Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scargill, Yorkshire

Scargill 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
BROWN98.490612.88
COWARD87.5472655.74
HODGSON76.603895.24
HUTCHISON76.6038402.30
WALKER54.717014.09
PINKNEY54.71701,190.48
MILLER54.717026.36
WILSON54.717010.27
DENT43.7736198.02
BRIGHAM32.83021,363.64
SIDDLE21.8868869.57
MILNER10.943441.15
ABBOTT10.943421.41
DIXON10.94348.61
TAYLER10.9434172.41
BUCK10.943444.05
ATKINSON10.94349.69
HALL10.94343.21
TROTTER10.943490.09
MORTON10.943417.64
ANDERSON10.94344.78
WILKENSON10.94341,666.67
EDMONDSON10.943481.30
THOROUGHGOOD10.94341,666.67
RICHARDSON10.94345.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THOROUGHGOOD1,666.6710.9434
WILKENSON1,666.6710.9434
BRIGHAM1,363.6432.8302
PINKNEY1,190.4854.7170
SIDDLE869.5721.8868
COWARD655.7487.5472
HUTCHISON402.3076.6038
DENT198.0243.7736
TAYLER172.4110.9434
HODGSON95.2476.6038
TROTTER90.0910.9434
EDMONDSON81.3010.9434
BUCK44.0510.9434
MILNER41.1510.9434
MILLER26.3654.7170
ABBOTT21.4110.9434
MORTON17.6410.9434
WALKER14.0954.7170
BROWN12.8898.4906
WILSON10.2754.7170
ATKINSON9.6910.9434
DIXON8.6110.9434
RICHARDSON5.5410.9434
ANDERSON4.7810.9434
HALL3.2110.9434

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called THOROUGHGOOD in Scargill 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 0.9434 in Scargill means that 0.9434% of the people in Scargill on census day were called THOROUGHGOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THOROUGHGOOD 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 THOROUGHGOOD 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 THOROUGHGOOD 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 THOROUGHGOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in Scargill means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THOROUGHGOOD in Scargill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scargill in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AKRIGG (8)  ANDERSON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BRIGHAM (3)  BROWN (9)  BUCK (1)  CLEMINSON (7)  COWARD (8)  DENT (4)  DIXON (1)  EDMONDSON (1)  HALL (1)  HODGSON (7)  HUTCHISON (7)  LAIDMAN (1)  MILLER (5)  MILNER (1)  MORTON (1)  PINKNEY (5)  POTHERGILL (8)  RICHARDSON (1)  SIDDLE (2)  TALLENTIRE (2)  TAYLER (1)  THOROUGHGOOD (1)  TROTTER (1)  TROTTERS (2)  WALKER (5)  WEATHERELL (4)  WILKENSON (1)  WILSON (5)