Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rossington, Yorkshire

Rossington 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
TAYLOR267.344611.49
HANSON154.2373131.35
JENNINGS102.824955.71
WILKINSON102.824918.51
LAW102.824962.46
WAINWRIGHT71.977493.46
HOLMES71.977416.24
REVELL61.6949292.68
COOPER61.69496.97
OGDEN61.694959.94
SCARLETT61.6949500.00
LITTLEWOOD61.6949131.58
MORLEY61.694942.40
TURTON61.6949150.75
GLASBY61.69491,500.00
MOORHOUSE51.4124114.16
BROOKES51.412460.17
CROOKES51.4124324.68
TRAVIS41.129996.39
LEES41.129925.48
SYKES41.129923.54
JENKINSON41.129964.52
HAMMOND41.129919.85
PENNINGTON41.129976.34
BAILEY41.12997.50
ROWBOTHAM41.1299229.89
MARSDEN41.129927.29
PIKE30.847529.15
KNAGGS30.8475329.67
SPENCER30.84759.28
HIBBERT30.847557.80
EARNSHAW30.847568.49
CONWAY30.847545.25
BEAUMONT30.847528.57
BURCHELL30.8475189.87
WHITAKER30.847530.00
BRADBURY30.847529.33
PROCTOR30.847534.48
STOCKS30.847577.92
KITCHEN30.847549.75
DANIELS20.565017.99
BELL20.56503.01
BATTY20.565036.97
DODSON20.565072.99
LAYCOCK20.565041.15
JOHNSON20.56501.68
BROOKE20.565037.95
DAVISON20.565015.80
HALL20.56501.92
TATE20.565029.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLASBY1,500.0061.6949
NEWBOUND526.3210.2825
SCARLETT500.0061.6949
BRAN454.5510.2825
HINCHLIFF357.1420.5650
KNAGGS329.6730.8475
CROOKES324.6851.4124
REVELL292.6861.6949
INNOCENT270.2710.2825
ROWBOTHAM229.8941.1299
HANBY217.3910.2825
CHAFFER208.3310.2825
BURCHELL189.8730.8475
HEMSWORTH181.8210.2825
DONCASTER175.4410.2825
TURTON150.7561.6949
LITTLEWOOD131.5861.6949
HANSON131.35154.2373
MOORHOUSE114.1651.4124
STRINGFELLOW108.7010.2825
TRAVIS96.3941.1299
WAINWRIGHT93.4671.9774
MALKIN86.2110.2825
COLTON84.7510.2825
GANT78.7410.2825
STOCKS77.9230.8475
PENNINGTON76.3441.1299
DODSON72.9920.5650
EARNSHAW68.4930.8475
JENKINSON64.5241.1299
LAW62.46102.8249
BROOKES60.1751.4124
OGDEN59.9461.6949
MORT58.4810.2825
HIBBERT57.8030.8475
JENNINGS55.71102.8249
KITCHEN49.7530.8475
DUNSTAN49.5110.2825
KITCHING48.7810.2825
CONWAY45.2530.8475
MORLEY42.4061.6949
LAYCOCK41.1520.5650
BELLAMY38.7620.5650
KELSEY38.1710.2825
BROOKE37.9520.5650
BATTY36.9720.5650
PROCTOR34.4830.8475
JACQUES33.3310.2825
HELLIWELL30.6710.2825
WHITAKER30.0030.8475

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called GLASBY in Rossington 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 1.6949 in Rossington means that 1.6949% of the people in Rossington on census day were called GLASBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLASBY 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 GLASBY 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 GLASBY 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 GLASBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,500.00 in Rossington means that you are 1,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLASBY in Rossington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rossington in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  AUTCLIFFE (1)  AUTY (1)  BAILEY (4)  BALMFORTH (11)  BATTY (2)  BAXTER (2)  BEAUMONT (3)  BELL (2)  BELLAMY (2)  BINGHAM (1)  BURCHELL (3)  BOYD (1)  BRADBURY (3)  BRAN (1)  BRIDGE (1)  BROOKE (2)  BROOKES (5)  BROWN (1)  BUTTERILL (1)  CAPSTICKS (6)  CAWKWELL (1)  CHAFFER (1)  COLTON (1)  CONWAY (3)  COOPER (6)  COUCOM (2)  COULTHREAD (6)  CROOKES (5)  CULLEN (1)  DANIELS (2)  DAVISON (2)  DODSON (2)  DONCASTER (1)  DUNSTAN (1)  EARNSHAW (3)  FARMERY (7)  FAWCETT (1)  FOX (1)  GANT (1)  GLASBY (6)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREGORY (1)  HALL (2)  HELLIWELL (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HANBY (1)  HANSON (15)  HARPER (1)  HARRAND (1)  HEMSWORTH (1)  HIBBERT (3)  HINCHLIFF (2)  HOLMES (7)  HOWLETT (1)  HUNT (1)  INNOCENT (1)  JACQUES (1)  JENKINS (1)  JENKINSON (4)  JENNINGS (10)  JOHNSON (2)  KELSEY (1)  KITCHING (1)  KITCHEN (3)  KNAGGS (3)  LAW (10)  LAYCOCK (2)  LEES (4)  LINDLEY (1)  LITTLEWOOD (6)  MALKIN (1)  MALLENDER (7)  MARSDEN (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MOORHOUSE (5)  MORLEY (6)  MORT (1)  MYERS (2)  NEWBOUND (1)  NEWSHOLME (2)  OGDEN (6)  OLIVER (1)  PENNINGTON (4)  PIKE (3)  PROCTOR (3)  PULISTON (1)  RAMSDEN (1)  REVELL (6)  ROWBOTHAM (4)  SCARLETT (6)  SELBY (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SPENCER (3)  STEELS (4)  STOCKS (3)  STRINGFELLOW (1)  SYKES (4)  TATE (2)  TAYLOR (26)  TIMPERLEY (1)  TISSINGTON (1)  TOPLIFF (1)  TRAVIS (4)  TURTON (6)  WAINWRIGHT (7)  WATT (1)  WHITAKER (3)  WILKINSON (10)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WREN (1)  WRIGGLESWORTH (7)