Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitgift, Yorkshire

Whitgift 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
BARRATT205.4645269.54
WALLACE133.551951.85
CANTY123.27872,790.70
EASTON123.2787216.22
JOHNSON113.00558.95
FENWICK113.0055229.17
THOMPSON92.45908.21
MARTINSON92.45905,000.00
HOUGHTON71.912654.73
HEPWORTH71.9126167.87
JACKSON71.91266.84
POLLARD61.639344.94
COULSON61.639391.32
TAYLOR61.63932.56
SMITH61.63931.16
HEMINGWAY51.3661204.08
POOLE51.366128.36
MOORE51.36616.83
ALMOND41.092988.11
JUBB41.0929218.58
HOLLIDAY41.092983.33
LAWRENCE41.092916.83
HANSON41.092933.87
LISTER41.092938.35
KNIGHT41.09298.87
PENROSE41.0929283.69
BRENNAN41.0929104.71
WINDLE41.0929192.31
HOLMES41.09298.97
WATERS41.092927.19
PARROTT30.819772.12
DIXON30.81977.48
HEY30.819792.59
PHILIPSON30.8197294.12
STANIFORTH30.8197215.83
BROWN30.81971.24
ENGLAND30.819739.79
ATKINSON30.81978.42
MARSHALL30.81974.89
ETHERINGTON20.546472.46
MASON20.54644.06
SHEPPARD20.546415.77
MURPHY20.54646.84
WHITEHEAD20.54648.08
HODGSON20.54647.89
BUTTON20.546446.08
FENTON20.546427.36
HOBSON20.546421.07
COULT10.2732500.00
LEE10.27321.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINSON5,000.0092.4590
CANTY2,790.70123.2787
AUDAS1,111.1110.2732
ISLE625.0010.2732
BATMAN625.0010.2732
COULT500.0010.2732
COATSWORTH322.5810.2732
PHILIPSON294.1230.8197
PENROSE283.6941.0929
BARRATT269.54205.4645
FENWICK229.17113.0055
JUBB218.5841.0929
EASTON216.22123.2787
STANIFORTH215.8330.8197
HEMINGWAY204.0851.3661
WINDLE192.3141.0929
HEPWORTH167.8771.9126
BRENNAN104.7141.0929
HEY92.5930.8197
COULSON91.3261.6393
ALMOND88.1141.0929
GLENN86.9610.2732
HOLLIDAY83.3341.0929
BOWLING74.0710.2732
ETHERINGTON72.4620.5464
PARROTT72.1230.8197
BUGG60.6110.2732
HOUGHTON54.7371.9126
TRAVERS54.3510.2732
WALLACE51.85133.5519
SHERWIN50.7610.2732
COLLINGWOOD49.5110.2732
BUTTON46.0820.5464
POLLARD44.9461.6393
SHERLOCK40.4910.2732
ENGLAND39.7930.8197
LISTER38.3541.0929
HANSON33.8741.0929
RIGG32.4710.2732
GARLICK31.0610.2732
SHIPLEY30.8610.2732
POOLE28.3651.3661
FENTON27.3620.5464
WATERS27.1941.0929
STOCKS25.1310.2732
SUGDEN23.6410.2732
HOBSON21.0720.5464
REDMAN20.7510.2732
CROW18.1210.2732
LAWRENCE16.8341.0929

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called MARTINSON in Whitgift 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 2.4590 in Whitgift means that 2.4590% of the people in Whitgift on census day were called MARTINSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Whitgift in 1881

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

ALMOND (4)  ATKINSON (3)  AUDAS (1)  BARRATT (20)  BATMAN (1)  BLADWORTH (3)  BOWLING (1)  BREETON (1)  BRENNAN (4)  BROWN (3)  BUGG (1)  BUTTLE (2)  BUTTON (2)  CALAGHAN (7)  CANTY (12)  CHAFER (6)  COATSWORTH (1)  COLLINGWOOD (1)  COULT (1)  COULSON (6)  CRACKLES (5)  CROW (1)  DIXON (3)  MAC DONOUGH (1)  DOULAND (3)  EASTON (12)  ELLA (24)  ENGLAND (3)  ETHERINGTON (2)  FENTON (2)  FENWICK (11)  FORDIE (1)  GARLICK (1)  GLENN (1)  HOLLIDAY (4)  HANSON (4)  HEY (3)  HEMINGWAY (5)  HEPWORTH (7)  HIRBY (1)  HOBSON (2)  HODGSON (2)  HOLMES (4)  HOUGHTON (7)  HOUNSLEY (1)  IBITSON (1)  ISLE (1)  JACKSON (7)  JOHNSON (11)  JUBB (4)  KNIGHT (4)  LONGHORN (5)  LAWRENCE (4)  LEE (1)  LISTER (4)  LONGBORNS (2)  LYONS (1)  MAGOR (9)  MARANEY (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTINSON (9)  MASON (2)  MAYLEY (2)  MOORE (5)  MORTERSHAW (2)  MURPHY (2)  OXTOBY (1)  PARROTT (3)  PENROSE (4)  PHILIPSON (3)  POLLARD (6)  POOLE (5)  REDMAN (1)  RIGG (1)  RILEY (1)  WROOT (1)  SHEPPARD (2)  SHERRIFF (3)  SHERRIFFE (1)  SHERLOCK (1)  SHERWIN (1)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMITH (6)  STANIFORTH (3)  STOCKS (1)  SUGDEN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (9)  TRAVERS (1)  WALLACE (13)  WATERS (4)  WHATT (1)  WELDRAKE (5)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WINDLE (4)  WRESSELL (4)