Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitwell On The Hill, Yorkshire

Whitwell On The Hill 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
MASSER83.94095,000.00
PEACOCK73.448396.69
WADE73.448386.21
PYE62.9557197.37
WHITE62.95579.20
FORDEN62.95578,571.43
WILSON62.95576.44
WOOD52.46317.73
ESTILL52.46316,250.00
CHEW52.4631485.44
PEARCE41.970421.45
WEST41.970420.47
RUFF41.9704606.06
HODGSON41.970428.43
REVIS41.97045,000.00
PARKER41.970410.36
LUCAS31.477831.95
DANBY31.4778344.83
NEWBY31.4778147.78
STONES31.4778124.48
ELLERBY31.4778909.09
BOWLBY31.47787,500.00
WOODWARD31.477829.97
PEART31.4778258.62
GARNETT31.4778119.05
REED20.985213.50
HARCOURT20.9852444.44
CUMBERLAND20.9852392.16
DENNISON20.9852127.39
CHAPMAN10.49263.47
ALLEN10.49262.61
BRIGGS10.49269.07
JASPER10.4926151.52
WILKINSON10.49263.23
DOBSON10.492611.17
BRADLEY10.49266.14
HARRISON10.49262.22
BEADLE10.492669.93
CLARK10.49261.64
MORLEY10.492612.33
BAKER10.49262.25
WYSE10.4926416.67
FREE10.4926200.00
CARR10.49266.83
LAWLOR10.4926370.37
WISEMAN10.492635.84
BREWER10.492618.59
DIXON10.49264.50
HARPER10.49267.69
MORTIMER10.492623.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORDEN8,571.4362.9557
BOWLBY7,500.0031.4778
ESTILL6,250.0052.4631
REVIS5,000.0041.9704
MASSER5,000.0083.9409
DOWKER1,666.6710.4926
ELLERBY909.0931.4778
RUFF606.0641.9704
CHEW485.4452.4631
HARCOURT444.4420.9852
WYSE416.6710.4926
CUMBERLAND392.1620.9852
LAWLOR370.3710.4926
DANBY344.8331.4778
SMURTHWAITE333.3310.4926
PEART258.6231.4778
FREE200.0010.4926
PYE197.3762.9557
HILLYARD192.3110.4926
BEACHAM175.4410.4926
HARGRAVE153.8510.4926
JASPER151.5210.4926
NEWBY147.7831.4778
DENNISON127.3920.9852
STONES124.4831.4778
GARNETT119.0531.4778
PEACOCK96.6973.4483
WADE86.2173.4483
KEAN72.9910.4926
BEADLE69.9310.4926
BRAITHWAITE42.3710.4926
WISEMAN35.8410.4926
LUCAS31.9531.4778
WOODWARD29.9731.4778
WESTWOOD29.4110.4926
HODGSON28.4341.9704
MORTIMER23.5810.4926
PEARCE21.4541.9704
WEST20.4741.9704
BREWER18.5910.4926
ANDREW15.5510.4926
REED13.5020.9852
MORLEY12.3310.4926
DOBSON11.1710.4926
PARKER10.3641.9704
BOND9.3010.4926
WHITE9.2062.9557
BRIGGS9.0710.4926
SUTTON7.7410.4926
WOOD7.7352.4631

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called FORDEN in Whitwell On The Hill 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 2.9557 in Whitwell On The Hill means that 2.9557% of the people in Whitwell On The Hill on census day were called FORDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORDEN 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 FORDEN 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 FORDEN 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 FORDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,571.43 in Whitwell On The Hill means that you are 8,571.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORDEN in Whitwell On The Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitwell On The Hill in 1881

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

AIRY (6)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (1)  ESTILL (5)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (1)  BEACHAM (1)  BEADLE (1)  BEBB (1)  BOND (1)  BOWLBY (3)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BREWER (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (1)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEW (5)  CLARK (1)  COOK (1)  CROSER (1)  CUMBERLAND (2)  DANBY (3)  DENNISON (2)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOWKER (1)  DUFFITT (25)  ELLERBY (3)  ETHELL (5)  FALTONER (1)  FORDEN (6)  FREE (1)  GARNETT (3)  HALL (1)  HARCOURT (2)  HARGRAVE (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HEPTON (1)  HILLYARD (1)  HODGSON (4)  HORNSEA (1)  JASPER (1)  KEAN (1)  LAWLOR (1)  LEDGARD (1)  LUCAS (3)  MASSER (8)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTIMER (1)  NEWBY (3)  PARKER (4)  PEACOCK (7)  PEARCE (4)  PEART (3)  PYE (6)  REED (2)  REVIS (4)  RUFF (4)  SALTMERE (1)  SHEID (1)  SMITH (1)  SMURTHWAITE (1)  STONES (3)  SUTTON (1)  VIPAS (1)  WADE (7)  WEST (4)  WESTWOOD (1)  WHITE (6)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (6)  WYSE (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOOD (5)  WOODWARD (3)