Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nawton, Yorkshire

Nawton 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
JACKSON174.843317.33
BOWES174.8433527.95
COLLEY174.8433382.02
ROBINSON133.703711.62
THOMPSON123.418811.41
WARE113.1339190.64
WILSON102.84906.20
CARPENTER92.564174.75
CLARK92.56418.53
BARKER92.564119.60
BUMBY82.27922,666.67
STONEHOUSE82.2792522.88
BARTLETT82.279252.05
EMMITT82.27923,809.52
KENT71.994347.33
READ71.994330.93
RYMER61.7094714.29
ATKINSON61.709417.55
TWILLEY61.70948,571.43
SPINK61.7094212.01
SLATER61.709428.24
DOWELL51.4245284.09
DUCK51.4245265.96
MATSON41.1396465.12
WAINWRIGHT41.139653.84
WARD41.13965.22
BARR41.139647.11
WHITE41.13963.55
TINDALL41.1396188.68
RICHARDSON41.13966.69
EMMERSON30.854786.46
BOYES30.854781.74
BENSON30.854731.51
DUNNING30.8547100.67
DODDS30.854740.60
PICKERING30.854723.70
BELL30.85474.55
THORP20.569842.02
PARKER20.56983.00
GRAY20.56983.99
CARTER20.56983.39
MEGGINSON20.56981,250.00
FORD20.56985.85
WALES20.569870.42
NIXON20.569818.71
SIMPSON20.56983.26
ADAMSON10.284910.78
CONELL10.2849909.09
SMITH10.28490.20
SHAW10.28491.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TWILLEY8,571.4361.7094
EMMITT3,809.5282.2792
BUMBY2,666.6782.2792
BENET1,428.5710.2849
MEGGINSON1,250.0020.5698
CONELL909.0910.2849
RYMER714.2961.7094
BOWES527.95174.8433
STONEHOUSE522.8882.2792
MATSON465.1241.1396
COLLEY382.02174.8433
DOWELL284.0951.4245
DUCK265.9651.4245
LIMBERT256.4110.2849
SPINK212.0161.7094
WARE190.64113.1339
TINDALL188.6841.1396
DUNNING100.6730.8547
EMMERSON86.4630.8547
BOYES81.7430.8547
CARPENTER74.7592.5641
WALES70.4220.5698
WAINWRIGHT53.8441.1396
BARTLETT52.0582.2792
KENT47.3371.9943
BARR47.1141.1396
THORP42.0220.5698
DODDS40.6030.8547
SNOWDON38.1710.2849
BENSON31.5130.8547
READ30.9371.9943
SLATER28.2461.7094
JEFFERSON26.2510.2849
MEEK24.5110.2849
PICKERING23.7030.8547
ALDERSON20.5310.2849
PICKARD20.4110.2849
BARKER19.6092.5641
NIXON18.7120.5698
ATKINSON17.5561.7094
JACKSON17.33174.8433
JENKINSON16.2610.2849
GIBB16.1310.2849
TATE14.7510.2849
ROBINSON11.62133.7037
THOMPSON11.41123.4188
ADAMSON10.7810.2849
HUMPHREY10.7010.2849
CLARK8.5392.5641
SANDERSON6.9010.2849

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called TWILLEY in Nawton 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 1.7094 in Nawton means that 1.7094% of the people in Nawton on census day were called TWILLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TWILLEY 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 TWILLEY 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 TWILLEY 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 TWILLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,571.43 in Nawton means that you are 8,571.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TWILLEY in Nawton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nawton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  ALDERSON (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BARKER (9)  BARR (4)  BARTLETT (8)  BELL (3)  BENET (1)  BENSON (3)  BENTLEY (1)  BOWES (17)  BOYES (3)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUMBY (8)  CARPENTER (9)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (9)  COLLEY (17)  CONING (1)  CONELL (1)  DALE (1)  DODDS (3)  DUCK (5)  DUNNING (3)  ELLERKER (5)  EMMERSON (3)  EMMITT (8)  FORD (2)  GARBUT (9)  GIBB (1)  GILL (1)  GRAY (2)  HOLMES (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  JACKSON (17)  JEFFERSON (1)  JENKINSON (1)  KENT (7)  KILVINGTON (4)  LIGHTOWLER (1)  LIMBERT (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATSON (4)  DOWELL (5)  NAWTON (2)  MEEK (1)  MEGINSON (1)  MEGGINSON (2)  NIXON (2)  NORRIS (1)  PARKER (2)  PICKARD (1)  PICKERING (3)  READ (7)  RICHARDSON (4)  RYMER (6)  ROBINSON (13)  SANDERSON (1)  SCALING (6)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDON (1)  SONLEY (1)  SPENCELEY (6)  SPINK (6)  STONEHOUSE (8)  SUNLEY (6)  TATE (1)  TEENAM (2)  THOMPSON (12)  THORP (2)  TINDALL (4)  TWILLEY (6)  HUMPLEBY (4)  WAINWRIGHT (4)  WALES (2)  WARD (4)  WARE (11)  WHITE (4)  WILSON (10)  WRIGHT (1)  WYEILL (1) 

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