Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newby Wiske, Yorkshire

Newby Wiske 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
NICHOLSON115.092671.66
CLARK94.166713.86
THOMPSON83.703712.36
EYLES83.7037800.00
JEFFREYS83.7037620.16
HILL73.240712.73
HEADLEY62.77781,034.48
WARNE62.7778379.75
SANDERSON62.777867.26
RAMSDALE62.77781,153.85
HARLAND52.3148277.78
PEACOCK52.314864.94
LONSDALE52.3148279.33
MCVAY41.85198,000.00
HOGG41.851951.28
STURDY41.8519579.71
COBB41.8519130.29
LITTLE41.851939.14
WEATHERILL41.8519800.00
LAMB41.851935.12
COWANS31.38891,250.00
MEEK31.3889119.52
WILSON31.38893.02
BELL31.38897.39
PYBUS20.9259312.50
GRIERSON20.9259166.67
SHIPLEY20.9259104.71
ALMOND20.925974.63
FEATHERSTONE20.9259103.09
STAPLETON20.925992.17
SADDLER20.9259307.69
LIDSTER20.9259869.57
HANNAH10.463035.59
ABBOTT10.463010.49
JONES10.46300.41
HOWE10.463011.79
SMITH10.46300.33
SCHOFIELD10.46308.54
CARTER10.46302.76
LONG10.46307.14
WILLIAMS10.46300.64
RICHARDSON10.46302.72
BANNISTER10.463026.81
LAYFIELD10.4630256.41
PEARSON10.46303.99
JOHNSON10.46301.38
DICKENSON10.463030.58
MORELAND10.4630208.33
HORNER10.463024.33
MCLEAN10.4630181.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCVAY8,000.0041.8519
COWANS1,250.0031.3889
RAMSDALE1,153.8562.7778
HEADLEY1,034.4862.7778
LIDSTER869.5720.9259
WEATHERILL800.0041.8519
EYLES800.0083.7037
JEFFREYS620.1683.7037
STURDY579.7141.8519
WARNE379.7562.7778
PYBUS312.5020.9259
SADDLER307.6920.9259
LONSDALE279.3352.3148
HARLAND277.7852.3148
LAYFIELD256.4110.4630
MORELAND208.3310.4630
MCLEAN181.8210.4630
GRIERSON166.6720.9259
COBB130.2941.8519
MEEK119.5231.3889
SHIPLEY104.7120.9259
FEATHERSTONE103.0920.9259
STAPLETON92.1720.9259
WASS85.4710.4630
ALMOND74.6320.9259
NICHOLSON71.66115.0926
SANDERSON67.2662.7778
PEACOCK64.9452.3148
HOGG51.2841.8519
SHEPHARD48.3110.4630
WINN47.6210.4630
LITTLE39.1441.8519
HANNAH35.5910.4630
LAMB35.1241.8519
DICKENSON30.5810.4630
BANNISTER26.8110.4630
HORNER24.3310.4630
HORN20.3710.4630
CLARK13.8694.1667
HILL12.7373.2407
HERBERT12.3910.4630
THOMPSON12.3683.7037
BLACKBURN12.2910.4630
HOWE11.7910.4630
ABBOTT10.4910.4630
SCHOFIELD8.5410.4630
BELL7.3931.3889
LONG7.1410.4630
DAY4.9210.4630
PEARSON3.9910.4630

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MCVAY in Newby Wiske 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 1.8519 in Newby Wiske means that 1.8519% of the people in Newby Wiske on census day were called MCVAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCVAY 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 MCVAY 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 MCVAY 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 MCVAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,000.00 in Newby Wiske means that you are 8,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCVAY in Newby Wiske than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newby Wiske in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALMOND (2)  BANNISTER (1)  BELL (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOTTERILL (5)  BUSFIELD (9)  CALNER (1)  CARTER (1)  CLARK (9)  COBB (4)  COWANS (3)  DAY (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DUTCHBURN (1)  EYLES (8)  FAWBERT (5)  FEATHERSTONE (2)  GATENBY (3)  GREATHEAD (1)  GRIERSON (2)  HANNAH (1)  HARLAND (5)  HEADLEY (6)  HERBERT (1)  HERBERTT (1)  HILL (7)  HOGG (4)  HORN (1)  HORNER (1)  HOWE (1)  JEFFREYS (8)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  LAMB (4)  LAYFIELD (1)  LIDSTER (2)  LITTLE (4)  LONG (1)  LONSDALE (5)  MCLEAN (1)  MCVAY (4)  MEEK (3)  MORELAND (1)  NICHOLSON (11)  OZELTON (1)  PEACOCK (5)  PEARSON (1)  PYBUS (2)  RAMSDALE (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUTSON (3)  SADDLER (2)  SANDERSON (6)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (1)  STAPLETON (2)  STURDY (4)  TEBB (1)  THOMPSON (8)  WOODSWORTH (1)  WARD (1)  WARNE (6)  WASS (1)  WEIGHELL (10)  WEATHERILL (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (3)  WINN (1)  YARKER (2) 

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