Top surnames from the 1881 census in Haisthorpe, Yorkshire

Haisthorpe 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
STORK97.31714,500.00
WATSON75.691124.54
JENNISON75.69113,181.82
SIMPKIN64.87801,304.35
THOMPSON54.065013.57
ELGER54.06507,142.86
DANBY54.0650943.40
BROWN43.25204.93
WOODCOCK32.439085.47
CROFT32.4390103.09
BRIGHAM32.43901,153.85
BARSON32.43901,304.35
KNAGGS32.4390937.50
WALKER21.62604.86
ELLIOTT21.626019.16
MARSHALL21.62609.69
PETCH21.6260363.64
ASHBY21.626097.09
NICHOLSON21.626022.88
BELL10.81304.33
HOOD10.813029.41
ANDERSON10.81304.12
STEPHENSON10.813014.20
SELLERS10.8130105.26
WILSON10.81301.77
GEDNEY10.81302,000.00
WOOD10.81302.55
CANN10.813087.72
WHITE10.81302.53
LYONS10.813036.50
BOYNTON10.8130400.00
WALKINGTON10.8130666.67
JACKSON10.81302.91
ELLIS10.81305.60
WRIGHT10.81302.53
SHEPHERD10.813011.10
WINTER10.813022.94
WATTS10.81309.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELGER7,142.8654.0650
STORK4,500.0097.3171
JENNISON3,181.8275.6911
GEDNEY2,000.0010.8130
SIMPKIN1,304.3564.8780
BARSON1,304.3532.4390
BRIGHAM1,153.8532.4390
DANBY943.4054.0650
KNAGGS937.5032.4390
WALKINGTON666.6710.8130
BOYNTON400.0010.8130
PETCH363.6421.6260
SELLERS105.2610.8130
CROFT103.0932.4390
ASHBY97.0921.6260
CANN87.7210.8130
WOODCOCK85.4732.4390
LYONS36.5010.8130
HOOD29.4110.8130
WATSON24.5475.6911
WINTER22.9410.8130
NICHOLSON22.8821.6260
ELLIOTT19.1621.6260
STEPHENSON14.2010.8130
THOMPSON13.5754.0650
SHEPHERD11.1010.8130
WATTS9.7010.8130
MARSHALL9.6921.6260
ELLIS5.6010.8130
BROWN4.9343.2520
WALKER4.8621.6260
BELL4.3310.8130
ANDERSON4.1210.8130
JACKSON2.9110.8130
WOOD2.5510.8130
WRIGHT2.5310.8130
WHITE2.5310.8130
WILSON1.7710.8130

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called ELGER in Haisthorpe 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 4.0650 in Haisthorpe means that 4.0650% of the people in Haisthorpe on census day were called ELGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELGER 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 ELGER 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 ELGER 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 ELGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,142.86 in Haisthorpe means that you are 7,142.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELGER in Haisthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Haisthorpe in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ASHBY (2)  BARSON (3)  BELL (1)  BOYNTON (1)  BRIGHAM (3)  BROWN (4)  CANN (1)  CEEDLE (1)  CLUBLEY (3)  CROFT (3)  CUST (1)  DANBY (5)  ELGER (5)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (1)  GEDNEY (1)  GILBANK (1)  GRATRIX (4)  HOOD (1)  HUDD (1)  HOTHAM (1)  JACKSON (1)  JENNISON (7)  KNAGGS (3)  LOWISH (5)  LYONS (1)  MARSHALL (2)  NICHOLSON (2)  PETCH (2)  SELLERS (1)  SHAWS (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPKIN (6)  STEPHENSON (1)  STORK (9)  THOMPSON (5)  WALKER (2)  WHARRAM (8)  WATSON (7)  WATTS (1)  WELBOURN (1)  WHITE (1)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODCOCK (3)  WRIGHT (1)