1881 census place

Whitby surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whitby, 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

413 surnames are listed for Whitby, Yorkshire, covering 3,934 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pearson, with 97 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whitby

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	Pearson	97	0.990%	8.56x
2	Readman	86	0.880%	365.65x
3	Fletcher	76	0.780%	6.82x
4	Harland	75	0.770%	92.24x
5	Hodgson	51	0.520%	7.54x
6	Elders	46	0.470%	600.52x
7	Noble	44	0.450%	10.86x
8	Breckon	43	0.440%	474.61x
9	Swales	43	0.440%	63.03x
10	Braithwaite	40	0.410%	35.34x
11	Marsay	40	0.410%	1226.99x
12	Agar	36	0.370%	95.85x
13	Corner	35	0.360%	49.35x
14	Gale	35	0.360%	11.97x
15	Roe	35	0.360%	18.42x
16	Jefferson	34	0.350%	32.08x
17	Sanderson	34	0.350%	8.44x
18	Midwood	33	0.340%	243.54x
19	Hodgman	32	0.330%	654.40x
20	Mead	31	0.320%	13.63x
21	Waller	31	0.320%	12.61x
22	Leng	30	0.310%	110.17x
23	Trueman	30	0.310%	44.70x
24	Coates	29	0.300%	7.97x
25	Doughty	29	0.300%	23.37x
26	Frankland	29	0.300%	40.12x
27	Storr	29	0.300%	85.85x
28	Smithson	27	0.280%	28.87x
29	Boyes	26	0.270%	25.50x
30	Lund	26	0.270%	24.60x
31	Knaggs	25	0.260%	99.29x
32	Urwin	25	0.260%	56.31x
33	Dryden	24	0.250%	40.82x
34	Hoggarth	24	0.250%	99.96x
35	Cass	23	0.240%	33.26x
36	Patton	23	0.240%	66.30x
37	Vasey	23	0.240%	66.17x
38	Burdon	22	0.230%	68.84x
39	Headlam	22	0.230%	414.31x
40	Sayers	22	0.230%	20.41x
41	Appleton	21	0.220%	13.73x
42	Gatenby	21	0.220%	92.76x
43	Willison	21	0.220%	102.34x
44	Calvert	20	0.210%	10.05x
45	Locker	20	0.210%	81.97x
46	Speedy	20	0.210%	280.50x
47	Warters	20	0.210%	320.00x
48	Winterburn	20	0.210%	73.69x
49	Batchelor	19	0.190%	11.48x
50	Heselton	19	0.190%	297.81x
51	Hewison	19	0.190%	81.23x
52	Lowther	19	0.190%	31.89x
53	Tyreman	19	0.190%	325.90x
54	Corney	18	0.180%	55.32x
55	Estill	18	0.180%	456.85x
56	Kingston	18	0.180%	19.77x
57	Ripley	18	0.180%	27.93x
58	Weatherill	18	0.180%	80.43x
59	Fawcett	17	0.170%	9.01x
60	Laverick	17	0.170%	47.74x
61	Leck	17	0.170%	153.43x
62	Pattison	17	0.170%	10.95x
63	Stonehouse	17	0.170%	39.87x
64	Storm	17	0.170%	136.22x
65	Trowsdale	17	0.170%	330.10x
66	Ayre	16	0.160%	29.36x
67	Blackstone	16	0.160%	218.28x
68	Goodwill	16	0.160%	92.49x
69	Hogarth	16	0.160%	24.86x
70	Peat	16	0.160%	20.56x
71	Philpot	16	0.160%	24.43x
72	Raw	16	0.160%	45.39x
73	Skerry	16	0.160%	202.02x
74	Wray	16	0.160%	12.20x
75	Beadnell	15	0.150%	371.29x
76	Cowens	15	0.150%	179.21x
77	Hugill	15	0.150%	61.30x
78	Kitching	15	0.150%	26.51x
79	Mennell	15	0.150%	132.28x
80	Pennock	15	0.150%	97.15x
81	Purvis	15	0.150%	15.89x
82	Sedman	15	0.150%	134.65x
83	Shears	15	0.150%	34.97x
84	Tindale	15	0.150%	53.36x
85	Wakefield	15	0.150%	8.59x
86	Wastell	15	0.150%	222.55x
87	Elder	14	0.140%	13.59x
88	Fenwick	14	0.140%	10.95x
89	Frank	14	0.140%	34.03x
90	Hebden	14	0.140%	45.87x
91	Jamson	14	0.140%	298.51x
92	Arnell	13	0.130%	105.86x
93	Brewster	13	0.130%	13.76x
94	Hustler	13	0.130%	75.71x
95	Liddle	13	0.130%	11.31x
96	Lyth	13	0.130%	95.73x
97	Martindale	13	0.130%	23.21x
98	Moat	13	0.130%	68.93x
99	Pinkney	13	0.130%	33.96x
100	Smales	13	0.130%	50.39x