1881 census place

Thornaby surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Thornaby, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

473 surnames are listed for Thornaby, Yorkshire, covering 3,077 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bell, with 133 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Thornaby

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Bell	133	1.23%	6.54x
2	Sanderson	54	0.500%	12.08x
3	Devlin	43	0.400%	48.55x
4	Snaith	28	0.260%	60.90x
5	Swift	27	0.250%	8.08x
6	Lyall	24	0.220%	32.54x
7	Allison	23	0.210%	7.48x
8	Colbeck	23	0.210%	94.61x
9	Nevison	23	0.210%	185.19x
10	Dunning	22	0.200%	23.96x
11	Jobson	21	0.190%	33.03x
12	Petty	21	0.190%	19.62x
13	Rutter	21	0.190%	12.74x
14	Longstaff	20	0.180%	26.21x
15	Quin	20	0.180%	17.25x
16	Sheldon	20	0.180%	12.16x
17	Salmon	19	0.180%	7.70x
18	Inns	18	0.170%	89.78x
19	Stockton	18	0.170%	27.41x
20	Dickenson	17	0.160%	10.37x
21	Dodsworth	17	0.160%	37.65x
22	Winn	17	0.160%	16.18x
23	Bainbridge	16	0.150%	10.52x
24	Sparks	16	0.150%	9.79x
25	Tague	16	0.150%	314.34x
26	Beadnall	15	0.140%	815.22x
27	Corr	15	0.140%	173.01x
28	Gladders	15	0.140%	398.94x
29	Lonsdale	15	0.140%	16.72x
30	Moodie	15	0.140%	29.54x
31	Rain	15	0.140%	77.92x
32	Redshaw	15	0.140%	46.61x
33	Sowler	15	0.140%	561.80x
34	Danks	14	0.130%	29.72x
35	Garbutt	14	0.130%	17.92x
36	Helm	14	0.130%	28.97x
37	Mallam	14	0.130%	159.45x
38	Rennison	14	0.130%	53.99x
39	Worthy	14	0.130%	53.17x
40	Brannon	13	0.120%	43.20x
41	Edmondson	13	0.120%	10.40x
42	Hopps	13	0.120%	88.02x
43	Jinks	13	0.120%	28.70x
44	Jobling	13	0.120%	31.43x
45	Kelley	13	0.120%	10.35x
46	Kirtley	13	0.120%	61.00x
47	Malcolm	13	0.120%	9.14x
48	Marwood	13	0.120%	45.90x
49	Mustard	13	0.120%	84.47x
50	Readman	13	0.120%	49.85x
51	Round	13	0.120%	13.12x
52	Ashman	12	0.110%	17.09x
53	Ayre	12	0.110%	19.86x
54	Dryden	12	0.110%	18.40x
55	Etherington	12	0.110%	14.71x
56	Grafton	12	0.110%	40.17x
57	Heron	12	0.110%	11.57x
58	Kempson	12	0.110%	50.80x
59	Raine	12	0.110%	13.32x
60	Toone	12	0.110%	45.77x
61	Cornforth	11	0.100%	44.46x
62	Correll	11	0.100%	468.09x
63	Crosthwaite	11	0.100%	62.93x
64	Derbyshire	11	0.100%	9.75x
65	Gillis	11	0.100%	50.67x
66	Gowland	11	0.100%	31.01x
67	Hewitson	11	0.100%	17.21x
68	Humble	11	0.100%	21.45x
69	Moffitt	11	0.100%	62.93x
70	Speight	11	0.100%	12.51x
71	Umpleby	11	0.100%	54.48x
72	Bowes	10	0.090%	10.07x
73	Brackenbury	10	0.090%	42.21x
74	Elsey	10	0.090%	30.06x
75	Geldart	10	0.090%	58.65x
76	Gladstone	10	0.090%	34.22x
77	Heselwood	10	0.090%	251.89x
78	Hugill	10	0.090%	36.86x
79	Jeynes	10	0.090%	86.51x
80	Mankin	10	0.090%	236.41x
81	Mothersdale	10	0.090%	184.50x
82	Souter	10	0.090%	17.02x
83	Sturgeon	10	0.090%	22.88x
84	Thwaites	10	0.090%	15.48x
85	Yorke	10	0.090%	28.93x
86	Blain	9	0.080%	23.96x
87	Bott	9	0.080%	10.58x
88	Bridgewater	9	0.080%	35.80x
89	Bussey	9	0.080%	24.55x
90	Carlin	9	0.080%	16.37x
91	Corner	9	0.080%	11.45x
92	Farquharson	9	0.080%	14.72x
93	Fergusson	9	0.080%	16.44x
94	Freeland	9	0.080%	31.38x
95	Gilmore	9	0.080%	14.20x
96	Higginbottom	9	0.080%	12.73x
97	Huitson	9	0.080%	422.54x
98	Inman	9	0.080%	12.23x
99	Livingstone	9	0.080%	8.92x
100	Macguire	9	0.080%	152.03x