Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bank Newton, Yorkshire

Bank Newton 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
DICKINSON99.0000210.77
TURNER88.000028.74
CLAPHAM66.0000697.67
WAITE66.0000288.46
RATHMELL55.00008,333.33
GILL55.000070.62
AUSTIN44.000081.80
SMITH44.00002.83
METCALFE44.0000175.44
TODD44.000078.59
SIMPSON44.000022.87
JOY44.0000476.19
WISEMAN33.0000218.98
PARKER33.000015.77
FRANKLAND22.0000270.27
MIDDLEBROOK22.00001,111.11
SOUTHWELL11.0000158.73
SEWELL11.000047.39
HODGSON11.000014.43
WATKINSON11.000085.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATHMELL8,333.3355.0000
MIDDLEBROOK1,111.1122.0000
CLAPHAM697.6766.0000
JOY476.1944.0000
WAITE288.4666.0000
FRANKLAND270.2722.0000
WISEMAN218.9833.0000
DICKINSON210.7799.0000
METCALFE175.4444.0000
SOUTHWELL158.7311.0000
WATKINSON85.4711.0000
AUSTIN81.8044.0000
TODD78.5944.0000
GILL70.6255.0000
SEWELL47.3911.0000
TURNER28.7488.0000
SIMPSON22.8744.0000
PARKER15.7733.0000
HODGSON14.4311.0000
SMITH2.8344.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called RATHMELL in Bank Newton 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 5.0000 in Bank Newton means that 5.0000% of the people in Bank Newton on census day were called RATHMELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,333.33 in Bank Newton means that you are 8,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATHMELL in Bank Newton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bank Newton in 1881

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

AUSTIN (4)  BACKHOUSE (5)  BLACKBROW (1)  BLACKEY (1)  CLAPHAM (6)  DICKINSON (9)  DUGDILL (2)  FRANKLAND (2)  GADIE (1)  GILL (5)  HODGSON (1)  JOY (4)  KAYLEY (5)  METCALFE (4)  MIDDLEBROOK (2)  PARKER (3)  RATHMELL (5)  SEWELL (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHWELL (1)  SPENSLEY (1)  TODD (4)  TURNER (8)  WATKINSON (1)  WISEMAN (3)  WOOF (7)  WAITE (6)