Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hackforth, Yorkshire

Hackforth 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
THOMPSON148.750029.21
SLATER138.1250134.16
STOREY127.5000294.84
BANNER127.50001,379.31
WARE74.3750266.16
HORNER74.3750229.51
STONE74.375060.50
MACLEAN53.1250282.49
WARRINER53.12501,063.83
GRASSHAM53.125016,666.67
NORTH53.125094.34
ATKINSON42.500025.67
WHITE42.50007.78
DOUGLAS31.875038.71
KING31.87508.60
HALL31.87506.37
SMITH31.87501.33
WILKINSON31.875012.29
WRIGHT31.87505.84
DUNN31.875022.54
WELLS10.62507.51
WARD10.62502.86
EYLES10.6250135.14
POTTER10.62509.63
BURTON10.62507.34
LAWSON10.625010.60
TOWLER10.6250140.85
JACKSON10.62502.24
STONES10.625052.63
KITCHEN10.625036.63
FAWCETT10.625032.36
WOODWARD10.625012.67
SIMPSON10.62503.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRASSHAM16,666.6753.1250
BANNER1,379.31127.5000
WARRINER1,063.8353.1250
STOREY294.84127.5000
MACLEAN282.4953.1250
WARE266.1674.3750
HORNER229.5174.3750
TOWLER140.8510.6250
EYLES135.1410.6250
SLATER134.16138.1250
NORTH94.3453.1250
STONE60.5074.3750
STONES52.6310.6250
DOUGLAS38.7131.8750
KITCHEN36.6310.6250
FAWCETT32.3610.6250
THOMPSON29.21148.7500
ATKINSON25.6742.5000
DUNN22.5431.8750
WOODWARD12.6710.6250
WILKINSON12.2931.8750
LAWSON10.6010.6250
POTTER9.6310.6250
KING8.6031.8750
WHITE7.7842.5000
WELLS7.5110.6250
BURTON7.3410.6250
HALL6.3731.8750
WRIGHT5.8431.8750
SIMPSON3.5710.6250
WARD2.8610.6250
JACKSON2.2410.6250
SMITH1.3331.8750

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called GRASSHAM in Hackforth 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 3.1250 in Hackforth means that 3.1250% of the people in Hackforth on census day were called GRASSHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRASSHAM 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 GRASSHAM 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 GRASSHAM 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 GRASSHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,666.67 in Hackforth means that you are 16,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRASSHAM in Hackforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hackforth in 1881

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

ATKINSON (4)  BANNER (12)  BURTON (1)  CHAPPELOW (2)  CLEMET (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUNN (3)  EYLES (1)  EASBY (4)  FAWCETT (1)  GARGET (3)  GRASSHAM (5)  HALL (3)  HORNER (7)  JACKSON (1)  KING (3)  KITCHEN (1)  MC LAUGHEY (1)  LAWSON (1)  MANFIELD (1)  MASKEL (1)  MASSAM (3)  MCLAUGHEY (2)  MACLEAN (5)  NORTH (5)  POTTER (1)  ROANTREE (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (13)  SMITH (3)  STONE (7)  STONES (1)  STOREY (12)  THOMPSON (14)  TOWLER (1)  TUPLING (2)  WARD (1)  WARE (7)  WARRINER (5)  WELLS (1)  WHITE (4)  WILKINSON (3)  WOODWARD (1)  WRATHER (1)  WRIGHT (3)