Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Silton, Yorkshire

Nether Silton 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
DENNIS147.9545268.71
MOORE137.386436.94
WILBERT84.545526,666.67
HOUGH84.5455264.03
CHAPMAN73.977328.00
WRIGHT73.977312.40
DUNNING73.9773469.80
BROWN73.97736.03
ARCHER52.840968.68
HARDWICK42.2727148.70
HOOK42.2727153.26
JAQUES42.2727307.69
CARTER42.272713.54
MUIR31.704544.51
MILNER31.704574.26
ELLIS31.704511.74
HODGSON31.704524.59
CORNFORTH31.7045750.00
WHELDON31.70451,034.48
HILL31.70456.69
DODD21.136427.93
SCARR21.1364606.06
PYBUS21.1364384.62
MORTON21.136421.25
FAWCETT21.136458.82
ALLAN10.56829.05
ETHERINGTON10.568275.19
KNAGGS10.5682222.22
WILKINSON10.56823.72
HART10.56826.66
BELL10.56823.02
FRANKS10.568245.66
HARLAND10.568268.03
LODGE10.568231.25
WILSON10.56821.24
MYERS10.568221.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILBERT26,666.6784.5455
WHELDON1,034.4831.7045
CORNFORTH750.0031.7045
SCARR606.0621.1364
DUNNING469.8073.9773
PYBUS384.6221.1364
JAQUES307.6942.2727
DENNIS268.71147.9545
HOUGH264.0384.5455
KNAGGS222.2210.5682
HOOK153.2642.2727
HARDWICK148.7042.2727
ETHERINGTON75.1910.5682
MILNER74.2631.7045
ARCHER68.6852.8409
HARLAND68.0310.5682
FAWCETT58.8221.1364
FRANKS45.6610.5682
MUIR44.5131.7045
MOORE36.94137.3864
LODGE31.2510.5682
CHAPMAN28.0073.9773
DODD27.9321.1364
HODGSON24.5931.7045
MYERS21.7910.5682
MORTON21.2521.1364
CARTER13.5442.2727
WRIGHT12.4073.9773
ELLIS11.7431.7045
ALLAN9.0510.5682
HILL6.6931.7045
HART6.6610.5682
BROWN6.0373.9773
WILKINSON3.7210.5682
BELL3.0210.5682
WILSON1.2410.5682

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called WILBERT in Nether Silton 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 4.5455 in Nether Silton means that 4.5455% of the people in Nether Silton on census day were called WILBERT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILBERT 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 WILBERT 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 WILBERT 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 WILBERT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 26,666.67 in Nether Silton means that you are 26,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILBERT in Nether Silton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Silton in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ALLASON (1)  ARCHER (5)  BELL (1)  BELLWOOD (4)  BOSOMWORTH (6)  BROWN (7)  CARTER (4)  CHAPMAN (7)  CORNFORTH (3)  COWEL (1)  DENNIS (14)  DODD (2)  DONOGHAN (1)  DUNNING (7)  ELLIS (3)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FAWCETT (2)  FLINTOFF (3)  FRANKS (1)  GEARS (3)  HARDWICK (4)  HARLAND (1)  HART (1)  HEWISON (3)  HILL (3)  HODGSON (3)  HOUGH (8)  HOOK (4)  JAQUES (4)  KILVINGTON (1)  KNAGGS (1)  LAUGTHORN (6)  LODGE (1)  MILNER (3)  MOORE (13)  MUIR (3)  MORTON (2)  MYERS (1)  PYBUS (2)  SCARR (2)  WEIGHELL (10)  WHELDON (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILBERT (8)  WILSON (1)  WINSPEAR (1)  WRATHALL (2)  WRIGHT (7)