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 Sproat, with 4 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
301	Sproat	4	0.040%	18.83x
302	Sudron	4	0.040%	201.01x
303	Tarn	4	0.040%	39.68x
304	Wastell	4	0.040%	53.48x
305	Amiss	3	0.030%	42.13x
306	Barren	3	0.030%	78.33x
307	Bevington	3	0.030%	19.83x
308	Bumfrey	3	0.030%	93.46x
309	Callagan	3	0.030%	20.60x
310	Cosker	3	0.030%	96.46x
311	Deverson	3	0.030%	41.55x
312	Douthwaite	3	0.030%	12.66x
313	Gaskins	3	0.030%	33.63x
314	Gatenby	3	0.030%	11.95x
315	Hansell	3	0.030%	13.80x
316	Hawkley	3	0.030%	127.66x
317	Helley	3	0.030%	202.70x
318	Higgin	3	0.030%	11.57x
319	Ibbitson	3	0.030%	33.63x
320	Ife	3	0.030%	41.32x
321	Irvin	3	0.030%	9.45x
322	June	3	0.030%	361.45x
323	Keddy	3	0.030%	93.46x
324	Kirkup	3	0.030%	11.50x
325	Lackey	3	0.030%	43.04x
326	Landers	3	0.030%	17.48x
327	Langdale	3	0.030%	15.88x
328	Mackwell	3	0.030%	83.10x
329	Mahood	3	0.030%	100.00x
330	Mallabar	3	0.030%	121.95x
331	Mccarty	3	0.030%	55.76x
332	Mcclure	3	0.030%	83.80x
333	Megson	3	0.030%	17.06x
334	Middlemiss	3	0.030%	11.71x
335	Plows	3	0.030%	25.49x
336	Pottage	3	0.030%	26.98x
337	Pounder	3	0.030%	8.49x
338	Rew	3	0.030%	15.64x
339	Schneider	3	0.030%	25.25x
340	Silvers	3	0.030%	51.90x
341	Sted	3	0.030%	555.56x
342	Straight	3	0.030%	79.16x
343	Sweney	3	0.030%	50.00x
344	Swinburne	3	0.030%	21.29x
345	Thurlbeck	3	0.030%	110.70x
346	Tweedy	3	0.030%	13.53x
347	Witting	3	0.030%	136.36x
348	Askwith	2	0.020%	21.72x
349	Atchison	2	0.020%	15.34x
350	Bonehill	2	0.020%	18.64x
351	Brannagan	2	0.020%	53.76x
352	Bursnell	2	0.020%	74.91x
353	Cleasby	2	0.020%	16.84x
354	Coin	2	0.020%	80.32x
355	Darnton	2	0.020%	42.92x
356	Elstob	2	0.020%	27.97x
357	Ewbank	2	0.020%	14.80x
358	Fishburn	2	0.020%	15.30x
359	Gentles	2	0.020%	16.53x
360	Hartas	2	0.020%	73.80x
361	Hearty	2	0.020%	80.32x
362	Hillary	2	0.020%	11.23x
363	Horrex	2	0.020%	28.53x
364	Howley	2	0.020%	8.57x
365	Hulm	2	0.020%	41.32x
366	Huse	2	0.020%	35.97x
367	Lamplough	2	0.020%	28.25x
368	Lavery	2	0.020%	6.73x
369	Lazonby	2	0.020%	54.35x
370	Mealey	2	0.020%	27.29x
371	Means	2	0.020%	55.87x
372	Mixon	2	0.020%	198.02x
373	Morrisey	2	0.020%	15.38x
374	Oneile	2	0.020%	117.65x
375	Perritt	2	0.020%	42.64x
376	Peverley	2	0.020%	51.81x
377	Priestman	2	0.020%	11.34x
378	Rastrick	2	0.020%	31.65x
379	Rolinson	2	0.020%	25.74x
380	Swainston	2	0.020%	19.16x
381	Thornborrow	2	0.020%	36.90x
382	Warfield	2	0.020%	37.66x
383	Weighell	2	0.020%	26.39x
384	Wind	2	0.020%	40.40x
385	Worthey	2	0.020%	46.51x
386	Zimmer	2	0.020%	67.57x
387	Aspbury	1	0.010%	144.93x
388	Atley	1	0.010%	19.92x
389	Baxton	1	0.010%	51.28x
390	Beldon	1	0.010%	16.78x
391	Bellow	1	0.010%	37.45x
392	Berney	1	0.010%	23.64x
393	Boote	1	0.010%	5.88x
394	Boye	1	0.010%	67.57x
395	Calway	1	0.010%	22.52x
396	Cartney	1	0.010%	36.90x
397	Causier	1	0.010%	31.15x
398	Chamber	1	0.010%	12.82x
399	Columbine	1	0.010%	33.33x
400	Comerford	1	0.010%	12.09x