Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lastingham, Yorkshire

Lastingham 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
DENNEY115.97832,500.00
WARD115.978327.36
TODD94.891396.15
WHELDON94.89132,903.23
WATSON73.804316.40
COOK73.804319.15
BOWES73.8043414.20
STRICKLAND63.2609408.16
HARLAND63.2609392.16
HOLLIDAY63.2609248.96
GILL63.260946.08
MIDDLETON52.717451.76
STIFF52.7174781.25
PARKER42.173911.43
FLETCHER42.173919.04
WALKER42.17396.49
STAMPER31.6304714.29
FRANKLAND31.6304220.59
DENNIS31.630455.15
SMITH31.63041.15
OVERTON31.6304167.60
NORMINGTON31.6304652.17
STONEHOUSE21.0870250.00
GOODWILL21.0870606.06
LEADLEY21.0870800.00
KIRK10.543512.55
BOULTON10.543530.12
JACKSON10.54351.94
TINSLEY10.543589.29
SLATER10.54358.98
DOWSON10.543599.01
COULTHARD10.543597.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHELDON2,903.2394.8913
DENNEY2,500.00115.9783
LEADLEY800.0021.0870
STIFF781.2552.7174
STAMPER714.2931.6304
NORMINGTON652.1731.6304
GOODWILL606.0621.0870
BOWES414.2073.8043
STRICKLAND408.1663.2609
HARLAND392.1663.2609
STONEHOUSE250.0021.0870
HOLLIDAY248.9663.2609
FRANKLAND220.5931.6304
OVERTON167.6031.6304
DOWSON99.0110.5435
COULTHARD97.0910.5435
TODD96.1594.8913
TINSLEY89.2910.5435
DENNIS55.1531.6304
MIDDLETON51.7652.7174
GILL46.0863.2609
BOULTON30.1210.5435
WARD27.36115.9783
COOK19.1573.8043
FLETCHER19.0442.1739
WATSON16.4073.8043
KIRK12.5510.5435
PARKER11.4342.1739
SLATER8.9810.5435
WALKER6.4942.1739
JACKSON1.9410.5435
SMITH1.1531.6304

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called WHELDON in Lastingham 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 4.8913 in Lastingham means that 4.8913% of the people in Lastingham on census day were called WHELDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHELDON 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 WHELDON 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 WHELDON 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 WHELDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,903.23 in Lastingham means that you are 2,903.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHELDON in Lastingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lastingham in 1881

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

BERRIMAN (1)  BOULTON (1)  BOWES (7)  COOK (7)  COULTHARD (1)  DENNIS (3)  DENNEY (11)  DOWSON (1)  EASTERBY (3)  YOWARD (5)  FIRBANK (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FLINTOFT (11)  FRANKLAND (3)  GILL (6)  GOODWILL (2)  GOODWELL (1)  HOLLIDAY (6)  HARLAND (6)  HINTOFT (3)  JACKSON (1)  KIRK (1)  LEADLEY (2)  LUNLEY (2)  MIDDLETON (5)  NORMINGTON (3)  OVERTON (3)  PARKER (4)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (3)  SPENCLEY (1)  STAMPER (3)  STIFF (5)  STONEHOUSE (2)  STRICKLAND (6)  TEASEDALE (3)  TINSLEY (1)  TODD (9)  TROWSDALE (2)  WALKER (4)  WARD (11)  WATSON (7)  WEATHEILL (7)  WHELDON (9)  WRIGGLESWORTH (6) 

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