Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sunk Island, Yorkshire

Sunk Island 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
BARNETT122.857163.36
KING112.619012.02
RICHARDSON112.619015.38
BROWN102.38103.61
ELLIOTT102.381028.06
CARTER81.904811.35
NIGHTINGALE81.9048112.99
SHARPE81.904864.62
CARLILE81.90481,290.32
FOUNTAIN81.9048277.78
HARRISON81.90488.58
ALVIN71.66677,000.00
LAKES71.66676,363.64
TOWSE71.66671,272.73
BOYD71.666747.52
THOMPSON71.66675.56
HUNTER61.428613.91
LAMBERT61.428626.18
SMITH61.42861.01
WATKIN61.4286163.04
BIELBY61.4286909.09
HARLAND61.4286171.43
EVANS61.42863.27
CARRICK51.1905165.56
HOPPER51.190583.33
VICKERMAN51.1905666.67
PECK40.952456.34
CONNELL40.952454.79
DOBSON40.952421.59
KEMP40.952417.17
ATKINSON40.95249.78
WARD40.95244.36
CUFF40.9524243.90
LEE30.71434.37
HOPKINSON30.714343.67
MORPHEW30.7143697.67
ROBINSON30.71432.24
WILKINSON30.71434.68
LAWTON30.714327.70
WALKER30.71432.13
HOPE30.714320.99
CLARKE30.71433.53
WRIGHT30.71432.23
JOHNSON30.71432.13
DAWSON30.71436.48
SPILMAN30.7143937.50
ROGINSON30.714310,000.00
WATSON20.47622.05
WALSH20.47628.94
LONSDALE20.476257.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROGINSON10,000.0030.7143
ALVIN7,000.0071.6667
LAKES6,363.6471.6667
DAVEN5,000.0010.2381
FLATTERY1,666.6710.2381
CARLILE1,290.3281.9048
TOWSE1,272.7371.6667
LINSKY1,250.0010.2381
BOSMAN1,250.0010.2381
TARPY1,000.0010.2381
SPILMAN937.5030.7143
BIELBY909.0961.4286
MORPHEW697.6730.7143
VICKERMAN666.6751.1905
ISLE555.5610.2381
GLYN312.5010.2381
ELLERBY289.8620.4762
FOUNTAIN277.7881.9048
CUFF243.9040.9524
MORRILL217.3910.2381
HARNESS192.3110.2381
HARLAND171.4361.4286
CARRICK165.5651.1905
WATKIN163.0461.4286
STORK144.9310.2381
COMBER141.8420.4762
BRANTON133.3310.2381
NIGHTINGALE112.9981.9048
DREWERY112.3610.2381
FAIRBANK106.3810.2381
HOPPER83.3351.1905
MELTON67.5710.2381
GROGAN65.3610.2381
SHARPE64.6281.9048
MEDLEY64.5210.2381
BARNETT63.36122.8571
HOWSE61.7310.2381
LONSDALE57.4720.4762
PECK56.3440.9524
CONNELL54.7940.9524
LANGHAM54.3510.2381
COCKERILL49.2610.2381
BOYD47.5271.6667
HOPKINSON43.6730.7143
KEAN35.2110.2381
ELLIOTT28.06102.3810
LAWTON27.7030.7143
LAMBERT26.1861.4286
BEAL25.3210.2381
EMMERSON24.1010.2381

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called ROGINSON in Sunk Island 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 0.7143 in Sunk Island means that 0.7143% of the people in Sunk Island on census day were called ROGINSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Sunk Island in 1881

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

ABLETT (4)  ABBLETT (6)  ATKINSON (4)  BAKER (1)  BILLHAM (1)  BILHAM (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNETT (12)  BEAL (1)  BIELBY (6)  BELL (1)  BLASHILL (1)  BLENKIN (1)  BOSMAN (1)  BOYD (7)  BRANTON (1)  BROWN (10)  CARLILE (8)  CARRICK (5)  CARTER (8)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHERRY (1)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (3)  COCKERILL (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COMBER (2)  CONNELL (4)  CUFF (4)  CURTIS (1)  DAWSON (3)  DEARLOVE (4)  DAVEN (1)  DOBSON (4)  DOSSER (2)  DREWARY (1)  DREWERY (1)  DUNN (1)  EAST (1)  ELLERBY (2)  ELLIOTT (10)  ALVIN (7)  EMMERSON (1)  EVANS (6)  FAIRBANK (1)  FLATTERY (1)  FOUNTAIN (8)  FRISTAL (2)  GLOVER (1)  GLYN (1)  GOOD (1)  GROGAN (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HAMERTON (1)  HARLAND (6)  HARNESS (1)  HARRISON (8)  HOULT (2)  HOPPER (5)  HOPE (3)  HOPKINSON (3)  HORNSEY (5)  HOWSE (1)  HUNTER (6)  ISLE (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (3)  TOWSE JOHNSON (2)  KEAN (1)  KELLY (1)  KEMP (4)  KING (11)  KITCHEN (1)  LAKES (7)  LAMBERT (6)  LANGHAM (1)  LAWTON (3)  LEE (3)  LINSKY (1)  LONSDALE (2)  MAKON (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MATRAM (1)  MEADLEY (19)  MEDLEY (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MELTON (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORPHEW (3)  MORRILL (1)  MULLARNY (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIGHTINGALE (8)  NORTH (1)  OSGERBY (5)  OWST (2)  PEARSON (1)  PECK (4)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROBINSON (3)  ROGINSON (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SCREETON (7)  SHARPE (8)  SIMONS (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (6)  SPILMAN (3)  STARKEY (1)  STATHERS (5)  STEPHENSON (1)  STORK (1)  SUDDABY (6)  SUTTON (1)  TARPY (1)  TASKER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TOWSE (7)  TURNER (1)  UYSE (4)  VICKERMAN (5)  VICKERTON (2)  WALKER (3)  WALSH (2)  WARD (4)  WATKIN (6)  WATLIN (1)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (1)  WILKINSON (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WRIGHT (3)  UNEY (1)  YOUNG (1)