Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gransmoor, Yorkshire

Gransmoor 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
MASON89.523870.86
BELL78.333344.36
WRIGHT67.142922.26
ATKINSON67.142973.35
STEPHENSON55.9524103.95
MILNER55.9524259.07
KNAGGS44.76191,818.18
TAYLOR44.76197.45
HAYTON44.7619975.61
HOPE22.381069.93
BOHN11.19053,333.33
HOGGARD11.19051,111.11
ATKIN11.190589.29
PEARSON11.190510.25
HANLEY11.1905144.93
MEEK11.1905102.04
CROSS11.190517.30
LAMB11.190522.57
CARR11.190516.50
WILLIS11.190522.37
REED11.190516.31
HODGSON11.190517.18
MYERS11.190545.66
EDWARD11.1905128.21
CHEW11.1905232.56
BOYES11.1905113.64
HOOD11.190542.92
REDHEAD11.1905217.39
DUNN11.190514.31
LAZENBY11.1905250.00
CHAMBERS11.190520.92
WILSON11.19052.59
JACKSON11.19054.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOHN3,333.3311.1905
KNAGGS1,818.1844.7619
HOGGARD1,111.1111.1905
HAYTON975.6144.7619
MILNER259.0755.9524
LAZENBY250.0011.1905
CHEW232.5611.1905
REDHEAD217.3911.1905
HANLEY144.9311.1905
EDWARD128.2111.1905
BOYES113.6411.1905
STEPHENSON103.9555.9524
MEEK102.0411.1905
ATKIN89.2911.1905
ATKINSON73.3567.1429
MASON70.8689.5238
HOPE69.9322.3810
MYERS45.6611.1905
BELL44.3678.3333
HOOD42.9211.1905
LAMB22.5711.1905
WILLIS22.3711.1905
WRIGHT22.2667.1429
CHAMBERS20.9211.1905
CROSS17.3011.1905
HODGSON17.1811.1905
CARR16.5011.1905
REED16.3111.1905
DUNN14.3111.1905
PEARSON10.2511.1905
TAYLOR7.4544.7619
JACKSON4.2611.1905
WILSON2.5911.1905

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BOHN in Gransmoor 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 1.1905 in Gransmoor means that 1.1905% of the people in Gransmoor on census day were called BOHN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOHN 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 BOHN 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 BOHN 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 BOHN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Gransmoor means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOHN in Gransmoor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gransmoor in 1881

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

ATKIN (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BELL (7)  BOHN (1)  BOTTRILL (1)  BOYES (1)  CARR (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHEW (1)  CLUBLEY (1)  CROSS (1)  DUNN (1)  EDWARD (1)  HANLEY (1)  HAYTON (4)  HODGSON (1)  HOGGARD (1)  HOOD (1)  HOPE (2)  JACKSON (1)  KNAGGS (4)  LAMB (1)  LAZENBY (1)  MASON (8)  MEEK (1)  MEDFORTH (6)  MILNER (5)  MITSHELL (1)  MYERS (1)  PEARSON (1)  REDHEAD (1)  REED (1)  STEPHENSON (5)  TAYLOR (4)  WANES (1)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (6)