Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skidby, Yorkshire

Skidby 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
HARRISON164.407719.86
CHARLTON123.3058115.38
BUTLER113.030331.08
GRANTHAM113.0303491.07
BURTON102.754832.34
BAKER92.479311.32
RHODES92.479353.41
DUCKER92.47931,058.82
HUTCHINSON92.479343.65
MILNER82.203996.15
WATSON71.92848.31
DENNETT71.9284445.86
SCOTT71.92847.62
PHILLIPS71.928410.78
KIRK61.652938.17
BOYNTON61.6529810.81
FENTON61.652982.76
STAMP61.6529224.72
HEWITT61.652933.94
STEPHENSON51.377424.07
NEWCOMBE51.3774195.31
BRIGGS51.377425.36
MARSON41.1019242.42
THOMPSON41.10193.68
RICKMAN41.1019563.38
CRESSEY41.1019833.33
WOOD41.10193.46
INGHAM41.101944.30
SWABY41.1019606.06
FINCH41.101933.11
CARGILL30.8264208.33
BURRIDGE30.8264121.95
HUDSON30.826410.09
JOHNSON30.82642.46
BOURNE30.826442.61
NEEDHAM30.826438.86
EDMUND30.8264810.81
SMITH30.82640.59
HILL20.55102.16
TAYLOR20.55100.86
GARTON20.5510111.73
CONSTABLE20.551049.75
HALL20.55101.87
JACKSON20.55101.97
COOPER20.55102.27
MOORE20.55102.76
CONNEL10.2755149.25
HODGSON10.27553.97
ARNOTT10.275532.79
ROBINSON10.27550.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLIVES5,000.0010.2755
GOLDIN5,000.0010.2755
GOFORTH1,111.1110.2755
TROWEL1,111.1110.2755
DUCKER1,058.8292.4793
CRESSEY833.3341.1019
EDMUND810.8130.8264
BOYNTON810.8161.6529
SWABY606.0641.1019
RICKMAN563.3841.1019
GRANTHAM491.07113.0303
DENNETT445.8671.9284
MARSON242.4241.1019
STAMP224.7261.6529
CARGILL208.3330.8264
NEWCOMBE195.3151.3774
HEMSWORTH178.5710.2755
CONNEL149.2510.2755
CROWSON128.2110.2755
BURRIDGE121.9530.8264
TRAIN121.9510.2755
CHARLTON115.38123.3058
GARTON111.7320.5510
BOOTHBY97.0910.2755
MILNER96.1582.2039
FENTON82.7661.6529
DUKES74.6310.2755
RHODES53.4192.4793
CONSTABLE49.7520.5510
INGHAM44.3041.1019
HUTCHINSON43.6592.4793
BOURNE42.6130.8264
NEEDHAM38.8630.8264
KIRK38.1761.6529
HEWITT33.9461.6529
FINCH33.1141.1019
ARNOTT32.7910.2755
BURTON32.34102.7548
BUTLER31.08113.0303
RAMSEY25.3810.2755
BRIGGS25.3651.3774
USHER25.0010.2755
STEPHENSON24.0751.3774
ISAAC21.9810.2755
HARRISON19.86164.4077
PICKARD19.7610.2755
PENNY15.4810.2755
BAKER11.3292.4793
LANCASTER11.0910.2755
PAUL11.0010.2755

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called OLIVES in Skidby 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 0.2755 in Skidby means that 0.2755% of the people in Skidby on census day were called OLIVES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLIVES 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 OLIVES 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 OLIVES 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 OLIVES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Skidby means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLIVES in Skidby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skidby in 1881

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

ARNOTT (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (9)  BOOTHBY (1)  BOYNTON (6)  BRADLEY (1)  BRIGGS (5)  BOURNE (3)  BURRIDGE (3)  BURTON (10)  BUTLER (11)  CARGILL (3)  CHARLTON (12)  COLLINS (1)  CONNEL (1)  CONSTABLE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (2)  CRAGGY (2)  CRESSEY (4)  CROWSON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DENNETT (7)  DEWSBURY (1)  DIXON (1)  DOWSLAND (1)  DUCKER (9)  DUKES (1)  DYSON (1)  EDMUND (3)  FARNABY (1)  FAULDING (3)  FENTON (6)  FINCH (4)  FITT (1)  GARDHAM (1)  GARTON (2)  GOFFIN (1)  GOFORTH (1)  GOLDIN (1)  GRANTHAM (11)  GREEN (1)  HALL (2)  HERRIS (6)  HARRISON (16)  HEMSWORTH (1)  HERCLIFFE (1)  HEWITT (6)  HILL (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUDSON (3)  HUTCHINSON (9)  INGHAM (4)  ISAAC (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  KIRK (6)  LANCASTER (1)  STAMP (LILBURN) (2)  LONGBONES (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARSON (4)  MASSEY (1)  MILNER (8)  MOORE (2)  NEEDHAM (3)  NEWCOMBE (5)  OLIVES (1)  PAUL (1)  PENNY (1)  PHILLIPPS (4)  PHILLIPS (7)  PICKARD (1)  RAMSEY (1)  RHODES (9)  RICKMAN (4)  RIDSDALE (10)  RIGS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SARGERSON (2)  SCOTT (7)  SHAWCROSS (1)  SHERSMITH (3)  SILBURN (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (3)  STAMFORD (4)  STAMP (6)  STAINTON (6)  STEPHENSON (5)  SWABY (4)  SWATRIDGE (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (4)  TODD (1)  TRAIN (1)  TROWEL (1)  USHER (1)  VAREY (1)  VOASE (6)  WADDINGHAM (1)  WARD (1)  WASLIN (6)  WATSON (7)  WEST (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WINDAS (1)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (1)