Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grinton, Yorkshire

Grinton 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
ALDERSON256.6313478.01
METCALFE215.5703243.90
CALVERT205.3050260.08
COATES205.3050142.25
HIRD174.5093584.19
BELL164.244022.59
WHITE133.448310.73
KENDALL133.4483160.10
THOMPSON133.448311.51
ALLEN123.183016.85
PEACOCK112.917881.85
HARKER102.6525251.89
TAYLOR92.38733.73
APPLETON92.3873152.28
SHAW82.122011.55
RAW82.1220588.24
GILL71.856826.24
WILKINSON71.856812.17
CLOSE61.5915182.37
HUNTER61.591515.50
HORN61.591570.01
BROWN61.59152.41
PERCIVAL51.326384.60
HASTINGS51.3263104.17
DUNN51.326315.95
GARTH51.3263595.24
ANDERSON41.06105.37
BRODERICK41.0610320.00
HILLARY41.0610645.16
STOREY41.061041.75
JOHNSON41.06103.16
WHITELOCK41.0610366.97
BARKER30.79586.08
PRESTON30.795815.93
HANLEY20.530564.31
HUTCHINSON20.53059.34
PRATT20.53059.23
BRADBURY20.530518.37
DENT20.530527.86
HEBDEN10.265384.75
BURTON10.26533.11
MARTIN10.26531.08
EADY10.2653116.28
REYNOLDSON10.2653769.23
HORNER10.265313.93
DEIGHTON10.265352.91
BAGSHAW10.265333.22
ALTON10.265397.09
BRUNSKILL10.2653114.94
SHARPE10.26539.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REYNOLDSON769.2310.2653
HILLARY645.1641.0610
GARTH595.2451.3263
RAW588.2482.1220
HIRD584.19174.5093
ALDERSON478.01256.6313
WHITELOCK366.9741.0610
BRODERICK320.0041.0610
CALVERT260.08205.3050
HARKER251.89102.6525
METCALFE243.90215.5703
CLOSE182.3761.5915
KENDALL160.10133.4483
APPLETON152.2892.3873
COATES142.25205.3050
EADY116.2810.2653
BRUNSKILL114.9410.2653
BOW113.6410.2653
HUGILL105.2610.2653
HASTINGS104.1751.3263
ALTON97.0910.2653
HEBDEN84.7510.2653
PERCIVAL84.6051.3263
PEACOCK81.85112.9178
HORN70.0161.5915
HANLEY64.3120.5305
DEIGHTON52.9110.2653
PLACE50.5110.2653
STOREY41.7541.0610
BAGSHAW33.2210.2653
HESLOP30.9610.2653
COWLING30.1210.2653
DENT27.8620.5305
GILL26.2471.8568
BELL22.59164.2440
BRADBURY18.3720.5305
ALLEN16.85123.1830
DUNN15.9551.3263
PRESTON15.9330.7958
HUNTER15.5061.5915
HORNER13.9310.2653
WILKINSON12.1771.8568
SHAW11.5582.1220
THOMPSON11.51133.4483
WHITE10.73133.4483
HUTCHINSON9.3420.5305
PRATT9.2320.5305
SHARPE9.0010.2653
SIMMONS6.5010.2653
BARKER6.0830.7958

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called REYNOLDSON in Grinton 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 0.2653 in Grinton means that 0.2653% of the people in Grinton on census day were called REYNOLDSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 769.23 in Grinton means that you are 769.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REYNOLDSON in Grinton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grinton in 1881

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

AIREY (3)  ALDERSON (25)  ALLEN (12)  ALLINSON (6)  ALTON (1)  ANDERSON (4)  APPLETON (9)  BAGSHAW (1)  BAILEY (1)  BARKER (3)  BELL (16)  BLENKISON (1)  BOW (1)  BRADBURY (2)  BRODERICK (4)  BROWN (6)  BRUNSKILL (1)  BURTON (1)  CALVERT (20)  CAYGILL (4)  CLEMMINSON (1)  CLOSE (6)  COATES (20)  COWLING (1)  DEIGHTON (1)  DENT (2)  DUNN (5)  EADY (1)  GARTH (5)  GILL (7)  GREATHEAD (1)  HANLEY (2)  HARKER (10)  HASTINGS (5)  HIRD (17)  HEBDEN (1)  HESLOP (1)  HILLARY (4)  HORN (6)  HORNER (1)  HUGILL (1)  HUNTER (6)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JOHNSON (4)  KENDALL (13)  MARTIN (1)  METCALFE (21)  PEACOCK (11)  PERCIVAL (5)  PLACE (1)  POSTILL (1)  PRATT (2)  PRESTON (3)  QUARTLEY (5)  RAW (8)  REYNOLDSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHAW (8)  SIMMONS (1)  SPENSLEY (5)  STEARTON (3)  STOREY (4)  STRAFFEN (1)  SUNTER (4)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (13)  WHITE (13)  WHITELOCK (4)  WILKINSON (7)