Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bessingby, Yorkshire

Bessingby 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
SMITH139.21996.53
KIDD96.3830313.59
WOOD74.964515.58
WEBB64.255331.40
BAILEY64.255328.25
WILKINSON53.546123.23
TANTON53.54613,333.33
HOLDING53.5461400.00
WHITELOCK53.54611,219.51
LENNARD53.54611,562.50
DRUMMOND42.8369142.86
BANKS42.836955.33
JEFFERSON42.8369261.44
DUNN42.836934.10
BRAMLEY42.8369310.08
CLIFFORD32.1277103.45
MARTIN32.12778.64
WRIGHT21.41844.42
SHIPLEY21.4184160.00
HUTCHINSON21.418424.97
STEPHENSON21.418424.78
FERGUSON21.418420.02
WILES21.4184163.93
WILSON21.41843.09
BAXTER10.709211.90
GIBSON10.70925.84
ATKINSON10.70927.28
MALLORY10.70921,111.11
WELDON10.7092178.57
COLLINSON10.709260.61
THOMPSON10.70922.37
BLYTHE10.709293.46
GOFTON10.70921,250.00
PALMER10.70926.02
MACHEN10.7092666.67
DIXON10.70926.47
BELL10.70923.77
GODDARD10.709217.64
COTTON10.709229.67
WALKINGTON10.7092588.24
JACKSON10.70922.54
STUBBS10.709226.88
HIRD10.709291.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TANTON3,333.3353.5461
LENNARD1,562.5053.5461
GOFTON1,250.0010.7092
WHITELOCK1,219.5153.5461
MALLORY1,111.1110.7092
MACHEN666.6710.7092
WALKINGTON588.2410.7092
HOLDING400.0053.5461
KIDD313.5996.3830
BRAMLEY310.0842.8369
JEFFERSON261.4442.8369
WELDON178.5710.7092
WILES163.9321.4184
SHIPLEY160.0021.4184
DRUMMOND142.8642.8369
CLIFFORD103.4532.1277
BLYTHE93.4610.7092
HIRD91.7410.7092
COLLINSON60.6110.7092
BANKS55.3342.8369
DUNN34.1042.8369
WEBB31.4064.2553
COTTON29.6710.7092
BAILEY28.2564.2553
STUBBS26.8810.7092
HUTCHINSON24.9721.4184
STEPHENSON24.7821.4184
WILKINSON23.2353.5461
FERGUSON20.0221.4184
GODDARD17.6410.7092
WOOD15.5874.9645
BAXTER11.9010.7092
MARTIN8.6432.1277
ATKINSON7.2810.7092
SMITH6.53139.2199
DIXON6.4710.7092
PALMER6.0210.7092
GIBSON5.8410.7092
WRIGHT4.4221.4184
BELL3.7710.7092
WILSON3.0921.4184
JACKSON2.5410.7092
THOMPSON2.3710.7092

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called TANTON in Bessingby 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 3.5461 in Bessingby means that 3.5461% of the people in Bessingby on census day were called TANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TANTON 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 TANTON 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 TANTON 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 TANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Bessingby means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TANTON in Bessingby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bessingby in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BAILEY (6)  BANKS (4)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (1)  BLYTHE (1)  BRAMLEY (4)  CLIFFORD (3)  COATHAM (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COTTON (1)  DIXON (1)  DRUMMOND (4)  DUGGLEBY (1)  DUNN (4)  FERGUSON (2)  GIBSON (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOFTON (1)  HIRD (1)  HILLERBY (5)  HOLDING (5)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (4)  KIDD (9)  LAMPLUGH (4)  LENNARD (5)  MACHEN (1)  MALLORY (1)  MARTIN (3)  MASSENDER (3)  OKE (1)  PALMER (1)  RIDSDALE (1)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (13)  STEPHENSON (2)  STUBBS (1)  TANTON (5)  THOMPSON (1)  WEBB (6)  WELDON (1)  WHITELOCK (5)  WILKINSON (5)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILES (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (2)