Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scrayingham, Yorkshire

Scrayingham 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
KIRBY1812.5000329.67
HOPPER1510.4167728.16
WATSON85.555623.95
WADE85.5556138.89
HORSLEY74.8611518.52
SCAIFE64.1667937.50
BENSON53.4722128.21
FOSTER42.777820.78
ADAMS42.777818.85
POLLARD42.777876.19
DIXON42.777825.35
ABBOTT32.083347.24
HERBERT32.083355.76
BATHURST32.08331,500.00
TODD32.083340.93
BOWSER32.08331,428.57
BELL21.38897.39
WILSON21.38893.02
CLARK21.38894.62
STUBBS21.388952.63
ELLIOT10.694427.25
METCALF10.694434.25
COOPER10.69442.85
CHAPMAN10.69444.89
SMALLWOOD10.694475.19
ROBSON10.694410.55
DUKE10.694459.88
CLIFFORD10.694433.78
WALKINGTON10.6944588.24
CHAPLIN10.694448.31
HALL10.69442.36
SHAW10.69443.78
ELLIOTT10.69448.18
KINGSTON10.694474.63
WALKER10.69442.07
HOLMES10.69445.70
GREEN10.69442.47
BEAL10.694474.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BATHURST1,500.0032.0833
BOWSER1,428.5732.0833
SCAIFE937.5064.1667
HOPPER728.161510.4167
WALKINGTON588.2410.6944
HORSLEY518.5274.8611
KIRBY329.671812.5000
WADE138.8985.5556
BENSON128.2153.4722
POLLARD76.1942.7778
SMALLWOOD75.1910.6944
KINGSTON74.6310.6944
BEAL74.0710.6944
DUKE59.8810.6944
HERBERT55.7632.0833
STUBBS52.6321.3889
CHAPLIN48.3110.6944
ABBOTT47.2432.0833
TODD40.9332.0833
METCALF34.2510.6944
CLIFFORD33.7810.6944
ELLIOT27.2510.6944
DIXON25.3542.7778
WATSON23.9585.5556
FOSTER20.7842.7778
ADAMS18.8542.7778
ROBSON10.5510.6944
ELLIOTT8.1810.6944
BELL7.3921.3889
HOLMES5.7010.6944
CHAPMAN4.8910.6944
CLARK4.6221.3889
SHAW3.7810.6944
WILSON3.0221.3889
COOPER2.8510.6944
GREEN2.4710.6944
HALL2.3610.6944
WALKER2.0710.6944

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called BATHURST in Scrayingham 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 2.0833 in Scrayingham means that 2.0833% of the people in Scrayingham on census day were called BATHURST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BATHURST 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 BATHURST 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 BATHURST 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 BATHURST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,500.00 in Scrayingham means that you are 1,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BATHURST in Scrayingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scrayingham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ADAMS (4)  BAILSOM (1)  BATHURST (3)  BEAL (1)  BELL (2)  BENSON (5)  BICKERING (1)  BOWSER (3)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (2)  CLIFFORD (1)  COOKSHAW (1)  COOPER (1)  DIXON (4)  DUKE (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  FOSTER (4)  GREEN (1)  HALL (1)  HERBERT (3)  HILLERBY (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOPPER (15)  HORSLEY (7)  KINGSTON (1)  KIRBY (18)  MC LOWRY (4)  MENNALL (4)  METCALF (1)  MUDDSON (1)  PAILY (1)  POLLARD (4)  ROBSON (1)  ROUNTHWAITE (2)  SCAIFE (6)  SHAW (1)  SISSONS (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SONMAN (1)  STUBBS (2)  SUHMAN (2)  TODD (3)  WADE (8)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (8)  WALKINGTON (1)  WILSON (2)