Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitwell, Yorkshire

Whitwell 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
BARKER1632.0000244.65
WALBURN510.000025,000.00
SCOTT36.000023.72
CORNER36.0000833.33
PRINCE36.0000265.49
VICKERS24.0000156.25
ROBSON24.000060.79
PAPE12.0000666.67
BROOKS12.000020.45
MITCHELL12.00009.86
CLIFFORD12.000097.09
WALLACE12.000029.24
BOWE12.0000909.09
SEAR12.0000526.32
HARRISON12.00009.01
CHILTON12.0000250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALBURN25,000.00510.0000
BOWE909.0912.0000
CORNER833.3336.0000
PAPE666.6712.0000
SEAR526.3212.0000
PRINCE265.4936.0000
CHILTON250.0012.0000
BARKER244.651632.0000
VICKERS156.2524.0000
CLIFFORD97.0912.0000
ROBSON60.7924.0000
WALLACE29.2412.0000
SCOTT23.7236.0000
BROOKS20.4512.0000
MITCHELL9.8612.0000
HARRISON9.0112.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called WALBURN in Whitwell 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 10.0000 in Whitwell means that 10.0000% of the people in Whitwell on census day were called WALBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 25,000.00 in Whitwell means that you are 25,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALBURN in Whitwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitwell in 1881

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

BARKER (16)  BOWE (1)  BROOKS (1)  CHILTON (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  CORNER (3)  HARRISON (1)  JOCSON (1)  MARCK (1)  MITCHELL (1)  PAPE (1)  PEIRS (1)  PRINCE (3)  RISPEIN (4)  ROBSON (2)  SEAR (1)  SCOTT (3)  VICKERS (2)  WALBURN (5)  WALLACE (1)