Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langwith, Yorkshire

Langwith 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
BARNES614.2857118.58
HERRON511.90483,333.33
PICHARD49.523840,000.00
JAQUES37.1429967.74
HARRISON37.142932.19
GOODRICK37.14295,000.00
WARRINER24.76191,666.67
PEAK12.3810555.56
NELSON12.381049.26
HARWOOD12.381089.29
DEIGHTON12.3810476.19
PETTETT12.38102,000.00
CHAPMAN12.381016.75
NORTH12.381071.94
ROBINSON12.38107.47
COOK12.381011.99
PEAKE12.3810243.90
BRITTON12.3810135.14
NEWSON12.3810370.37
COATES12.381063.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PICHARD40,000.0049.5238
GOODRICK5,000.0037.1429
HERRON3,333.33511.9048
PETTETT2,000.0012.3810
WARRINER1,666.6724.7619
JAQUES967.7437.1429
PEAK555.5612.3810
DEIGHTON476.1912.3810
NEWSON370.3712.3810
PEAKE243.9012.3810
BRITTON135.1412.3810
BARNES118.58614.2857
HARWOOD89.2912.3810
NORTH71.9412.3810
COATES63.6912.3810
NELSON49.2612.3810
HARRISON32.1937.1429
CHAPMAN16.7512.3810
COOK11.9912.3810
ROBINSON7.4712.3810

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called PICHARD in Langwith 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 9.5238 in Langwith means that 9.5238% of the people in Langwith on census day were called PICHARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PICHARD 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 PICHARD 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 PICHARD 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 PICHARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Langwith means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PICHARD in Langwith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langwith in 1881

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

BARNES (6)  BRITTON (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COATES (1)  COOK (1)  DEIGHTON (1)  DUNANT (1)  FAVEL (1)  GOODRICK (3)  HARRISON (3)  HARWOOD (1)  HERRON (5)  HUMBLER (1)  JAQUES (3)  NELSON (1)  NEWSON (1)  NORTH (1)  PEAK (1)  PEAKE (1)  PETTETT (1)  PICHARD (4)  ROBINSON (1)  WARRINER (2) 

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