Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Rounton, Yorkshire

West Rounton 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
BARNETT115.0228111.34
DENNIS115.0228169.75
ATKINSON104.566246.88
YARROW94.10962,093.02
TREWHITT94.109615,000.00
BULMER94.1096520.23
SCARTH94.10962,368.42
SWALES83.6530522.88
HART73.196337.47
THOMPSON73.196310.67
FORTUNE73.1963614.04
FIELD62.739755.05
DENNISON62.7397355.03
GIBSON52.283118.81
BUSHBY41.8265465.12
WILKINSON41.826511.97
MURRAY41.826514.73
AMOS41.8265111.11
BOSTON41.8265400.00
COULTHARD31.3699245.90
BARKER31.369910.47
SMITH31.36990.97
CARNEGIE31.3699416.67
WAILES31.36991,428.57
LOWTHER31.3699223.88
SHIPLEY20.9132103.09
HEATON20.913238.17
ROWLAND20.913232.15
HALL20.91323.10
PEACOCK20.913225.61
LANDRETH20.91322,000.00
WOOD20.91322.87
HEDRINGTON20.9132
ALCOCK10.456631.65
BLAKEY10.456656.82
STONER10.4566131.58
ARMSTRONG10.45665.97
HORNE10.456620.96
COATES10.456612.25
SCOTT10.45661.80
RIDLEY10.456623.64
WALKER10.45661.36
BLACKBURN10.456612.11
FERGUSON10.45666.44
JOHNSON10.45661.36
HANBY10.4566344.83
WILLIAMS10.45660.64
PRINCE10.456620.20
BELL10.45662.43
DODSWORTH10.4566109.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TREWHITT15,000.0094.1096
SCARTH2,368.4294.1096
YARROW2,093.0294.1096
LANDRETH2,000.0020.9132
WAILES1,428.5731.3699
FORTUNE614.0473.1963
SWALES522.8883.6530
BULMER520.2394.1096
BUSHBY465.1241.8265
CARNEGIE416.6731.3699
BOSTON400.0041.8265
DENNISON355.0362.7397
HANBY344.8310.4566
COULTHARD245.9031.3699
LOWTHER223.8831.3699
DENNIS169.75115.0228
STONER131.5810.4566
BARNETT111.34115.0228
AMOS111.1141.8265
DODSWORTH109.8910.4566
SHIPLEY103.0920.9132
BLAKEY56.8210.4566
FIELD55.0562.7397
ATKINSON46.88104.5662
HEATON38.1720.9132
HART37.4773.1963
ROWLAND32.1520.9132
ALCOCK31.6510.4566
PEACOCK25.6120.9132
RIDLEY23.6410.4566
HORNE20.9610.4566
PRINCE20.2010.4566
GIBSON18.8152.2831
MURRAY14.7341.8265
COATES12.2510.4566
BLACKBURN12.1110.4566
WILKINSON11.9741.8265
HOWE11.6310.4566
THOMPSON10.6773.1963
BARKER10.4731.3699
FERGUSON6.4410.4566
ARMSTRONG5.9710.4566
HALL3.1020.9132
WOOD2.8720.9132
BELL2.4310.4566
SCOTT1.8010.4566
WALKER1.3610.4566
JOHNSON1.3610.4566
SMITH0.9731.3699
WILLIAMS0.6410.4566

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called TREWHITT in West Rounton 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 4.1096 in West Rounton means that 4.1096% of the people in West Rounton on census day were called TREWHITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT 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 TREWHITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in West Rounton means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TREWHITT in West Rounton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Rounton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  AMOS (4)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (10)  BARKER (3)  BARNETT (11)  BELL (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BOSTON (4)  BULMER (9)  BUSHBY (4)  CARNEGIE (3)  COATES (1)  COWTON (1)  COULTHARD (3)  CUNDALE (1)  DENNIS (11)  DENNISON (6)  DODSWORTH (1)  ELJIE (7)  FERGUSON (1)  FIELD (6)  FOGGIN (3)  FORTUNE (7)  GIBSON (5)  HALL (2)  HANBY (1)  HART (7)  HERVE (1)  HEATON (2)  HEAVESIDES (4)  HEDRINGTON (2)  HOOKWAY (5)  HORNE (1)  HOWE (1)  HUDSFRETH (1)  JOBLING (2)  JOHNSON (1)  LANDRETH (2)  LOWTHER (3)  MURRAY (4)  NODDINGS (3)  PARLOUR (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PRINCE (1)  RIDLEY (1)  ROWLAND (2)  SCARTH (9)  SCOTT (1)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (3)  STONER (1)  SWALES (8)  THOMPSON (7)  TREWHITT (9)  WAILES (3)  WALKER (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHTSON (4)  YARROW (9) 

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