Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blaxton, Yorkshire

Blaxton 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
MAXFIELD2210.18523,859.65
MARRIS125.55564,000.00
HOYLE125.5556240.48
BROWN115.09267.73
LAUGHTON115.09261,047.62
GILSON94.16671,343.28
HARRIS94.166716.40
SCHOLES94.1667360.00
CARBY83.703713,333.33
GARNET83.70373,478.26
ROBINSON83.703711.62
ANDREWS73.240733.82
SCOTT62.777810.98
HOUGHTON52.314866.23
HUTTON52.314877.52
WILSON41.85194.03
ELLIOTT41.851921.82
PALMER31.388911.78
CUDWORTH31.3889937.50
WHITE31.38894.32
WHITEHEAD20.925913.70
JACKSON20.92593.31
ROWBOTHAM20.9259188.68
WILLAMSON20.92596,666.67
HALIFAX10.4630526.32
MARRISON10.4630416.67
FOX10.46304.99
WALKER10.46301.38
LAWRENCE10.46307.13
FENWICK10.463035.34
SARGENT10.463030.03
PYE10.463030.96
WILLIAMSON10.46305.17
MAY10.46307.27
FORESTER10.4630161.29
CHESTER10.463037.74
PASHLEY10.4630126.58
ANSON10.4630125.00
WATSON10.46302.00
LINLEY10.4630129.87
FISH10.463024.88
KITCHEN10.463027.17
DRAKE10.463015.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARBY13,333.3383.7037
WILLAMSON6,666.6720.9259
MARRIS4,000.00125.5556
MAXFIELD3,859.652210.1852
GARNET3,478.2683.7037
GILSON1,343.2894.1667
LAUGHTON1,047.62115.0926
CUDWORTH937.5031.3889
HALIFAX526.3210.4630
MARRISON416.6710.4630
SCHOLES360.0094.1667
HOYLE240.48125.5556
ROWBOTHAM188.6820.9259
FORESTER161.2910.4630
LINLEY129.8710.4630
PASHLEY126.5810.4630
ANSON125.0010.4630
HUTTON77.5252.3148
HOUGHTON66.2352.3148
CHESTER37.7410.4630
FENWICK35.3410.4630
ANDREWS33.8273.2407
PYE30.9610.4630
SARGENT30.0310.4630
KITCHEN27.1710.4630
FISH24.8810.4630
ELLIOTT21.8241.8519
HARRIS16.4094.1667
DRAKE15.9010.4630
WHITEHEAD13.7020.9259
PALMER11.7831.3889
ROBINSON11.6283.7037
SCOTT10.9862.7778
BROWN7.73115.0926
MAY7.2710.4630
LAWRENCE7.1310.4630
WILLIAMSON5.1710.4630
FOX4.9910.4630
WHITE4.3231.3889
WILSON4.0341.8519
JACKSON3.3120.9259
WATSON2.0010.4630
WALKER1.3810.4630

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called CARBY in Blaxton 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 3.7037 in Blaxton means that 3.7037% of the people in Blaxton on census day were called CARBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARBY 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 CARBY 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 CARBY 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 CARBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Blaxton means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARBY in Blaxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blaxton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (7)  ANSON (1)  BILLCOCK (1)  BOUSHALL (4)  BROWN (11)  CHESTER (1)  CARBY (8)  COUTHRGAD (1)  CREDLAND (1)  CUDWORTH (3)  DRAKE (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  FENWICK (1)  FISH (1)  FORESTER (1)  FOX (1)  GARNET (8)  GILLIONS (4)  GILSON (9)  HALIFAX (1)  HARRIS (9)  HOUGHTON (5)  HOYLE (12)  HUTTON (5)  JACKSON (2)  KITCHEN (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAUGHTON (11)  LINLEY (1)  MAIDMENT (9)  MARRIS (12)  MARRISON (1)  MAXFIELD (22)  MAY (1)  MELLBOURNE (3)  NEWHILL (2)  PALMER (3)  PASHLEY (1)  PYE (1)  ROBINSON (8)  ROWBOTHAM (2)  SARGENT (1)  SCHOLES (9)  SCOTT (6)  SHIRCLIFF (5)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (3)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILLAMSON (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (4)