Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melsonby, Yorkshire

Melsonby 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
TROTTER234.3233412.19
MARTIN163.007512.21
HOGG163.007583.25
JOHNSON152.81958.39
WALTON122.255632.05
GIBBON122.2556222.63
BRUNSKILL112.0677894.31
WOODHOUSE112.067787.23
GIBSON101.879715.48
RAINE91.6917203.16
SCOTT91.69176.69
WALLER91.691767.16
METCALF81.503874.28
COLEMAN81.503830.18
CAPP81.5038860.22
CROFT81.503863.64
EDEN81.5038148.15
MARRINER81.5038909.09
SEDGWICK81.5038207.25
BEACH81.5038158.10
NICHOLSON71.315818.52
DOBSON71.315829.83
GRAINGER71.315885.57
GRAHAM61.12789.82
HOWE61.127828.72
GREGORY61.127816.08
BROWN61.12781.71
CLEMENT61.1278111.94
FAWCETT61.127858.31
CATTERSON50.93982,000.00
WRIGHT50.93982.93
SPENCE50.939828.41
WEBB50.93986.93
SHAW50.93985.12
HIRD50.9398121.65
FERGUSON50.939813.26
SWAINSTON50.9398980.39
SHARPE50.939831.89
BECKWITH50.9398159.74
HILLERY50.93981,562.50
COOPER50.93983.86
ELLISON50.939844.48
ROBINSON40.75192.36
PEARSON40.75196.47
BELL40.75194.00
DINSDALE40.7519145.99
JACKSON40.75192.69
WALBURN40.75192,500.00
POTTER40.751911.59
COATES40.751920.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALBURN2,500.0040.7519
CATTERSON2,000.0050.9398
HILLERY1,562.5050.9398
SWAINSTON980.3950.9398
MARRINER909.0981.5038
BRUNSKILL894.31112.0677
CAPP860.2281.5038
COCKFIELD800.0020.3759
TROTTER412.19234.3233
HILLARY340.9130.5639
STELLING243.9010.1880
DOBBIN238.1020.3759
GIBBON222.63122.2556
GASKILL210.5320.3759
SEDGWICK207.2581.5038
RAINE203.1691.6917
BUSSEY166.6730.5639
BECKWITH159.7450.9398
BEACH158.1081.5038
RAW156.2530.5639
EDEN148.1581.5038
DINSDALE145.9940.7519
HIRD121.6550.9398
HAW113.6420.3759
CLEMENT111.9461.1278
WOODHOUSE87.23112.0677
GRAINGER85.5771.3158
HOGG83.25163.0075
METCALF74.2881.5038
WALLER67.1691.6917
CROFT63.6481.5038
PYBUS63.2910.1880
CAMBRIDGE61.3510.1880
FAWCETT58.3161.1278
EMMERSON57.1430.5639
MULHOLLAND50.5110.1880
FARLEY44.9130.5639
ELLISON44.4850.9398
SCAIFE42.3710.1880
BUCKLE34.5420.3759
MARLEY32.3610.1880
WALTON32.05122.2556
SHARPE31.8950.9398
COLEMAN30.1881.5038
DOBSON29.8371.3158
HOWE28.7261.1278
SPENCE28.4150.9398
WISE27.0530.5639
WAKE23.3610.1880
MOODY21.6030.5639

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called WALBURN in Melsonby 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 0.7519 in Melsonby means that 0.7519% of the people in Melsonby on census day were called WALBURN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN 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 WALBURN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Melsonby means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALBURN in Melsonby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melsonby in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ALLISON (1)  BARLOW (1)  BEBBINGTON (2)  BECKWITH (5)  BEACH (8)  BELL (4)  BEST (2)  BROWN (6)  BRUNSKILL (11)  BUCKLE (2)  BUSSEY (3)  BYWELL (3)  CALVERT (2)  CAMBRIDGE (1)  CAPP (8)  CATTERSON (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHARLTON (1)  CHRISTELOW (3)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENT (6)  CLOSE (1)  COATES (4)  COCKFIELD (2)  COLEMAN (8)  COOPER (5)  CRAGGS (1)  CROFT (8)  DENT (2)  DICKINSON (3)  DINSDALE (4)  DIXON (1)  DOBBIN (2)  DOBSON (7)  EELS (2)  EDDON (10)  EDEN (8)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLISON (5)  EMMERSON (3)  FARLEY (3)  FARNABY (9)  FAWCETT (6)  FERGUSON (5)  FETHAM (1)  FLINTOFT (1)  GASKILL (2)  GIBBON (12)  GIBSON (10)  GILL (1)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GRAHAM (6)  GRAINGER (7)  GREGORY (6)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAW (2)  HIRD (5)  HILLARY (3)  HILLERY (5)  HOGG (16)  HUGHFF (3)  HOWE (6)  HUTCHINSON (3)  JACKSON (4)  JOBLING (9)  JOHNSON (15)  JONES (1)  LOW (1)  MABLESON (3)  MULLEY (1)  MARRINER (8)  MARLEY (1)  MARTIN (16)  DONALD (1)  MERRINGTON (1)  METCALF (8)  MOODY (3)  MOORE (1)  MOURGHIN (1)  MULHOLLAND (1)  NASEBY (1)  NEWBY (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  NODDING (1)  PALLISSER (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (4)  PODGE (1)  POTTER (4)  PYBUS (1)  RAINE (9)  RAW (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (4)  SCAIFE (1)  SCOTT (9)  SEDGWICK (8)  SHARPE (5)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITHSON (1)  SPAVIN (5)  SPENCE (5)  STELING (2)  STELLING (1)  SWAINSTON (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TILBY (1)  TODD (1)  TRENTHOLME (2)  TROTTER (23)  WAKE (1)  WALBRAN (2)  WALBURN (4)  WALKER (1)  WALLER (9)  WALTON (12)  WEBB (5)  WAISTELL (1)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITELL (6)  WINN (1)  WISE (3)  WOODHOUSE (11)  WRIGHT (5)  WILLEY (1)