Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burniston, Yorkshire

Burniston 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
SEDMAN287.93207,000.00
COULTAS236.51563,285.71
ABRAM195.38241,496.06
HODGSON154.249361.32
COCKERILL133.6827764.71
MAW92.5496697.67
HARD92.54961,406.25
ASHTON82.266346.27
DUCK71.9830368.42
STONEHOUSE71.9830454.55
JACKSON71.98307.10
SOUTHWICK71.98301,346.15
CARTER61.699710.13
SANDERSON61.699741.15
BILLINGHAM61.6997280.37
HARRISON51.41646.38
ROBINSON51.41644.44
LING51.4164149.70
PEARSON51.416412.19
MASON51.416410.54
LEADLEY51.41641,063.83
COX51.41649.35
WARD51.41646.48
HALDER51.41642,500.00
HOLGATE41.1331136.52
THOMPSON41.13313.78
OWENS30.849917.11
BUCKEL30.84991,875.00
CROSBY30.849971.77
WHITE30.84992.64
MAYHEW30.8499103.09
PICKERING30.849923.55
WHITELEY20.566631.55
SHAW20.56663.08
STRINGER20.566628.45
STEPHENSON20.56669.91
WRIGHT20.56661.77
APPLEBY20.566634.66
BROWN20.56660.86
TYSON20.566643.48
RICHARDSON20.56663.33
WILSON20.56661.23
BROWER20.56666,666.67
MANSON20.566648.43
STEVENS20.56665.43
APPLETON10.283318.08
VASEY10.283379.37
FLETCHER10.28332.48
BOYES10.283327.10
RAWLING10.283377.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEDMAN7,000.00287.9320
BROWER6,666.6720.5666
FEASTER3,333.3310.2833
COULTAS3,285.71236.5156
HALDER2,500.0051.4164
BUCKEL1,875.0030.8499
ABRAM1,496.06195.3824
HARD1,406.2592.5496
SOUTHWICK1,346.1571.9830
LEADLEY1,063.8351.4164
COCKERILL764.71133.6827
MAW697.6792.5496
STONEHOUSE454.5571.9830
OWSTON434.7810.2833
DUCK368.4271.9830
BILLINGHAM280.3761.6997
LING149.7051.4164
HOLGATE136.5241.1331
MAYHEW103.0930.8499
VASEY79.3710.2833
RAWLING77.5210.2833
AGAR73.5310.2833
CROSBY71.7730.8499
RAPER67.5710.2833
HODGSON61.32154.2493
REDHEAD52.0810.2833
MANSON48.4320.5666
ASHTON46.2782.2663
TYSON43.4820.5666
SANDERSON41.1561.6997
APPLEBY34.6620.5666
WHITELEY31.5520.5666
SMALLWOOD30.6710.2833
STRINGER28.4520.5666
BOYES27.1010.2833
PICKERING23.5530.8499
ATKIN21.1910.2833
BENNET20.5310.2833
APPLETON18.0810.2833
OWENS17.1130.8499
BAINES14.7910.2833
ARTHUR13.0010.2833
METCALFE12.4110.2833
IRELAND12.2110.2833
PEARSON12.1951.4164
MASON10.5451.4164
CARTER10.1361.6997
STEPHENSON9.9120.5666
COX9.3551.4164
HAY7.7210.2833

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 28 people called SEDMAN in Burniston 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 7.9320 in Burniston means that 7.9320% of the people in Burniston on census day were called SEDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN 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 SEDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,000.00 in Burniston means that you are 7,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEDMAN in Burniston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burniston in 1881

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

ABRAM (19)  AGAR (1)  APPLEBY (2)  APPLETON (1)  ARTHUR (1)  ASHTON (8)  ATKIN (1)  BAINES (1)  BENNET (1)  BILLINGHAM (6)  BOOTH (1)  BOYES (1)  BROWER (2)  BROWN (2)  BUCKEL (3)  BUCKROYD (4)  CARTER (6)  CARVEN (1)  COCKERILL (13)  COULTAS (23)  COX (5)  CROSBY (3)  DAWSON (1)  DEAN (1)  DUESBERY (8)  DOWSLAND (3)  DUCK (7)  DUNWELL (10)  EVANS (1)  FEASTER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  HAG (1)  HALDER (5)  HARD (9)  HARRISON (5)  HAVINGTON (4)  HAY (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (15)  HOLGATE (4)  HOODS (2)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (7)  KELD (1)  LONGHORN (13)  LEADLAY (3)  LEADLEY (5)  LING (5)  LINSKILL (2)  MAREY (1)  MASON (5)  MANSON (2)  MAW (9)  MAYHEW (3)  METCALFE (1)  NILLIST (1)  OWENS (3)  OWSTON (1)  PEARSON (5)  PICKERING (3)  RAPER (1)  READHEAD (1)  REDHEAD (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (5)  RAWLING (1)  SINDALL (1)  SANDERSON (6)  SEDMAN (28)  SHAW (2)  SLEIGHTHOLM (3)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWICK (7)  STANLEY (1)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENSON (2)  STONEHOUSE (7)  STRINGER (2)  THOMPSON (4)  TRATTLES (2)  TYSON (2)  VASEY (1)  WARD (5)  WHITE (3)  WHITELEY (2)  WILSON (2)  WRIGHT (2)