Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boynton, Yorkshire

Boynton 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
JACKSON117.051325.23
HALL117.051323.97
BAKER106.410329.26
SUGGITT95.76926,923.08
CARTER85.128230.55
ROBINSON74.487214.07
IVENS74.48723,333.33
SMITH63.84622.72
SCOTT53.205112.67
WELBURN53.20511,612.90
GRANGER31.9231187.50
DEIGHTON31.9231384.62
SANDERSON31.923146.58
DARLEY21.2821303.03
SHORT21.282132.84
ROBSON21.282119.47
VINE21.2821137.93
LAZENBY21.2821270.27
DANBY21.2821298.51
COCKERILL21.2821266.67
HARTLEY21.282120.45
HORNER21.282167.34
STOKES10.641015.17
BATEMAN10.641024.81
KIRBY10.641016.89
APPLEBY10.641039.22
HULL10.641030.67
COOPER10.64102.64
HORNBY10.641056.18
WHITE10.64101.99
CHEW10.6410126.58
MALTON10.6410500.00
BROWN10.64100.97
ETHERINGTON10.641084.75
SMITHSON10.641066.67
BARLEY10.6410114.94
HOWE10.641016.31
WINTER10.641018.08
CHADWICK10.641014.66
MAINES10.64102,500.00
FOWLER10.641011.22
BLANCHARD10.641078.13
KNAGGS10.6410250.00
DALTON10.641027.93
WILSON10.64101.40
CLAXTON10.6410101.01
NORTH10.641019.34
WATSON10.64102.76
LYON10.641030.58
FORSTER10.641019.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUGGITT6,923.0895.7692
IVENS3,333.3374.4872
MAINES2,500.0010.6410
WELBURN1,612.9053.2051
MALTON500.0010.6410
DEIGHTON384.6231.9231
DARLEY303.0321.2821
DANBY298.5121.2821
LAZENBY270.2721.2821
COCKERILL266.6721.2821
KNAGGS250.0010.6410
GRANGER187.5031.9231
VINE137.9321.2821
CHEW126.5810.6410
BARLEY114.9410.6410
CLAXTON101.0110.6410
ETHERINGTON84.7510.6410
BLANCHARD78.1310.6410
HORNER67.3421.2821
SMITHSON66.6710.6410
HORNBY56.1810.6410
SANDERSON46.5831.9231
APPLEBY39.2210.6410
SHORT32.8421.2821
HULL30.6710.6410
LYON30.5810.6410
CARTER30.5585.1282
BAKER29.26106.4103
DALTON27.9310.6410
JACKSON25.23117.0513
BATEMAN24.8110.6410
HALL23.97117.0513
HARTLEY20.4521.2821
FORSTER19.5310.6410
ROBSON19.4721.2821
NORTH19.3410.6410
WINTER18.0810.6410
KIRBY16.8910.6410
HOWE16.3110.6410
STOKES15.1710.6410
CHADWICK14.6610.6410
ROBINSON14.0774.4872
SCOTT12.6753.2051
FOWLER11.2210.6410
WATSON2.7610.6410
SMITH2.7263.8462
COOPER2.6410.6410
WHITE1.9910.6410
WILSON1.4010.6410
BROWN0.9710.6410

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SUGGITT in Boynton 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 5.7692 in Boynton means that 5.7692% of the people in Boynton on census day were called SUGGITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,923.08 in Boynton means that you are 6,923.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUGGITT in Boynton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boynton in 1881

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

APPLEBY (1)  BAKER (10)  BILHAM (1)  BARLEY (1)  BARUGH (3)  BATEMAN (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BLANSHARD (1)  BROWN (1)  CARTER (8)  CHADWICK (1)  CHEW (1)  CLAXTON (1)  COCKERILL (2)  COOPER (1)  DALTON (1)  DANBY (2)  DARLEY (2)  DEIGHTON (3)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FORSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  GARDHAM (1)  GRANGER (3)  HALL (11)  HARTLEY (2)  HOLTBY (1)  HORNBY (1)  HORNER (2)  HOWE (1)  HULL (1)  IVENS (7)  JACKSON (11)  KIRBY (1)  KNAGGS (1)  LAZENBY (2)  LONDESBOROUGH (1)  LYON (1)  MAINES (1)  MEGSON (1)  MALTON (1)  NORTH (1)  PUCKERING (1)  RISPIN (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROBSON (2)  ROUNDING (1)  RAWLIN (1)  SANDERSON (3)  SCOTT (5)  SHORT (2)  SMITH (6)  SMITHSON (1)  SPAVEN (8)  STOBBARD (1)  STOKES (1)  SUGGITT (9)  VINE (2)  WATSON (1)  WELBURN (5)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)