Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Cowton, Yorkshire

East Cowton 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
STOCKDALE153.8760498.34
WATSON123.100813.37
WALKER102.58407.72
BARKER102.584019.75
WHITE82.06726.43
CORNER82.0672284.70
YORK71.8088136.99
PEIRSON71.80881,129.03
SMITH71.80881.28
FINCH61.550446.58
ADAMSON61.550458.59
HOPPS61.55041,132.08
MERRYWEATHER61.5504689.66
ALCOCK61.5504107.33
SHARP61.550418.60
RYMER61.5504645.16
SCOTT51.29205.11
GREEN51.29204.59
BURDON51.2920393.70
BONNER51.2920147.06
HALL51.29204.39
HARGRAVE51.2920403.23
EDEN41.0336101.78
JOHNSON41.03363.08
BAINES41.033653.98
ALDERSON41.033674.49
PHILLIPS41.03365.78
HALE41.033628.80
JAMES41.03365.26
ATKINSON30.77527.96
RIPLEY30.7752117.19
MARSHALL30.77524.62
BURN30.775257.58
BENNETT30.77524.72
OATES30.775249.75
CHESTER30.775263.29
POTTS30.775223.22
SHERWOOD30.775260.85
WRIGHT30.77522.42
WHITFIELD30.775238.81
BANNER30.7752142.18
HOLMES20.51684.24
STARR20.5168104.71
RAPER20.5168123.46
LEGG20.516831.30
HANSON20.516816.01
PHILIPS20.516827.89
WARD20.51682.37
RUTHERFORD20.516821.19
HODGSON20.51687.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAIS2,500.0020.5168
HOPPS1,132.0861.5504
PEIRSON1,129.0371.8088
WOODY1,111.1110.2584
JORDISON800.0020.5168
MERRYWEATHER689.6661.5504
RYMER645.1661.5504
WIGFIELD625.0020.5168
NATTRESS500.0010.2584
STOCKDALE498.34153.8760
HARGRAVE403.2351.2920
BURDON393.7051.2920
SAUNDER312.5010.2584
CORNER284.7082.0672
STODDARD156.2510.2584
BONNER147.0651.2920
BANNER142.1830.7752
LAYFIELD140.8510.2584
STINTON138.8910.2584
YORK136.9971.8088
RAPER123.4620.5168
RIPLEY117.1930.7752
ALCOCK107.3361.5504
STARR104.7120.5168
EDEN101.7841.0336
LENG92.5910.2584
SIMCOCK89.2910.2584
ELSEY84.0310.2584
DAYKIN74.6310.2584
ALDERSON74.4941.0336
CHESTER63.2930.7752
SHERWOOD60.8530.7752
CORNWALL60.6110.2584
ADAMSON58.5961.5504
BURN57.5830.7752
BAINES53.9841.0336
CARTLEDGE51.2810.2584
OATES49.7530.7752
FINCH46.5861.5504
EARLE41.6710.2584
WHITFIELD38.8130.7752
GARBUTT35.7110.2584
HIRD33.4410.2584
COPLEY33.3310.2584
LEGG31.3020.5168
DENNY30.7710.2584
CLOSE29.5910.2584
HALE28.8041.0336
PHILIPS27.8920.5168
HORSLEY27.6210.2584

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called MAIS in East Cowton 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 0.5168 in East Cowton means that 0.5168% of the people in East Cowton on census day were called MAIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAIS 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 MAIS 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 MAIS 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 MAIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in East Cowton means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAIS in East Cowton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Cowton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (6)  ALCOCK (6)  ALDERSON (4)  APEDAILE (4)  ATKINSON (3)  BAINES (4)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BANNER (3)  BARBECK (2)  BARKER (10)  BENNETT (3)  BERRY (1)  BONNER (5)  BURDON (5)  BROWN (1)  BRUCE (1)  BURN (3)  CANSFIELD (2)  CARTLEDGE (1)  CHESTER (3)  CLOSE (1)  COOKE (1)  COPLEY (1)  CORNER (8)  CORNWALL (1)  CROSSE (1)  DAYKIN (1)  DELAFIELD (1)  DENNY (1)  DOUTHWAITE (6)  EARLE (1)  EASDALE (6)  EDEN (4)  ELEANOR (3)  ELSEY (1)  EYRE (1)  FINCH (6)  FORSTER (1)  FRYER (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GREEN (5)  HALE (4)  HALL (5)  HANSON (2)  HARGRAVE (5)  HARRISON (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HEADON (1)  HIRD (1)  HEPPLEWHITE (3)  HOPPS (6)  HODGSON (2)  HOLMES (2)  HORSLEY (1)  HEWICK (2)  HUNTINGDON (2)  JAMES (4)  JENNINGS (2)  JOBLING (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JORDISON (2)  LAYFIELD (1)  LEGG (2)  LENG (1)  LITTLEFAR (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MAIS (2)  MERRYWEATHER (6)  MEYNELL (11)  MAWER (6)  MOORE (1)  MURRAY (1)  NATTRESS (1)  NESOM (15)  OATES (3)  PALLISTER (8)  PEIRSON (7)  PEARSON (1)  PHILIPS (2)  PHILLIPS (4)  POTTS (3)  RAPER (2)  READ (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RYMER (6)  RIPLEY (3)  ROBINSON (2)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SAUNDER (1)  SCOTT (5)  SHARP (6)  SHERWOOD (3)  SIMCOCK (1)  SMITH (7)  SUTHERON (1)  SPENCE (1)  STARR (2)  STEEL (1)  STINTON (1)  STOCKDALE (15)  STODDARD (1)  TAKET (2)  TALLENTIRE (2)  TARREN (14)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (10)  WARD (2)  WATSON (12)  WHITE (8)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WHITFIELD (3)  WIGFIELD (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WISEMAN (1)  WOODY (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YORK (7)