Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cleasby, Yorkshire

Cleasby 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
ARMSTRONG95.027965.79
HOLT95.027975.13
LUCK84.4693540.54
HUDSON73.910647.75
SEVERS73.91063,043.48
ETHERINGTON73.9106518.52
MOORE63.352016.76
ALLISON63.3520117.88
JOHNSON63.35209.98
DUNN63.352040.30
DRYDEN63.3520555.56
EDGAR52.7933181.16
ROBENSON52.793325,000.00
PARKER42.234611.75
BOYD42.234663.69
BASHAM42.2346909.09
JACKSON42.23468.00
WALKER42.23466.68
HAW31.6760508.47
WETHERILL31.67601,250.00
FESTER31.676030,000.00
WILSON31.67603.65
COATS31.6760370.37
BEST31.676062.24
WRIGHT31.67605.22
FOWLER31.676029.35
HARLAND21.1173134.23
COOMBE21.1173206.19
HOPPER21.117378.13
MUSGROVE21.1173232.56
COATES21.117329.99
SCOTT21.11734.42
BELL10.55872.97
WING10.558788.50
CROW10.558737.04
GROVES10.558719.88
COGGIN10.5587625.00
TAYLOR10.55870.87
CLOUGH10.558725.00
HETHERINGTON10.558744.25
DEAN10.55878.05
PACEY10.5587142.86
GRANT10.55875.63
WATSON10.55872.41
FERGUSON10.55877.88
BUTTON10.558747.17
PEARSON10.55874.81
HEBDON10.5587833.33
CUTLER10.558744.84
HANSON10.558717.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FESTER30,000.0031.6760
ROBENSON25,000.0052.7933
SEVERS3,043.4873.9106
WETHERILL1,250.0031.6760
BASHAM909.0942.2346
HEBDON833.3310.5587
COGGIN625.0010.5587
DRYDEN555.5663.3520
LUCK540.5484.4693
ETHERINGTON518.5273.9106
HAW508.4731.6760
COATS370.3731.6760
MUSGROVE232.5621.1173
COOMBE206.1921.1173
EDGAR181.1652.7933
PACEY142.8610.5587
HARLAND134.2321.1173
ALLISON117.8863.3520
WING88.5010.5587
LONGSTAFF79.3710.5587
HOPPER78.1321.1173
HOLT75.1395.0279
ARMSTRONG65.7995.0279
BOYD63.6942.2346
BEST62.2431.6760
HUDSON47.7573.9106
COLLINSON47.6210.5587
BUTTON47.1710.5587
CUTLER44.8410.5587
HETHERINGTON44.2510.5587
BURN41.4910.5587
DUNN40.3063.3520
CROW37.0410.5587
COATES29.9921.1173
FOWLER29.3531.6760
CLOUGH25.0010.5587
GROVES19.8810.5587
HANSON17.3010.5587
MOORE16.7663.3520
PARKER11.7542.2346
JOHNSON9.9863.3520
HUTCHINSON9.8310.5587
DEAN8.0510.5587
JACKSON8.0042.2346
FERGUSON7.8810.5587
WALKER6.6842.2346
GRANT5.6310.5587
WRIGHT5.2231.6760
PEARSON4.8110.5587
SCOTT4.4221.1173

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called FESTER in Cleasby 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 1.6760 in Cleasby means that 1.6760% of the people in Cleasby on census day were called FESTER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cleasby in 1881

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

ALLISON (6)  ARMSTRONG (9)  BASHAM (4)  BELL (1)  BEST (3)  BOYD (4)  BRABORN (1)  BURN (1)  BUTTON (1)  CLOUGH (1)  COATS (3)  COATES (2)  COGGIN (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOMBE (2)  CROW (1)  CUTLER (1)  DEAN (1)  DODSWIRTH (1)  DRYDEN (6)  DUNN (6)  EDGAR (5)  ETHERINGTON (7)  FERGUSON (1)  FESTER (3)  FOWLER (3)  GRANT (1)  GROVES (1)  HANSON (1)  HARLAND (2)  HAW (3)  HEBDON (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HOLT (9)  HOPPER (2)  HUDSON (7)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (6)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LUCK (8)  MICHILL (4)  MOORE (6)  MUSGROVE (2)  PACEY (1)  PALLISHER (3)  PARKER (4)  PEARSON (1)  RACEBECK (1)  ROBENSON (5)  SCOTT (2)  SEVERS (7)  SMALES (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THAW (2)  WALKER (4)  WATSON (1)  WETHERILL (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (3)  WING (1)  WRIGHT (3)