Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorpe Bassett, Yorkshire

Thorpe Bassett 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
HALL94.687515.93
DOBSON84.166794.45
FRANK84.1667987.65
ESTILL84.166710,000.00
RUSTON84.16671,454.55
MITCHELL73.645817.97
WALKER63.12509.34
GRAINGER63.1250203.39
STEPHENSON63.125054.64
SELLERS52.6042337.84
TINDALL52.6042431.03
WILSON52.60425.67
TOPHAM52.6042357.14
WRAY52.6042193.80
WATSON42.08338.98
CLARKSON42.083378.59
MARR42.0833182.65
WARD31.56257.15
CARTWRIGHT31.562540.98
HORNER21.041754.79
WALLER21.041741.32
THISTLE21.04172,500.00
MARSHALL21.04176.21
HODGSON21.041715.03
BEECROFT21.0417246.91
GRACE10.520838.91
SMITH10.52080.37
BACON10.520820.70
LIGHTFOOT10.520837.45
WELBURN10.5208263.16
GARBUTT10.520871.94
ROBINSON10.52081.63
HILL10.52082.05
BURRAGE10.5208270.27
STEELE10.520819.46
BAXTER10.52088.74
MALKIN10.5208158.73
GOTT10.5208120.48
SKELTON10.520835.84
KIRBY10.520813.72
SCOTT10.52082.06
HOPWOOD10.520845.66
POTTER10.52088.03
HARPER10.52088.14
BROWN10.52080.79
SORRELL10.5208175.44
BAKER10.52082.38
LINTON10.520863.29
WHITE10.52081.62
GILROY10.5208128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ESTILL10,000.0084.1667
THISTLE2,500.0021.0417
RUSTON1,454.5584.1667
FRANK987.6584.1667
TINDALL431.0352.6042
TOPHAM357.1452.6042
SELLERS337.8452.6042
BURRAGE270.2710.5208
WELBURN263.1610.5208
BEECROFT246.9121.0417
GRAINGER203.3963.1250
WRAY193.8052.6042
MARR182.6542.0833
SORRELL175.4410.5208
MALKIN158.7310.5208
PINKNEY133.3310.5208
GILROY128.2110.5208
GOTT120.4810.5208
DOBSON94.4584.1667
CLARKSON78.5942.0833
GARBUTT71.9410.5208
KELSEY70.4210.5208
LINTON63.2910.5208
HORNER54.7921.0417
STEPHENSON54.6463.1250
HOPWOOD45.6610.5208
WALLER41.3221.0417
CARTWRIGHT40.9831.5625
GRACE38.9110.5208
LIGHTFOOT37.4510.5208
SKELTON35.8410.5208
BACON20.7010.5208
STEELE19.4610.5208
MITCHELL17.9773.6458
HALL15.9394.6875
HODGSON15.0321.0417
KIRBY13.7210.5208
WALKER9.3463.1250
WATSON8.9842.0833
BAXTER8.7410.5208
HARDY8.7010.5208
HARPER8.1410.5208
POTTER8.0310.5208
WARD7.1531.5625
MARSHALL6.2121.0417
WILSON5.6752.6042
SHAW2.8410.5208
BAKER2.3810.5208
SCOTT2.0610.5208
HILL2.0510.5208

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called ESTILL in Thorpe Bassett 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 4.1667 in Thorpe Bassett means that 4.1667% of the people in Thorpe Bassett on census day were called ESTILL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Thorpe Bassett in 1881

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

AGARS (1)  ESTILL (8)  BACON (1)  BAKER (1)  BAXTER (1)  BEECROFT (2)  BRIGNALL (8)  BROWN (1)  BURRAGE (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CATTLE (3)  CLARKSON (4)  CLUBLEY (6)  DAVINSON (1)  DOBSON (8)  FRANK (8)  GARBUTT (1)  GILROY (1)  GOTT (1)  GRACE (1)  GRAINGER (6)  GRENSIDE (3)  HAKINS (1)  HALL (9)  HARDY (1)  HARPER (1)  HESELTINE (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOPWOOD (1)  HORNER (2)  INGLEBY (1)  KELSEY (1)  KIRBY (1)  LEPHINGTON (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LINTON (1)  MALKIN (1)  MARSHALL (2)  CALAM (1)  MC ILVEEN (2)  MEDD (1)  MENNELL (1)  MITCHELL (7)  MARR (4)  OXLEE (1)  PIGOT (1)  PINKNEY (1)  POTTER (1)  WRAY (5)  ROBINSON (1)  RUSTON (8)  SCOTT (1)  SELLERS (5)  SHAW (1)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (1)  SORRELL (1)  STEELE (1)  STEPHENSON (6)  SUFFIL (1)  THISTLE (2)  TINDALL (5)  TOPHAM (5)  WALKER (6)  WALLER (2)  WARD (3)  WATSON (4)  WELBURN (1)  WHITE (1)  WHYVILL (1)  WILSON (5)  YOUNGSON (7)