Top surnames from the 1881 census in Speeton, Yorkshire

Speeton 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
KNAGGS148.75003,414.63
ARTLEY95.625030,000.00
SELLERS95.6250731.71
ATKINSON85.000051.35
WITTY63.75001,875.00
PICKERING63.7500103.99
LEE53.125019.12
JORDAN53.125070.72
WILSON53.12506.80
COCKERILL53.1250649.35
SHARP53.125037.51
HORNBY53.1250274.73
HARPER42.500039.06
REED31.875025.68
YOUNG31.87508.73
MYERS31.875071.94
SCRIVENER31.8750428.57
WALKER21.25003.73
MOODY21.250047.85
CLAXTON21.2500198.02
MEYNARD21.250020,000.00
DICKINSON10.625014.64
CREASER10.6250666.67
SPECK10.6250357.14
BRON10.625010,000.00
WATSON10.62502.69
BIELBY10.6250400.00
PALMER10.62505.30
DICKENSON10.625041.15
STUBBS10.625023.70
CRAWFORD10.625012.77
SMITH10.62500.44
LAZENBY10.6250131.58
CLARK10.62502.08
SELLARS10.6250101.01
JOHNSON10.62501.86
BROADBENT10.625029.15
REDSHAW10.6250208.33
FOSTER10.62504.68
WARD10.62502.86
CROWE10.625062.50
STORK10.6250384.62
MARR10.625054.64
WRIGHT10.62501.95
CHADWICK10.625014.29
WILCOX10.625033.22
BIRD10.62508.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARTLEY30,000.0095.6250
MEYNARD20,000.0021.2500
BRON10,000.0010.6250
KNAGGS3,414.63148.7500
WITTY1,875.0063.7500
SELLERS731.7195.6250
CREASER666.6710.6250
COCKERILL649.3553.1250
SCRIVENER428.5731.8750
BIELBY400.0010.6250
STORK384.6210.6250
SPECK357.1410.6250
HORNBY274.7353.1250
REDSHAW208.3310.6250
CLAXTON198.0221.2500
LAZENBY131.5810.6250
PICKERING103.9963.7500
SELLARS101.0110.6250
MYERS71.9431.8750
JORDAN70.7253.1250
CROWE62.5010.6250
MARR54.6410.6250
ATKINSON51.3585.0000
MOODY47.8521.2500
DICKENSON41.1510.6250
HARPER39.0642.5000
SHARP37.5153.1250
WILCOX33.2210.6250
BROADBENT29.1510.6250
REED25.6831.8750
STUBBS23.7010.6250
LEE19.1253.1250
DICKINSON14.6410.6250
CHADWICK14.2910.6250
CRAWFORD12.7710.6250
YOUNG8.7331.8750
BIRD8.1810.6250
WILSON6.8053.1250
PALMER5.3010.6250
FOSTER4.6810.6250
WALKER3.7321.2500
WARD2.8610.6250
WATSON2.6910.6250
CLARK2.0810.6250
WRIGHT1.9510.6250
JOHNSON1.8610.6250
SMITH0.4410.6250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called ARTLEY in Speeton 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 5.6250 in Speeton means that 5.6250% of the people in Speeton on census day were called ARTLEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Speeton in 1881

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

ARTLEY (9)  ATKINSON (8)  BIELBY (1)  BIRD (1)  BOTTERILL (1)  BRAMBLES (1)  BROADBENT (1)  BRON (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAXTON (2)  COCKERILL (5)  CRAWFORD (1)  CREASER (1)  CROWE (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DICKINSON (1)  EELBECK (1)  FOSTER (1)  JORDAN (5)  HARPER (4)  HORNBY (5)  HIDE (1)  JEMMESON (11)  JOHNSON (1)  KNAGGS (14)  LAZENBY (1)  LEE (5)  MEYNARD (2)  MC LAREN (2)  MOODY (2)  MYERS (3)  MARR (1)  PALMER (1)  PICKERING (6)  PLEWES (9)  REDSHAW (1)  REED (3)  SCRIVENER (3)  SELLERS (9)  SELLARS (1)  SHARP (5)  SMITH (1)  SPECK (1)  STORK (1)  STUBBS (1)  WAINES (1)  WALKER (2)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WHATRAM (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILSON (5)  WITTY (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (3)