Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stonegrave, Yorkshire

Stonegrave 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
WALKER127.947023.74
WATERS106.6225164.74
THORNTON95.9603118.58
JACKSON85.298018.96
JOHNSON74.635813.80
SCAIFE74.63581,044.78
PLACE74.6358886.08
JEFFERSON74.6358426.83
HALL63.973513.51
BOWES63.9735431.65
PETCH53.3113746.27
MOORING53.31134,545.45
REED53.311345.37
BOYES42.6490253.16
GALLOWAY31.9868115.38
GRUNDON31.98685,000.00
GRAY21.32459.28
STAMPER21.3245588.24
VANT21.32452,000.00
GREENLEY10.66231,111.11
WRIGHTON10.6623277.78
ADDISON10.662347.85
WALLIS10.662319.57
EDWARDS10.66232.38
COWEN10.6623120.48
SHIPLEY10.662374.63
WILSON10.66231.44
PEACOCK10.662318.59
FLETCHER10.66235.80
DUCK10.6623123.46
INGLE10.6623161.29
COLLIER10.662319.80
ALLISON10.662323.31
GARTON10.6623135.14
MURRAY10.66235.34
FISHER10.66235.66
DICKSON10.662317.89
SMITH10.66230.47
HEATON10.662327.70
ROBSON10.662310.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRUNDON5,000.0031.9868
MOORING4,545.4553.3113
VANT2,000.0021.3245
GREENLEY1,111.1110.6623
SCAIFE1,044.7874.6358
PLACE886.0874.6358
PETCH746.2753.3113
STAMPER588.2421.3245
BOWES431.6563.9735
JEFFERSON426.8374.6358
WRIGHTON277.7810.6623
BOYES253.1642.6490
WATERS164.74106.6225
INGLE161.2910.6623
GARTON135.1410.6623
DUCK123.4610.6623
COWEN120.4810.6623
THORNTON118.5895.9603
GALLOWAY115.3831.9868
SHIPLEY74.6310.6623
ADDISON47.8510.6623
REED45.3753.3113
HEATON27.7010.6623
WALKER23.74127.9470
ALLISON23.3110.6623
COLLIER19.8010.6623
WALLIS19.5710.6623
JACKSON18.9685.2980
PEACOCK18.5910.6623
DICKSON17.8910.6623
JOHNSON13.8074.6358
HALL13.5163.9735
ROBSON10.0610.6623
GRAY9.2821.3245
FLETCHER5.8010.6623
FISHER5.6610.6623
MURRAY5.3410.6623
EDWARDS2.3810.6623
WILSON1.4410.6623
SMITH0.4710.6623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called GRUNDON in Stonegrave 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 1.9868 in Stonegrave means that 1.9868% of the people in Stonegrave on census day were called GRUNDON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stonegrave in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ADSTON (1)  ALLISON (1)  BOWES (6)  BOYES (4)  BRAYSHAW (1)  COLLIER (1)  COWEN (1)  DICKSON (1)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  DUCK (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  GALLOWAY (3)  GARTON (1)  GRAY (2)  GREENLEY (1)  GRUNDON (3)  HALL (6)  HESELTINE (1)  HEATON (1)  HICKES (6)  HIRRISON (1)  INGLE (1)  JACKSON (8)  JEFFERSON (7)  JOHNSON (7)  MOORING (5)  MURRAY (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PETCH (5)  PLACE (7)  REED (5)  ROBSON (1)  SCAIFE (7)  SCURR (8)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMITH (1)  STAMPER (2)  THORNTON (9)  VANT (2)  WALKER (12)  WALLIS (1)  WATERS (10)  WETHERALL (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHTON (1)