Top surnames from the 1881 census in Asenby, Yorkshire

Asenby 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
BARKER116.432749.15
SCAIFE105.84801,315.79
WRIGHT95.263216.41
LAMBERT95.263296.46
APPLETON84.6784298.51
WASS84.6784860.22
HALLIDAY74.0936198.30
BUCK74.0936190.74
STRINGER63.5088175.95
METCALFE63.5088153.85
DODSWORTH52.9240704.23
SHIPLEY52.9240331.13
CARTER52.924017.42
ELLIS52.924020.14
LEIGH42.3392101.78
KNOWLES31.754432.86
CLARK31.75445.84
HARKER31.7544166.67
GILL31.754424.79
ASHTON31.754435.80
JOHNSON31.75445.22
WILSON21.16962.55
POULTER21.1696157.48
DARLING21.1696121.95
PREST21.1696377.36
BRAITHWAITE10.584850.51
FRANKLAND10.584878.74
JAQUES10.584879.37
HAYTON10.5848119.05
YEADON10.5848212.77
BRITTON10.584833.00
GLEW10.5848263.16
WEATHERILL10.5848256.41
KETTLEWELL10.5848192.31
FLOOD10.584866.67
HOMER10.584876.92
RICHARDSON10.58483.44
HAXBY10.5848666.67
MUDD10.5848138.89
BRAMLEY10.584864.10
SHAW10.58483.18
HEAP10.584834.48
CUTHBERTSON10.584875.76
HARROP10.584851.55
GREGG10.584883.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCAIFE1,315.79105.8480
WASS860.2284.6784
DODSWORTH704.2352.9240
HAXBY666.6710.5848
PREST377.3621.1696
SHIPLEY331.1352.9240
APPLETON298.5184.6784
GLEW263.1610.5848
WEATHERILL256.4110.5848
YEADON212.7710.5848
HALLIDAY198.3074.0936
KETTLEWELL192.3110.5848
BUCK190.7474.0936
STRINGER175.9563.5088
HARKER166.6731.7544
POULTER157.4821.1696
METCALFE153.8563.5088
MUDD138.8910.5848
DARLING121.9521.1696
HAYTON119.0510.5848
LEIGH101.7842.3392
LAMBERT96.4695.2632
GREGG83.3310.5848
JAQUES79.3710.5848
FRANKLAND78.7410.5848
HOMER76.9210.5848
CUTHBERTSON75.7610.5848
FLOOD66.6710.5848
BRAMLEY64.1010.5848
HARROP51.5510.5848
BRAITHWAITE50.5110.5848
BARKER49.15116.4327
ASHTON35.8031.7544
HEAP34.4810.5848
BRITTON33.0010.5848
KNOWLES32.8631.7544
GILL24.7931.7544
ELLIS20.1452.9240
CARTER17.4252.9240
WRIGHT16.4195.2632
CLARK5.8431.7544
JOHNSON5.2231.7544
RICHARDSON3.4410.5848
SHAW3.1810.5848
WILSON2.5521.1696

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called SCAIFE in Asenby 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 5.8480 in Asenby means that 5.8480% of the people in Asenby on census day were called SCAIFE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCAIFE 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 SCAIFE 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 SCAIFE 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 SCAIFE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,315.79 in Asenby means that you are 1,315.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCAIFE in Asenby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Asenby in 1881

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

APPLETON (8)  ASHTON (3)  BARKER (11)  BECKITT (1)  BENDELOW (2)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRITTON (1)  BRAMLEY (1)  BUCK (7)  CARTER (5)  CLARK (3)  COKINSON (3)  COTSON (3)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DARLING (2)  DARNBROUGH (2)  DODSWORTH (5)  EASBY (1)  ELLIS (5)  FAIRBOURN (3)  FARMERY (1)  FLOOD (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  GILL (3)  GLEW (1)  GREGG (1)  HALLIDAY (7)  HARKER (3)  HARROP (1)  HAWKERBY (1)  HAXBY (1)  HAYTON (1)  HEAP (1)  HOMER (1)  JAQUES (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KNOWLES (3)  LAMBERT (9)  LEIGH (4)  METCALFE (6)  MUDD (1)  HAUKSLEY (3)  POULTER (2)  PREST (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  SCAIFE (10)  SHAW (1)  SHIPLEY (5)  STRINGER (6)  WASS (8)  WEATHERILL (1)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (9)  YEADON (1)