Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spofforth, Yorkshire

Spofforth 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
SMITH194.78593.39
WRAY123.0227224.72
DAVEY92.267055.15
PERKIN82.0151373.83
HARRISON82.01519.08
HALL71.76325.99
BARRON71.7632113.82
REED71.763224.15
MANLEY71.7632157.30
SIMPSON71.763210.08
RUSSELL71.763214.44
ROBERTS61.51134.02
BERWICK61.5113375.00
FRYER61.511381.41
JOHNSON61.51134.50
BEAUMONT61.511350.98
GILL61.511321.36
MYERS61.511357.92
WALKER51.25943.76
JARVIS51.259428.06
ELSWORTH51.2594342.47
METCALF51.259462.19
HODGSON51.259418.18
HEBBLETHWAITE51.2594757.58
DRURY51.259479.24
LAMB51.259423.88
BRIGHAM51.2594595.24
DANIELS51.259440.10
COCORAN51.25948,333.33
BARLEY51.2594226.24
HILL41.00763.96
BROWN41.00761.53
SANDERSON41.007624.39
TINKER41.0076199.01
HOLMAN41.007670.92
LEWIS41.00763.83
PENNINGTON41.007668.03
CATTON41.0076310.08
ORR30.755744.84
YATES30.755711.00
PROCTER30.755758.25
UPTON30.755739.68
SANDERS30.755716.67
DALBY30.755793.46
IBBETSON30.7557337.08
FLINT30.755742.13
TENNANT30.755770.75
FRANKLAND30.7557102.04
ABBOTT20.503811.42
FLETCHER20.50384.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCORAN8,333.3351.2594
GAVAGAN2,500.0010.2519
HEBBLETHWAITE757.5851.2594
BRIGHAM595.2451.2594
STANDAGE416.6710.2519
HARDESTY416.6710.2519
BERWICK375.0061.5113
PERKIN373.8382.0151
ELSWORTH342.4751.2594
IBBETSON337.0830.7557
CATTON310.0841.0076
BARLEY226.2451.2594
WRAY224.72123.0227
TINKER199.0141.0076
BEW181.8210.2519
REDGATE169.4910.2519
MANLEY157.3071.7632
POPPLETON142.8610.2519
LISHMAN123.4610.2519
PIERSON119.0510.2519
BARRON113.8271.7632
MANNERS102.0420.5038
FRANKLAND102.0430.7557
DEIGHTON100.5020.5038
DALBY93.4630.7557
WHITELOCK87.7210.2519
KETTLEWELL81.9710.2519
FRYER81.4161.5113
DRURY79.2451.2594
BROGAN74.6310.2519
HOLMAN70.9241.0076
TENNANT70.7530.7557
PENNINGTON68.0341.0076
WARDELL63.2910.2519
METCALF62.1951.2594
PROCTER58.2530.7557
MYERS57.9261.5113
DAVEY55.1592.2670
BEAUMONT50.9861.5113
PETTY50.8920.5038
ORR44.8430.7557
FLINT42.1330.7557
DANIELS40.1051.2594
UPTON39.6830.7557
COCHRANE32.5220.5038
WATKIN28.8210.2519
JARVIS28.0651.2594
BURLEY26.5310.2519
SANDERSON24.3941.0076
REED24.1571.7632

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called COCORAN in Spofforth 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 1.2594 in Spofforth means that 1.2594% of the people in Spofforth on census day were called COCORAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCORAN 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 COCORAN 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 COCORAN 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 COCORAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,333.33 in Spofforth means that you are 8,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCORAN in Spofforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spofforth in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  APPLEBY (1)  CARTHY (2)  ATKINSON (1)  ATLEY (4)  BARLEY (5)  BAREN (5)  BARRON (7)  BERWICK (6)  BAXTER (1)  BEAUMONT (6)  BEILBY (3)  BEW (1)  BICKERDIKE (2)  BILBROUGH (1)  BRIGHAM (5)  BROGAN (1)  BROWN (4)  BURLEY (1)  BURNETT (1)  CARROLL (1)  CATTON (4)  COCORAN (5)  COCHRANE (2)  DALBY (3)  DALE (1)  DANIELS (5)  DAVEY (9)  DEIGHTON (2)  DRURY (5)  ELSWORTH (5)  FLETCHER (2)  FLINT (3)  FOWLER (1)  FRANKLAND (3)  FRYER (6)  GAVAGAN (1)  GAYTHORPE (8)  GILL (6)  GLOVER (1)  HALL (7)  HARDESTY (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAWKINS (1)  HEBBLETHWAITE (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HILL (4)  HODGSON (5)  HALLOWAYS (5)  HOLMAN (4)  HOWARD (2)  IBBETSON (3)  JARVIS (5)  JOHNSON (6)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KITCHEN (1)  LAMB (5)  LISHMAN (1)  LEWIS (4)  LINFOOT (8)  MANLEY (7)  MASON (1)  MANNERS (2)  METCALF (5)  MORLEY (1)  MYERS (6)  NICHOLSON (1)  ODDY (10)  ORR (3)  PIERSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PENNINGTON (4)  PERKIN (8)  PERKINS (1)  PETTY (2)  POPPLETON (1)  PROCTER (3)  WRAY (12)  REDGATE (1)  REED (7)  RIDSDALE (10)  RISPIN (1)  ROBERTS (6)  RUSSELL (7)  SANDERSON (4)  SANDERS (3)  SAVOREY (1)  SCOTT (1)  SAYNOR (1)  SHAW (1)  SIMONS (1)  SIMPSON (7)  SKIRROW (5)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (19)  STANDAGE (1)  STYAN (4)  SULLIVAN (1)  TENNANT (3)  THERWALL (1)  THIRSK (7)  THOMPSON (2)  TINKER (4)  TURNER (1)  UPTON (3)  WALKER (5)  WARDELL (1)  WATKIN (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITELOCK (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  YATES (3)  YEEDON (1)