Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stirton Cum Thorlby, Yorkshire

Stirton Cum Thorlby 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
IVES106.3694543.48
WILSON95.732512.48
TAYLOR74.45866.97
GREEN63.821713.57
WATKINSON63.8217326.09
WATERHOUSE53.1847209.21
HATFIELD53.1847446.43
PALMER53.184727.01
ROBINSON53.18479.99
CHEW53.1847625.00
RATHMELL42.54784,444.44
HIGSON42.5478400.00
RAMSDEN42.5478139.86
BURGESS42.547836.70
SMITH42.54781.80
ALDERSON31.9108137.61
WHARTON31.9108136.36
SCARR31.91081,000.00
HOWARTH31.910839.79
WATSON31.91088.24
METCALFE31.910883.80
TATE31.910899.01
DAVIS31.91088.70
PICKLES31.910894.04
DEWHURST21.2739107.53
DANIEL21.273957.64
BELLAS21.27391,333.33
BELL21.27396.78
DAVIDSON10.63697.58
COGILL10.63695,000.00
PARKER10.63693.35
GREGSON10.636946.08
CARTER10.63693.80
MILNER10.636927.78
GILL10.63699.00
TATTERSALL10.636945.87
BLAND10.636930.67
LYALL10.636993.46
WRIGHT10.63691.99
ASHTON10.636913.00
WHITAKER10.636922.52
CLOUGH10.636928.49
TOMLINSON10.636913.81
FAWCETT10.636932.89
LOFTHOUSE10.636985.47
WOODS10.636910.10
ANDERSON10.63693.22
HODGSON10.63699.19
WHEELER10.636910.55
COWGILL10.6369250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COGILL5,000.0010.6369
RATHMELL4,444.4442.5478
BELLAS1,333.3321.2739
SCARR1,000.0031.9108
CHEW625.0053.1847
IVES543.48106.3694
HATFIELD446.4353.1847
HIGSON400.0042.5478
WATKINSON326.0963.8217
COWGILL250.0010.6369
WATERHOUSE209.2153.1847
RAMSDEN139.8642.5478
ALDERSON137.6131.9108
WHARTON136.3631.9108
GRANGE111.1110.6369
DEWHURST107.5321.2739
TATE99.0131.9108
PICKLES94.0431.9108
LYALL93.4610.6369
LOFTHOUSE85.4710.6369
METCALFE83.8031.9108
DANIEL57.6421.2739
MOORHOUSE51.5510.6369
GREGSON46.0810.6369
TATTERSALL45.8710.6369
HOWARTH39.7931.9108
BURGESS36.7042.5478
DRIVER34.3610.6369
FAWCETT32.8910.6369
METCALF31.4510.6369
BLAND30.6710.6369
CLOUGH28.4910.6369
MILNER27.7810.6369
PALMER27.0153.1847
WHITAKER22.5210.6369
TOMLINSON13.8110.6369
GREEN13.5763.8217
ASHTON13.0010.6369
WILSON12.4895.7325
WHEELER10.5510.6369
WOODS10.1010.6369
ROBINSON9.9953.1847
HODGSON9.1910.6369
GILL9.0010.6369
DAVIS8.7031.9108
WATSON8.2431.9108
BRADLEY7.9310.6369
DAVIDSON7.5810.6369
TAYLOR6.9774.4586
BELL6.7821.2739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called COGILL in Stirton Cum Thorlby 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 0.6369 in Stirton Cum Thorlby means that 0.6369% of the people in Stirton Cum Thorlby on census day were called COGILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COGILL 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 COGILL 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 COGILL 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 COGILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Stirton Cum Thorlby means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COGILL in Stirton Cum Thorlby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stirton Cum Thorlby in 1881

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

ALDERSON (3)  ANDERSON (1)  ASHTON (1)  BELLAS (2)  BELL (2)  BILLOS (1)  BLAND (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BURGESS (4)  CARTER (1)  CHEW (5)  CLOUGH (1)  COGILL (1)  COWGILL (1)  DANIEL (2)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIS (3)  DEWHURST (2)  DRIVER (1)  EMMOTT (2)  FAWCETT (1)  GILL (1)  GRANGE (1)  GREEN (6)  GREGSON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HATFIELD (5)  HIGSON (4)  HODGSON (1)  HOWARTH (3)  IVES (10)  LAUSIE (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LYALL (1)  METCALFE (3)  METCALF (1)  MILNER (1)  MOORHOUSE (1)  PALMER (5)  PARKER (1)  PICKLES (3)  RAMSDEN (4)  RATHMELL (4)  RINGROVE (1)  ROBINSON (5)  SCARR (3)  SMITH (4)  TATE (3)  TATTERSALL (1)  TAYLOR (7)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNHEAD (1)  WATERHOUSE (5)  WATKINSON (6)  WATSON (3)  WELLOCK (5)  WHARTON (3)  WHEELER (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WILSON (9)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (1)