Top surnames from the 1881 census in Maunby, Yorkshire

Maunby 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
NELSON104.8780100.70
SMITH104.87803.45
STURDY83.90241,230.77
WRIGHT83.902412.17
THOMPSON83.902413.03
BROWN83.90245.92
WILLEY73.4146378.38
DALBY73.4146421.69
PENROSE62.9268759.49
MARSHALL62.926817.45
AKERS52.4390500.00
COTTON52.4390102.25
WILSON52.43905.31
HARLAND52.4390292.40
WEATHERILL52.43901,063.83
COOPER41.95128.02
BECKWITH41.9512330.58
SEVERS31.46341,111.11
PLUMMER31.4634109.49
HARKER31.4634138.89
STEVENSON31.463420.86
WILKINSON31.46349.59
DODSWORTH31.4634348.84
KIRBY31.463438.56
BATTY20.975663.90
METCALFE20.975642.74
ROBSON20.975614.83
WINTER20.975627.51
HORNER20.975651.28
REES20.975611.22
DAWSON10.48784.42
MOON10.487823.15
LOWE10.48786.51
BURTON10.48785.73
PROUD10.487895.24
JOPLING10.4878277.78
AYRE10.487886.96
NESBITT10.4878178.57
KITCHING10.487884.03
PRATT10.48788.49
BARKER10.48783.73
TAYLOR10.48780.76
ALDERSON10.487835.21
COWPER10.4878111.11
CLARKE10.48782.41
POOLE10.487810.12
BANKS10.48789.51
NICHOLSON10.48786.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STURDY1,230.7783.9024
SEVERS1,111.1131.4634
WEATHERILL1,063.8352.4390
PENROSE759.4962.9268
AKERS500.0052.4390
DALBY421.6973.4146
WILLEY378.3873.4146
DODSWORTH348.8431.4634
BECKWITH330.5841.9512
HARLAND292.4052.4390
JOPLING277.7810.4878
NESBITT178.5710.4878
HARKER138.8931.4634
COWPER111.1110.4878
PLUMMER109.4931.4634
COTTON102.2552.4390
NELSON100.70104.8780
PROUD95.2410.4878
AYRE86.9610.4878
KITCHING84.0310.4878
BATTY63.9020.9756
HORNER51.2820.9756
METCALFE42.7420.9756
KIRBY38.5631.4634
ALDERSON35.2110.4878
WINTER27.5120.9756
MOON23.1510.4878
STEVENSON20.8631.4634
MARSHALL17.4562.9268
ROBSON14.8320.9756
THOMPSON13.0383.9024
WRIGHT12.1783.9024
REES11.2220.9756
POOLE10.1210.4878
WILKINSON9.5931.4634
BANKS9.5110.4878
PRATT8.4910.4878
COOPER8.0241.9512
NICHOLSON6.8610.4878
LOWE6.5110.4878
BROWN5.9283.9024
BURTON5.7310.4878
WILSON5.3152.4390
DAWSON4.4210.4878
BARKER3.7310.4878
SMITH3.45104.8780
CLARKE2.4110.4878
TAYLOR0.7610.4878

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called STURDY in Maunby 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 3.9024 in Maunby means that 3.9024% of the people in Maunby on census day were called STURDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STURDY 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 STURDY 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 STURDY 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 STURDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,230.77 in Maunby means that you are 1,230.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STURDY in Maunby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Maunby in 1881

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

AKERS (5)  ALDERSON (1)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (1)  BATTY (2)  BECKWITH (4)  BROWN (8)  BURTON (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMMETT (6)  COOPER (4)  COWPER (1)  COTTON (5)  DALBY (7)  DAWSON (1)  DODSWORTH (3)  IDESON (4)  AYRE (1)  GATENBY (7)  GOWLAND (2)  HARKER (3)  HARLAND (5)  HORNER (2)  JOPLING (1)  KIRBY (3)  KITCHING (1)  LOWE (1)  MARSHALL (6)  METCALFE (2)  MOON (1)  NELSON (10)  NICHOLSON (1)  NESBITT (1)  PALLISTER (5)  PALLISER (1)  PENROSE (6)  PLUMMER (3)  POOLE (1)  PRATT (1)  PROUD (1)  RELTON (13)  REES (2)  ROBSON (2)  SKAIFE (4)  SEVERS (3)  SMITH (10)  STEVENSON (3)  STURDY (8)  SUFFILL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (8)  WEATHERILL (5)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (5)  WINTER (2)  WRIGHT (8)  WILLEY (7) 

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