Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sinnington, Yorkshire

Sinnington 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
COOPER123.809515.66
GOODWILL113.49211,964.29
KAY103.174661.09
MOOK92.857110,000.00
DOWSON82.5397465.12
MALLORY82.53974,000.00
GARBUTT82.5397350.88
LENG72.2222795.45
SHEPHERD72.222230.33
NICHOLLS61.904836.47
RICHARDSON61.904811.19
HARPER51.587324.79
GILL51.587322.43
MELROSE51.5873409.84
LISHMAN51.5873781.25
SMITH51.58731.12
SIMPSON51.58739.07
COLLIER51.587347.48
TAYLOR41.26981.99
BULLOCK41.269839.02
ROBINSON41.26983.98
STORR41.2698366.97
CHAPMAN41.26988.94
HARRISON41.26985.72
SMIDDY41.26988,000.00
NOBLE41.269830.58
HOOD41.269845.87
CLARK30.95243.17
SELLERS30.9524123.97
FEATHERSTONE30.9524106.01
KNAGGS30.9524370.37
LEIGH20.634927.59
SNOWBALL20.6349196.08
ATKINSON20.63496.52
HODGSON20.63499.16
PICKERSGILL20.6349120.48
HARLAND20.634976.05
WILSON20.63491.38
BROWN20.63490.96
BOYES20.634960.79
WALLIS20.634918.74
ADDISON10.317522.94
HEBRON10.3175357.14
REED10.31754.35
DALE10.31757.51
PAUL10.317512.69
KETTLEWELL10.3175103.09
SMALLWOOD10.317534.36
WARD10.31751.45
HORSLEY10.317533.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOOK10,000.0092.8571
SMIDDY8,000.0041.2698
MALLORY4,000.0082.5397
GOODWILL1,964.29113.4921
LENG795.4572.2222
LISHMAN781.2551.5873
DOWSON465.1282.5397
MELROSE409.8451.5873
KNAGGS370.3730.9524
STORR366.9741.2698
HEBRON357.1410.3175
GARBUTT350.8882.5397
MORRILL294.1210.3175
LEADLEY238.1010.3175
SNOWBALL196.0820.6349
WELBURN161.2910.3175
SELLERS123.9730.9524
PICKERSGILL120.4820.6349
RUSTON111.1110.3175
FEATHERSTONE106.0130.9524
PAPE105.2610.3175
KETTLEWELL103.0910.3175
HARLAND76.0520.6349
FRANK75.1910.3175
KAY61.09103.1746
BOYES60.7920.6349
COLLIER47.4851.5873
HOOD45.8741.2698
BULLOCK39.0241.2698
NICHOLLS36.4761.9048
SMALLWOOD34.3610.3175
HORSLEY33.9010.3175
NOBLE30.5841.2698
SHEPHERD30.3372.2222
JEFFERSON29.2410.3175
LEIGH27.5920.6349
HARPER24.7951.5873
VARLEY23.0910.3175
ADDISON22.9410.3175
GILL22.4351.5873
WALLIS18.7420.6349
HORNER16.6710.3175
COOPER15.66123.8095
STEAD15.5310.3175
PAUL12.6910.3175
RICHARDSON11.1961.9048
DENNIS10.7310.3175
HODGSON9.1620.6349
SIMPSON9.0751.5873
CHAPMAN8.9441.2698

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called MOOK in Sinnington 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 2.8571 in Sinnington means that 2.8571% of the people in Sinnington on census day were called MOOK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Sinnington in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLENBY (2)  ATKINSON (2)  BERRIMAN (1)  BOYES (2)  BROWN (2)  BULLOCK (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (3)  COLLIER (5)  COOPER (12)  DALE (1)  DENNIS (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOWSON (8)  EASTERBY (3)  FEATHERSTONE (3)  FEUSTER (2)  FEWSTER (1)  FOX (1)  FRANK (1)  GARBUTT (8)  GELDART (2)  GILL (5)  GOODWILL (11)  HARLAND (2)  HARPER (5)  HARRISON (4)  HARTAS (3)  HARTLEY (1)  HEBRON (1)  HESP (5)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOGGARTH (2)  HOOD (4)  HORNER (1)  HORSLEY (1)  HUYILL (1)  IWALWELL (2)  JEFFERSON (1)  KAY (10)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KNAGGS (3)  KNAPTON (2)  LACKENBY (1)  LEIGH (2)  LISHMAN (5)  LENG (7)  LEADLEY (1)  MACKENTH (9)  MACKERETH (5)  MAGSON (1)  MALLORY (8)  MASON (1)  MASSHEDAR (3)  MELROSE (5)  MORRILL (1)  MOOK (9)  NEESAM (3)  NICHOLLS (6)  NOBLE (4)  PAPE (1)  PARNABY (3)  PARNBY (2)  PAUL (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PICKERSGILL (2)  PLOUGHMAN (2)  POARD (2)  PONSONBY (3)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (4)  RUSTON (1)  SANDEMAN (1)  SELLERS (3)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SIMPSON (5)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMIDDY (4)  SMITH (5)  SNOWBALL (2)  SPAREN (1)  STEAD (1)  STORR (4)  SWALE (2)  TAYLOR (4)  TRENHAM (4)  TRENNUM (4)  TRUMAIN (2)  VARLEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (2)  WALTON (1)  WARD (1)  WAWNE (4)  WEDDALL (1)  WEETMAN (9)  WELBURN (1)  WELLBURN (1)  WILSON (2)