Top surnames from the 1881 census in Howsham, Yorkshire

Howsham 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
CROSBY126.9364585.37
HILL105.780322.70
CARR95.202372.12
NORMINGTON84.62431,818.18
DAY63.468236.83
GOODWILL63.46821,935.48
WHITELOCK63.46821,200.00
FOSTER63.468225.94
HAMPSHIRE52.8902510.20
WILSON52.89026.29
OLIVER52.890240.52
HUDSON52.890235.31
CROFT42.312197.80
FREER42.3121416.67
OGRAM31.73414,285.71
THOMAS31.73414.20
WRIGHT31.73415.41
BOYES21.1561110.50
BULLOCK21.156135.52
STOCKTON21.1561190.48
HARRIS21.15614.55
LOCKWOOD21.156152.36
PAYNE10.57806.42
JONES10.57800.51
WARLEY10.5780909.09
FAULKNER10.578021.32
ALLEN10.57803.06
HOW10.578088.50
NEWBY10.578057.80
HARRISON10.57802.60
SELBY10.578048.31
MARSHALL10.57803.45
POLE10.5780185.19
KIRBY10.578015.24
PARK10.578018.66
BIRKS10.578086.96
HUMPHREY10.578021.69
WARD10.57802.65
DRURY10.578036.36
DAVENPORT10.578030.49
MOOK10.57802,000.00
ROBERTS10.57801.54
CASS10.578081.30
PINKNEY10.5780147.06
BROWN10.57800.88
KING10.57802.65
BENTLEY10.578013.66
WAITE10.578027.86
DOWSON10.5780105.26
NICHOLS10.578017.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OGRAM4,285.7131.7341
MOOK2,000.0010.5780
GOODWILL1,935.4863.4682
NORMINGTON1,818.1884.6243
WHITELOCK1,200.0063.4682
GOFTON1,000.0010.5780
WARLEY909.0910.5780
CROSBY585.37126.9364
HAMPSHIRE510.2052.8902
FREER416.6742.3121
STOCKTON190.4821.1561
POLE185.1910.5780
PINKNEY147.0610.5780
BOYES110.5021.1561
RACE106.3810.5780
DOWSON105.2610.5780
CROFT97.8042.3121
HOW88.5010.5780
BIRKS86.9610.5780
CASS81.3010.5780
CARR72.1295.2023
NEWBY57.8010.5780
LOCKWOOD52.3621.1561
SELBY48.3110.5780
MIDGLEY43.1010.5780
OLIVER40.5252.8902
DAY36.8363.4682
DRURY36.3610.5780
BULLOCK35.5221.1561
HUDSON35.3152.8902
DAVENPORT30.4910.5780
WAITE27.8610.5780
FOSTER25.9463.4682
HILL22.70105.7803
HUMPHREY21.6910.5780
FAULKNER21.3210.5780
PARK18.6610.5780
NICHOLS17.7310.5780
SPENCE17.4810.5780
KIRBY15.2410.5780
BENTLEY13.6610.5780
LAW12.7710.5780
HARPER9.0310.5780
HAWKINS7.9910.5780
PAYNE6.4210.5780
WILSON6.2952.8902
WRIGHT5.4131.7341
HARRIS4.5521.1561
THOMAS4.2031.7341
MARSHALL3.4510.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called OGRAM in Howsham 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 1.7341 in Howsham means that 1.7341% of the people in Howsham on census day were called OGRAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OGRAM 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 OGRAM 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 OGRAM 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 OGRAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,285.71 in Howsham means that you are 4,285.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OGRAM in Howsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Howsham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BELTY (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BIRKS (1)  BOYES (2)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (2)  CAMBSEY (1)  CARLING (1)  CARR (9)  CASS (1)  CHOLMLEY (2)  CROFT (4)  CROSBY (12)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAY (6)  DOWSON (1)  DRURY (1)  FAULKNER (1)  FAWCITT (1)  FOSTER (6)  FREER (4)  GILBY (1)  GOFTON (1)  GOODWILL (6)  HAMPSHIRE (5)  HARPER (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (10)  HOGGETT (1)  HOW (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUMPHREY (1)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  KIRBY (1)  LAW (1)  LEATHERLAND (2)  LOCKWOOD (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MASKLYNE (1)  MAWOOD (1)  MIDGLEY (1)  MORWOOD (4)  MORRETT (1)  MOOK (1)  NEWBY (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORMINGTON (8)  OGRAM (3)  OLIVER (5)  PARK (1)  PAYNE (1)  PINKNEY (1)  POLE (1)  RACE (1)  RIDSDALE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROUNTHWAITE (7)  ROUNTHWIATE (1)  SELBY (1)  SPENCE (1)  STOCKTON (2)  SUFFIL (1)  THOMAS (3)  WARD (1)  WARLEY (1)  WARTERWORTH (1)  WHITELOCK (6)  WILSON (5)  WRIGHT (3)  WAITE (1) 

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