Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blacktoft, Yorkshire

Blacktoft 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
SIMMS164.8193423.28
OLIVER154.518163.34
WILSON92.71085.90
HALL92.71089.21
CHAPPELL82.4096142.86
ROWE82.409642.42
GORDON72.108433.46
SNOWDON72.1084283.40
HUSSEY72.1084208.96
LEVITT72.1084630.63
GRAHAM72.108418.36
LEIGHTON61.8072168.07
LATHAM61.807288.76
JACKSON61.80726.47
WHITE61.80725.62
LEE61.807211.06
BRADLEY51.506018.75
LEESON51.5060260.42
CAWOOD51.5060632.91
DODSWORTH51.5060359.71
HEMINGWAY51.5060225.23
COVERDALE51.5060549.45
FREEMAN51.506023.58
SCOTT51.50605.95
STEPHENS41.204821.72
BAINES30.903647.17
LINSLEY30.9036588.24
COATES30.903624.23
ATKINSON30.90369.28
JOHNSON30.90362.69
SEARBY30.90361,071.43
SPENCE30.903627.32
SMITH30.90360.64
NAYLOR30.903623.98
HANKS20.6024123.46
POWELL20.60244.83
CARR20.60248.35
DUDDING20.6024769.23
MARTIN20.60242.45
HILL20.60242.37
HART20.60247.06
REYNOLDS20.60246.95
GILLION20.60244,000.00
NEVILLE20.602450.63
ROBINSON20.60241.89
TAYLOR20.60240.94
CLEMENTS20.602418.17
JAQUES20.602481.30
DALTON20.602426.25
RICHARDSON20.60243.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLION4,000.0020.6024
BALTON1,666.6710.3012
SEARBY1,071.4330.9036
DUDDING769.2320.6024
CAWOOD632.9151.5060
LEVITT630.6372.1084
ARRAND625.0010.3012
LINSLEY588.2430.9036
COVERDALE549.4551.5060
SIMMS423.28164.8193
DODSWORTH359.7151.5060
SNOWDON283.4072.1084
LEESON260.4251.5060
HEMINGWAY225.2351.5060
HUSSEY208.9672.1084
LEIGHTON168.0761.8072
CHAPPELL142.8682.4096
HANKS123.4620.6024
LATHAM88.7661.8072
JAQUES81.3020.6024
PIGOTT78.7410.3012
OLIVER63.34154.5181
CRAMPTON61.7310.3012
NEVILLE50.6320.6024
BAINES47.1730.9036
CASH45.4510.3012
ROWE42.4282.4096
HATFIELD42.1910.3012
SPALDING42.0210.3012
HARLAND36.1010.3012
GORDON33.4672.1084
QUIN28.0910.3012
SPENCE27.3230.9036
DALTON26.2520.6024
ANDERTON25.3810.3012
BUTTON25.3810.3012
COATES24.2330.9036
NAYLOR23.9830.9036
FREEMAN23.5851.5060
STEPHENS21.7241.2048
WADSWORTH21.6010.3012
BRADLEY18.7551.5060
GRAHAM18.3672.1084
CLEMENTS18.1720.6024
OSBORN14.4710.3012
LYON14.3710.3012
LYONS13.5310.3012
BEDFORD12.6910.3012
BOYLE11.6110.3012
STUBBS11.4010.3012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called GILLION in Blacktoft 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 0.6024 in Blacktoft means that 0.6024% of the people in Blacktoft on census day were called GILLION.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLION 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 GILLION 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 GILLION 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 GILLION here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Blacktoft means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLION in Blacktoft than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blacktoft in 1881

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

AMANA (1)  ANDERTON (1)  ARRAND (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BAINES (3)  BALTON (1)  BATTYE (1)  BEDFORD (1)  BLANSHARD (8)  BOOTH (1)  BOYLE (1)  BRADLEY (5)  BURTON (1)  BUTTON (1)  CAMPLIN (8)  CARR (2)  CASH (1)  CAWOOD (5)  CHAPPELL (8)  CLEMENTS (2)  COATES (3)  COOK (1)  COVERDALE (5)  CRAMPTON (1)  CUMBLE (2)  DALTON (2)  DODSWORTH (5)  DUDDING (2)  EALAND (GILLIAN) (2)  FREEMAN (5)  GILLION (2)  GORDON (7)  GRAHAM (7)  HEALES (2)  HALL (9)  HANKS (2)  HARLAND (1)  HAIRSINE (1)  HARRAP (3)  HART (2)  HATFIELD (1)  HEMINGWAY (5)  HETHERINGHAM (9)  HILL (2)  HITCHELL (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUSSEY (7)  JAQUES (2)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSON (3)  SEARBY (3)  LATHAM (6)  LEE (6)  LEESON (5)  LEGGOTT (6)  LEIGHTON (6)  LEVITT (7)  LINSLEY (3)  LYONS (1)  LYON (1)  MAGHEY (9)  MARTIN (2)  NAYLOR (3)  NEVILLE (2)  OLIVER (15)  OSBORN (1)  OVEREND (1)  PALLON (2)  ST PAUL (5)  PIGOTT (1)  POWELL (2)  QUIN (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWE (8)  SCOTT (5)  SIMMS (16)  SMEDDLE (1)  SMITH (3)  SNOWDON (7)  SPALDING (1)  SPENCE (3)  SPIKINS (1)  STATHER (1)  STEPHENS (4)  STUBBS (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TYARD (1)  WADSWORTH (1)  WAILMAN (1)  WARD (1)  WELDOCK (7)  WHATTAM (3)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (9)