Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hunton, Yorkshire

Hunton 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
BOWE184.37961,935.48
WELLS143.406340.95
EYLES133.1630684.21
BARKER133.163024.17
STELLING122.91973,870.97
SCOTT102.43319.62
SIMPSON92.189812.52
GRAINGER92.1898142.41
WILKINSON92.189814.35
VEALE92.1898508.47
LAWSON81.946533.02
ROBINSON81.94656.10
SMITH81.94651.38
PROCTER81.9465150.09
BLADES71.7032300.43
AUTON71.70321,590.91
LOCKEY61.4599612.24
ATKINSON61.459914.99
BROWN61.45992.21
TOMLIN51.2165135.87
HARRISON51.21655.48
WILSON51.21652.65
BENNETT51.21657.40
HUTCHINSON51.216521.41
BELL51.21656.47
WOOD40.97323.05
JACKSON40.97323.48
THOMPSON40.97323.25
AKE40.97326,666.67
MOORE40.97324.87
HEBDEN40.9732310.08
CRABTREE40.973248.31
CAMPBELL40.97325.75
HOPE30.729921.44
TUNSTALL30.7299137.61
AKERS30.7299150.00
DUNN30.72998.78
CLARKSON30.729927.52
ASHTON30.729914.90
LONGSTAFF30.7299103.45
KENDREW30.7299600.00
JOHNSON20.48661.45
ALEXANDER20.48669.19
HOBSON20.486618.76
SANDERSON20.486611.78
COLLING20.4866190.48
MAWSON20.486660.24
WESTMORLAND20.4866384.62
HEWSON20.486659.70
HANDLEY20.486628.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AKE6,666.6740.9732
STELLING3,870.97122.9197
BOWE1,935.48184.3796
AUTON1,590.9171.7032
TRENHOLME1,000.0010.2433
EYLES684.21133.1630
LOCKEY612.2461.4599
KENDREW600.0030.7299
FAWELL555.5610.2433
VEALE508.4792.1898
DAGGETT416.6710.2433
WESTMORLAND384.6220.4866
HEBDEN310.0840.9732
BLADES300.4371.7032
SCARR256.4120.4866
SUGGETT243.9010.2433
COLLING190.4820.4866
POCKLINGTON169.4910.2433
PROCTER150.0981.9465
AKERS150.0030.7299
GRAINGER142.4192.1898
TUNSTALL137.6130.7299
TOMLIN135.8751.2165
GAINES135.1410.2433
LONGSTAFF103.4530.7299
WHITELOCK84.7510.2433
MAWSON60.2420.4866
HEWSON59.7020.4866
MUDD57.4710.2433
CRABTREE48.3140.9732
WELLS40.95143.4063
LAWSON33.0281.9465
BULMER30.7710.2433
ORMEROD30.4010.2433
WAKE30.2110.2433
CRADDOCK28.9010.2433
HANDLEY28.8220.4866
CLARKSON27.5230.7299
BARKER24.17133.1630
BOYES23.2610.2433
HOPE21.4430.7299
HUTCHINSON21.4151.2165
HOBSON18.7620.4866
BAINBRIDGE17.3010.2433
ATKINSON14.9961.4599
ASHTON14.9030.7299
WILKINSON14.3592.1898
FAWCETT12.5810.2433
SIMPSON12.5292.1898
SANDERSON11.7820.4866

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called AKE in Hunton 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 0.9732 in Hunton means that 0.9732% of the people in Hunton on census day were called AKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AKE 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 AKE 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 AKE 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 AKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Hunton means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AKE in Hunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hunton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AIREY (5)  AKERS (3)  ALEXANDER (2)  ELLERTON (7)  ASCOUGH (4)  ASHTON (3)  ATKINSON (6)  AUTON (7)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BARKER (13)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (5)  BLADES (7)  BOLTON (2)  BOWE (18)  BOYES (1)  BROWN (6)  BULMER (1)  CAMPBELL (4)  CARLING (6)  CLARKSON (3)  CRABTREE (4)  CRADDOCK (1)  DAGGETT (1)  DENNEVILLE (8)  DONALDSON (1)  DUNN (3)  EYLES (13)  AKE (4)  ELWIN (2)  FANTHORPE (5)  FAWCETT (1)  FOTHERGET (1)  FAWELL (1)  FIRBY (18)  GILES (1)  GRAINGER (9)  HALL (2)  HANDLEY (2)  HARRISON (5)  HEBDEN (4)  HEWSON (2)  HOBSON (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOPE (3)  HUTCHINSON (5)  JACKSON (4)  GAINES (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (2)  KELLY (1)  KENDREW (3)  KIRCUP (2)  LAWSON (8)  LOCKEY (6)  LONGSTAFF (3)  MALLERBY (4)  MAWSON (2)  COLLING (2)  MESSINGTON (2)  METCALFE (1)  MOORE (4)  MUDD (1)  ORMEROD (1)  OWTHWAITE (1)  PAWTER (2)  PEACOCK (1)  PLEWS (7)  POCKLINGTON (1)  PROCTER (8)  RASPIN (1)  ROBINSON (8)  SANDERSON (2)  SCARR (2)  SCOTT (10)  SIMPSON (9)  SMITH (8)  SPROATS (1)  STELLING (12)  SUGGETT (1)  TANSON (1)  TERRY (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TOMLIN (5)  TRENHOLME (1)  TUNSTALL (3)  TYREMAN (1)  VAREY (1)  VEALE (9)  WAKE (1)  WARD (1)  WEALANDS (3)  WEIGHELL (5)  WELLS (14)  WESTMORLAND (2)  WHETHERALL (6)  WHITELOCK (1)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLAN (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (4)