Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gisburn Forrest, Yorkshire

Gisburn Forrest 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
HARRISON3613.740561.90
CLARK207.633625.40
WOLFENDEN145.34351,147.54
JACKSON114.198515.02
NELSON103.816878.80
LAWSON83.053451.78
TAYLOR83.05344.77
ROBINSON72.67188.38
WILSON72.67185.82
SEED62.2901317.46
HODGSON62.290133.04
COST51.908412,500.00
SANDERSON51.908446.21
EDMONDSON51.9084165.02
CARR51.908426.44
HARGREAVES51.908445.79
WILDMAN41.5267250.00
PARKER41.52678.03
DEAN41.526721.99
BLEAZARD31.14502,500.00
COATES31.145030.71
BRIGGS20.763414.05
PORTEUS20.7634714.29
HAMMOND20.763413.40
MELLIN20.76341,111.11
SIMPSON20.76344.36
METCALF20.763437.66
SHARP20.76349.16
BARNES20.76346.34
WHIPP20.7634235.29
BANKS10.38177.44
WATSON10.38171.65
HARKER10.381736.23
POLLARD10.381710.47
WHITTAKER10.38178.06
CORT10.3817322.58
TOMLINSON10.38178.28
MELLON10.3817185.19
KING10.38171.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COST12,500.0051.9084
BLEAZARD2,500.0031.1450
WOLFENDEN1,147.54145.3435
MELLIN1,111.1120.7634
PORTEUS714.2920.7634
CORT322.5810.3817
SEED317.4662.2901
WILDMAN250.0041.5267
WHIPP235.2920.7634
MELLON185.1910.3817
EDMONDSON165.0251.9084
NELSON78.80103.8168
HARRISON61.903613.7405
LAWSON51.7883.0534
SANDERSON46.2151.9084
HARGREAVES45.7951.9084
METCALF37.6620.7634
HARKER36.2310.3817
HODGSON33.0462.2901
COATES30.7131.1450
CARR26.4451.9084
CLARK25.40207.6336
DEAN21.9941.5267
JACKSON15.02114.1985
BRIGGS14.0520.7634
HAMMOND13.4020.7634
POLLARD10.4710.3817
SHARP9.1620.7634
ROBINSON8.3872.6718
TOMLINSON8.2810.3817
WHITTAKER8.0610.3817
PARKER8.0341.5267
BANKS7.4410.3817
BARNES6.3420.7634
WILSON5.8272.6718
TAYLOR4.7783.0534
SIMPSON4.3620.7634
KING1.7510.3817
WATSON1.6510.3817

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called COST in Gisburn Forrest 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 1.9084 in Gisburn Forrest means that 1.9084% of the people in Gisburn Forrest on census day were called COST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COST 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 COST 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 COST 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 COST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,500.00 in Gisburn Forrest means that you are 12,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COST in Gisburn Forrest than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gisburn Forrest in 1881

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

ALTHAM (2)  AIRTON (6)  BANKS (1)  BARNES (2)  BLEAZARD (3)  BREAKS (1)  BRENNAND (7)  BRIGGS (2)  CALINN (1)  CARRIER OR CAMEUS (12)  CARR (5)  CLARK (20)  COATES (3)  COST (5)  CORT (1)  DEAN (4)  EDMONDSON (5)  GELDARD (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HARGREAVES (5)  HARKER (1)  HARRISON (36)  HAUSON (2)  HITCHIN (2)  HODGSON (6)  JACKSON (11)  KAANGERAA ? (1)  KAYLEY (3)  KING (1)  LAWSON (8)  MELLON (1)  MELLIN (2)  MELLOUR (1)  METCALF (2)  NELSON (10)  PARKER (4)  POLLARD (1)  PORTEUS (2)  ROBINSON (7)  RAWSTHORNE (4)  SANDERSON (5)  SEED (6)  SHARP (2)  SIMPSON (2)  TAYLOR (8)  TAYLOR WILSON (4)  THORNBER (4)  TOMLINSON (1)  WATSON (1)  WHIPP (2)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILDMAN (4)  WILSON (7)  WOLFENDEN (14)  WOOLER (8)