Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scawton, Yorkshire

Scawton 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
YORK1612.1212919.54
RANSOM118.33331,549.30
HART107.575888.81
ARMITAGE107.5758296.74
THOMPSON96.818222.76
BANKS96.8182132.94
ALMOND64.5455365.85
SPENCE53.7879114.42
PAISLEY53.78791,724.14
LUMLEY53.7879625.00
DOBSON43.030368.73
ROBINSON43.03039.50
DALE32.272753.76
WORTHY32.2727937.50
METCALF21.515274.91
KIRBY21.515239.92
ELSEY21.5152487.80
GARBUTT10.7576105.26
ASHPOLE10.75761,250.00
MAWSON10.757694.34
BOYNTON10.7576370.37
HARLAND10.757690.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PAISLEY1,724.1453.7879
RANSOM1,549.30118.3333
ASHPOLE1,250.0010.7576
WORTHY937.5032.2727
YORK919.541612.1212
LUMLEY625.0053.7879
ELSEY487.8021.5152
BOYNTON370.3710.7576
ALMOND365.8564.5455
ARMITAGE296.74107.5758
BANKS132.9496.8182
SPENCE114.4253.7879
GARBUTT105.2610.7576
MAWSON94.3410.7576
HARLAND90.9110.7576
HART88.81107.5758
METCALF74.9121.5152
DOBSON68.7343.0303
DALE53.7632.2727
KIRBY39.9221.5152
THOMPSON22.7696.8182
ROBINSON9.5043.0303

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called PAISLEY in Scawton 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 3.7879 in Scawton means that 3.7879% of the people in Scawton on census day were called PAISLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PAISLEY 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 PAISLEY 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 PAISLEY 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 PAISLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,724.14 in Scawton means that you are 1,724.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PAISLEY in Scawton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scawton in 1881

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

ALMOND (6)  ARMITAGE (10)  ASHPOLE (1)  BANKS (9)  BOYNTON (1)  DALE (3)  DICKERING (1)  DOBSON (4)  ELSEY (2)  FOXTON (1)  GARBUTT (1)  HARLAND (1)  HART (10)  HAWNBY (1)  HOULSTON (15)  KIRBY (2)  LUMLEY (5)  MAWSON (1)  METCALF (2)  NICKILSON (1)  NICKINSON (1)  PAISLEY (5)  RANSOM (11)  REVELEY (1)  ROBINSON (4)  SPENCE (5)  THOMPSON (9)  WORTHY (3)  YORK (16)