Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe, Yorkshire

Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe 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
WISE103.7879181.82
NICHOLSON103.787953.30
WILTON93.4091354.33
WILSON83.03036.60
SHAW83.030316.50
BEDFORD83.0303127.80
WRAY72.6515197.18
SIMPSON72.651515.16
SNELL72.6515140.00
RYDER62.2727131.29
BELL62.272712.09
JOWETT62.2727208.33
GILL62.272732.12
SCAIFE62.2727512.82
KIRK51.893943.74
PARKER51.89399.96
RICHARDSON51.893911.13
RENTON41.5152246.91
WILKINSON41.51529.93
CHAPMAN41.515210.67
BENNETT41.51529.22
BAINES31.136459.41
MINGE31.1364
WADE31.136428.38
LICKLEY31.13642,000.00
LLOYD31.13649.73
FAWCETT20.757639.22
ROTHERY20.7576206.19
THWAITES20.7576126.58
SWIRE20.7576769.23
GROVES20.757626.95
LISTER20.757626.56
DAVIDSON20.75769.01
COATES20.757620.33
HARRISON20.75763.41
SPENCE20.757622.91
BENSON20.757627.93
VEAR20.7576869.57
HARKER20.757671.94
COOPER10.37881.56
HERRING10.378836.90
CARVER10.378841.84
NEAVES10.3788250.00
BEW10.3788270.27
GAUNT10.378838.46
TUNSTALL10.378871.43
RIPLEY10.378857.47
KIPLING10.3788158.73
THORPE10.37889.58
BRIGHAM10.3788178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LICKLEY2,000.0031.1364
VEAR869.5720.7576
SWIRE769.2320.7576
SCAIFE512.8262.2727
WILTON354.3393.4091
BEW270.2710.3788
NEAVES250.0010.3788
RENTON246.9141.5152
GOODWILL212.7710.3788
JOWETT208.3362.2727
ROTHERY206.1920.7576
WRAY197.1872.6515
WISE181.82103.7879
BRIGHAM178.5710.3788
KIPLING158.7310.3788
SNELL140.0072.6515
RYDER131.2962.2727
BEDFORD127.8083.0303
THWAITES126.5820.7576
HARKER71.9420.7576
TUNSTALL71.4310.3788
BAINES59.4131.1364
RIPLEY57.4710.3788
NICHOLSON53.30103.7879
KIRK43.7451.8939
CARVER41.8410.3788
FAWCETT39.2220.7576
GAUNT38.4610.3788
HERRING36.9010.3788
GILL32.1262.2727
WADE28.3831.1364
BENSON27.9320.7576
GROVES26.9520.7576
LISTER26.5620.7576
SPENCE22.9120.7576
FRYER20.4110.3788
COATES20.3320.7576
RUSHTON18.3810.3788
MORTIMER18.1210.3788
DALTON16.5010.3788
SHAW16.5083.0303
SIMPSON15.1672.6515
BELL12.0962.2727
RICHARDSON11.1351.8939
CHAPMAN10.6741.5152
BLACKBURN10.0510.3788
PARKER9.9651.8939
WILKINSON9.9341.5152
LLOYD9.7331.1364
THORPE9.5810.3788

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called LICKLEY in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe 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 1.1364 in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe means that 1.1364% of the people in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe on census day were called LICKLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LICKLEY 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 LICKLEY 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 LICKLEY 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 LICKLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LICKLEY in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitcliffe Cum Thorpe in 1881

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

ADDAMSON (6)  BAINES (3)  BEDFORD (8)  BELL (6)  BENNETT (4)  BENSON (2)  BEW (1)  BICKERDIKE (7)  BURKEL (WADE) (4)  BLACKBURN (1)  BRIGHAM (1)  CARLING (6)  CARVER (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  COATES (2)  COOPER (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DOBBY (5)  FAWCETT (2)  FOGGIN (1)  FOXTON (6)  FRYER (1)  GATCLIFFE (4)  GATENBY (1)  GAUNT (1)  GELDART (1)  GILL (6)  GOODWILL (1)  GROVES (2)  HARKER (2)  HARRISON (2)  HERRING (1)  ILEE (3)  JOWETT (6)  KENEDY (7)  KILDING (2)  KIPLING (1)  KIRK (5)  LAMBOROUGH (5)  LICKLEY (3)  LISTER (2)  LLOYD (3)  LOWLEY (4)  MATTHEWS (1)  MINGE (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MORTIMER (1)  NEAVES (1)  NICHOLSON (10)  PARKER (5)  PARSONAGE (1)  WRAY (7)  RENTON (4)  RICHARDSON (5)  RYDER (6)  RIPLEY (1)  ROTHERY (2)  RUSHTON (1)  SCAIFE (6)  SHAW (8)  SIMPSON (7)  SNELL (7)  SPENCE (2)  STRODDER (2)  SWIRE (2)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  THWAITES (2)  TODD (1)  TUNSTALL (1)  TURNER (1)  VEAR (2)  WADE (3)  WATSON (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (8)  WILTON (9)  WISE (10) 

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