Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thormanby, Yorkshire

Thormanby 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
ELLIS1511.111176.53
KAY139.6296185.45
PLUMMER118.1481611.11
CLOSE107.4074847.46
BARNETT75.1852114.94
FOTHERGILL64.4444779.22
ROBINSON53.703711.62
GREAVES42.9630101.01
DUNNING42.9630347.83
CROSBY32.2222187.50
LONSDALE32.2222267.86
WEATHERILL21.4815645.16
ELSWORTH21.4815408.16
HIGGINSON21.4815148.15
HUTCHINSON10.740713.04
BARKER10.74075.66
SMITHSON10.740777.52
LUMLEY10.7407121.95
KEMP10.740713.35
WISE10.740735.59
THOMPSON10.74072.47
GALE10.740724.75
BARNARD10.740729.85
WILEY10.7407303.03
HARRISON10.74073.34
TAYLOR10.74071.16
LONG10.740711.42
BURDEN10.740757.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLOSE847.46107.4074
FOTHERGILL779.2264.4444
WEATHERILL645.1621.4815
PLUMMER611.11118.1481
ELSWORTH408.1621.4815
DUNNING347.8342.9630
WILEY303.0310.7407
LONSDALE267.8632.2222
CROSBY187.5032.2222
KAY185.45139.6296
HIGGINSON148.1521.4815
LUMLEY121.9510.7407
BARNETT114.9475.1852
GREAVES101.0142.9630
SMITHSON77.5210.7407
ELLIS76.531511.1111
BURDEN57.8010.7407
WISE35.5910.7407
BARNARD29.8510.7407
GALE24.7510.7407
KEMP13.3510.7407
HUTCHINSON13.0410.7407
ROBINSON11.6253.7037
LONG11.4210.7407
BARKER5.6610.7407
HARRISON3.3410.7407
THOMPSON2.4710.7407
TAYLOR1.1610.7407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called CLOSE in Thormanby 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 7.4074 in Thormanby means that 7.4074% of the people in Thormanby on census day were called CLOSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLOSE 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 CLOSE 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 CLOSE 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 CLOSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 847.46 in Thormanby means that you are 847.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLOSE in Thormanby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thormanby in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  BARNARD (1)  BARNETT (7)  BURDEN (1)  CARISS (6)  CLOSE (10)  CROSBY (3)  DUNNING (4)  ELLIS (15)  ELSWORTH (2)  FOGGITT (1)  FOTHERGILL (6)  GALE (1)  GATENBY (11)  GREAVES (4)  HARRISON (1)  HIGGINSON (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  KAY (13)  KEMP (1)  KNOWLSON (8)  LECKONBY (2)  LONG (1)  LONSDALE (3)  LUMLEY (1)  PLOUGHMAN (1)  PLUMMER (11)  PRIESTMAN (1)  ROBINSON (5)  SMITHSON (1)  SOLLITT (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WEATHERILL (2)  WISE (1)  WILEY (1)