Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishop Monkton, Yorkshire

Bishop Monkton 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
WALL285.7971165.78
FOSTER153.105623.23
WARD153.105614.22
DENNISON132.6915348.53
WALKER112.27746.80
WEST102.070421.51
FAWCETT102.0704107.07
NEWMAN91.863425.06
HYMAS91.86342,250.00
DAVY91.8634151.01
WADDINGTON81.6563102.04
HUTCHINSON81.656329.15
LEE71.44938.87
CROFT71.449361.35
LANCASTER71.449358.33
GRAYSON71.4493194.44
KEMP61.242222.40
GRANT61.242212.52
RYDER61.242271.77
SLATER61.242220.52
PEART61.2422218.18
BATTY61.242281.30
MORLAND61.2422441.18
BURNETT61.242244.91
SWALES61.2422177.51
HEATH61.242225.02
DANBY61.2422291.26
VASEY51.0352290.70
MILLS51.03527.98
WAITE51.035249.85
WOOD51.03523.25
CHAMBERS40.828214.56
DUFFIELD40.828295.47
BUCKEL40.82821,818.18
SMITH40.82820.59
LAMBERT40.828215.17
BENCH40.8282588.24
COWLING40.828294.12
PARKER40.82824.35
WETHERILL40.8282625.00
BRIGGS40.828215.25
POOLE40.828217.19
SIMPSON40.82824.73
PEARSON40.82827.13
PALMER30.62115.27
INGLE30.6211152.28
MILNER30.621127.08
BODDY30.6211111.94
WILSON30.62111.35
WHITAKER30.621121.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HYMAS2,250.0091.8634
BUCKEL1,818.1840.8282
WETHERILL625.0040.8282
BENCH588.2440.8282
MORLAND441.1861.2422
BAKE370.3710.2070
DENNISON348.53132.6915
DANBY291.2661.2422
VASEY290.7051.0352
BLAKEBOROUGH256.4110.2070
ASKWITH243.9010.2070
PEART218.1861.2422
GRAYSON194.4471.4493
SWALES177.5161.2422
WALL165.78285.7971
DOBB158.7310.2070
INGLE152.2830.6211
DAVY151.0191.8634
PYBUS138.8920.4141
POPPLETON117.6510.2070
SCRUTON117.6510.2070
BODDY111.9430.6211
FAWCETT107.07102.0704
WADDINGTON102.0481.6563
RENTON101.3530.6211
DUFFIELD95.4740.8282
COWLING94.1240.8282
DENNEY85.4710.2070
WAITES82.6410.2070
BATTY81.3061.2422
RYDER71.7761.2422
CROFT61.3571.4493
LANCASTER58.3371.4493
WAITE49.8551.0352
SCAIFE46.7310.2070
BUTTERFIELD46.5130.6211
BURNETT44.9161.2422
PICKERSGILL39.3710.2070
THORBURN35.8410.2070
STEAD30.3630.6211
HUTCHINSON29.1581.6563
POULTER27.8610.2070
MILNER27.0830.6211
NEWMAN25.0691.8634
HEATH25.0261.2422
FOSTER23.23153.1056
BENSON22.9030.6211
KEMP22.4061.2422
WHITAKER21.9930.6211
WEST21.51102.0704

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called HYMAS in Bishop Monkton 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 1.8634 in Bishop Monkton means that 1.8634% of the people in Bishop Monkton on census day were called HYMAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HYMAS 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 HYMAS 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 HYMAS 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 HYMAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,250.00 in Bishop Monkton means that you are 2,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HYMAS in Bishop Monkton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishop Monkton in 1881

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

ANNIKIN (4)  ASCOUGH (5)  ASKWITH (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAKE (1)  BARKER (2)  BATTERN (1)  BATTY (6)  BENSON (3)  BENCH (4)  BLAKEBOROUGH (1)  BODDY (3)  BRIGGS (4)  BUCK (2)  BUCKEL (4)  BURNETT (6)  BUTTERFIELD (3)  CHAMBERS (4)  CLARK (2)  COTSON (1)  COWLING (4)  CRAVEN (2)  CROFT (7)  CROSBY (1)  DANBY (6)  DAVY (9)  DENNISON (13)  DENNEY (1)  DOBBY (20)  DOBB (1)  DUFFIELD (4)  DUNWELL (2)  FAWCETT (10)  FIRILINGHAM (2)  FOSTER (15)  FREEMAN (2)  GELDART (1)  GILL (1)  GOWLAND (3)  GOWLAY (3)  GRANT (6)  GRAYSON (7)  HARDY (1)  HARGREAVES (2)  HEATH (6)  HENRY (1)  HODGSON (2)  HULLAH (19)  HUTCHINSON (8)  HYMAS (9)  INGLE (3)  JEFFREY (1)  KAY (1)  KEMP (6)  KIRK (3)  LAMBERT (4)  LANCASTER (7)  LEE (7)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLEFORD (1)  METCALFE (1)  MILLS (5)  MILNER (3)  MORLAND (6)  NEWMAN (9)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (4)  PAYNE (1)  PEARSON (4)  PEART (6)  PICKERSGILL (1)  POOLE (4)  POPPLETON (1)  POULTER (1)  PYBUS (2)  RENTON (3)  RHODES (2)  RYDER (6)  ROSE (2)  SADLER (1)  SCAIFE (1)  SCATCHARD (4)  SCRUTON (1)  SHILLATO (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (4)  STEAD (3)  STEPHENSON (2)  SULLIVAN (1)  SUTTILL (2)  SWALES (6)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPLE (1)  THACKRAY (5)  THORBURN (1)  TILBURN (1)  VASEY (5)  VAVRO (1)  WADDINGTON (8)  WADE (1)  WALKER (11)  WALL (28)  WARD (15)  WEST (10)  WETHERILL (4)  WHITAKER (3)  WHITE (2)  WHITMOOR (7)  WILCOCK (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHTSON (3)  WAITE (5)  WAITES (1)