Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holtby, Yorkshire

Holtby 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
TAYLOR139.558814.95
SMITH107.35295.21
RICHMOND85.8824268.46
CLARKSON64.4118166.21
AYRE53.6765657.89
BENTLEY53.676586.96
WHITWELL53.67651,250.00
STEEL53.676590.25
JACKSON53.676513.15
EASTWOOD42.9412124.22
WILSON32.20594.80
BEAL32.2059234.38
BENNETT32.205913.42
COWPER21.4706333.33
MORLEY21.470636.76
CHADWICK21.470633.61
FINCH21.470644.15
LAMBERT21.470626.95
GILL21.470620.79
WARD21.47066.73
BEAN21.4706113.64
STACEY21.470665.57
SELLERS10.735395.24
ALDERSON10.735352.91
HARDACRE10.7353312.50
SNOWDEN10.735382.64
DAWSON10.73536.67
ATKINSON10.73537.55
SCOTT10.73532.91
COOK10.73533.70
BULMER10.735392.59
ELLIOT10.735328.82
BARKER10.73535.62
DALTON10.735332.05
ARCHER10.735317.76
BUCKLE10.735367.57
FREEMAN10.735311.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITWELL1,250.0053.6765
AYRE657.8953.6765
COWPER333.3321.4706
HARDACRE312.5010.7353
RICHMOND268.4685.8824
BEAL234.3832.2059
CLARKSON166.2164.4118
EASTWOOD124.2242.9412
BEAN113.6421.4706
SELLERS95.2410.7353
BULMER92.5910.7353
STEEL90.2553.6765
BENTLEY86.9653.6765
SNOWDEN82.6410.7353
BUCKLE67.5710.7353
STACEY65.5721.4706
ALDERSON52.9110.7353
FINCH44.1521.4706
MORLEY36.7621.4706
CHADWICK33.6121.4706
DALTON32.0510.7353
ELLIOT28.8210.7353
LAMBERT26.9521.4706
GILL20.7921.4706
ARCHER17.7610.7353
TAYLOR14.95139.5588
BENNETT13.4232.2059
JACKSON13.1553.6765
FREEMAN11.5210.7353
ATKINSON7.5510.7353
WARD6.7321.4706
DAWSON6.6710.7353
BARKER5.6210.7353
SMITH5.21107.3529
WILSON4.8032.2059
COOK3.7010.7353
SCOTT2.9110.7353

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called WHITWELL in Holtby 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 3.6765 in Holtby means that 3.6765% of the people in Holtby on census day were called WHITWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITWELL 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 WHITWELL 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 WHITWELL 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 WHITWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,250.00 in Holtby means that you are 1,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITWELL in Holtby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holtby in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ARCHER (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BARKER (1)  BEAL (3)  BEAN (2)  BENNETT (3)  BENTLEY (5)  BUDDING (3)  BUCKLE (1)  BULMER (1)  CHADWICK (2)  CLARKSON (6)  COOK (1)  COWPER (2)  DALTON (1)  DAWSON (1)  EASTWOOD (4)  ELLIOT (1)  AYRE (5)  EZARD (4)  FINCH (2)  FREEMAN (1)  GILL (2)  HARDACRE (1)  JACKSON (5)  LAMBERT (2)  LINFOOT (2)  MARGON (1)  MORLEY (2)  MOTHER...ILL (1)  PAVITT (1)  RENNISON (2)  RICHMOND (8)  RIDSDALE (1)  SCHOLEFIELD (6)  SCOTT (1)  SELLERS (1)  SMITH (10)  SNOWDEN (1)  SOUTHCOAT (1)  STACEY (2)  STEEL (5)  SUMMERSGILL (1)  SUNLEY (1)  SURTEES (3)  TAYLOR (13)  WARD (2)  WHITWELL (5)  WILSON (3)