Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellerton Priory, Yorkshire

Ellerton Priory 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
ANSON134.59361,238.10
SHARP113.886946.65
PEARSE113.8869365.45
NUTT113.8869539.22
ETHERINGTON93.1802422.54
WATSON93.180213.71
HARRISON93.180214.33
WAKE82.8269350.88
ATKINSON72.473525.40
KINSLEY72.47352,258.06
HEWSON72.4735303.03
JACKSON72.47358.85
THOMPSON62.12017.08
HOLMES51.766814.51
MOOR51.7668125.94
TATE51.766891.41
BOWES51.7668192.31
WILKINSON41.41349.26
SANDERSON41.413434.22
TASKER41.4134132.89
BRADLEY41.413417.61
WALSH41.413426.54
STORY41.4134228.57
PEACH31.060198.04
ROBSON31.060116.11
PITTS20.706768.97
BARKER20.70675.40
ADAMSON20.706726.70
HAWKIN20.7067327.87
ROBERTS20.70671.88
REYNOLDS20.70678.16
SIMPSON20.70674.04
SCOTT20.70672.79
SYKES20.706714.73
WILSON20.70671.54
HOWDEN20.7067139.86
COLLINS20.70674.92
MITCHELL20.70673.48
RICHARDSON20.70674.15
DEARING20.7067377.36
HORNBY10.353431.06
CRAVEN10.353418.32
PARKIN10.353413.14
COBB10.353424.88
NEVILLE10.353429.76
GRAVES10.353423.31
CARTWRIGHT10.35349.27
LAZENBY10.353474.63
STEPHENSON10.35346.18
BOAST10.3534175.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KINSLEY2,258.0672.4735
ANSON1,238.10134.5936
ISLE833.3310.3534
NUTT539.22113.8869
ETHERINGTON422.5493.1802
DEARING377.3620.7067
PEARSE365.45113.8869
WAKE350.8882.8269
HAWKIN327.8720.7067
GROAT303.0310.3534
HEWSON303.0372.4735
STORY228.5741.4134
BOWES192.3151.7668
SCARR185.1910.3534
BOAST175.4410.3534
RIDLER142.8610.3534
FORTH142.8610.3534
HOWDEN139.8620.7067
TASKER132.8941.4134
MOOR125.9451.7668
DARNELL123.4610.3534
PEACH98.0431.0601
TATE91.4151.7668
LAZENBY74.6310.3534
PITTS68.9720.7067
CHATTERTON62.1110.3534
GARBUTT49.0210.3534
SHARP46.65113.8869
SPINK43.8610.3534
SAGE39.8410.3534
SMITHSON36.9010.3534
SANDERSON34.2241.4134
HORNBY31.0610.3534
NEVILLE29.7610.3534
BAYLISS27.9310.3534
ADAMSON26.7020.7067
WALSH26.5441.4134
WRAY26.3210.3534
ATKINSON25.4072.4735
COBB24.8810.3534
POLLOCK24.3310.3534
GRAVES23.3110.3534
ENGLISH18.8010.3534
CRAVEN18.3210.3534
BRADLEY17.6141.4134
ROBSON16.1131.0601
SYKES14.7320.7067
HOLMES14.5151.7668
HARRISON14.3393.1802
WATSON13.7193.1802

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called KINSLEY in Ellerton Priory 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 2.4735 in Ellerton Priory means that 2.4735% of the people in Ellerton Priory on census day were called KINSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KINSLEY 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 KINSLEY 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 KINSLEY 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 KINSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,258.06 in Ellerton Priory means that you are 2,258.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KINSLEY in Ellerton Priory than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellerton Priory in 1881

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

ACOMB (4)  ADAMSON (2)  ANSON (13)  ATKINSON (7)  ATKINSON ((SIMPSON)) (2)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BARKER (2)  BAYLISS (1)  BISSITT (1)  BOAST (1)  BOOTLAND (1)  BOWES (5)  BRADLEY (4)  BUTTLE (10)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CHATTERTON (1)  COBB (1)  COLLINS (2)  COOK (1)  CRAVEN (1)  DALE (1)  DARNELL (1)  DEARING (2)  ETHERINGTON (9)  FORTH (1)  FETHERBY (3)  GARBUTT (1)  GRAVES (1)  GROAT (1)  HACOCK (1)  HARRISON (9)  HESSELWOOD (4)  HAWKIN (2)  HESSLEWOOD (4)  HEWSON (7)  HOLMES (5)  HORNBY (1)  HOWDEN (2)  IBBITSON (4)  IBOTSEN (1)  ENGLISH (1)  ISLE (1)  JACKSON (7)  KINSLEY (7)  NUTT (11)  LAVERACK (5)  LAZENBY (1)  MC GRAY (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MOOR (5)  NEVILLE (1)  PARKER (1)  PARKIN (1)  PEACH (3)  PEARSE (11)  PITTS (2)  POLLOCK (1)  POTTON (1)  WRAY (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDLER (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBSON (3)  SAGE (1)  SANDERSON (4)  SARGANT (6)  SCARR (1)  SCOTT (2)  SHARP (11)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITHSON (1)  SPINK (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STORY (4)  SYKES (2)  TATE (5)  TASKER (4)  TEALE (5)  THARRITT (1)  THOMPSON (6)  URMSON (1)  WAKE (8)  WALSH (4)  WATSON (9)  WITTON (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (2)  YOTHERD (1)