1881 census place

Wistow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wistow, 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

42 surnames are listed for Wistow, Yorkshire, covering 273 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Neville, with 24 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wistow

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	Neville	24	3.12%	262.58x
2	Durham	22	2.86%	332.33x
3	Appleyard	19	2.47%	270.27x
4	Storr	19	2.47%	714.29x
5	Stead	18	2.34%	114.43x
6	Woodall	15	1.95%	242.33x
7	Golton	13	1.69%	8666.67x
8	Shearsmith	13	1.69%	2452.83x
9	Backhouse	12	1.56%	209.42x
10	Pocklington	10	1.30%	909.09x
11	Horsefall	7	0.910%	1842.11x
12	Greeves	6	0.780%	705.88x
13	Lobley	6	0.780%	389.61x
14	Precious	6	0.780%	375.00x
15	Stell	6	0.780%	491.80x
16	Battle	5	0.650%	211.86x
17	Mapplebeck	5	0.650%	1086.96x
18	Nutbrown	5	0.650%	1282.05x
19	Challoner	4	0.520%	212.77x
20	Giddy	4	0.520%	512.82x
21	Matthewman	4	0.520%	273.97x
22	Osbourn	4	0.520%	327.87x
23	Scarr	4	0.520%	273.97x
24	Thwaite	4	0.520%	231.21x
25	Tutty	4	0.520%	615.38x
26	Woodhall	4	0.520%	129.03x
27	Cranswick	3	0.390%	588.24x
28	Illing	3	0.390%	789.47x
29	Jarrold	3	0.390%	389.61x
30	Varey	3	0.390%	254.24x
31	Campey	2	0.260%	500.00x
32	Egglestone	2	0.260%	307.69x
33	Palframan	2	0.260%	800.00x
34	Render	2	0.260%	166.67x
35	Standering	2	0.260%	3333.33x
36	Swinden	2	0.260%	277.78x
37	Blaze	1	0.130%	294.12x
38	Cassedy	1	0.130%	714.29x
39	Cheesborough	1	0.130%	909.09x
40	Kilbride	1	0.130%	128.21x
41	Mackley	1	0.130%	84.03x
42	Winspear	1	0.130%	129.87x