Top surnames from the 1881 census in Towthorpe In Driffield, Yorkshire

Towthorpe In Driffield 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
HODGSON912.5000180.36
FARTHING811.11112,105.26
APPLEBY68.3333508.47
BOYES56.9444666.67
WHITING45.5556287.77
MEGGINSON34.166710,000.00
WILKINSON34.166727.30
FAIRLEY22.7778571.43
HARRISON22.777812.52
FLETCHER11.388912.17
PUGH11.388936.36
MYERS11.388953.19
COLE11.388915.24
LUMLEY11.3889227.27
WALKER11.38894.15
BARRETT11.388920.66
SUGGITT11.38891,666.67
FENWICK11.3889106.38
PIERCY11.3889384.62
CROWFORD11.38895,000.00
CHAMBERS11.388924.45
JOHNSTON11.388917.21
BIELBY11.3889909.09
TURNER11.38894.99
ARCHER11.388933.56
ROBINSON11.38894.36
NETTLETON11.3889322.58
COX11.38899.17
MARTIN11.38895.64
BROWN11.38892.11
JEFF11.38891,250.00
BELL11.38897.39
TOWSE11.38891,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEGGINSON10,000.0034.1667
CROWFORD5,000.0011.3889
FARTHING2,105.26811.1111
SUGGITT1,666.6711.3889
JEFF1,250.0011.3889
TOWSE1,111.1111.3889
BIELBY909.0911.3889
BOYES666.6756.9444
FAIRLEY571.4322.7778
APPLEBY508.4768.3333
PIERCY384.6211.3889
NETTLETON322.5811.3889
WHITING287.7745.5556
LUMLEY227.2711.3889
HODGSON180.36912.5000
FENWICK106.3811.3889
MYERS53.1911.3889
PUGH36.3611.3889
ARCHER33.5611.3889
WILKINSON27.3034.1667
CHAMBERS24.4511.3889
BARRETT20.6611.3889
JOHNSTON17.2111.3889
COLE15.2411.3889
HARRISON12.5222.7778
FLETCHER12.1711.3889
COX9.1711.3889
BELL7.3911.3889
MARTIN5.6411.3889
TURNER4.9911.3889
ROBINSON4.3611.3889
WALKER4.1511.3889
BROWN2.1111.3889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called MEGGINSON in Towthorpe In Driffield 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 4.1667 in Towthorpe In Driffield means that 4.1667% of the people in Towthorpe In Driffield on census day were called MEGGINSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Towthorpe In Driffield in 1881

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

APPLEBY (6)  ARCHER (1)  BARRETT (1)  BIELBY (1)  BELL (1)  BOYES (5)  BROWN (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  COLE (1)  COX (1)  CROWFORD (1)  FAIRLEY (2)  FARTHING (8)  FENWICK (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANKISH (1)  GROWSER (1)  HARRISON (2)  HODGSON (9)  HUFFINGTON (1)  JEFF (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MARTIN (1)  MEGGINSON (3)  MYERS (1)  NETTLETON (1)  NODDLE (1)  PIERCY (1)  PROCKLER (1)  PUGH (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SAWDEN (1)  SUGGITT (1)  TOWSE (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (1)  WHITING (4)  WILKINSON (3) 

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