Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crathorne, Yorkshire

Crathorne 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
WARD124.705921.54
THOMPSON124.705915.71
HARRISON114.313719.43
METCALF114.3137213.18
DOBSON103.921688.89
ROBINSON93.529411.07
WALLIS93.5294104.17
GIBSON83.137325.85
GOLDIE83.1373503.14
BROWN83.13734.76
PLANT72.7451124.11
ADAMSON72.7451103.70
FINCH72.745182.45
BENNISON62.3529833.33
GRANGE62.3529408.16
DICKINSON51.960845.91
HAWKINS51.960827.09
SMITH51.96081.39
CHARLTON41.568654.72
BELL41.56868.35
THWAITES31.1765197.37
KENDREW31.1765967.74
ELLIS31.17658.10
BUCKINGHAM31.176588.24
PRESTON31.176523.55
DIXEY20.7843454.55
LINCOLN20.7843104.17
RHYMER20.78432,000.00
WILSON20.78431.71
SANDERSON20.784318.99
HALL20.78432.67
WILKINSON20.78435.14
CORNFORTH20.7843344.83
WOOD10.39221.23
GREEN10.39221.39
WELFORD10.3922140.85
BURKE10.392213.33
SIMPSON10.39222.24
BROGAN10.3922116.28
HERRIN10.3922714.29
DODDS10.392218.62
HALLIDAY10.392218.98
MOORE10.39221.96
CARTWRIGHT10.392210.29
LAKE10.392217.70
FOX10.39224.22
JEPSON10.392240.16
DUNN10.39224.71
BRAGGS10.39222,000.00
ASHTON10.39228.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAGGS2,000.0010.3922
RHYMER2,000.0020.7843
KENDREW967.7431.1765
BENNISON833.3362.3529
HERRIN714.2910.3922
GOLDIE503.1483.1373
DIXEY454.5520.7843
GRANGE408.1662.3529
CORNFORTH344.8320.7843
METCALF213.18114.3137
THWAITES197.3731.1765
WELFORD140.8510.3922
KIRKBRIDE133.3310.3922
PLANT124.1172.7451
BROGAN116.2810.3922
LINCOLN104.1720.7843
WALLIS104.1793.5294
ADAMSON103.7072.7451
DOBSON88.89103.9216
BUCKINGHAM88.2431.1765
FINCH82.4572.7451
DUCK72.9910.3922
HUSBAND67.1110.3922
CHARLTON54.7241.5686
DICKINSON45.9151.9608
JEPSON40.1610.3922
HAWKINS27.0951.9608
GIBSON25.8583.1373
PRESTON23.5531.1765
WARD21.54124.7059
HARRISON19.43114.3137
SANDERSON18.9920.7843
HALLIDAY18.9810.3922
DODDS18.6210.3922
LAKE17.7010.3922
THOMPSON15.71124.7059
BURKE13.3310.3922
ROBINSON11.0793.5294
CARTWRIGHT10.2910.3922
BELL8.3541.5686
ELLIS8.1031.1765
ASHTON8.0110.3922
WILKINSON5.1420.7843
BROWN4.7683.1373
DUNN4.7110.3922
BURTON4.6010.3922
FOX4.2210.3922
HALL2.6720.7843
SIMPSON2.2410.3922
MOORE1.9610.3922

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BRAGGS in Crathorne 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 0.3922 in Crathorne means that 0.3922% of the people in Crathorne on census day were called BRAGGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAGGS 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 BRAGGS 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 BRAGGS 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 BRAGGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Crathorne means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAGGS in Crathorne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crathorne in 1881

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

ADAMSON (7)  ASHTON (1)  BELL (4)  BENNISON (6)  HICKIMSON ((BENNISON)) (2)  BURKE (1)  BRAGGS (1)  BROGAN (1)  BROWN (8)  BUCKINGHAM (3)  BURTON (1)  BUTTEREY (1)  CARLING (8)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHARLTON (4)  CORNFORTH (2)  DIXEY (2)  DICKINSON (5)  DOBSON (10)  DODDS (1)  DUCK (1)  DUNN (1)  ELLIS (3)  FARNABY (5)  FINCH (7)  FLINTOFF (1)  FOX (1)  GELDARD (3)  JEPSON (1)  GIBSON (8)  GOLDIE (8)  GRANGE (6)  GREEN (1)  HALL (2)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARNOTT (1)  HARRISON (11)  HAWKINS (5)  HERRIN (1)  HUSBAND (1)  KENDREW (3)  KIRKBRIDE (1)  LAKE (1)  LEYBURN (6)  LINCOLN (2)  MC CANN (1)  METCALF (11)  MEYNELL (7)  MOORE (1)  NESBERT (1)  PLANT (7)  PRESTON (3)  REAH (6)  RHYMER (2)  ROBINSON (9)  SANDERSON (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (5)  THOMPSON (12)  THOPE (5)  THWAITES (3)  WALLIS (9)  WARD (12)  WELLFORD (WELFORD) (2)  WELFORD (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (1)