Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marton Cum Grafton, Yorkshire

Marton Cum Grafton 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
DAWSON154.098437.18
DICKINSON123.278776.78
STEPHENSON113.005552.53
BEST102.7322101.42
HORNER102.7322143.47
SPENCE102.732282.58
PICK92.4590386.27
ADAMSON82.185882.64
JOHNSON82.18586.51
WADDINGTON82.1858134.68
CALVERT82.1858107.24
FARRAH82.18583,478.26
WALKER71.91265.71
DEAN71.912627.55
COLLEY71.9126150.86
HUDSON71.912623.36
HARRISON71.91268.62
THOMPSON61.63935.47
WEBSTER61.639318.85
TAYLOR61.63932.56
FENWICK61.6393125.00
ANDERSON61.63938.30
EMERSON51.3661196.85
LUNN51.3661105.49
COATES51.366136.63
JEFFERSON51.3661125.63
HICKS51.366132.64
DENT51.366171.74
INNOCENT41.09291,052.63
LEONARD41.092950.44
MUSCHAMP41.09292,222.22
SHERWOOD41.092985.84
CAWOOD30.8197344.83
SHEILDS30.8197833.33
GIBSON30.81976.75
SEWELL30.819738.76
BAXTER30.819713.76
RUDD30.819751.99
DANIEL20.546424.72
BROGDEN20.5464165.29
HORSMAN20.5464156.25
MOSS20.54648.87
BERRY20.54646.89
FRANKLAND20.546473.80
LATIMER10.273270.92
GRAHAM10.27322.38
RABY10.273256.82
JACQUES10.273232.26
FIRTH10.27328.22
HAW10.273282.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARRAH3,478.2682.1858
MUSCHAMP2,222.2241.0929
INNOCENT1,052.6341.0929
SHEILDS833.3330.8197
PICK386.2792.4590
CAWOOD344.8330.8197
EMERSON196.8551.3661
BOWSER185.1910.2732
BROGDEN165.2920.5464
REYNARD163.9310.2732
HORSMAN156.2520.5464
COLLEY150.8671.9126
BIRDSALL149.2510.2732
HORNER143.47102.7322
WADDINGTON134.6882.1858
JEFFERSON125.6351.3661
FENWICK125.0061.6393
CALVERT107.2482.1858
LUNN105.4951.3661
BEST101.42102.7322
SHERWOOD85.8441.0929
ADAMSON82.6482.1858
HAW82.6410.2732
SPENCE82.58102.7322
DICKINSON76.78123.2787
FRANKLAND73.8020.5464
DENT71.7451.3661
LATIMER70.9210.2732
RABY56.8210.2732
STEPHENSON52.53113.0055
RUDD51.9930.8197
LEONARD50.4441.0929
SWALES39.0610.2732
SEWELL38.7630.8197
DAWSON37.18154.0984
COATES36.6351.3661
HICKS32.6451.3661
JACQUES32.2610.2732
WINN28.0910.2732
DEAN27.5571.9126
DANIEL24.7220.5464
HUDSON23.3671.9126
WEBSTER18.8561.6393
BAXTER13.7630.8197
CARROLL13.6110.2732
WISE13.1110.2732
PROCTOR11.1110.2732
MOSS8.8720.5464
HARRISON8.6271.9126
ANDERSON8.3061.6393

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called FARRAH in Marton Cum Grafton 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 2.1858 in Marton Cum Grafton means that 2.1858% of the people in Marton Cum Grafton on census day were called FARRAH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARRAH 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 FARRAH 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 FARRAH 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 FARRAH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,478.26 in Marton Cum Grafton means that you are 3,478.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARRAH in Marton Cum Grafton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Marton Cum Grafton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (8)  ALLINSON (4)  ANDERSON (6)  ARRISMITH (1)  BARNES (1)  BAXTER (3)  BERRY (2)  BEST (10)  BIRKILL (7)  BIRDSALL (1)  BLENKIN (6)  BOWSER (1)  BROGDEN (2)  CALVERT (8)  CARROLL (1)  CAWOOD (3)  COATES (5)  COLLEY (7)  CRAMENT (1)  DANIEL (2)  DAWSON (15)  DEAN (7)  DENT (5)  DICKINSON (12)  DEWES (8)  EMERSON (5)  FARRAH (8)  FENWICK (6)  FIRTH (1)  FRANKLAND (2)  GIBSON (3)  GRAHAM (1)  GREENSITT (10)  GUDGEON (7)  HALL (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (7)  HARSHAW (1)  HAW (1)  HAWXWELL (7)  HICKS (5)  HORNER (10)  HORSMAN (2)  HUDSON (7)  INNOCENT (4)  JACQUES (1)  JEFFERSON (5)  JOHNSON (8)  LATIMER (1)  LEONARD (4)  LUNN (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOSS (2)  MUSCHAMP (4)  NOBLE (1)  PALLISTER (2)  PICK (9)  PLOUGHMAN (1)  POLLARD (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RABY (1)  REYNARD (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSHA (6)  ROBSHAW (2)  RUDD (3)  SEWELL (3)  SHANN (3)  SHERWOOD (4)  SHEILDS (3)  SMEETON (1)  SPENCE (10)  STEPHENSON (11)  SWALE (10)  SWALES (1)  TATESON (7)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (6)  TODD (1)  WADDINGTON (8)  WALKER (7)  WARD (1)  WEBSTER (6)  WINN (1)  WISE (1)