Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cantley, Yorkshire

Cantley 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
FOX183.220034.68
COOK162.862314.41
SIMPSON142.504514.32
JENKINSON142.5045143.00
LEE111.967812.04
GREENWOOD111.967825.34
SMITH111.96781.39
HOLMES101.788914.69
GIBSON91.610013.26
TAYLOR81.43112.24
CLARK81.43114.76
JAQUES81.4311193.70
WALKER81.43114.28
CARR81.431119.83
THOMPSON81.43114.78
JACKSON81.43115.12
MOORHOUSE81.4311115.61
TROTT71.2522190.74
MILBOURN71.25222,258.06
RICHARDSON71.25227.36
POOLE71.252225.99
HITCHEN71.2522183.73
COLLINS71.25228.73
WHITELY71.2522593.22
INNOCENT61.07331,034.48
OLIVER61.073315.05
DURDY61.07336,000.00
GOLDTHORPE61.0733437.96
JEFFERY61.073349.42
WOOD50.89452.81
GREAVES50.894530.51
BOYD50.894525.50
EARDLEY50.8945238.10
HAYE50.89451,562.50
KITCHEN50.894552.52
WILKINSON50.89455.86
LOCKWOOD50.894540.49
FIELDS50.8945185.87
STACEY50.894539.84
CRAGG40.7156112.68
WHITELEY40.715639.84
LYON40.715634.16
HARRIS40.71562.82
DEAKIN40.715651.75
BOOTH40.71567.25
EASTWOOD40.715630.26
DOBSON40.715616.22
COOKE40.715612.97
REED30.53677.35
LAKE30.536724.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANOR10,000.0010.1789
DURDY6,000.0061.0733
FANNY3,333.3310.1789
MILBOURN2,258.0671.2522
HAYE1,562.5050.8945
INNOCENT1,034.4861.0733
GREENLY1,000.0010.1789
PICHARD909.0910.1789
WHITELY593.2271.2522
GOLDTHORPE437.9661.0733
TACEY434.7820.3578
EARDLEY238.1050.8945
JAQUES193.7081.4311
TROTT190.7471.2522
FIELDS185.8750.8945
HITCHEN183.7371.2522
GARNET172.4110.1789
GLASBY156.2510.1789
JENKINSON143.00142.5045
WARDELL135.1430.5367
TANN117.6510.1789
MOORHOUSE115.6181.4311
CRAGG112.6840.7156
SCRUTON101.0110.1789
KERBY98.0410.1789
DUNSTAN94.3430.5367
WELBURN90.9110.1789
LILLY88.2430.5367
DENBY86.2120.3578
SOUTHWELL85.7130.5367
HENWOOD85.4720.3578
RAPER85.4720.3578
STOTHARD80.6510.1789
CLAPHAM62.2430.5367
STURDY56.5010.1789
KITCHEN52.5250.8945
DEAKIN51.7540.7156
LINLEY50.2510.1789
JEFFERY49.4261.0733
ANSON48.3110.1789
TEAL46.9510.1789
SCHOLES46.3030.5367
NICKLIN45.0510.1789
ALLWOOD44.0510.1789
LOCKWOOD40.4950.8945
WHITELEY39.8440.7156
STACEY39.8450.8945
PACK38.1710.1789
EXLEY37.5910.1789
BYWATER35.5910.1789

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SANOR in Cantley 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 0.1789 in Cantley means that 0.1789% of the people in Cantley on census day were called SANOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANOR 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 SANOR 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 SANOR 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 SANOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Cantley means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANOR in Cantley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cantley in 1881

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

ACOMB (1)  ADAMS (2)  ALLWOOD (1)  ANSON (1)  ANTEY (1)  BACON (1)  BADGER (1)  BARLOW (1)  BARRETT (1)  BELLAMY (2)  BENNET (1)  BINKS (1)  BIRKINSHAW (6)  BOOTH (4)  BOYD (5)  BRADBURY (2)  BREARS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUTCHER (1)  BYWATER (1)  CARR (8)  CHESTER (1)  CLAPHAM (3)  CLARK (8)  CLAYTON (1)  COLLINS (7)  CONTIS (3)  COOK (16)  COOKE (4)  COOPER (1)  CRAGG (4)  CURTIS (1)  DEAKIN (4)  DENBY (2)  DOBSON (4)  DODSON (1)  DUCKITT (6)  DUNSTAN (3)  DUNSTONE (1)  DURDY (6)  EARDLEY (5)  EARNSHAW (1)  EASTWOOD (4)  ELLIS (1)  ELVIDGE (11)  EXLEY (1)  FANNY (1)  FENWICK (1)  FIELDS (5)  FISHER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FOX (18)  FROST (2)  GARNET (1)  GIBSON (9)  GLASBY (1)  GOLDTHORPE (6)  GREY (1)  GRAYSON (1)  GREATOREX (1)  GREAVES (5)  GREENWOOD (11)  GREENLY (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARWOOD (2)  HASTINGS (1)  HAIGH (2)  HAYE (5)  HEATH (1)  HENWOOD (2)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HITCHEN (7)  HOLDGATE (2)  HOLINGSWORTH (1)  HOLMES (10)  HORTON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HIRST (2)  INNOCENT (6)  JAQUES (8)  JACKSON (8)  JEFFAEY (3)  JEFFERY (6)  JENKINSON (14)  JINKINSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KAY (1)  KELSEY (1)  KERBY (1)  KITCHEN (5)  LAKE (3)  LAWSON (1)  LEE (11)  LILLY (3)  LILLEY (1)  LINLEY (1)  LITTLE (1)  LOCKWOOD (5)  LYON (4)  MASON (2)  MERRILS (1)  MIDGLEY (1)  MILBOURN (7)  MOORHOUSE (8)  NEALE (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  NICKLIN (1)  NOBLE (1)  NUTTALL (1)  OLIVER (6)  OUTWIN (1)  PACK (1)  PARKINSON (3)  PAUL (1)  PICHARD (1)  POOLE (7)  RAY (1)  RAMSDEN (3)  RAPER (2)  REED (3)  RICE (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  SANOR (1)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SCHOLES (3)  SCRUTON (1)  SELLARS (1)  SELLERS (1)  SHAW (3)  SHERRIFF (4)  SHORNEY (3)  SHUTCLIFFE (1)  SIMONS (1)  SIMPSON (14)  SLATCHER (7)  SMITH (11)  SOUTHWELL (3)  STACEY (5)  STEPHENSON (3)  STONES (2)  STOTHARD (1)  STURDY (1)  SYKES (1)  TANN (1)  TACEY (2)  TAYLOR (8)  TEAL (1)  THOMPSON (8)  TRAWELL (1)  TROTT (7)  TYAS (6)  TYE (1)  WAISTENADGE (2)  WAISTNAGE (4)  WAISTNEDGE (4)  WALKER (8)  WARDELL (3)  WASTNEDGE (4)  WATKINSON (1)  WELBURN (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITELY (7)  WHITELEY (4)  WILKINSON (5)  WOFFINDIN (3)  WOOD (5)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLFIT (1)