Top surnames from the 1881 census in Potto, Yorkshire

Potto 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
GARBUTT146.6351921.05
BARKER115.213339.84
RICHARDSON115.213330.62
NEWTON104.739361.84
PRESTON104.739394.88
TURNER94.265415.32
NICHOLSON62.843640.03
ROUTLEDGE62.8436333.33
HEDLEY52.3697231.48
PICKERSGILL52.3697450.45
GIBSON52.369719.52
HARKER52.3697225.23
WALLS52.3697196.85
HALL41.89576.44
WOOD41.89575.95
KITCHING41.8957327.87
LISHMAN41.8957930.23
JOHNSON41.89575.64
WILSON31.42183.10
PATTISON31.421889.29
MOHAN31.42182,727.27
COOPER31.42185.84
ARMITAGE20.947937.17
SNOWBALL20.9479289.86
COPE20.947941.93
DUKES20.9479256.41
LAYTON20.9479118.34
STURDY10.4739149.25
FOSTER10.47393.54
SIMPSON10.47392.71
METCALFE10.473920.75
DOBBIN10.4739303.03
ROSE10.47396.39
WATT10.473912.36
CRAIG10.473910.79
REED10.47396.49
FAWCETT10.473924.51
SANDERSON10.473911.47
DALE10.473911.21
RIDLEY10.473924.51
WATSON10.47392.04
THOMPSON10.47391.58
BANKS10.47399.24
SMITH10.47390.34
WRIGHTON10.4739200.00
WHITAKER10.473916.78
CROOK10.473916.50
HIRD10.473961.35
PORRITT10.4739169.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOHAN2,727.2731.4218
LISHMAN930.2341.8957
GARBUTT921.05146.6351
PICKERSGILL450.4552.3697
ROUTLEDGE333.3362.8436
KITCHING327.8741.8957
DOBBIN303.0310.4739
SNOWBALL289.8620.9479
DUKES256.4120.9479
HEDLEY231.4852.3697
HARKER225.2352.3697
WRIGHTON200.0010.4739
WALLS196.8552.3697
PORRITT169.4910.4739
STURDY149.2510.4739
LAYTON118.3420.9479
PRESTON94.88104.7393
PATTISON89.2931.4218
NEWTON61.84104.7393
HIRD61.3510.4739
COPE41.9320.9479
NICHOLSON40.0362.8436
BARKER39.84115.2133
ARMITAGE37.1720.9479
RICHARDSON30.62115.2133
RIDLEY24.5110.4739
FAWCETT24.5110.4739
METCALFE20.7510.4739
GIBSON19.5252.3697
WHITAKER16.7810.4739
CROOK16.5010.4739
TURNER15.3294.2654
WATT12.3610.4739
SANDERSON11.4710.4739
DALE11.2110.4739
CRAIG10.7910.4739
BANKS9.2410.4739
REED6.4910.4739
HALL6.4441.8957
ROSE6.3910.4739
WOOD5.9541.8957
COOPER5.8431.4218
JOHNSON5.6441.8957
FOSTER3.5410.4739
WILSON3.1031.4218
SIMPSON2.7110.4739
WATSON2.0410.4739
THOMPSON1.5810.4739
SMITH0.3410.4739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called MOHAN in Potto 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 1.4218 in Potto means that 1.4218% of the people in Potto on census day were called MOHAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOHAN 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 MOHAN 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 MOHAN 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 MOHAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,727.27 in Potto means that you are 2,727.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOHAN in Potto than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Potto in 1881

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

ARMITAGE (2)  EDEN (ARMITAGE) (2)  NICHOLSON (ARMITAGE) (2)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (11)  COOPER (3)  COPE (2)  CRAIG (1)  CROOK (1)  COMMING (1)  CUNDELL (5)  DALE (1)  DOBBIN (1)  DUKES (2)  EXELBY (3)  FAWCETT (1)  FOSTER (1)  GARBUTT (14)  GIBSON (5)  HALL (4)  HARKER (5)  HIRD (1)  HEDLEY (5)  HOLBURN (9)  HOUZER (4)  JOHNSON (4)  KITCHING (4)  LAYTON (2)  LISHMAN (4)  LITTLEBRY (1)  LYNASS (1)  METCALFE (1)  MITCHINSON (9)  MOHAN (3)  NEWTON (10)  NICHOLSON (6)  PORRITT (1)  PATTISON (3)  PICKERSGILL (5)  PRESTON (10)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (11)  RIDLEY (1)  ROSE (1)  ROUTLEDGE (6)  SANDERSON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKILBECK (6)  SMITH (1)  SNOWBALL (2)  STAINSBY (1)  STURDY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (9)  TYERMAN (1)  WALLS (5)  WATSON (1)  WATT (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHTON (1)