Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilsdale West Side, Yorkshire

Bilsdale West Side 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
ATKINSON1610.7383110.27
CHAPMAN117.382651.98
DUNNING106.7114793.65
SANDERSON96.0403146.10
HEBRON74.69805,384.62
WHELDON74.69802,800.00
WOOD64.026812.64
WORTHEY53.35578,333.33
WILKES53.3557193.80
GARBUTT53.3557462.96
BOYES42.6846256.41
DOBSON42.684660.88
VENTRESS42.684610,000.00
BARR42.6846111.11
HUGILL42.68461,081.08
ROBINSON32.01346.31
HUNTON32.01341,578.95
CORNFORTH32.0134882.35
COLLEY21.3423105.82
BOWES21.3423145.99
KIRK10.671115.50
HELM10.6711149.25
WALKER10.67112.00
RICHARDSON10.67113.94
WILSON10.67111.46
WARD10.67113.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VENTRESS10,000.0042.6846
WORTHEY8,333.3353.3557
HEBRON5,384.6274.6980
WHELDON2,800.0074.6980
HUNTON1,578.9532.0134
HUGILL1,081.0842.6846
CORNFORTH882.3532.0134
DUNNING793.65106.7114
GARBUTT462.9653.3557
BOYES256.4142.6846
WILKES193.8053.3557
HELM149.2510.6711
SANDERSON146.1096.0403
BOWES145.9921.3423
BARR111.1142.6846
ATKINSON110.271610.7383
COLLEY105.8221.3423
DOBSON60.8842.6846
CHAPMAN51.98117.3826
KIRK15.5010.6711
WOOD12.6464.0268
ROBINSON6.3132.0134
RICHARDSON3.9410.6711
WARD3.0710.6711
WALKER2.0010.6711
WILSON1.4610.6711

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called VENTRESS in Bilsdale West Side 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 2.6846 in Bilsdale West Side means that 2.6846% of the people in Bilsdale West Side on census day were called VENTRESS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Bilsdale West Side in 1881

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

ATKINSON (16)  BARR (4)  BOWES (2)  BOYES (4)  CHAPMAN (11)  COLERCY (1)  COLLEY (2)  COULTON (1)  CORNFORTH (3)  DINSLEY (1)  DOBSON (4)  DUNNING (10)  EASBY (2)  FARNABY (6)  GARBUTT (5)  GOWES (1)  HEBRON (7)  HELM (1)  HUGILL (4)  HUNTON (3)  KIRK (1)  KNAGER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (3)  SANDERSON (9)  SHEREWOOD (7)  SUNLEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WHETMAN (1)  WHELDON (7)  WILKES (5)  WILSON (1)  VENTRESS (4)  VENTRES (VENTRESS) (2)  WOOD (6)  WORTHEY (5)  WRATHALL (5)