Top surnames from the 1881 census in Notton, Yorkshire

Notton 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
PARKER155.747130.22
GEE145.3640210.21
SMITH103.83142.71
WOODCOCK103.8314134.23
MARKHAM93.4483289.39
FERGUSON93.448348.65
KILBY72.6820476.19
WHITE72.68208.34
BUCKINGHAM72.6820201.15
BROWN62.29893.49
TURNER62.29898.26
NUSSEY62.29893,529.41
STEEL62.298956.39
WOOD51.91576.01
MARSDEN51.915746.25
WIGGINS51.9157177.94
GIBSON51.915715.78
ELLIOT51.915775.08
WILBY51.9157326.80
ARNOLD41.532628.43
SADLER41.532665.04
MORTON41.532628.67
GRAY41.532610.74
COLDWELL41.5326350.88
DRINKWATER31.1494116.73
NUNN31.149465.65
HARRISON31.14945.18
SHILLITO31.1494476.19
WIGGLESWORTH31.1494232.56
BELL31.14946.12
DOWNING31.149466.08
WILLIAMSON31.149412.82
SHELDON31.149475.57
ROBERTS31.14943.06
PICKERING31.149431.85
DENTON31.149462.50
PEARSON31.14949.89
MELLOR20.766321.76
HAIGH20.766322.22
WAKE20.766395.24
ASTLEY20.7663115.61
SIMPSON20.76634.38
DAWSON10.38313.48
GODLEY10.3831121.95
CLEGG10.383111.25
WALKER10.38311.14
FULWOOD10.3831769.23
RACE10.383170.42
FARROW10.383120.41
HOWARTH10.38317.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NUSSEY3,529.4162.2989
FULWOOD769.2310.3831
FILES500.0010.3831
KILBY476.1972.6820
SHILLITO476.1931.1494
COLDWELL350.8841.5326
WILBY326.8051.9157
MARKHAM289.3993.4483
WIGGLESWORTH232.5631.1494
GEE210.21145.3640
BUCKINGHAM201.1572.6820
WIGGINS177.9451.9157
VIRGO149.2510.3831
WOODCOCK134.23103.8314
GODLEY121.9510.3831
DRINKWATER116.7331.1494
ASTLEY115.6120.7663
WAKE95.2420.7663
SHELDON75.5731.1494
ELLIOT75.0851.9157
RACE70.4210.3831
MARLEY66.2310.3831
DOWNING66.0831.1494
NUNN65.6531.1494
SADLER65.0441.5326
LAWLEY63.6910.3831
DENTON62.5031.1494
STEEL56.3962.2989
FERGUSON48.6593.4483
MARSDEN46.2551.9157
PICKERING31.8531.1494
PARKER30.22155.7471
MORTON28.6741.5326
ARNOLD28.4341.5326
LILLEY27.7010.3831
COOMBS22.6810.3831
HAIGH22.2220.7663
MELLOR21.7620.7663
FARROW20.4110.3831
MILNER16.6910.3831
GIBSON15.7851.9157
WILLIAMSON12.8231.1494
CLEGG11.2510.3831
GRAY10.7441.5326
BROOK9.9410.3831
PEARSON9.8931.1494
TOWNSEND9.0210.3831
WHITE8.3472.6820
TURNER8.2662.2989
HOWARTH7.9710.3831

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called NUSSEY in Notton 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 2.2989 in Notton means that 2.2989% of the people in Notton on census day were called NUSSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY 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 NUSSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,529.41 in Notton means that you are 3,529.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NUSSEY in Notton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Notton in 1881

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

ARNOLD (4)  ASTLEY (2)  BELL (3)  BROOKS (1)  BROOK (1)  BROWN (6)  BUCKINGHAM (7)  BURGESS (1)  COLDWELL (4)  CLEGG (1)  COOMBS (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEARNLEY (1)  DENTON (3)  DOWNING (3)  DRINKWATER (3)  ELLIOT (5)  FARROW (1)  FERGUSON (9)  FILES (1)  FROGGATT (2)  FROUBBISHER (1)  FULWOOD (1)  GEE (14)  GIBSON (5)  GODLEY (1)  GOLDTHORP (7)  GRAY (4)  HALIDAY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HAIGH (2)  HEESOM (4)  HILL (1)  HOWARTH (1)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (1)  KILBY (7)  LAWLEY (1)  LEYBOURNE (2)  LILLEY (1)  MARKHAM (9)  MARLEY (1)  MARSDEN (5)  MELLOR (2)  MILNER (1)  MORTON (4)  NUNN (3)  NUSSEY (6)  HOLD (4)  PARKER (15)  PEARSON (3)  PICKERING (3)  PYM (1)  RACE (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROSCO (1)  SADLER (4)  SHAW (1)  SHILLITO (3)  SIMPSON (2)  SHELDON (3)  SMITH (10)  STEEL (6)  THACKRAY (1)  TOMKIN (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (6)  VIRGO (1)  WAKE (2)  WALKER (1)  WHITE (7)  WIGGINS (5)  WIGGLESWORTH (3)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILBY (5)  WOOD (5)  WOODCOCK (10) 

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