Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Houghton, Yorkshire

Great Houghton 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
LISTER164.4444155.95
PEARSON164.444438.26
BROOKE113.0556205.22
RENTON102.7778452.49
GUEST102.7778130.04
COPE92.5000110.57
WOOD92.50007.85
TURNER82.22227.98
WADSWORTH82.2222159.36
ATKINSON71.944419.97
COOPER71.94447.99
BEEVERS61.6667659.34
SIMS61.666755.61
ELLIS61.666711.48
ALFORD51.3889162.87
MARSDEN51.388933.53
SHARP51.388916.67
FORSTER51.388942.37
STANSFIELD51.388989.93
BARKER51.388910.61
ROBERTS51.38893.69
FINDLAY41.111153.62
DYMOND41.1111317.46
HARGREAVES41.111126.65
PRITCHARD41.111120.64
OGDEN41.111139.29
TAYLOR41.11111.74
HEWITT41.111122.82
SMITH41.11110.79
HALLETT30.833367.72
RUMSEY30.8333250.00
GEORGE30.833314.20
CUTTS30.8333106.01
BERESFORD30.8333113.21
WRIGHT30.83332.60
MAY30.833313.09
LITTLEWOOD30.833364.66
BROOK20.555614.41
PARKES20.555627.14
COOKE20.555610.07
WILKINSON20.55563.64
BARWELL20.5556178.57
WAINWRIGHT20.555626.25
KNIGHT20.55564.51
BROOKS20.55565.68
HALL20.55561.89
ASHBY20.555633.11
COOK20.55562.80
LISLE20.5556222.22
DAVIS20.55562.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAGOWAN1,428.5710.2778
REDD1,250.0010.2778
VAN1,111.1110.2778
BEEVERS659.3461.6667
HEMP625.0010.2778
BELDON500.0010.2778
RENTON452.49102.7778
DYMOND317.4641.1111
RUMSEY250.0030.8333
CHARITY238.1010.2778
LISLE222.2220.5556
BROOKE205.22113.0556
BARWELL178.5720.5556
BOOTY172.4110.2778
ALFORD162.8751.3889
WADSWORTH159.3682.2222
LISTER155.95164.4444
DOBBINS153.8510.2778
GUEST130.04102.7778
CONLON126.5810.2778
BERESFORD113.2130.8333
COPE110.5792.5000
CUTTS106.0130.8333
STANSFIELD89.9351.3889
SELLERS72.2020.5556
HALLETT67.7230.8333
LITTLEWOOD64.6630.8333
SIMS55.6161.6667
PLOWMAN54.3510.2778
FINDLAY53.6241.1111
ROWBOTTOM46.5110.2778
FORSTER42.3751.3889
ROEBUCK40.9810.2778
OGDEN39.2941.1111
DAKIN38.7610.2778
PEARSON38.26164.4444
MARSDEN33.5351.3889
ASHBY33.1120.5556
CROSSLAND31.6510.2778
SHIPLEY31.4510.2778
PARKES27.1420.5556
HARGREAVES26.6541.1111
WAINWRIGHT26.2520.5556
HEWITT22.8241.1111
PRITCHARD20.6441.1111
ATKINSON19.9771.9444
HIBBERT18.9410.2778
HOPKINSON16.9810.2778
SHARP16.6751.3889
BROOK14.4120.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called MAGOWAN in Great Houghton 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 0.2778 in Great Houghton means that 0.2778% of the people in Great Houghton on census day were called MAGOWAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAGOWAN 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 MAGOWAN 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 MAGOWAN 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 MAGOWAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,428.57 in Great Houghton means that you are 1,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAGOWAN in Great Houghton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Houghton in 1881

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

ALFORD (5)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHBY (2)  ATKINSON (7)  BARKER (5)  BARWELL (2)  BEARD (1)  BEEVERS (6)  BECKETT (1)  BELDON (1)  BERESFORD (3)  BERRY (1)  BLYTON (3)  BOOTY (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BROOKE (11)  BROOKS (2)  BROOK (2)  CALLAGAN (5)  CATTES (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHARITY (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COLAGAN (1)  CONDLYFFE (3)  CONLON (1)  COOK (2)  COOKE (2)  COOPER (7)  COPE (9)  CUTTS (3)  CROSSLAND (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAKIN (1)  DAVIS (2)  DIXON (1)  DOBBINS (1)  DOBSON (1)  DRINKILL (1)  DYMOND (4)  EBBLEWHITE (8)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (6)  FINDLAY (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FORSTER (5)  GEORGE (3)  GOODHIND (1)  GOODWORTH (1)  GRASBY (2)  GUEST (10)  HALL (2)  HALLETT (3)  HAMMERTON (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HARGREAVES (4)  HARTLEY (2)  HAYES (1)  HEMP (1)  HEPPENSTALL (5)  HEWITT (4)  HIBBERT (1)  HOPE (1)  HOPKINSON (1)  HORTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  ILLINSWORT (1)  KENYON (1)  KNIGHT (2)  LANG (1)  LARVIN (7)  LISLE (2)  LISTER (16)  LITTLEWOOD (3)  MARSDEN (5)  MAY (3)  MAGOWAN (1)  OGDEN (4)  PARKES (2)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (16)  PLOWMAN (1)  POWELL (1)  PRITCHARD (4)  RUMSEY (3)  RANDERSON (2)  REDD (1)  RENTON (10)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (5)  ROEBUCK (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROWBOTTOM (1)  ROWLEY (1)  ROODHOUSE (5)  SELLERS (2)  SHARP (5)  SHAW (2)  SHIPLEY (1)  SIMS (6)  SMITH (4)  STANSFIELD (5)  STEEL (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TERRY (1)  THACKRAY (1)  THORPE (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (8)  VAN (1)  WADSWORTH (8)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALKER (1)  WELLBANK (4)  WATERTON (8)  WILKINS (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (3)