Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skipton On Swale, Yorkshire

Skipton On Swale 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
WILSON106.896615.02
HEWSON96.2069762.71
SMITH85.51723.91
ASK64.137930,000.00
ROB64.137930,000.00
FRANCIS64.137969.44
MYERS64.1379158.73
WALKER64.137912.36
BUTCHER64.137998.20
GALLOWAY53.4483200.00
THORPE53.448387.26
MORTON42.758651.61
YELLOW42.758613,333.33
METCALFE42.7586120.85
WELBURN42.75861,379.31
PENNINGTON32.0690139.53
CURRY32.0690144.23
LANCASTER32.069083.33
ATKINSON32.069021.25
KIRBY21.379336.36
WILLEY21.3793152.67
CARTER21.37938.22
SPENCE21.379341.67
DRESSER10.6897555.56
LUMLEY10.6897113.64
CLEASBY10.6897625.00
LANGTON10.689786.96
BUCKLAND10.689764.94
LOFTHOUSE10.689792.59
THORP10.689750.76
SIMPSON10.68973.94
GILL10.68979.75
FENWICK10.689752.63
LYNE10.6897156.25
COWLING10.689778.13
LEE10.68974.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ASK30,000.0064.1379
ROB30,000.0064.1379
YELLOW13,333.3342.7586
WELBURN1,379.3142.7586
HEWSON762.7196.2069
CLEASBY625.0010.6897
DRESSER555.5610.6897
GALLOWAY200.0053.4483
MYERS158.7364.1379
LYNE156.2510.6897
WILLEY152.6721.3793
CURRY144.2332.0690
PENNINGTON139.5332.0690
METCALFE120.8542.7586
LUMLEY113.6410.6897
BUTCHER98.2064.1379
LOFTHOUSE92.5910.6897
THORPE87.2653.4483
LANGTON86.9610.6897
LANCASTER83.3332.0690
COWLING78.1310.6897
FRANCIS69.4464.1379
BUCKLAND64.9410.6897
FENWICK52.6310.6897
MORTON51.6142.7586
THORP50.7610.6897
SPENCE41.6721.3793
KIRBY36.3621.3793
ATKINSON21.2532.0690
WILSON15.02106.8966
WALKER12.3664.1379
GILL9.7510.6897
CARTER8.2221.3793
LEE4.2210.6897
SIMPSON3.9410.6897
SMITH3.9185.5172

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called ASK in Skipton On Swale 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 4.1379 in Skipton On Swale means that 4.1379% of the people in Skipton On Swale on census day were called ASK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ASK 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 ASK 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 ASK 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 ASK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Skipton On Swale means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ASK in Skipton On Swale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skipton On Swale in 1881

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

ASK (6)  ATKINSON (3)  BARUGH (1)  BELLERBY (2)  BRANSBY (3)  BROCKHILL (1)  BUCKLAND (1)  BUTCHER (6)  CARTER (2)  CLEASBY (1)  COWLING (1)  CURRY (3)  DRESSER (1)  FENWICK (1)  FRANCIS (6)  GALLOWAY (5)  GILL (1)  HEWSON (9)  KIRBY (2)  LANCASTER (3)  LANGTON (1)  LEE (1)  LYNE (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MARWOOD (2)  METCALFE (4)  MORTON (4)  MYERS (6)  PASMAN (1)  PENNINGTON (3)  ROB (6)  SCOTFORD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (8)  SPENCE (2)  SUFFILL (3)  THIRKELL (3)  THORPE (5)  THORP (1)  WALKER (6)  WELBURN (4)  WILLAN (5)  WILSON (10)  WINDROSS (1)  WILLEY (2)  YELLOW (4)