Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warlaby, Yorkshire

Warlaby 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
WHITE810.256431.91
WHITELOCK78.97443,181.82
GRAINGER78.9744583.33
BOOTH78.974491.03
DOWNES67.6923625.00
PEARSON67.692366.23
METCALFE45.1282224.72
JOHNSON45.128215.26
RYMER33.84621,578.95
COATES22.564168.73
WARD22.564111.74
ROBSON11.282119.49
BARNES11.282110.65
YARROW11.2821666.67
TYRRELL11.2821175.44
BOWMAN11.282149.02
LEDGER11.2821188.68
WOOD11.28214.02
MORTON11.282123.98
KIRBY11.282133.78
WILKINSON11.28218.40
FORTUNE11.2821243.90
CARTER11.28217.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITELOCK3,181.8278.9744
RYMER1,578.9533.8462
YARROW666.6711.2821
DOWNES625.0067.6923
GRAINGER583.3378.9744
FORTUNE243.9011.2821
METCALFE224.7245.1282
LEDGER188.6811.2821
TYRRELL175.4411.2821
BOOTH91.0378.9744
COATES68.7322.5641
PEARSON66.2367.6923
BOWMAN49.0211.2821
KIRBY33.7811.2821
WHITE31.91810.2564
MORTON23.9811.2821
ROBSON19.4911.2821
JOHNSON15.2645.1282
WARD11.7422.5641
BARNES10.6511.2821
WILKINSON8.4011.2821
CARTER7.6411.2821
WOOD4.0211.2821

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called WHITELOCK in Warlaby 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 8.9744 in Warlaby means that 8.9744% of the people in Warlaby on census day were called WHITELOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITELOCK 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 WHITELOCK 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 WHITELOCK 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 WHITELOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,181.82 in Warlaby means that you are 3,181.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITELOCK in Warlaby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warlaby in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BOOTH (7)  BUSFIELD (1)  BOWMAN (1)  CARTER (1)  CLEMMET (3)  CLEMMETT (1)  COATES (2)  DOWNES (6)  FORTUNE (1)  GARDOM (1)  GRAINGER (7)  JOHNSON (4)  KIRBY (1)  LEDGER (1)  MAUGHAM (3)  METCALFE (4)  MYHILL (1)  MORTON (1)  PEARSON (6)  RYMER (3)  ROBSON (1)  TYRRELL (1)  WARD (2)  WHITE (8)  WHITELOCK (7)  WILKINSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YARROW (1)