Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Newton Mulgrave 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
HODGSON1417.5000252.71
WELFORD1417.50006,363.64
LEE67.500045.91
HARDEY67.50008,571.43
KNAGGS56.25002,380.95
DOBSON56.2500141.64
SWALES45.0000714.29
HARRISON33.750016.89
RODGERS22.500091.32
METCALF22.5000123.46
ANDREW11.250039.37
VENTRESS11.25005,000.00
GRAY11.25008.76
SCARTH11.2500714.29
BOOTH11.250012.67
POLLARD11.250034.25
WOOD11.25003.92
HARLAND11.2500149.25
ROE11.250064.10
BARLEY11.2500227.27
SMURTHWAITE11.2500833.33
CORNFORTH11.2500555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARDEY8,571.4367.5000
WELFORD6,363.641417.5000
VENTRESS5,000.0011.2500
KNAGGS2,380.9556.2500
SMURTHWAITE833.3311.2500
SWALES714.2945.0000
SCARTH714.2911.2500
CORNFORTH555.5611.2500
HODGSON252.711417.5000
BARLEY227.2711.2500
HARLAND149.2511.2500
DOBSON141.6456.2500
METCALF123.4622.5000
RODGERS91.3222.5000
ROE64.1011.2500
LEE45.9167.5000
ANDREW39.3711.2500
POLLARD34.2511.2500
HARRISON16.8933.7500
BOOTH12.6711.2500
GRAY8.7611.2500
WOOD3.9211.2500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called HARDEY in Newton Mulgrave 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 7.5000 in Newton Mulgrave means that 7.5000% of the people in Newton Mulgrave on census day were called HARDEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARDEY 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 HARDEY 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 HARDEY 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 HARDEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,571.43 in Newton Mulgrave means that you are 8,571.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARDEY in Newton Mulgrave than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton Mulgrave in 1881

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

ANDREW (1)  BARLEY (1)  BLENKHORN (1)  BOOTH (1)  CORNFORTH (1)  DOBSON (5)  GRAY (1)  HARDEY (6)  HARLAND (1)  HARRISON (3)  HODGSON (14)  KNAGGS (5)  LEE (6)  MC DONALD (3)  METCALF (2)  POLLARD (1)  ROAD (1)  RODGERS (2)  ROE (1)  SCARTH (1)  SMURTHWAITE (1)  STAINTHORPE (1)  SWALES (4)  WELFORD (14)  WINSPEAR (1)  VENTRESS (1)  WOOD (1)