Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton Under Whitstone, Yorkshire

Sutton Under Whitstone 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
KETTLEWELL165.35121,739.13
WALKER155.016714.99
CUTHBERT113.6789255.81
HADDOCK93.0100468.75
WORLEY93.0100676.69
SIMPSON82.675615.30
ROBINSON82.67568.39
DICK72.3411104.95
HARLAND72.3411281.12
KIRK72.341154.05
DAWSON62.006718.20
RYDER62.0067115.83
WILLIAMSON62.006722.39
ANDERSON51.67228.47
PREST51.6722543.48
MUSGROVE51.6722347.22
CASS51.6722235.85
SHAW51.67229.10
BROWN51.67222.54
GLASBY41.33781,176.47
JARVIS41.337829.81
MILES41.337822.68
COWAN41.337865.57
RANSON41.3378270.27
HODGSON41.337819.31
BROUGH31.003381.97
BARKER31.00337.67
HAW31.0033303.03
WILSON31.00332.18
HORNBY31.003387.98
LEADLEY31.0033750.00
JOHNSON31.00332.99
LANGDALE20.6689384.62
KEMP20.668912.06
NELSON20.668913.81
CHAPMAN20.66894.71
WOOD20.66892.10
RAWLING20.6689183.49
JOHNSTONE20.668914.80
DIXON20.66896.11
WATSON20.66892.88
GOODWILL20.6689377.36
COWPER10.334476.34
THOMPSON10.33441.12
FARMER10.334410.70
HORNER10.334417.57
RYMER10.3344140.85
EAGLE10.334460.24
LUMLEY10.334454.95
WHORLEY10.33441,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KETTLEWELL1,739.13165.3512
WHORLEY1,250.0010.3344
GLASBY1,176.4741.3378
LEADLEY750.0031.0033
WORLEY676.6993.0100
PREST543.4851.6722
HADDOCK468.7593.0100
LANGDALE384.6220.6689
GOODWILL377.3620.6689
MUSGROVE347.2251.6722
HAW303.0331.0033
HARLAND281.1272.3411
RANSON270.2741.3378
CUTHBERT255.81113.6789
CASS235.8551.6722
RAWLING183.4920.6689
IBBETSON149.2510.3344
RYMER140.8510.3344
RYDER115.8362.0067
DICK104.9572.3411
HORNBY87.9831.0033
BROUGH81.9731.0033
COWPER76.3410.3344
COWAN65.5741.3378
PICKERSGILL63.6910.3344
EAGLE60.2410.3344
MALTBY58.4810.3344
THWAITES55.8710.3344
LUMLEY54.9510.3344
KIRK54.0572.3411
HATFIELD46.9510.3344
FAIRWEATHER43.1010.3344
HORSLEY35.7110.3344
FOOT33.7810.3344
TROTTER31.9510.3344
SAYERS30.3010.3344
JARVIS29.8141.3378
COLLEY26.3910.3344
GAMBLE23.3610.3344
MILES22.6841.3378
WILLIAMSON22.3962.0067
APPLETON21.3210.3344
HODGSON19.3141.3378
DAWSON18.2062.0067
HORNER17.5710.3344
SIMPSON15.3082.6756
WALKER14.99155.0167
JOHNSTONE14.8020.6689
METCALFE14.6410.3344
MILNER14.5810.3344

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 16 people called KETTLEWELL in Sutton Under Whitstone 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 5.3512 in Sutton Under Whitstone means that 5.3512% of the people in Sutton Under Whitstone on census day were called KETTLEWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KETTLEWELL 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 KETTLEWELL 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 KETTLEWELL 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 KETTLEWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,739.13 in Sutton Under Whitstone means that you are 1,739.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KETTLEWELL in Sutton Under Whitstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton Under Whitstone in 1881

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

ANDERSON (5)  ANAKIN (8)  APPLETON (1)  ARNIM (1)  ASCOUGH (1)  BARKER (3)  BELL (1)  BELLWOOD (3)  BENSON (1)  BIRKINSHAW (1)  BLENKIN (2)  BOGGETT (2)  BOSOMWORTH (5)  BROADLEY (4)  BROUGH (3)  BROWN (5)  CASS (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLEMINSON (4)  COLLEY (1)  COWPER (1)  COWAN (4)  CUTHBERT (11)  DAUBY (1)  DAWSON (6)  DICK (7)  DIXON (2)  EAGLE (1)  ELLIS (1)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FARMER (1)  FOOT (1)  GAMBLE (1)  GLASBY (4)  GOODWILL (2)  HADDOCK (9)  HARLAND (7)  HATFIELD (1)  HAW (3)  HODGSON (4)  HORNBY (3)  HORNER (1)  HORSLEY (1)  IBBETSON (1)  JARVIS (4)  JOHNSON (3)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KEMP (2)  KETTLEWELL (16)  KILVINGTON (1)  KIRK (7)  LANGDALE (2)  LEADLEY (3)  LUMLEY (1)  MALTBY (1)  METCALFE (1)  MILES (4)  MILNER (1)  MUSGROVE (5)  NELSON (2)  PAIPE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PREST (5)  RANSON (4)  RYDER (6)  RYMER (1)  ROBINSON (8)  RAWLING (2)  SAYERS (1)  SCURRAH (1)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (8)  SLIGHTS (8)  SMITH (1)  STEEL (1)  SUFFILL (8)  THOMPSON (1)  THWAITES (1)  TROTTER (1)  TYREMAN (8)  WALKER (15)  WATSON (2)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (2)  WORLEY (9)  WHORLEY (1)  YARKER (1) 

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