Top surnames from the 1881 census in Muston, Yorkshire

Muston 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
ATKINSON194.810149.39
SIMPSON123.038017.37
SHAW112.784815.16
BIGGINS112.78481,157.89
MOORE102.531612.66
JOHNSON92.27856.78
BOYES92.2785217.92
FOSTER92.278517.04
DYER92.278558.82
FERGUSON92.278532.14
BIRD82.025326.51
MORRIS82.02539.10
TEMPLE82.0253154.44
APPLEBY71.7722108.53
WELBORN71.77223,333.33
GRINDEL61.519020,000.00
GREENLEY61.51902,727.27
FENWICK61.5190115.83
TOMLINSON61.519032.93
HEADLEY61.5190560.75
RUST61.5190288.46
MARSHALL61.51909.06
DANBY51.2658295.86
COOK51.26586.37
WALKER51.26583.78
HUTCHINSON51.265822.28
RUSSELL51.265810.37
POOLE51.265826.27
BAYES51.2658423.73
COLLINSON51.2658107.76
PIERCY41.0127281.69
DIXON41.01279.24
GRICE41.012798.28
WOOD41.01273.18
HYDE41.012732.92
PARSON30.7595169.49
COLLEY30.759559.88
CHAPMAN30.75955.35
TAYLOR30.75951.19
LAWSON30.759512.88
PINKNEY30.7595193.55
BURNETT20.506318.30
SMITH20.50630.36
ABEL20.506378.74
JAMES20.50632.58
BAYS20.5063434.78
MARR20.506344.35
WATSON20.50632.18
JACKSON20.50631.81
DEWHURST20.506342.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRINDEL20,000.0061.5190
GOSTON5,000.0010.2532
WELBORN3,333.3371.7722
GREENLEY2,727.2761.5190
SIMPTON2,500.0010.2532
BIGGINS1,157.89112.7848
TOWSON833.3310.2532
HEADLEY560.7561.5190
BAYS434.7820.5063
BAYES423.7351.2658
TUTHILL312.5010.2532
DANBY295.8651.2658
BUMBY294.1210.2532
JENNISON289.8620.5063
RUST288.4661.5190
PIERCY281.6941.0127
FOUND227.2710.2532
BOYES217.9292.2785
PINKNEY193.5530.7595
PARSON169.4930.7595
SOUTHWICK169.4910.2532
TEMPLE154.4482.0253
SELKIRK135.1410.2532
BOYNTON125.0010.2532
FENWICK115.8361.5190
APPLEBY108.5371.7722
COLLINSON107.7651.2658
GRICE98.2841.0127
ABEL78.7420.5063
RYE65.3610.2532
CROWDER63.6910.2532
WATERSON60.6110.2532
COLLEY59.8830.7595
DYER58.8292.2785
COATS56.1810.2532
ATKINSON49.39194.8101
REDHEAD46.5110.2532
MARR44.3520.5063
DEWHURST42.6420.5063
SELLARS40.8210.2532
TOMLINSON32.9361.5190
HYDE32.9241.0127
FERGUSON32.1492.2785
LANGTON31.9510.2532
HARLAND30.4010.2532
VINE27.2510.2532
COLMAN27.1710.2532
BOSWELL26.9510.2532
BIRD26.5182.0253
POOLE26.2751.2658

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called GRINDEL in Muston 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 1.5190 in Muston means that 1.5190% of the people in Muston on census day were called GRINDEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRINDEL 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 GRINDEL 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 GRINDEL 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 GRINDEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Muston means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRINDEL in Muston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Muston in 1881

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

ABEL (2)  ALLERSTONE (1)  ANDREWS (1)  APPLEBY (7)  ATKINSON (19)  BARMBY (12)  BIGGINS (11)  BIRD (8)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOSWELL (1)  BOYES (9)  BOYNTON (1)  BRAMBLES (13)  BROWN (2)  BRUMPTON (1)  BUMBY (1)  BURNETT (2)  BAYS (2)  BAYES (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLARKE (1)  COATS (1)  COLMAN (1)  COLLEY (3)  COLLINSON (5)  COOK (5)  COULSON (1)  COCKSWORTH (1)  CROWDER (1)  DANBY (5)  DEWHURST (2)  DIXON (4)  DUNN (1)  DYER (9)  EWISON (1)  FENWICK (6)  FERGUSON (9)  FOSTER (9)  FOUND (1)  FRANKISH (1)  FRANKLIN (2)  GOSTON (1)  GREY (1)  GRICE (4)  GRINDEL (6)  GREENLEY (6)  HALL (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARRIS (2)  HAVELEY (2)  HEADLEY (6)  HUTCHINSON (5)  HYDE (4)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (2)  JENNISON (2)  JESSELS (1)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (1)  JOWSEY (1)  LANGTON (1)  LAWSON (3)  LEA (1)  LEES (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MC LAREN (7)  NAWTON (1)  MILNER (1)  MOORE (10)  MORRIS (8)  MOWTHORPE (1)  MARR (2)  NELLIST (5)  NESFIELD (1)  NOBLE (1)  PARSON (3)  PASHBY (8)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (1)  PIERCY (4)  PINKNEY (3)  PLUVES (1)  POOLE (5)  RYE (1)  REDHEAD (1)  ROPER (1)  RUSSELL (5)  RUST (6)  SELKIRK (1)  SELLARS (1)  SHAW (11)  SIMONS (1)  SIMPSON (12)  SIMPTON (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWICK (1)  STAVELEY (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TEMPLE (8)  TOMLINSON (6)  TOWSON (1)  TUTHILL (1)  TYIESON (1)  VINE (1)  WAINES (1)  WALKER (5)  WATERSON (1)  WATSON (2)  WELBORN (7)  WEBSTER (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (4)  WOODCOCK (1)