Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gisburn, Yorkshire

Gisburn 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
ROBINSON183.396210.65
WRIGHT163.01899.41
HITCHEN142.6415387.81
SPENCER132.452826.87
BRIGGS122.264241.68
THOMPSON112.07556.93
HARTLEY101.886830.10
HARRISON101.88688.50
METCALFE91.698174.38
GLOVER81.509435.41
CHEW81.5094296.30
FAWCETT81.509478.05
SMITH81.50941.07
PARKER81.50947.94
DEAN81.509421.75
MACMILLAN71.3208476.19
SLATER71.320821.81
WOOD71.32084.15
HARDY71.320822.05
SIMPSON71.32087.55
OSMOND61.1321251.05
LONG61.132117.45
BROWN61.13211.72
CROSSLEY61.132141.24
STARKIE61.1321352.94
MARSDEN61.132127.33
ELLISON61.132153.62
NORCROSS50.9434877.19
PERRY50.943412.83
ELLIS50.94346.50
HOWARD50.94349.61
PRINCE50.943441.74
WILTSHIRE50.943470.72
BEATON50.943482.10
BUTTERFIELD40.754756.50
FORD40.75477.75
WILKINSON40.75474.95
BURROWS40.754717.24
TAYLOR40.75471.18
CLARK40.75472.51
ATKINSON40.75477.75
LISTER40.754726.47
ASHWORTH30.566014.19
ROBERTS30.56601.50
AINSWORTH30.566028.57
FENNEL30.5660731.71
DUCKWORTH30.566029.27
LOYND30.5660882.35
DRIVER30.566030.55
BULLOCK30.566017.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUHLER10,000.0010.1887
LOYND882.3530.5660
NORCROSS877.1950.9434
FENNEL731.7130.5660
TRAVISS714.2910.1887
MACMILLAN476.1971.3208
HOOF434.7810.1887
HITCHEN387.81142.6415
STARKIE352.9461.1321
DAGGETT322.5810.1887
CHEW296.3081.5094
OSMOND251.0561.1321
FARISH156.2510.1887
EMBERSON135.1410.1887
MOFFITT116.2810.1887
MELLON90.9110.1887
SILVERWOOD88.5010.1887
BEATON82.1050.9434
FAWCETT78.0581.5094
METCALFE74.3891.6981
WILTSHIRE70.7250.9434
LEEMING60.9820.3774
BUTTERFIELD56.5040.7547
ELLISON53.6261.1321
CLAGUE52.9110.1887
NUTTER49.5120.3774
FINNIGAN48.3110.1887
SLEE48.3110.1887
DENHAM42.8320.3774
PRINCE41.7450.9434
BRIGGS41.68122.2642
CROSSLEY41.2461.1321
EASTHAM36.9010.1887
CROSBIE36.7610.1887
GLOVER35.4181.5094
LUND34.8420.3774
DRIVER30.5530.5660
HOWSON30.2110.1887
HARTLEY30.10101.8868
DUCKWORTH29.2730.5660
AINSWORTH28.5730.5660
MARSDEN27.3361.1321
SPENCER26.87132.4528
LISTER26.4740.7547
IRVING25.4030.5660
FURNESS23.6410.1887
KANE23.4210.1887
MALLINSON22.8810.1887
HARDY22.0571.3208
SLATER21.8171.3208

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BUHLER in Gisburn 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 0.1887 in Gisburn means that 0.1887% of the people in Gisburn on census day were called BUHLER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Gisburn in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (3)  ALLAN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ASHWORTH (3)  ATKINSON (4)  BANKS (2)  BEATON (5)  BERCROFT (1)  BLAIR (1)  BUHLER (1)  BRIGGS (12)  BROUGHTON (1)  BROWN (6)  BULCOCK (9)  BULCOCKS (1)  BULLOCK (3)  BURROWS (4)  BUTTERFIELD (4)  KEDDIE (1)  KANE (1)  CATTERELL (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CHEW (8)  CLAGUE (1)  CLARK (4)  CLOSE (1)  COWGILE (6)  CROASDALE (11)  CROSBIE (1)  CROSSLEY (6)  DAGGETT (1)  DALGLISH (5)  DEAN (8)  DENHAM (2)  DOBSON (1)  DRIVER (3)  DUCKWORTH (3)  DUNCAN (1)  EASTHAM (1)  ELLIS (5)  ELLISON (6)  EMBERSON (1)  EMMOTT (5)  EMMOT (1)  ENGLAND (2)  FARISH (1)  FAWCETT (8)  FAWCITTE (4)  FENNEL (3)  FINCH (1)  FINNIGAN (1)  FORD (4)  FORSYTH (1)  FOSTER (1)  FURNESS (1)  GILL (1)  GLOVER (8)  GREGSON (1)  HARDY (7)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (10)  HARTLEY (10)  HAYES (1)  HAYTHORNTHWAITE (3)  HITCHEN (14)  HOFFEE (1)  HOOF (1)  HOWARD (5)  HOWSON (1)  IRVING (3)  KENDALL (2)  KISTER ((RIBBLESDALE)) (2)  LAMB (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LEEMING (2)  LISTER (4)  LONG (6)  LORD (1)  LOWCOCK (1)  LOYND (3)  LUND (2)  MAIN (1)  MALLINSON (1)  MARSDEN (6)  COLLINGE (12)  MC CONDOCHIE (1)  MACMILLAN (7)  MELLON (1)  METCALFE (9)  MIDDLEBROUGH (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFITT (1)  MOORBY (3)  MOORHOUSE (1)  MURRAY (1)  NOLAN (1)  NORCROSS (5)  NUTTER (2)  OLNEEY (1)  OSMOND (6)  OWENS (1)  PARKER (8)  PATON (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEEL (1)  PERRY (5)  PETRIE (1)  PINDER (1)  POWER (1)  PRINCE (5)  RAE (1)  REDMAYNE (2)  RIBBLESDALE (1)  RIDIHOUGH (6)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBINSON (18)  SCOTT (1)  SILVERWOOD (1)  SIMPSON (7)  SLATER (7)  SLEE (1)  SMETHURST (1)  SMITH (8)  SMITHIES (1)  SPENCER (13)  SPITTER (1)  STARKIE (6)  STITCHES (1)  STOYLES (1)  STUTTARD (7)  TAYLOR (4)  TEEBAY (4)  TENNANT (1)  THISTLEWAITE (3)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (11)  THORNBER (1)  THOROGOOD (9)  TRAVISS (1)  TURNER (1)  WANE (5)  WALSH (1)  WALTER (WHALTER) (6)  WALTON (1)  WATTS (2)  WHALTER (1)  WIGNAL (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILTSHIRE (5)  WOOD (7)  WOODROON (2)  WORMWELL (3)  WRIGHT (16) 

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