Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crayke, Yorkshire

Crayke 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
JOHNSON214.191612.48
SMITH193.79242.69
ELLIS183.592824.74
BROWN173.39325.15
CLARK152.99409.96
SCOBEY142.794423,333.33
HODGSON112.195631.68
KNOWLES112.195641.12
BEEDHAM101.99601,851.85
ROE101.9960102.46
HOOD101.996072.10
DAVIES101.99603.92
DENNIS91.796460.73
BILTON91.7964422.54
SHEPHERD81.596821.79
NEWTON81.596820.84
BYWATER71.3972277.78
DOBSON71.397231.67
BUCKLE71.3972128.44
ROBSON71.397221.23
WRIGHT71.39724.36
HUMPREY71.39724,666.67
STANBROUGH71.397214,000.00
METCALFE61.197652.45
SNOWBALL61.1976368.10
PEARSON61.197610.31
GARBUTT61.1976165.75
RHODES50.998021.50
HILDRED50.9980793.65
LOBLEY50.9980500.00
BELT50.9980862.07
WILSON50.99802.17
ATKINSON40.79848.20
GRAINGER40.798451.95
DANIEL40.798436.13
JACKSON40.79842.86
STURDY40.7984251.57
RUSSELL40.79846.54
WAITE30.598828.85
BRITTON30.598833.82
LAMBERT30.598810.97
HOGG30.598816.57
BARKER30.59884.58
ANDERSON30.59883.03
ROBINSON30.59881.88
PRINCE20.399217.65
KING20.39921.83
AGAR20.3992103.63
BINKS20.399267.57
HUDSON20.39924.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOBEY23,333.33142.7944
STANBROUGH14,000.0071.3972
LEIF10,000.0020.3992
HUMPREY4,666.6771.3972
BEEDHAM1,851.85101.9960
SCOBY1,666.6710.1996
BELT862.0750.9980
HILDRED793.6550.9980
MELSON714.2920.3992
SIVERS666.6710.1996
LOBLEY500.0050.9980
BILTON422.5491.7964
SNOWBALL368.1061.1976
BYWATER277.7871.3972
STURDY251.5740.7984
TRAIN176.9920.3992
GARBUTT165.7561.1976
BUCKLE128.4471.3972
ELMER117.6520.3992
AGAR103.6320.3992
ROE102.46101.9960
HOOD72.10101.9960
BINKS67.5720.3992
MUSGRAVE66.0120.3992
BATESON63.6920.3992
DENNIS60.7391.7964
RAWLING54.6410.1996
METCALFE52.4561.1976
GRAINGER51.9540.7984
HORSLEY42.7420.3992
KNOWLES41.12112.1956
DANIEL36.1340.7984
BRITTON33.8230.5988
EARNSHAW32.3120.3992
HODGSON31.68112.1956
DOBSON31.6771.3972
FARRER30.1210.1996
WAITE28.8530.5988
MASKELL28.4110.1996
BLAKEY24.8810.1996
ELLIS24.74183.5928
SHIPLEY22.5710.1996
SHEPHERD21.7981.5968
RHODES21.5050.9980
ROBSON21.2371.3972
BEAL21.2310.1996
NEWTON20.8481.5968
HEDLEY19.5310.1996
PRINCE17.6520.3992
HOGG16.5730.5988

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called SCOBEY in Crayke 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 2.7944 in Crayke means that 2.7944% of the people in Crayke on census day were called SCOBEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOBEY 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 SCOBEY 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 SCOBEY 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 SCOBEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 23,333.33 in Crayke means that you are 23,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOBEY in Crayke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crayke in 1881

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

AGAR (2)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BARKER (3)  BARNETT (1)  BATESON (2)  BEAL (1)  BEEDHAM (10)  BELT (5)  BILTON (9)  BINKS (2)  BLAKEY (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRITTON (3)  BROWN (17)  BUCKLE (7)  BURNETT (1)  BURN (1)  BYWATER (7)  CAIRISS (2)  CARR (2)  CLARK (15)  COLPITT (5)  COOK (1)  COOKSHAW (3)  CUTHBERT (1)  DALE (1)  DANIEL (4)  DARFIELD (1)  DAVIES (10)  DAWSON (2)  DENNIS (9)  DIXON (2)  DOBSON (7)  EARNSHAW (2)  EASTON (1)  ELLIS (18)  ELMER (2)  FARRER (1)  FOSTER (1)  GARBUTT (6)  GIBSON (1)  GILLEARD (7)  GOALTHORPE (2)  GRAINGER (4)  HEDLEY (1)  HILDRED (5)  HODGSON (11)  HOGG (3)  HOOD (10)  HORNER (1)  HORSLEY (2)  HUDSON (2)  HUMPREY (7)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKLEN (1)  JACKSON (4)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (21)  KILVINGTON (10)  KING (2)  KNOWLES (11)  LAMBERT (3)  LARKINSON (1)  LAWLIE (1)  LEIF (2)  LEALMAN (8)  LECKONBY (1)  LEMPRIRE (8)  LOBLEY (5)  MUNCASTER (1)  MAPLETOFT (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MASKELL (1)  MELSON (2)  METCALFE (6)  MIDGELY (2)  MUSGRAVE (2)  NEWTON (8)  NICHOLS (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (6)  PRINCE (2)  RHODES (5)  RICKABY (7)  REMMER (4)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBSON (7)  ROE (10)  RAWLING (1)  RUFFLES (1)  RUSSELL (4)  SCOBEY (14)  SCOBY (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHEPHERD (8)  SHIPLEY (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SIVERS (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (19)  SNOWBALL (6)  SPIRIT (3)  STANBROUGH (7)  STEVENSON (1)  STURDY (4)  SWAN (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TEILD (1)  THORP (1)  TOASE (5)  TRAIN (2)  TURNER (2)  WELLS (1)  WHITE (1)  WILSON (5)  WINTERBOURNE (9)  WOODCLIFFE (3)  WRIGHT (7)  WAITE (3)