Top surnames from the 1881 census in Linton In Wetherby, Yorkshire

Linton In Wetherby 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
SWANN127.5000685.71
DALBY95.6250692.31
PHILLIPS85.000027.94
NEWSOME74.3750608.70
HOGG74.3750121.11
BARKER53.125023.88
HORN53.1250137.36
KAYE53.1250208.33
MOORE53.125015.63
SAUNDERS53.125034.08
DIXON42.500022.82
WOODS42.500039.64
KAY42.500048.13
BROWN42.50003.79
WETHERILL42.50001,904.76
WARDLE31.875096.77
SHIRES31.8750681.82
MANNERS31.8750379.75
COOPER31.87507.71
MONTGOMERY31.8750118.11
BISBY31.87502,727.27
MASON21.25009.30
GROVES21.250044.44
WAINWRIGHT21.250059.00
FIELD21.250025.13
WHITEHEAD21.250018.50
HILL21.25004.91
HORSFIELD21.2500186.92
NICHOLS21.250038.39
HEWARD21.2500645.16
FOSTER10.62504.68
PRATT10.625010.88
JOHNSON10.62501.86
OPENSHAW10.6250128.21
SMITH10.62500.44
CLOUGH10.625028.01
WILSON10.62501.36
HODGSON10.62509.02
SCOTT10.62502.47
BODDY10.6250112.36
REED10.62508.56
BENSON10.625023.04
POTTER10.62509.63
HOWSON10.6250100.00
STANSFIELD10.625040.49
NICHOLSON10.62508.80
BURNELL10.6250104.17
BISHOP10.62508.94
WALTON10.62508.88
GAFFNEY10.6250185.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOFFER5,000.0010.6250
BISBY2,727.2731.8750
WETHERILL1,904.7642.5000
DALBY692.3195.6250
SWANN685.71127.5000
SHIRES681.8231.8750
HEWARD645.1621.2500
NEWSOME608.7074.3750
WALKINGTON526.3210.6250
MANNERS379.7531.8750
KITCHIN294.1210.6250
KAYE208.3353.1250
HORSFIELD186.9221.2500
GAFFNEY185.1910.6250
PULLAN158.7310.6250
DODSWORTH149.2510.6250
HORN137.3653.1250
OPENSHAW128.2110.6250
HOGG121.1174.3750
MONTGOMERY118.1131.8750
BODDY112.3610.6250
BURNELL104.1710.6250
HOWSON100.0010.6250
WARDLE96.7731.8750
SNOWDEN70.4210.6250
WAINWRIGHT59.0021.2500
KAY48.1342.5000
GROVES44.4421.2500
STANSFIELD40.4910.6250
WOODS39.6442.5000
NICHOLS38.3921.2500
SAUNDERS34.0853.1250
CLOUGH28.0110.6250
PHILLIPS27.9485.0000
FIELD25.1321.2500
BARKER23.8853.1250
BENSON23.0410.6250
DIXON22.8242.5000
BEAUMONT21.1010.6250
WHITEHEAD18.5021.2500
THORPE15.8010.6250
MOORE15.6353.1250
SANDERSON15.1310.6250
PRATT10.8810.6250
POTTER9.6310.6250
MASON9.3021.2500
HODGSON9.0210.6250
BISHOP8.9410.6250
WALTON8.8810.6250
NICHOLSON8.8010.6250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HOFFER in Linton In Wetherby 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 0.6250 in Linton In Wetherby means that 0.6250% of the people in Linton In Wetherby on census day were called HOFFER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOFFER 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 HOFFER 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 HOFFER 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 HOFFER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Linton In Wetherby means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOFFER in Linton In Wetherby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Linton In Wetherby in 1881

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

BARKER (5)  BEAUMONT (1)  BELLERBY (1)  BENSON (1)  BISBY (3)  BISHOP (1)  BODDY (1)  BROWN (4)  BURNELL (1)  CLOUGH (1)  COOPER (3)  DALBY (9)  DIXON (4)  DODSWORTH (1)  FIELD (2)  FOSTER (1)  GAFFNEY (1)  GROVES (2)  HEWARD (2)  HILL (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOFFER (1)  HOGG (7)  HORN (5)  HORSFIELD (2)  HOWSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KAY (4)  KAYE (5)  KITCHIN (1)  KNAPTON (1)  MASON (2)  MANNERS (3)  MONTGOMERY (3)  MOORE (5)  MULLROONEY (1)  NEWSOME (7)  NICHOLS (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  OPENSHAW (1)  PAVER (1)  PHILLIPS (8)  POTTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PULLAN (1)  REED (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (1)  SHIRES (3)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  STANSFIELD (1)  SWANN (12)  THORPE (1)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALTON (1)  WARDLE (3)  WETHERILL (4)  WHEELHOUSE (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (4)  WOOD (1) 

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