Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elvington, Yorkshire

Elvington 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
FOX153.989442.97
BROWN143.72345.65
CARR133.457447.92
DANIEL102.6596120.34
TASKER102.6596250.00
POPPLEWELL92.3936731.71
HISCOCK92.3936326.09
ATKIN92.3936179.28
SWEETING71.8617463.58
THOMAS71.86174.51
CROSS71.861727.05
ETHERINGTON61.5957211.27
TURNER61.59575.73
MITCHELL61.59577.87
THOMPSON61.59575.33
WISE51.329863.78
WEBSTER51.329815.29
WRIGHT51.32984.15
OXLEY51.329894.88
HILL41.06384.18
SMITH41.06380.75
USHER41.063896.39
HOLLIDAY41.063881.14
HARPER41.063816.62
TAYLOR41.06381.66
BRADLEY41.063813.25
SLATER41.063817.57
JOHNSON41.06383.17
WILLIAMSON41.063811.87
CLARKSON30.797930.09
COOPER30.79793.28
SMALLWOOD30.797986.46
COOK30.79794.02
FOSTER30.79795.97
CLAYTON30.797914.68
EARL30.797960.98
PROCTER30.797961.48
APPLEYARD20.531958.14
ROBSON20.53198.08
KEMP20.53199.59
WHITE20.53191.65
CASS20.531974.91
RAWLING20.5319145.99
CARLTON20.5319103.63
SPENCER20.53195.83
CARTWRIGHT20.531913.96
DISTANCE20.53196,666.67
TATE20.531927.55
GREEN20.53191.89
IVESON10.266093.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DISTANCE6,666.6720.5319
LOLLEY1,000.0010.2660
POPPLEWELL731.7192.3936
SWEETING463.5871.8617
HISCOCK326.0992.3936
COWLIN285.7110.2660
BANGS277.7810.2660
TASKER250.00102.6596
DRESSER217.3910.2660
ETHERINGTON211.2761.5957
ATKIN179.2892.3936
RAWLING145.9920.5319
MALLET131.5810.2660
COLBY128.2110.2660
DANIEL120.34102.6596
CARLTON103.6320.5319
HARRIMAN103.0910.2660
USHER96.3941.0638
FINLEY96.1510.2660
OXLEY94.8851.3298
IVESON93.4610.2660
SMALLWOOD86.4630.7979
WOODBURN84.0310.2660
HOLLIDAY81.1441.0638
HAW80.6510.2660
CASS74.9120.5319
WISE63.7851.3298
PROCTER61.4830.7979
EARL60.9830.7979
DURKIN60.9810.2660
APPLEYARD58.1420.5319
CARR47.92133.4574
FOTHERGILL46.3010.2660
FOX42.97153.9894
STORY42.9210.2660
HARLAND31.9510.2660
CLARKSON30.0930.7979
BEAL28.3310.2660
TATE27.5520.5319
BREWSTER27.4710.2660
MITCHEL27.2510.2660
CROSS27.0571.8617
SLATER17.5741.0638
HARE17.2410.2660
HARPER16.6241.0638
WEBSTER15.2951.3298
CLAYTON14.6830.7979
CARTWRIGHT13.9620.5319
BRADLEY13.2541.0638
KENDALL12.3610.2660

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called DISTANCE in Elvington 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 0.5319 in Elvington means that 0.5319% of the people in Elvington on census day were called DISTANCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE 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 DISTANCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Elvington means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DISTANCE in Elvington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elvington in 1881

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

ACOMB (1)  ALLENBY (6)  APPLEYARD (2)  ATKIN (9)  BANGS (1)  BEAL (1)  BELLERBY (2)  BLANSHARD (6)  BRADLEY (4)  BREWSTER (1)  BROWN (14)  BURNISTON (7)  CARR (13)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CASS (2)  CASTELE (11)  CARLTON (2)  CLARKSON (3)  CLAYTON (3)  COLBY (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (3)  COOPER (3)  COWLIN (1)  CROSS (7)  DANIEL (10)  DISTANCE (2)  DOBBY (2)  DRESSER (1)  DURKIN (1)  EARL (3)  ETHERINGTON (6)  FINLEY (1)  FOSTER (3)  FOTHERGILL (1)  FOX (15)  FRENCH (1)  GOWTHORPE (2)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIESBACK (1)  HOLLIDAY (4)  HARE (1)  HARLAND (1)  HARPER (4)  HARRIMAN (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HAW (1)  HILL (4)  HISCOCK (9)  ILLING (1)  IVESON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (1)  KEMP (2)  KENDILL (3)  KENDALL (1)  KILMARTEN (6)  KIRK (1)  LIMEBRY (1)  LOLLY (6)  LOLLEY (1)  LOTHERINGTON (5)  MALLET (1)  MAY (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MC GRATH (1)  MARSAR (1)  MITCHELL (6)  MITCHEL (1)  NELSON (1)  OXLEY (5)  PALMER (1)  POPPLEWELL (9)  PROCTER (3)  RANCY (3)  RICKELL (2)  RIDSDALE (1)  ROBSON (2)  ROUNTHWATE (1)  RAWLING (2)  SHILLITOE (1)  SLA... (3)  SLATER (4)  SMALLWOOD (3)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (2)  STAINTON (2)  STORY (1)  SWEETING (7)  SYKES (1)  TATE (2)  TASKER (10)  TATTERTON (4)  TAYLOR (4)  THEAKSTON (6)  THOMAS (7)  THOMPSON (6)  TILBURN (5)  TINDALE (3)  TURNER (6)  USHER (4)  VON BOVERHOUDT (1)  WARREN (1)  WEST (1)  WEBSTER (5)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (2)  WICKSTEAD (1)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WINTER (1)  WISE (5)  WOODBURN (1)  WRIGHT (5)  WRIGHTSON (1)