Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rainton Cum Newby, Yorkshire

Rainton Cum Newby 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
RAINFORTH266.599013,000.00
LANCASTER174.3147173.65
KAY174.314783.05
WARD123.045713.94
APPLETON112.7919177.99
BLANCHARD112.7919340.56
LOFTHOUSE112.7919374.15
BLAKEBOROUGH102.53813,225.81
BUSBY92.2843216.87
BOWMAN61.522858.31
CURTIS61.522826.83
LUND61.5228140.52
RIPLEY61.5228230.77
RICHMOND61.522869.52
BARTRAM51.2690256.41
GREGORY51.269018.09
GEDDES51.2690105.93
SHEPHERD51.269017.32
MARSHALL51.26907.57
CLARK41.01523.38
PARKIN41.015237.77
WADE41.015225.36
STEVENSON41.015214.47
KILLEEN41.01521,000.00
PULLEN41.015277.07
SNOWDEN41.0152113.96
POULTER41.0152136.52
JAQUES41.0152137.46
BRAITHWAITE41.015287.53
GRAHAM41.01528.84
WILSON30.76141.66
PRATT30.761413.25
SIMPSON30.76144.35
FENWICK30.761458.14
WRAY30.761456.60
JOHNSON30.76142.27
AKERS30.7614157.07
FALL30.7614352.94
SMITH20.50760.36
JENKINSON20.507628.99
ROBINSON20.50761.59
MUSGRAVE20.507684.03
JORDISON20.5076800.00
LANE20.50767.37
BANKS20.50769.90
WILTON20.507652.77
DIXON20.50764.63
AUTON20.5076476.19
ADAMSON10.25389.60
POSTLETHWAIT10.253810,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAINFORTH13,000.00266.5990
POSTLETHWAIT10,000.0010.2538
BLAKEBOROUGH3,225.81102.5381
WULFF1,666.6710.2538
LEASE1,250.0010.2538
KILLEEN1,000.0041.0152
JORDISON800.0020.5076
MELLETT666.6710.2538
AUTON476.1920.5076
LOFTHOUSE374.15112.7919
FALL352.9430.7614
BLANCHARD340.56112.7919
GALLAWAY322.5810.2538
BARTRAM256.4151.2690
RIPLEY230.7761.5228
BUSBY216.8792.2843
ENDERBY192.3110.2538
APPLETON177.99112.7919
LANCASTER173.65174.3147
AKERS157.0730.7614
LUND140.5261.5228
JAQUES137.4641.0152
POULTER136.5241.0152
TROLLOPE120.4810.2538
SNOWDEN113.9641.0152
GEDDES105.9351.2690
HUGILL101.0110.2538
MORLAND90.0910.2538
BRAITHWAITE87.5341.0152
MUSGRAVE84.0320.5076
KAY83.05174.3147
PREST81.9710.2538
HEBDEN81.3010.2538
PULLEN77.0741.0152
HAW76.9210.2538
TATHAM75.1910.2538
RICHMOND69.5261.5228
LAVER65.7910.2538
BOWMAN58.3161.5228
FENWICK58.1430.7614
WRAY56.6030.7614
WILTON52.7720.5076
PLACE48.3110.2538
VINCE42.0210.2538
PARKIN37.7741.0152
LOCKHART36.5010.2538
JENKINSON28.9920.5076
HEY28.6510.2538
CURTIS26.8361.5228
FLOWER25.9710.2538

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 26 people called RAINFORTH in Rainton Cum Newby 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 6.5990 in Rainton Cum Newby means that 6.5990% of the people in Rainton Cum Newby on census day were called RAINFORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAINFORTH 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 RAINFORTH 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 RAINFORTH 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 RAINFORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,000.00 in Rainton Cum Newby means that you are 13,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAINFORTH in Rainton Cum Newby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rainton Cum Newby in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  AKERS (3)  ALLINSON (1)  APPLETON (11)  AUTON (2)  BANKS (2)  BARTRAM (5)  BARUGH (15)  BEDDOES (1)  BENDELOW (8)  BLAKEBOROUGH (10)  BLANCHARD (11)  BOWMAN (6)  BOINGTON (3)  BRAITHWAITE (4)  BROADWITH (3)  BUCKLAND (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BUSBY (9)  CARTMAN (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (4)  COCKSHAW (1)  COOK (1)  CUNDALL (1)  CURTIS (6)  DAWNAY (5)  DIXON (2)  DOWNE (1)  DOYLE (1)  AYTON (1)  IDDISON (7)  ENDERBY (1)  FAWBERT (4)  FENWICK (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FLOWER (1)  FRYER (1)  GALLAWAY (1)  GATENBY (7)  GEDDES (5)  GOODALL (1)  GRAHAM (4)  GRAINGER (1)  GREGORY (5)  GROUARKE (1)  HALL (1)  HAW (1)  HEY (1)  HAITHWAITE (7)  HEBDEN (1)  HEWISON (2)  HUGILL (1)  IDLE (1)  JAQUES (4)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (1)  JENKINSON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  JORDISON (2)  KAY (17)  KILLEEN (4)  KILVINGTON (2)  LAMBERT (1)  LANCASTER (17)  LANE (2)  LEATHLEY (1)  LEASE (1)  LAVER (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LOCKHART (1)  LOFTHOUSE (11)  LUND (6)  MARSHALL (5)  MAYNARD (1)  FALL (3)  MEEK (1)  MELLETT (1)  MORLAND (1)  MUSGRAVE (2)  NEWTON (1)  PARKER (1)  PARKIN (4)  PEACOCK (1)  PLACE (1)  PLUMMERIDGE (1)  POSTLETHWAIT (1)  POULTER (4)  PRATT (3)  PREST (1)  PULLEN (4)  WRAY (3)  RAINFORTH (26)  RICHMOND (6)  RIPLEY (6)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWLANDS (1)  SANDS (1)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SICKLING (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SMITH (2)  SNOWDEN (4)  STEVENSON (4)  STRINGER (1)  TATHAM (1)  THACKWRAY (2)  THIRKEL (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TROLLOPE (1)  WADE (4)  WARD (12)  WILKINS (1)  WILSON (3)  WILTON (2)  VINCE (1)  WULFF (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1)