Top surnames from the 1881 census in Amotherby, Yorkshire

Amotherby 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
BRADSHAW269.2857226.09
DOBSON145.0000113.36
SMITH93.21432.28
BIELBY93.21432,045.45
JOHNSON82.85718.50
GAINS82.85712,222.22
DUNNINGTON72.50002,916.67
MITCHELL72.500012.32
MERCER62.142981.63
CRAVEN62.1429110.91
WALKER62.14296.40
RUDDOCK51.7857574.71
TAYLOR51.78572.79
ROBINSON51.78575.60
STUBBS51.785767.66
RIDLEY51.785792.42
GREEN51.78576.34
PICKERING41.428639.60
BEAL41.4286152.09
SHEPHERD41.428619.49
BAKER41.42866.52
PRESTON41.428628.59
AVISON31.0714750.00
HARPER31.071416.73
FISHER31.07149.15
HATHERLY31.07141,764.71
ASHTON31.071421.87
RACE31.0714196.08
FOSTER31.07148.01
HODGSON31.071415.46
HARRISON31.07144.83
ROBSON31.071416.28
STUDLEY20.7143500.00
GRAY20.71435.00
SKINNER20.714314.07
FRANK20.7143169.49
HORTON20.714319.25
ROE20.714336.70
STOCKDALE20.714391.74
JEFFERSON20.714365.79
MORLEY20.714317.87
MARSHALL10.35712.13
RAWLING10.357198.04
CREASER10.3571370.37
JORDON10.357179.37
ABBEY10.357197.09
STAINES10.357164.52
CHALK10.357154.05
JANSON10.3571217.39
MOON10.357116.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNNINGTON2,916.6772.5000
SMIDDY2,500.0010.3571
GAINS2,222.2282.8571
BIELBY2,045.4593.2143
HATHERLY1,764.7131.0714
AVISON750.0031.0714
RUDDOCK574.7151.7857
STUDLEY500.0020.7143
SALTON370.3710.3571
CREASER370.3710.3571
PENNOCK227.2710.3571
BRADSHAW226.09269.2857
JANSON217.3910.3571
HOYLES208.3310.3571
RACE196.0831.0714
BRIGHAM169.4910.3571
FRANK169.4920.7143
MAUD158.7310.3571
BEAL152.0941.4286
FREE147.0610.3571
AINSLEY128.2110.3571
DOBSON113.36145.0000
CRAVEN110.9162.1429
RAWLING98.0410.3571
ABBEY97.0910.3571
RIDLEY92.4251.7857
STOCKDALE91.7420.7143
MERCER81.6362.1429
JORDON79.3710.3571
STUBBS67.6651.7857
JEFFERSON65.7920.7143
STAINES64.5210.3571
CHALK54.0510.3571
PICKERING39.6041.4286
KINGSTON38.3110.3571
ROE36.7020.7143
GRICE34.6010.3571
SWANN32.6810.3571
PRESTON28.5941.4286
MIDGLEY26.6710.3571
ECCLES22.3210.3571
ASHTON21.8731.0714
KITCHEN20.9610.3571
SHEPHERD19.4941.4286
HORTON19.2520.7143
MORLEY17.8720.7143
CALVERT17.5110.3571
MOON16.9210.3571
HARPER16.7331.0714
ROBSON16.2831.0714

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called DUNNINGTON in Amotherby 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 2.5000 in Amotherby means that 2.5000% of the people in Amotherby on census day were called DUNNINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON 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 DUNNINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,916.67 in Amotherby means that you are 2,916.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNNINGTON in Amotherby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Amotherby in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  AINSLEY (1)  ASHTON (3)  BAKER (4)  BEAL (4)  BIELBY (9)  BENSON (1)  BERRIMAN (5)  BONTOFT (2)  BRADSHAW (26)  BRIGHAM (1)  CALVERT (1)  CHALK (1)  COOKE (1)  CRAVEN (6)  CREASER (1)  DOBSON (14)  DUNNINGTON (7)  DUNWELL (1)  ECCLES (1)  ELLIS (1)  ETTY (1)  AVISON (3)  FISHER (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (3)  FRANK (2)  FREE (1)  JORDON (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (5)  GRICE (1)  HARPER (3)  HARRISON (3)  HATHERLY (3)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (3)  HOLTBY (1)  HORTON (2)  HOYLES (1)  HUGGILL (2)  JACKSON (1)  GAINS (8)  JANSON (1)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSON (8)  KINGSTON (1)  KITCHEN (1)  LICKES (6)  MARSHALL (1)  MAUD (1)  MERCER (6)  MIDGLEY (1)  MITCHELL (7)  MOON (1)  MORLEY (2)  OUSTON (1)  PARNABY (1)  PAWNE (1)  PICKERING (4)  PENNOCK (1)  PRESTON (4)  RACE (3)  RIDLEY (5)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBSON (3)  ROE (2)  RAWLING (1)  RUDDOCK (5)  SALTMER (5)  SALTON (1)  SANDEMAN (8)  SAWDON (10)  SHEPHERD (4)  SKINNER (2)  SMIDDY (1)  SMITH (9)  SPAUNTON (1)  STAINES (1)  STOCKDALE (2)  STUBBS (5)  STUDLEY (2)  SWANN (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WALKER (6)  WILSON (1) 

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