Top surnames from the 1881 census in Benningbrough, Yorkshire

Benningbrough 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
HUTCHINSON79.4595166.67
ELLIS68.108155.81
BARKER56.756851.65
HOOD56.7568243.90
WALKER45.405416.15
GORDON45.405485.84
FOSTER34.054130.33
BRADLEY34.054150.51
MARSHALL22.702716.12
PROCTOR22.7027109.89
SPINK22.7027333.33
COOK11.35146.80
WILKS11.351486.21
WATSON11.35145.82
GALLANT11.3514833.33
SMITH11.35140.96
ELLISON11.351464.10
PALMER11.351411.47
BRAITHWAITE11.3514116.28
WHITFIELD11.351467.57
HOBSON11.351452.08
MERCER11.351451.55
HORSMAN11.3514384.62
WELLS11.351416.23
FLETCHER11.351411.83
PETTY11.3514136.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLANT833.3311.3514
HORSMAN384.6211.3514
SPINK333.3322.7027
HOOD243.9056.7568
HUTCHINSON166.6779.4595
PETTY136.9911.3514
BRAITHWAITE116.2811.3514
PROCTOR109.8922.7027
WILKS86.2111.3514
GORDON85.8445.4054
WHITFIELD67.5711.3514
ELLISON64.1011.3514
ELLIS55.8168.1081
HOBSON52.0811.3514
BARKER51.6556.7568
MERCER51.5511.3514
BRADLEY50.5134.0541
FOSTER30.3334.0541
WELLS16.2311.3514
WALKER16.1545.4054
MARSHALL16.1222.7027
FLETCHER11.8311.3514
PALMER11.4711.3514
COOK6.8011.3514
WATSON5.8211.3514
SMITH0.9611.3514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GALLANT in Benningbrough 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 1.3514 in Benningbrough means that 1.3514% of the people in Benningbrough on census day were called GALLANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLANT 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 GALLANT 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 GALLANT 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 GALLANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 833.33 in Benningbrough means that you are 833.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLANT in Benningbrough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Benningbrough in 1881

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

BARKER (5)  BRADLEY (3)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  COOK (1)  DAWNAY (2)  ELLIS (6)  ELLISON (1)  FINERON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (3)  GALLANT (1)  GORDON (4)  HOBSON (1)  HOOD (5)  HORSMAN (1)  HUBY (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  LECKONBY (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MERCER (1)  PALMER (1)  PETTY (1)  PROCTOR (2)  SHANN (1)  SMITH (1)  SPINK (2)  STYAN (8)  TUPMAN (2)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKS (1) 

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