernsea on census day were called MARGISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARGISON 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 MARGISON 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 MARGISON 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 MARGISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Withernsea means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARGISON in Withernsea than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Withernsea in 1881

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

ACEY (1)  ATLIN (1)  BARTON (1)  BASSINGDALE (4)  BATTY (3)  BEEBE (2)  BLAIKLOCK (1)  BRIGLIN (3)  BRODIE (4)  BROWN (4)  BUCHANAN (1)  BUCKLEY (3)  BURNOTT (2)  MACKERELL (2)  CHAMBERS (3)  CAMPION (1)  CHESTER (1)  CLAMP (2)  COATES (1)  COATSWORTH (1)  COGGIN (8)  COOKMAN (1)  CREATER (1)  CURTIS (10)  DABISH (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DENNISON (3)  DIBB (7)  DOWNS (1)  DRUMMOND (1)  DRY (3)  EARLE (1)  ELLWOOD (5)  FANTHORPE (1)  FARBUTT (1)  FENNER (1)  FERRITT (1)  FINLEY (2)  FLOWER (2)  FOX (6)  FUTTY (1)  GALLGER (1)  GARTON (4)  GIBSON (1)  HAGESTADT (5)  HAMMOND (1)  HARMAN (4)  HAWK (1)  HOCKS (3)  HENDERSON (1)  HEWITT (1)  HO...SWORTH (1)  HOGG (1)  HOLLINGSWORTH (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HUDSON (2)  INGRAM (2)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (12)  KEMP (1)  KING (8)  KIRKLAND (3)  KIRKWOOD (2)  LADUIAN (2)  LANGTHORP (3)  LOWERSAY OR SOWERSBY (4)  LOWERSAY OR SOWARDSBY (2)  MARGISON (6)  MARSHALL (3)  MATHESON (7)  MAYHEW (1)  MEATRICE (2)  MELTON (4)  MYERS (1)  NELSON (1)  OGLESBY (1)  PARKINSON (12)  PATRICK (4)  PAYNE (1)  PENDLINGTON (1)  PYGAS (3)  PRIEST (1)  PRUCE (1)  RANKIN (2)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (3)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SHEPHERDSON (1)  SHINTON (4)  SIMPKINS (3)  SIMPKIN (6)  SIMPSON (11)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (3)  STAINTON (1)  STATHER (4)  STEPHENSON (8)  STOREY (8)  STORR (3)  STRAKER (2)  TEASDAL (5)  TWEDDALL (10)  VENABLES (1)  VINCENT (3)  WARD (2)  WATSON (1)  WHITEHEAD (4)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (6)  WING (4)  WOOD (1)  WOODILL (1)  WORRALL (7)