Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sneaton, Yorkshire

Sneaton 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
PARKER198.189743.05
WATSON187.758633.44
WILSON125.172411.26
LEE104.310326.37
CROSBY104.3103363.64
DUCK104.3103800.00
HARDING93.879353.60
BOWES93.8793422.54
JACKSON73.017210.80
COATES62.586269.36
BURNETT62.586293.46
PORTEUS52.15522,083.33
PORRITT52.1552769.23
TEMPLE52.1552163.93
NISBET41.7241163.27
ATKINSON41.724117.70
CORNER31.2931177.51
AINSLEY31.2931461.54
SEDMAN31.29311,153.85
DOBSON31.293129.33
JOHNSON31.29313.85
COOK31.29316.51
BRODRICK31.29311,034.48
ROWLING31.2931652.17
STONEHOUSE20.8621198.02
LOWTHER20.8621140.85
COVERDALE20.8621312.50
ROBINSON20.86212.70
COULSON20.862148.08
RICHARDSON20.86215.06
PINKNEY10.4310109.89
NOBLE10.431010.38
GARBUTT10.431059.52
WORTHY10.4310178.57
ROSS10.43103.94
BARBER10.43107.16
HELM10.431096.15
THOMPSON10.43101.44
PETTY10.431043.48
GREEN10.43101.53
SMITH10.43100.31
CLAYTON10.43107.93
GAMBLE10.431030.12
RUSSELL10.43103.53
BOOTH10.43104.37
WARNE10.431059.17
HARDY10.43107.19
COCKERILL10.431089.29
GRAY10.43103.02
SMALLWOOD10.431046.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORTEUS2,083.3352.1552
SEDMAN1,153.8531.2931
BRODRICK1,034.4831.2931
DUCK800.00104.3103
PORRITT769.2352.1552
ROWLING652.1731.2931
AINSLEY461.5431.2931
BOWES422.5493.8793
CROSBY363.64104.3103
COVERDALE312.5020.8621
STONEHOUSE198.0220.8621
WORTHY178.5710.4310
CORNER177.5131.2931
TEMPLE163.9352.1552
NISBET163.2741.7241
LOWTHER140.8520.8621
PINKNEY109.8910.4310
HELM96.1510.4310
BURNETT93.4662.5862
COCKERILL89.2910.4310
COATES69.3662.5862
TROTT65.7910.4310
GARBUTT59.5210.4310
WARNE59.1710.4310
HARDING53.6093.8793
COULSON48.0820.8621
SMALLWOOD46.7310.4310
BESWICK44.0510.4310
PETTY43.4810.4310
PARKER43.05198.1897
BOYES41.3210.4310
WATSON33.44187.7586
GAMBLE30.1210.4310
DOBSON29.3331.2931
LEE26.37104.3103
CRAVEN22.3210.4310
ATKINSON17.7041.7241
WILSON11.26125.1724
JACKSON10.8073.0172
NOBLE10.3810.4310
CLAYTON7.9310.4310
HARDY7.1910.4310
BARBER7.1610.4310
COOK6.5131.2931
RICHARDSON5.0620.8621
BOOTH4.3710.4310
ROSS3.9410.4310
JOHNSON3.8531.2931
RUSSELL3.5310.4310
GRAY3.0210.4310

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called PORTEUS in Sneaton 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 2.1552 in Sneaton means that 2.1552% of the people in Sneaton on census day were called PORTEUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORTEUS 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 PORTEUS 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 PORTEUS 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 PORTEUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,083.33 in Sneaton means that you are 2,083.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORTEUS in Sneaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sneaton in 1881

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

AINSLEY (3)  ATKINSON (4)  BARBER (1)  BEEFORTH (3)  BESWICK (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOWES (9)  BOYES (1)  BRECKON (3)  BRODRICK (3)  BROOKSBY (2)  BURNETT (6)  CARTER (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEMITT (2)  COATES (6)  COCKERILL (1)  COOK (3)  CORNER (3)  COULSON (2)  COVERDALE (2)  CRAVEN (1)  CROSBY (10)  DOBSON (3)  DUCK (10)  GAMBLE (1)  GARBUTT (1)  GOULDHIRST (1)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (1)  HARDING (9)  HARDY (1)  HELM (1)  HILL (1)  JACKSON (7)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (1)  KINNERSLEY (1)  LEE (10)  LOWTHER (2)  MOORE (1)  MC NEIL (2)  NELLIST (1)  NENDICK (1)  NISBET (4)  NOBLE (1)  PADGAT (1)  PARKER (19)  PORRITT (5)  PETTY (1)  PINKNEY (1)  PORTEUS (5)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROSS (1)  ROWLING (3)  RUSSELL (1)  SEDMAN (3)  SLEIGHTHOLM (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  STAINTHORPE (2)  STONEHOUSE (2)  TEMPLE (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TOSE (3)  TROTT (1)  USHAW (4)  WARNE (1)  WATSON (18)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (12)  WORTHY (1)  WRIGHTSON (1)