Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whenby, Yorkshire

Whenby 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
RUSSELL1412.6126103.32
GILL1412.6126178.34
WALES1210.81081,333.33
THORNTON87.2072143.37
WALLINGER65.405415,000.00
COVERDALE65.40542,000.00
FLETCHER65.405447.36
VESTER43.603620,000.00
TODD43.603670.80
DOBSON43.603681.63
DRESSER32.70272,307.69
ROBINSON32.70278.48
DENNIS32.702791.46
CARTWRIGHT32.702770.92
HOPPER21.8018125.79
BUTTERFIELD21.8018135.14
BIELBY10.9009588.24
GARBUTT10.9009125.00
SHUTTLEWORTH10.900975.76
BUTTERY10.9009232.56
GRAINGER10.900958.48
WALKER10.90092.69
COLLINS10.90096.28
LOWTHER10.9009147.06
YOUNG10.90094.19
EWBANK10.9009714.29
ROBSON10.900913.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VESTER20,000.0043.6036
WALLINGER15,000.0065.4054
DRESSER2,307.6932.7027
COVERDALE2,000.0065.4054
WALES1,333.331210.8108
EWBANK714.2910.9009
BIELBY588.2410.9009
BUTTERY232.5610.9009
GILL178.341412.6126
LOWTHER147.0610.9009
THORNTON143.3787.2072
BUTTERFIELD135.1421.8018
HOPPER125.7921.8018
GARBUTT125.0010.9009
RUSSELL103.321412.6126
DENNIS91.4632.7027
DOBSON81.6343.6036
SHUTTLEWORTH75.7610.9009
CARTWRIGHT70.9232.7027
TODD70.8043.6036
GRAINGER58.4810.9009
FLETCHER47.3665.4054
ROBSON13.6810.9009
ROBINSON8.4832.7027
COLLINS6.2810.9009
YOUNG4.1910.9009
WALKER2.6910.9009

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called VESTER in Whenby 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 3.6036 in Whenby means that 3.6036% of the people in Whenby on census day were called VESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VESTER 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 VESTER 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 VESTER 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 VESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Whenby means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VESTER in Whenby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whenby in 1881

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

BIELBY (1)  BIRKHILL (5)  BUTTERFIELD (2)  BUTTERY (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  COLLINS (1)  COVERDALE (6)  DENNIS (3)  DOBSON (4)  DRESSER (3)  EWBANK (1)  FLETCHER (6)  GARBUTT (1)  GILL (14)  GRAINGER (1)  HOPPER (2)  LOWTHER (1)  OLDMAN (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBSON (1)  RUSSELL (14)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  THORNTON (8)  TODD (4)  VESTER (4)  WALKER (1)  WALES (12)  WALLINGER (6)  YOUNG (1)