Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birdforth, Yorkshire

Birdforth 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
TAYLOR614.285722.34
PLUMMER511.9048892.86
WHITWORTH37.1429428.57
CROSBY12.3810200.00
WRIGHT12.38107.42
ALLANSON12.38101,250.00
WATSON12.381010.27
NORRIS12.381055.56
FALKNER12.3810714.29
CLAYTON12.381043.86
WORLEY12.3810526.32
MASON12.381017.70
DRAINER12.3810
BARKER12.381018.18
HARLAND12.3810285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALLANSON1,250.0012.3810
PLUMMER892.86511.9048
FALKNER714.2912.3810
WORLEY526.3212.3810
WHITWORTH428.5737.1429
HARLAND285.7112.3810
CROSBY200.0012.3810
NORRIS55.5612.3810
CLAYTON43.8612.3810
TAYLOR22.34614.2857
BARKER18.1812.3810
MASON17.7012.3810
WATSON10.2712.3810
WRIGHT7.4212.3810
DRAINER12.3810

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ALLANSON in Birdforth 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 2.3810 in Birdforth means that 2.3810% of the people in Birdforth on census day were called ALLANSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALLANSON 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 ALLANSON 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 ALLANSON 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 ALLANSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,250.00 in Birdforth means that you are 1,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALLANSON in Birdforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birdforth in 1881

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

ALLANSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNITT (4)  CLAYTON (1)  CROSBY (1)  DRAINER (1)  FALKNER (1)  GATENBY (1)  HARLAND (1)  KNOWLSON (4)  MARWOOD (7)  MASON (1)  NORRIS (1)  PLUMMER (5)  TAYLOR (6)  WATSON (1)  WHITWORTH (3)  WORLEY (1)  WRIGHT (1) 

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