Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knapton, Yorkshire

Knapton 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
THOMPSON277.692325.68
MASON164.558433.90
WATSON102.849012.28
DUNN92.564130.83
MILNER92.5641111.80
HOLDER92.5641190.68
RINGROSE82.2792930.23
CURTIS71.994335.14
HORNBY71.9943175.00
NEWBY71.9943199.43
PICKERING71.994355.29
HARRISON61.70947.70
DEIGHTON61.7094340.91
STEELE61.709463.90
WILSON51.42453.10
FEATHERSTON51.42451,515.15
LANCASTER41.139645.87
MERCER41.139643.43
BIELBY41.1396727.27
HALE41.139631.77
BARKER41.13968.71
SAVAGE41.139629.67
HODGSON41.139616.45
JOHNSON30.85472.54
TINDALL30.8547141.51
LAZENBY30.8547180.72
KILNER30.8547204.08
COATES30.854722.92
RICHES30.854774.81
SELLERS30.8547111.11
LAWSON30.854714.50
CARR30.854711.84
SNOWBALL30.8547263.16
PARKER20.56983.00
ATKINSON20.56985.85
MOORE20.56982.85
BURTON20.56986.69
MARSHALL20.56983.40
SMITH20.56980.40
PEIRSON20.5698357.14
STEPHENSON20.56989.96
WAITE20.569827.43
PEARSON20.56984.91
COOPER20.56982.34
WOOD20.56981.79
LEATHAM10.2849217.39
BLANCHARD10.284934.72
SCURRY10.28491,250.00
HARLAND10.284934.13
TEMPLE10.284921.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRIGHTS5,000.0010.2849
FEATHERSTON1,515.1551.4245
ERICKSON1,428.5710.2849
SCURRY1,250.0010.2849
RINGROSE930.2382.2792
BIELBY727.2741.1396
JONSON454.5510.2849
PEIRSON357.1420.5698
INGE357.1410.2849
DEIGHTON340.9161.7094
SNOWBALL263.1630.8547
BURKS232.5610.2849
LEATHAM217.3910.2849
KILNER204.0830.8547
BOGG200.0010.2849
NEWBY199.4371.9943
SOUTHWICK192.3110.2849
HOLDER190.6892.5641
LAZENBY180.7230.8547
EVERS178.5710.2849
HORNBY175.0071.9943
SPECK161.2910.2849
TINDALL141.5130.8547
WILEY116.2810.2849
MILNER111.8092.5641
SELLERS111.1130.8547
DARNELL100.0010.2849
RICHES74.8130.8547
STEELE63.9061.7094
PICKERING55.2971.9943
FREER51.5510.2849
LANCASTER45.8741.1396
MERCER43.4341.1396
STOCKDALE36.6310.2849
FARQUHAR36.6310.2849
BULMER35.9710.2849
WOODALL35.4610.2849
CURTIS35.1471.9943
BLANCHARD34.7210.2849
LINTON34.7210.2849
HARLAND34.1310.2849
MASON33.90164.5584
HALE31.7741.1396
DUNN30.8392.5641
SAVAGE29.6741.1396
WAITE27.4320.5698
THOMPSON25.68277.6923
COATES22.9230.8547
TEMPLE21.6910.2849
MIDGLEY21.2810.2849

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called WRIGHTS in Knapton 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 0.2849 in Knapton means that 0.2849% of the people in Knapton on census day were called WRIGHTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Knapton means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRIGHTS in Knapton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knapton in 1881

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

ALLANBY (1)  ANDEBY OR ANCLEBY (2)  ATKINSON (2)  BARKER (4)  BIELBY (4)  BURKS (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOGG (1)  BODGER (1)  BROWN (1)  BULMER (1)  BURTON (2)  CARR (3)  COATES (3)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  COUSINS (1)  CURTIS (7)  DARBY (1)  DARNELL (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEIGHTON (6)  DREWIT (1)  DUNN (9)  ELLISE (1)  ELLIS (1)  ERICKSON (1)  EVISON (1)  EVERS (1)  FARNEL (5)  FARQUHAR (1)  FEATHERSTON (5)  FELLGATE (1)  FOULDING (3)  FOX (1)  FREER (1)  GOODILL (1)  HALE (4)  HARLAND (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (6)  HOGGAT (1)  HODGSON (4)  HOLDER (9)  HOLTBY (10)  HORNBY (7)  INGE (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONSON (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KILNER (3)  LANCASTER (4)  LEATHAM (1)  LAWSON (3)  LAZENBY (3)  LINFOOT (7)  LINTON (1)  LOVEL (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MASON (16)  MATTHEWS (1)  MERCER (4)  MIDGLEY (1)  MILNER (9)  MOORE (2)  MOYISEN (1)  NASINE (1)  NEWBY (7)  NICHOLSON (1)  OIVEL (1)  PARKER (2)  PEARSON (2)  PEIRSON (2)  PICKERING (7)  PLOWS (1)  POTTS (1)  PRINCE (1)  WRAY (1)  READMAN (1)  RENNISON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RICHES (3)  RINGROSE (8)  ROBINSON (1)  ROE (1)  SANDERS (1)  SAVAGE (4)  SCOTT (1)  SCOURSBY (13)  SCURRY (1)  SELLERS (3)  SMITH (2)  SNAT (1)  SNOWBALL (3)  SOUTHWICK (1)  SPECK (1)  STEELE (6)  STEPHENSON (2)  STOCKDALE (1)  STOKES (1)  STUBBS (1)  TATESON (1)  TEMPLE (1)  THOMPSON (27)  TINDALL (3)  TOUSE (4)  TURNER (1)  WALLIS (1)  WATSON (10)  WHITEHAN (1)  WILDON (6)  WILSON (5)  WILSTROP (1)  WINTERBURN (1)  WOOD (2)  WOODHALL (8)  WOODALL (1)  WRIGHTS (1)  WAITE (2)  WILEY (1)