Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornton In Pocklington, Yorkshire

Thornton In Pocklington 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
PORTEUS116.96206,470.59
SNELL116.9620367.89
SHEPHERD74.430460.45
NICHOLLS74.430484.85
BECKETT74.4304222.22
ALLAN63.797560.48
GIBSON63.797531.28
SMITH63.79752.69
LEADBEATER53.1646769.23
COATES42.531667.91
GODDARD42.531662.99
TASKER42.5316238.10
COOPER31.89877.81
PALMER31.898716.11
BROWN31.89872.88
JACKSON21.26584.53
STORY21.2658204.08
BARKER21.26589.67
IRELAND21.265854.50
CONSTABLE21.2658114.29
OLDRIDGE21.2658909.09
STUBBINS21.2658769.23
FRITCHER10.632910,000.00
SNOWDEN10.632970.92
SIMPSON10.63293.62
HUMPHREY10.632923.75
WILLIS10.632911.90
HARRISON10.63292.85
TOWSE10.6329476.19
CARR10.63298.77
OGLEY10.6329625.00
KENDALL10.632929.41
DYKES10.632991.74
COOK10.63293.19
HOPPER10.632944.25
WALES10.632978.13
CLARK10.63292.11
HARPER10.63299.88
STAIRS10.63292,000.00
ANDREWS10.63296.61
JENNISON10.6329357.14
DORSEY10.63291,000.00
HUTCHINSON10.632911.14
WILSON10.63291.38
RINGROSE10.6329256.41
HILLARY10.6329384.62
TRAFFORD10.6329158.73
CHAPMAN10.63294.46
HALLIDAY10.632930.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FRITCHER10,000.0010.6329
PORTEUS6,470.59116.9620
STAIRS2,000.0010.6329
DORSEY1,000.0010.6329
OLDRIDGE909.0921.2658
STUBBINS769.2321.2658
LEADBEATER769.2353.1646
OGLEY625.0010.6329
TOWSE476.1910.6329
HILLARY384.6210.6329
SNELL367.89116.9620
JENNISON357.1410.6329
RINGROSE256.4110.6329
TASKER238.1042.5316
BECKETT222.2274.4304
STORY204.0821.2658
TRAFFORD158.7310.6329
CONSTABLE114.2921.2658
DYKES91.7410.6329
NICHOLLS84.8574.4304
WALES78.1310.6329
SNOWDEN70.9210.6329
COATES67.9142.5316
GODDARD62.9942.5316
ALLAN60.4863.7975
SHEPHERD60.4574.4304
IRELAND54.5021.2658
HOPPER44.2510.6329
GIBSON31.2863.7975
HALLIDAY30.6710.6329
KENDALL29.4110.6329
HUMPHREY23.7510.6329
PALMER16.1131.8987
WILLIS11.9010.6329
HUTCHINSON11.1410.6329
HARPER9.8810.6329
BARKER9.6721.2658
CARR8.7710.6329
COOPER7.8131.8987
ANDREWS6.6110.6329
JACKSON4.5321.2658
CHAPMAN4.4610.6329
SIMPSON3.6210.6329
COOK3.1910.6329
BROWN2.8831.8987
HARRISON2.8510.6329
SMITH2.6963.7975
CLARK2.1110.6329
WILSON1.3810.6329

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called FRITCHER in Thornton In Pocklington 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 0.6329 in Thornton In Pocklington means that 0.6329% of the people in Thornton In Pocklington on census day were called FRITCHER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Thornton In Pocklington in 1881

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

OLDRIDGE (2)  ALLAN (6)  ANDREWS (1)  BARKER (2)  BECKETT (7)  BINNINGTON (2)  BOTHAM (7)  BROWN (3)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  COATES (4)  CONSTABLE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (3)  DALTRY (1)  DYKES (1)  DORSEY (1)  EALDIN (1)  FRITCHER (1)  GIBSON (6)  GODDARD (4)  HADAMSON (1)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HESSELWOOD (8)  HILLARY (1)  HOPPER (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  IRELAND (2)  JACKSON (2)  JENNISON (1)  KENDALL (1)  LEADBEATER (5)  LEADBEATTER (1)  NICHOLLS (7)  OGLEY (1)  PALMER (3)  PORTEUS (11)  POTTAGE (2)  RINGROSE (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (6)  SNELL (11)  SNOWDEN (1)  STAIRS (1)  STORY (2)  STUBBINS (2)  TASKER (4)  TOWSE (1)  TRAFFORD (1)  WALES (1)  WILBERFORCE (7)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (1) 

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