Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorngumbald, Yorkshire

Thorngumbald 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
PECK165.9925354.77
WILLINGHAM134.86893,250.00
WRIGHT103.745311.68
KIRBY103.745398.72
STARKEY93.3708339.62
ELLETSON93.370830,000.00
FOSTER82.996322.41
HART72.621730.74
JOHNSON62.24726.69
HOPPER62.2472157.48
LEONARD62.2472103.63
STOCKDALE62.2472288.46
HIRST62.247268.89
USHER51.8727169.49
CLARK51.87276.23
LONGMAN51.8727370.37
BENNETT51.872711.39
TOWSE51.87271,428.57
BARNES51.872715.56
ROBINSON51.87275.87
FISHER51.872716.00
BARON51.8727181.16
PICKERING41.498141.54
FENWICK41.4981114.29
COCKERILL41.4981310.08
MARSHALL41.49818.93
SHAW41.49818.15
CLOSE41.4981171.67
MARRIOT41.4981869.57
SERGEANT41.4981314.96
WARD41.49816.86
GRAY31.12367.87
SPARK31.1236256.41
NESS31.1236247.93
CLARKSON20.749128.25
BOLTON20.749117.39
NICHOLSON20.749110.54
BARNETT20.749116.61
ROE20.749138.46
BURNETT20.749127.06
LAWTON20.749129.07
WATSON20.74913.23
BARRET20.7491263.16
MACK10.374537.31
BARKER10.37452.86
ROSE10.37455.05
BUTLER10.37453.84
LAZENBY10.374579.37
WHITESIDES10.37452,500.00
FOUND10.3745333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLETSON30,000.0093.3708
WILLINGHAM3,250.00134.8689
WHITESIDES2,500.0010.3745
TOWSE1,428.5751.8727
MARRIOT869.5741.4981
BEDELL625.0010.3745
LONGMAN370.3751.8727
PECK354.77165.9925
STARKEY339.6293.3708
FOUND333.3310.3745
SERGEANT314.9641.4981
COCKERILL310.0841.4981
CALL303.0310.3745
STOCKDALE288.4662.2472
BARRET263.1620.7491
SPARK256.4131.1236
NESS247.9331.1236
BARON181.1651.8727
CLOSE171.6741.4981
USHER169.4951.8727
HOPPER157.4862.2472
FENWICK114.2941.4981
LEONARD103.6362.2472
KIRBY98.72103.7453
LAZENBY79.3710.3745
GARTON76.3410.3745
HIRST68.8962.2472
GARBUTT51.8110.3745
PICKERING41.5441.4981
ROE38.4620.7491
MACK37.3110.3745
COLLINSON31.9510.3745
HART30.7472.6217
LAWTON29.0720.7491
CLARKSON28.2520.7491
WRAY27.8610.3745
BURNETT27.0620.7491
BATTY24.5110.3745
FOSTER22.4182.9963
BOLTON17.3920.7491
BARNETT16.6120.7491
FISHER16.0051.8727
BARNES15.5651.8727
WRIGHT11.68103.7453
BENNETT11.3951.8727
HILTON10.8910.3745
NICHOLSON10.5420.7491
MARSHALL8.9341.4981
SHAW8.1541.4981
GRAY7.8731.1236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called ELLETSON in Thorngumbald 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 3.3708 in Thorngumbald means that 3.3708% of the people in Thorngumbald on census day were called ELLETSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Thorngumbald means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLETSON in Thorngumbald than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorngumbald in 1881

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

ABBETT (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (5)  BARNETT (2)  BARNFATHER (8)  BARRET (2)  BARON (5)  BATTY (1)  BEDELL (1)  BENNETT (5)  BOLTON (2)  BROWN (1)  BURNETT (2)  BUTLER (1)  CALL (1)  CLARK (5)  CLARKSON (2)  CLOSE (4)  COCKERILL (4)  COLLINSON (1)  DIBNAH (2)  EASTING (1)  ELLETSON (9)  ESCREET (3)  FENWICK (4)  FISHER (5)  FOSTER (8)  FOUND (1)  FROKINGHAM (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GARTON (1)  GRAY (3)  GREENSIDES (2)  HART (7)  HILTON (1)  HOPPER (6)  HUNTER (1)  HIRST (6)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JOHNSTON (1)  KIRBY (10)  LAWTON (2)  LAZENBY (1)  LEONARD (6)  LONGMAN (5)  MARRIOT (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MACK (1)  NESS (3)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  PARKER (1)  PECK (16)  PICKERING (4)  WRAY (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROE (2)  ROSE (1)  ROUNER (1)  SERGEANT (4)  SHAW (4)  SMITH (1)  SPARK (3)  STARKEY (9)  STATTERS (1)  STOCKDALE (6)  TOWSE (5)  USHER (5)  WALGATE (4)  WARD (4)  WATSON (2)  WHITESIDES (1)  WILLERTON (1)  WILLINGHAM (13)  WRIGHT (10) 

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