Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brough, Yorkshire

Brough 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
LAWSON129.8361166.90
MARSHALL97.377043.99
HARRISON97.377033.23
JENNINGS75.7377113.09
STOREY64.9180193.55
PATTISON54.0984257.73
WILKINSON43.278721.48
NEWSAM32.45903,750.00
BURROW32.4590357.14
ROBINSON21.63935.14
HOLDSWORTH21.639397.09
DUCK21.6393303.03
FRANK21.6393392.16
BLAND10.819739.53
HARKER10.819778.13
THOMPSON10.81972.74
ARNOLD10.819715.20
FLINN10.8197135.14
STONE10.819711.34
DODSWORTH10.8197196.08
SCAIFE10.8197185.19
HUTCHINSON10.819714.43
BARKER10.81976.27
OSWALD10.8197178.57
HANCOCK10.819718.02
TAIT10.819727.86
MERCER10.819731.25
STOCKDALE10.8197105.26
COLVILLE10.8197238.10
ROLLS10.8197185.19
HUMBLE10.8197172.41
BOYLAN10.8197526.32
PROSSER10.819752.36
BAINES10.819742.74
NOLAN10.819760.24
MASON10.81976.10
DOUGLAS10.819716.92
SCOTT10.81973.24
BURTON10.81979.62
ROBSON10.819712.45
HUGHES10.81972.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWSAM3,750.0032.4590
BOYLAN526.3210.8197
FRANK392.1621.6393
BURROW357.1432.4590
DUCK303.0321.6393
PATTISON257.7354.0984
COLVILLE238.1010.8197
DODSWORTH196.0810.8197
STOREY193.5564.9180
SCAIFE185.1910.8197
ROLLS185.1910.8197
OSWALD178.5710.8197
HUMBLE172.4110.8197
LAWSON166.90129.8361
FLINN135.1410.8197
JENNINGS113.0975.7377
STOCKDALE105.2610.8197
HOLDSWORTH97.0921.6393
HARKER78.1310.8197
NOLAN60.2410.8197
PROSSER52.3610.8197
MARSHALL43.9997.3770
BAINES42.7410.8197
BLAND39.5310.8197
HARRISON33.2397.3770
MERCER31.2510.8197
TAIT27.8610.8197
WILKINSON21.4843.2787
HANCOCK18.0210.8197
DOUGLAS16.9210.8197
ARNOLD15.2010.8197
HUTCHINSON14.4310.8197
ROBSON12.4510.8197
STONE11.3410.8197
BURTON9.6210.8197
BARKER6.2710.8197
MASON6.1010.8197
ROBINSON5.1421.6393
SCOTT3.2410.8197
HUGHES2.9210.8197
THOMPSON2.7410.8197

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called NEWSAM in Brough 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 2.4590 in Brough means that 2.4590% of the people in Brough on census day were called NEWSAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWSAM 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 NEWSAM 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 NEWSAM 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 NEWSAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,750.00 in Brough means that you are 3,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWSAM in Brough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brough in 1881

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

ARNOLD (1)  BAINES (1)  BARKER (1)  BLAND (1)  BOYLAN (1)  BURROW (3)  BURTON (1)  COLVILLE (1)  DAGLISH (1)  DODSWORTH (1)  MC DONOUGH (4)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUCK (2)  DUNNETT (1)  FLINN (1)  FRANK (2)  GARGETT (1)  GROCOCK (7)  HANCOCK (1)  HARKER (1)  HARRISON (9)  HAWKSWELL (1)  HOCKDALE (1)  HOLDSWORTH (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUMBLE (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JENNINGS (7)  KILVINGTON (2)  LAWSON (12)  MANFIELD (1)  MARSHALL (9)  MASON (1)  MERCER (1)  MOLYNEUX TEEL (4)  NEWSAM (3)  NOLAN (1)  OSWALD (1)  PATTISON (5)  PROSSER (1)  RIENSSET (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  ROLLS (1)  SCAIFE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHAREY (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STONE (1)  STOREY (6)  TAIT (1)  THOMPSON (1)  WARIN (2)  WILKINSON (4)  WRIGHTSON (1)