Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brompton On Swale, Yorkshire

Brompton On Swale 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
TERRY133.6111141.30
SIMPSON123.333319.06
ALDERSON113.0556220.44
HUTCHINSON113.055653.79
PEARSON113.055626.30
THOMPSON113.055610.20
LAMB102.777852.66
FRYER102.7778149.70
HART92.500029.31
CARTER92.500014.89
BUCKLE92.5000229.59
ROBINSON92.50007.84
JOHNSTONE82.222249.17
HUGILL82.2222888.89
KELL82.2222555.56
HODGES82.222275.76
WILSON71.94444.23
COATES61.666744.71
BURNS61.666724.82
WRIGHT61.66675.20
MITCHELL61.66678.22
HUNTER61.666716.23
LINCOLN61.6667221.40
CORNER51.3889190.84
LAYFIELD51.3889757.58
DODDS51.388965.96
PATTINSON51.3889155.28
PEACOCK51.388938.97
BURROW51.3889202.43
BOYLAN41.1111727.27
MACK41.1111110.50
SNOWDON41.1111149.25
SAYER41.111184.75
DIXON41.111110.14
LANGSTAFF41.1111888.89
SCOTT41.11114.39
HARDCASTLE41.1111125.79
RUSSELL41.11119.10
DRUMMOND30.833341.96
MOORE30.83334.17
RICHARDSON30.83334.90
LANSDALE30.83331,034.48
MAWSON30.8333103.45
STEPHENSON30.833314.57
COLEMAN30.833316.72
MORRISON30.833310.60
MILNER20.555624.21
PATTISON20.555634.90
WADE20.555613.88
SCAIFE20.5556125.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANSDALE1,034.4830.8333
HUGILL888.8982.2222
LANGSTAFF888.8941.1111
LAYFIELD757.5851.3889
BOYLAN727.2741.1111
KELL555.5682.2222
SEVERS425.5320.5556
BUCKLE229.5992.5000
EDWARDSON227.2710.2778
LINCOLN221.4061.6667
ALDERSON220.44113.0556
BURROW202.4351.3889
CORNER190.8451.3889
PATTINSON155.2851.3889
FRYER149.70102.7778
SNOWDON149.2541.1111
TERRY141.30133.6111
HARDCASTLE125.7941.1111
SCAIFE125.0020.5556
MACK110.5041.1111
MAWSON103.4530.8333
PREST90.0910.2778
SAYER84.7541.1111
RIPPON80.0010.2778
HODGES75.7682.2222
DODDS65.9651.3889
VEALE64.5210.2778
HUTCHINSON53.79113.0556
HARKER52.7720.5556
LAMB52.66102.7778
DUCK51.8110.2778
SOWERBY51.5510.2778
JOHNSTONE49.1782.2222
COATES44.7161.6667
DRUMMOND41.9630.8333
PEACOCK38.9751.3889
PATTISON34.9020.5556
GOOCH31.6510.2778
HART29.3192.5000
PEARSON26.30113.0556
BURNS24.8261.6667
MILNER24.2120.5556
STUBBS21.0320.5556
SIMPSON19.06123.3333
COLEMAN16.7230.8333
HUNTER16.2361.6667
CARTER14.8992.5000
MANSFIELD14.7910.2778
STEPHENSON14.5730.8333
WADE13.8820.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called LANSDALE in Brompton On Swale 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 0.8333 in Brompton On Swale means that 0.8333% of the people in Brompton On Swale on census day were called LANSDALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANSDALE 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 LANSDALE 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 LANSDALE 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 LANSDALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,034.48 in Brompton On Swale means that you are 1,034.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANSDALE in Brompton On Swale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brompton On Swale in 1881

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

ALDERSON (11)  ELLERTON (6)  BATES (1)  BOYLAN (4)  BRECKON (7)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLE (9)  BURNS (6)  BURROW (5)  CARTER (9)  CLEMERSON (1)  COATES (6)  COLEMAN (3)  COOPER (1)  CORNER (5)  DIXON (4)  DODDS (5)  DRUMMOND (3)  DUCK (1)  EDWARDSON (1)  FRYER (10)  GILL (1)  GOOCH (1)  HARDCASTLE (4)  HARKER (2)  HART (9)  HODGES (8)  HODSON (1)  HUGILL (8)  HUNTER (6)  HUTCHINSON (11)  JOHNSTONE (8)  KELL (8)  KERSHAW (1)  LAMB (10)  LAMBERT (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LANGSTAFF (4)  LAYFIELD (5)  LINCOLN (6)  LANSDALE (3)  MANGLES (1)  MANSFIELD (1)  MAWSON (3)  MACK (4)  METCALFE (1)  MILNER (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOORE (3)  MORRISON (3)  OSWELTON (2)  PATTINSON (5)  PATTISON (2)  PEACOCK (5)  PEARSON (11)  PLEWS (8)  PRATT (1)  PREST (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDSDALE (1)  RIPPON (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROWLAND (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SAYER (4)  SCAIFE (2)  SCOTT (4)  SEVERS (2)  SIMPSON (12)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDON (4)  SOWERBY (1)  STEVENS (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  STOTT (1)  STUBBS (2)  TERRY (13)  THOMPSON (11)  THIRSBY (5)  VEALE (1)  WADE (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (6)