Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spaunton, Yorkshire

Spaunton 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
WOOD77.777824.41
SWALES55.5556793.65
STRICKLAND55.5556694.44
WILSON55.555612.09
HELM44.44441,000.00
FRANK44.44441,052.63
SHEPHARD44.4444465.12
COOPER33.333313.70
HOLLIDAY33.3333254.24
PENNOCK33.33332,142.86
MORGAN33.333316.76
FOSTER33.333324.94
HARLAND22.2222266.67
GRANT22.222222.40
TOMLINSON22.222248.19
JACKSON22.22227.95
TODD22.222243.67
PEARSON22.222219.14
JOHNSON11.11113.31
SMITH11.11110.79
ROBINSON11.11113.48
WATSON11.11114.79
NORMINGTON11.1111434.78
DENNEY11.1111454.55
WORTH11.1111123.46
SHILLITO11.1111454.55
HARDY11.111118.55
WARD11.11115.09
CRAWFORD11.111122.73
HUDSON11.111113.57
STAMPER11.1111500.00
HARTON11.11111,666.67
WOODCOCK11.111138.91
HALL11.11113.78
WILKS11.111170.42
WALKER11.11113.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PENNOCK2,142.8633.3333
HARTON1,666.6711.1111
FRANK1,052.6344.4444
HELM1,000.0044.4444
SWALES793.6555.5556
STRICKLAND694.4455.5556
STAMPER500.0011.1111
SHEPHARD465.1244.4444
SHILLITO454.5511.1111
DENNEY454.5511.1111
NORMINGTON434.7811.1111
HARLAND266.6722.2222
HOLLIDAY254.2433.3333
WORTH123.4611.1111
WILKS70.4211.1111
TOMLINSON48.1922.2222
TODD43.6722.2222
WOODCOCK38.9111.1111
FOSTER24.9433.3333
WOOD24.4177.7778
CRAWFORD22.7311.1111
GRANT22.4022.2222
PEARSON19.1422.2222
HARDY18.5511.1111
MORGAN16.7633.3333
COOPER13.7033.3333
HUDSON13.5711.1111
WILSON12.0955.5556
JACKSON7.9522.2222
WARD5.0911.1111
WATSON4.7911.1111
HALL3.7811.1111
ROBINSON3.4811.1111
WALKER3.3211.1111
JOHNSON3.3111.1111
SMITH0.7911.1111

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called PENNOCK in Spaunton 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 3.3333 in Spaunton means that 3.3333% of the people in Spaunton on census day were called PENNOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PENNOCK 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 PENNOCK 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 PENNOCK 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 PENNOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,142.86 in Spaunton means that you are 2,142.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PENNOCK in Spaunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spaunton in 1881

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

COOPER (3)  CRAWFORD (1)  DENNEY (1)  FEWSTER (5)  FOSTER (3)  FRANK (4)  GRANT (2)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (3)  HARDY (1)  HARLAND (2)  HARTON (1)  HELM (4)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  MORGAN (3)  NORMINGTON (1)  PEARSON (2)  PENNOCK (3)  ROBINSON (1)  SHEPHARD (4)  SHILLITO (1)  SMITH (1)  STAMPER (1)  STRICKLAND (5)  SWALES (5)  TODD (2)  TOMLINSON (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WEIGHELL (6)  WILKS (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (7)  WOODCOCK (1)  WORTH (1)