Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Skirlaugh, Yorkshire

North Skirlaugh 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
BARKER124.210532.18
JACKSON113.859613.81
SMITH93.15792.24
SPEAR82.8070597.01
JOHNSON82.80708.35
BROWN72.45613.73
LEE72.456115.03
ANDREW72.456177.52
FORD72.456125.22
LANGMAN62.10531,395.35
BOYES62.1053201.34
WALLIS62.105362.18
STARKEY62.1053212.01
THOMPSON51.75445.86
NORTH51.754452.91
BALDOCK51.7544251.26
DEARING41.4035754.72
WALKER41.40354.19
ROBSON41.403521.32
STARKE41.40351,666.67
GRAYDON41.40351,538.46
ROBINSON41.40354.40
KEITH41.4035131.15
ANDERSON41.40357.11
HOLMES31.05268.64
WILES31.0526121.46
SPENCE31.052631.81
WATSON20.70183.03
BILTON20.7018165.29
PRINCE20.701831.06
CLAPHAM20.701881.30
CAPPLEMAN20.70182,000.00
ELLIOTT20.70188.27
BARNES20.70185.83
TOWSE20.7018540.54
CATLIN20.7018294.12
HORNBY20.701861.54
GARDENER20.701839.14
COATES20.701818.81
TAYLOR20.70181.10
MOORE20.70183.51
CARR20.70189.72
HOOP20.70186,666.67
LUNDIE20.7018408.16
GREEN10.35091.25
ADKIN10.3509166.67
GRAHAM10.35093.06
DAVIS10.35091.60
BANKS10.35096.84
TONG10.350999.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOOP6,666.6720.7018
AKE2,500.0010.3509
CAPPLEMAN2,000.0020.7018
STARKE1,666.6741.4035
GRAYDON1,538.4641.4035
LANGMAN1,395.3562.1053
ELRIDGE1,000.0010.3509
DEARING754.7241.4035
COULT666.6710.3509
SPEAR597.0182.8070
TOWSE540.5420.7018
LUNDIE408.1620.7018
CATLIN294.1220.7018
BALDOCK251.2651.7544
LONGTON250.0010.3509
ELLERBY212.7710.3509
STARKEY212.0162.1053
BOYES201.3462.1053
BRANTON196.0810.3509
ADKIN166.6710.3509
BILTON165.2920.7018
KEITH131.1541.4035
WILES121.4631.0526
STONER101.0110.3509
TONG99.0110.3509
BANISTER84.0310.3509
CLAPHAM81.3020.7018
ANDREW77.5272.4561
ALLMAN74.6310.3509
WALLIS62.1862.1053
HORNBY61.5420.7018
LILLY57.8010.3509
TONGE55.2510.3509
NORTH52.9151.7544
FOUNTAIN51.0210.3509
GARDENER39.1420.7018
JEFFERSON32.2610.3509
BARKER32.18124.2105
RAWSON32.1510.3509
SPENCE31.8131.0526
JAMESON31.7510.3509
PRINCE31.0620.7018
FORD25.2272.4561
GOSLING22.4210.3509
ROBSON21.3241.4035
COATES18.8120.7018
METCALF17.3310.3509
LEE15.0372.4561
JACKSON13.81113.8596
WYATT11.9610.3509

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HOOP in North Skirlaugh 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 0.7018 in North Skirlaugh means that 0.7018% of the people in North Skirlaugh on census day were called HOOP.

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

All the surnames recorded in North Skirlaugh in 1881

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

ACKLAM (2)  ADKIN (1)  ALLMAN (1)  ANDERSON (4)  ANDREW (7)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BALDOCK (5)  BANKS (1)  BANISTER (1)  BARCHARD (3)  BARKER (12)  BARNES (2)  BILLIANY (1)  BILTON (2)  BURKE (1)  BOYES (6)  BRANTON (1)  BROWN (7)  CAPPLEMAN (2)  CARR (2)  CATLIN (2)  CLAPHAM (2)  COATES (2)  COULT (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (1)  DAY (1)  DEARING (4)  AKE (1)  ELRIDGE (1)  ELLERBY (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  FEWSON (1)  FLOWERDEW (1)  FORD (7)  FOSTER (1)  FOUNTAIN (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GARDENER (2)  GOODISON (1)  GOSLING (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  GRAYDON (4)  GREEN (1)  GREENSHAW (1)  GRUNDELL (1)  HAGGERSTON (1)  HASSAL (6)  HEATH (1)  HEPTON (9)  HOLMES (3)  HOOP (2)  HORNBY (2)  MC HUGH (1)  JACKSON (11)  JAMESON (1)  JEFFERSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  KEITH (4)  LANGMAN (6)  LONGMAN (LANGMAN) (2)  LEE (7)  LEFTLEY (6)  LILLY (1)  LINDSBROUGH (2)  LONGTON (1)  LUNDIE (2)  MARSHALL (1)  METCALF (1)  MOORE (2)  NELLIST (1)  NORBLAD (1)  NORTH (5)  OUTHWAITT (1)  PRINCE (2)  RAWSON (1)  RIBY (2)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (4)  SANDERSON (1)  SISSONS (2)  SLIDE (5)  SMITH (9)  SPENCE (3)  SPEAR (8)  STARKEY (6)  STARKE (4)  STONER (1)  SWATRIDGE (3)  SYKES (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TONG (1)  TONGE (1)  TOWSE (2)  WALKER (4)  WALLIS (6)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (2)  WHITEING (1)  WITTON (3)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILES (3)  WYATT (1)