Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sancton Houghton, Yorkshire

Sancton Houghton 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
TURNER143.783813.59
BLYTHE102.7027355.87
YOUNG102.702712.58
TINDALL102.7027446.43
DICKINSON102.702763.29
HUTTON92.432481.45
STIRMAN82.162211,428.57
RYAN71.891961.03
ATKINSON71.891919.42
KIRBY61.621642.74
SIMPSON61.62169.27
PEARS61.6216352.94
NOTTINGHAM51.3514505.05
CAREY51.351471.63
SANDERSON51.351432.70
READER41.0811125.39
FOSTER41.08118.09
VAUSE41.0811701.75
ALLISON41.081138.02
GRAY30.81085.68
BARBER30.810813.47
SHAW30.81084.41
WHITE30.81082.52
COOK30.81084.08
GARBUTT30.8108112.36
CAMPBELL30.81084.79
HARLAND30.810897.40
GALLOWAY30.810847.10
THOMAS30.81081.96
FORTH30.8108329.67
HOPPER30.810856.71
RICHARDSON30.81084.76
LANGDALE30.8108461.54
COVERDALE20.5405198.02
BOOTH20.54055.48
BLOOD20.5405135.14
BIELBY20.5405344.83
SHERWOOD20.540542.37
AVERY20.540532.21
SAVILLE20.540559.52
SWAN20.540520.88
ROE20.540527.74
FARLAND20.540510,000.00
STEPHENSON20.54059.45
SNOW10.270319.96
HERRIMAN10.2703714.29
ABRAHAM10.270327.40
PURDON10.2703144.93
VOKES10.2703151.52
BLAGG10.2703149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STIRMAN11,428.5782.1622
FARLAND10,000.0020.5405
ACEY909.0910.2703
HERRIMAN714.2910.2703
VAUSE701.7541.0811
NOTTINGHAM505.0551.3514
LANGDALE461.5430.8108
KIRWAN454.5510.2703
TINDALL446.43102.7027
DORSEY434.7810.2703
BLYTHE355.87102.7027
PEARS352.9461.6216
BIELBY344.8320.5405
FORTH329.6730.8108
HEADS256.4110.2703
COVERDALE198.0220.5405
VESSEY158.7310.2703
HOLDERNESS156.2510.2703
VOKES151.5210.2703
BLAGG149.2510.2703
PURDON144.9310.2703
BLOOD135.1420.5405
JOICE133.3310.2703
READER125.3941.0811
WEATHERILL117.6510.2703
JARRATT117.6510.2703
GARBUTT112.3630.8108
HARLAND97.4030.8108
RANDS92.5910.2703
KETTLEWELL87.7210.2703
HUTTON81.4592.4324
CAREY71.6351.3514
DUFFIN71.4310.2703
PENROSE70.4210.2703
KELL67.5710.2703
FRANK64.1010.2703
DICKINSON63.29102.7027
RYAN61.0371.8919
SAVILLE59.5220.5405
LAZENBY57.1410.2703
HOPPER56.7130.8108
GALLOWAY47.1030.8108
SHERIDAN44.8410.2703
KIRBY42.7461.6216
SHERWOOD42.3720.5405
LONGSTAFF38.3110.2703
ALLISON38.0241.0811
WOODALL33.5610.2703
BLANCHARD33.0010.2703
SANDERSON32.7051.3514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called STIRMAN in Sancton Houghton 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 2.1622 in Sancton Houghton means that 2.1622% of the people in Sancton Houghton on census day were called STIRMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STIRMAN 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 STIRMAN 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 STIRMAN 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 STIRMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,428.57 in Sancton Houghton means that you are 11,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STIRMAN in Sancton Houghton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sancton Houghton in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (1)  ACEY (1)  ADAMSON (1)  ALLISON (4)  AYLOTT (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ASHBY (1)  ATKINSON (7)  AVERY (2)  BARBER (3)  BAYSTON (1)  BIELBY (2)  BLAGG (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BLOOD (2)  BLYTHE (10)  BONE (1)  BOOTH (2)  BARROW (1)  BUTLER (1)  BYCOCK (1)  CAMPBELL (3)  CAREY (5)  CARPENTER (1)  CARR (1)  CARROLL (1)  CASBOLT (1)  CASTLING (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOK (3)  COVERDALE (2)  COCK (13)  CROZER (3)  KIRWAN (1)  DEWSBURY (1)  DICKINSON (10)  DORSEY (1)  DUFFIN (1)  ELLA (2)  FALLOWFIELD (1)  FARLAND (2)  FARMERY (1)  FOLEY (1)  FORTH (3)  FOSTER (4)  FRANK (1)  FUGILL (1)  GALLOWAY (3)  GARBUTT (3)  JARRATT (1)  GOSPEL (9)  GRAY (3)  GREATHEAD (7)  HARLAND (3)  HERRIMAN (1)  HEADS (1)  HESSLEWOOD (1)  HOLBEY (1)  HOLDERNESS (1)  HOLT (1)  HOPPER (3)  HUTCHINSON (1)  HUTTON (9)  JEMMIESON (3)  JOICE (1)  KELL (1)  KENNY (1)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KIRBY (6)  LAMONT (1)  LANGDALE (3)  LARGE (1)  LAZENBY (1)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LYON (1)  MACKRILL (14)  MC DERMOTT (1)  MACDONALD (1)  MORGAN (1)  MURPHY (1)  NOTTINGHAM (5)  OXTOBY (9)  PEARS (6)  PENROSE (1)  PORRILL (11)  PURDON (1)  READER (4)  RANDS (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RISPIN (19)  ROE (2)  RYAN (7)  SANDERSON (5)  SAVILLE (2)  SHAW (3)  SHERIDAN (1)  SHERWOOD (2)  SIMPSON (6)  SISSONS (1)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOW (1)  STAINFORTH (2)  STENNITT (10)  STEPHENSON (2)  STIRMAN (8)  SWAN (2)  SWANN (1)  SWAIN (1)  THOMAS (3)  TINDALL (10)  TURNER (14)  VESSEY (1)  VAUSE (4)  VOKES (1)  WALLACE (1)  WELLBOURNE (1)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WEATHERILL (1)  WHITE (3)  WILSON (1)  WISE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODALL (1)  YOUNG (10)