Top surnames from the 1881 census in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Byland Abbey 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
ROBSON1010.8696165.29
NICHOLSON99.7826137.61
RYMER77.60873,181.82
RAYNER77.6087305.68
GRAINGER77.6087496.45
KIRK55.4348125.63
BARKER44.347833.22
BATTY44.3478283.69
BROWN44.34786.60
LUKE44.3478444.44
STOCKDALE44.3478555.56
SPENCE33.260998.68
BASS33.2609288.46
RICHARDSON33.260919.16
BENTLEY22.173951.41
LOWTHER11.0870178.57
BURTON11.087012.76
SMITH11.08700.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RYMER3,181.8277.6087
STOCKDALE555.5644.3478
GRAINGER496.4577.6087
LUKE444.4444.3478
RAYNER305.6877.6087
BASS288.4633.2609
BATTY283.6944.3478
LOWTHER178.5711.0870
ROBSON165.291010.8696
NICHOLSON137.6199.7826
KIRK125.6355.4348
SPENCE98.6833.2609
BENTLEY51.4122.1739
BARKER33.2244.3478
RICHARDSON19.1633.2609
BURTON12.7611.0870
BROWN6.6044.3478
SMITH0.7711.0870

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called RYMER in Byland Abbey 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 7.6087 in Byland Abbey means that 7.6087% of the people in Byland Abbey on census day were called RYMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RYMER 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 RYMER 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 RYMER 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 RYMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,181.82 in Byland Abbey means that you are 3,181.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RYMER in Byland Abbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Byland Abbey in 1881

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

BARKER (4)  BASS (3)  BATTY (4)  BENTLEY (2)  BROWN (4)  BURTON (1)  CORDIMER (6)  FOSTOR (4)  GRAINGER (7)  HUGGON (3)  KIRK (5)  LOWTHER (1)  LUKE (4)  NICHOLSON (9)  RAYNER (7)  RICHARDSON (3)  RYMER (7)  ROBSON (10)  SMITH (1)  SPENCE (3)  STOCKDALE (4) 

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