Top surnames from the 1881 census in Owstwick, Yorkshire

Owstwick 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
BROOM77.8652636.36
RICHARDSON66.741639.60
SIMPSON55.618032.11
WRIGHT55.618017.51
TURNER55.618020.19
BARETT44.494420,000.00
TUTON44.494413,333.33
JOHNSON44.494413.38
GILL33.370847.62
DEAN33.370848.54
SMITH22.24721.59
FORD22.247223.07
HICKS22.247253.62
BIRCH22.247254.79
NICHOLSON22.247231.65
BROWN22.24723.41
HUNTER11.123610.94
GREENWOOD11.123614.47
ROBERTS11.12362.99
NORTH11.123633.90
CLARKE11.12365.55
WOOD11.12363.53
MASON11.12368.35
TONKIN11.1236232.56
GRANT11.123611.33
ELDER11.1236106.38
NOBLE11.123627.03
CHAMBERS11.123619.76
STOCK11.123690.09
HERRINGTON11.1236303.03
ROBINSON11.12363.52
NORTON11.123633.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARETT20,000.0044.4944
TUTON13,333.3344.4944
BROOM636.3677.8652
HERRINGTON303.0311.1236
TONKIN232.5611.1236
ELDER106.3811.1236
STOCK90.0911.1236
BIRCH54.7922.2472
HICKS53.6222.2472
DEAN48.5433.3708
GILL47.6233.3708
RICHARDSON39.6066.7416
NORTH33.9011.1236
NORTON33.7811.1236
SIMPSON32.1155.6180
NICHOLSON31.6522.2472
NOBLE27.0311.1236
FORD23.0722.2472
TURNER20.1955.6180
CHAMBERS19.7611.1236
WRIGHT17.5155.6180
GREENWOOD14.4711.1236
JOHNSON13.3844.4944
GRANT11.3311.1236
HUNTER10.9411.1236
MASON8.3511.1236
CLARKE5.5511.1236
WOOD3.5311.1236
ROBINSON3.5211.1236
BROWN3.4122.2472
ROBERTS2.9911.1236
SMITH1.5922.2472

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BARETT in Owstwick 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 4.4944 in Owstwick means that 4.4944% of the people in Owstwick on census day were called BARETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARETT 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 BARETT 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 BARETT 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 BARETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Owstwick means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARETT in Owstwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Owstwick in 1881

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

BARETT (4)  BIRCH (2)  BORILL (1)  BROOM (7)  BROWN (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CONLETREY (1)  DEAN (3)  ELDER (1)  FORD (2)  FREAN (1)  GILL (3)  GRANT (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HARDBOTTLE (1)  HERRINGTON (1)  HICKS (2)  HUNTER (1)  JOHNSON (4)  MASON (1)  MEDFORTH (3)  NICHOLSON (2)  NOBLE (1)  NORTH (1)  NORTON (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITH (2)  STATHERS (6)  STOCK (1)  TONKIN (1)  TURNER (5)  TUTON (4)  WHITHER (2)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (5)