Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thoralby, Yorkshire

Thoralby 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
WILLIS167.4074139.37
DINSDALE136.01851,171.17
SCOTT136.018523.79
FAWCETT104.6296239.23
SAYER94.1667318.02
MUDD94.1667989.01
TATE83.7037191.85
FURNISH73.240714,000.00
DENT73.2407170.32
NICHOLSON62.777839.09
COATES62.777874.53
HEMSLEY52.3148462.96
BELL52.314812.32
METCALFE52.3148101.42
JAQUES41.8519250.00
WEBSTER41.851921.29
KETTLEWELL41.8519606.06
SADLER41.851978.59
BOLLAND41.8519555.56
ROBINSON41.85195.81
LAMBERT31.388925.45
HAW31.3889422.54
ROUTH20.9259625.00
PYBUS10.4630156.25
TOMLINSON10.463010.04
MILLS10.46303.57
STOREY10.463018.21
CARTER10.46302.76
BOND10.46308.75
TENNANT10.463043.29
SHARP10.46305.56
CALVERT10.463022.73
JAGGER10.463058.48
HARPER10.46307.23
WALLER10.463018.38
DOLPHIN10.4630125.00
MATTINSON10.4630263.16
JOHNSON10.46301.38
BUSHBY10.4630117.65
RUSSELL10.46303.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FURNISH14,000.0073.2407
DINSDALE1,171.17136.0185
MUDD989.0194.1667
ROUTH625.0020.9259
KETTLEWELL606.0641.8519
BOLLAND555.5641.8519
HEMSLEY462.9652.3148
HAW422.5431.3889
SAYER318.0294.1667
MATTINSON263.1610.4630
JAQUES250.0041.8519
FAWCETT239.23104.6296
TATE191.8583.7037
DENT170.3273.2407
PYBUS156.2510.4630
WILLIS139.37167.4074
DOLPHIN125.0010.4630
BUSHBY117.6510.4630
METCALFE101.4252.3148
SADLER78.5941.8519
COATES74.5362.7778
JAGGER58.4810.4630
TENNANT43.2910.4630
NICHOLSON39.0962.7778
LAMBERT25.4531.3889
SCOTT23.79136.0185
CALVERT22.7310.4630
WEBSTER21.2941.8519
WALLER18.3810.4630
STOREY18.2110.4630
BELL12.3252.3148
TOMLINSON10.0410.4630
BOND8.7510.4630
HARPER7.2310.4630
ROBINSON5.8141.8519
SHARP5.5610.4630
RUSSELL3.7910.4630
MILLS3.5710.4630
CARTER2.7610.4630
JOHNSON1.3810.4630

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called FURNISH in Thoralby 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 3.2407 in Thoralby means that 3.2407% of the people in Thoralby on census day were called FURNISH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FURNISH 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 FURNISH 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 FURNISH 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 FURNISH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,000.00 in Thoralby means that you are 14,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FURNISH in Thoralby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thoralby in 1881

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

BELL (5)  BLACKLING (1)  BLENKIRON (1)  BOLLAND (4)  BOND (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CALVERT (1)  CAPSTICK (1)  CARTER (1)  COATES (6)  DENT (7)  DINSDALE (13)  DOLPHIN (1)  FAWCETT (10)  FURNISH (7)  GREATHEAD (2)  HAMMIL (2)  HARPER (1)  HAW (3)  HESELTINE (25)  HEMSLEY (5)  JAQUES (4)  JAGGER (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KETTLEWELL (4)  KILLBURN (1)  LAMBERT (3)  MATTINSON (1)  METCALFE (5)  MILLS (1)  MAYCHELL (1)  MUDD (9)  NICHOLSON (6)  PYBUS (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROUTH (2)  RUSSELL (1)  SADLER (4)  SARGINSON (5)  SAYER (9)  SCOTT (13)  SHARP (1)  STOREY (1)  STUBS (1)  TATE (8)  TENNANT (1)  THWAITE (8)  TOMLINSON (1)  WALLER (1)  WEBSTER (4)  WILLIS (16) 

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