Top surnames from the 1881 census in Escrick, Yorkshire

Escrick 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
TAYLOR193.22585.04
GOODALL183.0560142.74
BELL162.716514.46
FOSTER122.037415.24
LAYCOCK122.0374148.33
HARRIMAN111.8676728.48
LISTER101.697859.56
TOMLINSON91.528033.14
MASON91.528011.36
LOWTHER91.5280250.00
ROBINSON91.52804.79
NELSON81.358228.04
LEAF71.1885693.07
FARRAH71.18851,891.89
PORTEUS71.18851,129.03
DENNISON71.1885153.85
CHAMBERS71.188520.90
RAPER71.1885283.40
YOUNG71.18855.53
RICHARDSON61.01875.98
HUTTON61.018734.11
MIDDLETON61.018719.40
ROSS61.01879.32
CHATTERTON61.0187179.64
HAW50.8489256.41
DAWSON50.84897.70
HARDGRAVE50.84894,166.67
BRAITHWAITE50.848973.21
FREAR50.8489793.65
SPINK50.8489105.26
BEEVERS50.8489335.57
WHITEHEAD50.848912.56
FELL50.848960.46
HUDSON50.848910.37
ECCLES50.848953.08
COLLEY50.848966.93
BENSON50.848931.31
JACKSON50.84893.04
HARROP50.848974.63
MITCHELL50.84894.18
PRESTON50.848917.00
EAGEN40.67914,444.44
PORTEOUS40.6791101.78
NEWHAM40.6791185.19
WHITTAKER40.679114.34
DENISON40.6791178.57
COOK40.67913.42
MARRINER40.6791412.37
JOHNSON40.67912.02
WILSON40.67911.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EAGEN4,444.4440.6791
HARDGRAVE4,166.6750.8489
HESCOCK2,500.0010.1698
FARRAH1,891.8971.1885
PORTEUS1,129.0371.1885
FREAR793.6550.8489
HARRIMAN728.48111.8676
LEAF693.0771.1885
HOLDRIDGE588.2410.1698
FILBEY500.0010.1698
MARRINER412.3740.6791
BLAZE384.6210.1698
BEEVERS335.5750.8489
PETTINGER303.0320.3396
RAPER283.4071.1885
HAW256.4150.8489
LOWTHER250.0091.5280
NEWHAM185.1940.6791
CHATTERTON179.6461.0187
DENISON178.5740.6791
HARDIMAN173.4130.5093
DENNISON153.8571.1885
LAYCOCK148.33122.0374
GOODALL142.74183.0560
HERRON142.1830.5093
CARLTON132.4540.6791
SPINK105.2650.8489
MOFFITT105.2610.1698
PORTEOUS101.7840.6791
HORSFIELD101.2740.6791
HARROP74.6350.8489
BRAITHWAITE73.2150.8489
FORTH68.9710.1698
COLLEY66.9350.8489
SHIRES60.9810.1698
LENG60.9810.1698
FELL60.4650.8489
LISTER59.56101.6978
READER59.0630.5093
ECCLES53.0850.8489
SHIPMAN45.8710.1698
LEAK44.0510.1698
DUNKLEY42.6420.3396
APPLEYARD37.1720.3396
LAZENBY35.9710.1698
HUTTON34.1161.0187
DEIGHTON33.9010.1698
TOMLINSON33.1491.5280
BENSON31.3150.8489
BUCKLE31.2020.3396

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called EAGEN in Escrick 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 0.6791 in Escrick means that 0.6791% of the people in Escrick on census day were called EAGEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EAGEN 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 EAGEN 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 EAGEN 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 EAGEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,444.44 in Escrick means that you are 4,444.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EAGEN in Escrick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Escrick in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ADAMS (1)  ADAMSON (1)  ALLINSON (3)  APPLEYARD (2)  ARCHER (1)  ARKWRIGHT (1)  ASKEW (2)  BARKER (2)  BATCHELOR (1)  BEAN (1)  BEEVERS (5)  BECK (1)  BELL (16)  BENSON (5)  BERRY (2)  BLAZE (1)  BRABBS (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRAITHWAITE (5)  BRISTOW (2)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLE (2)  BURNITT (1)  BURTON (1)  CARBERT (2)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHAMBERS (7)  CARLTON (4)  CHATTERTON (6)  CLARKE (1)  COLLEY (5)  CONGREVE (4)  COOK (4)  COOPER (3)  COWLEY (1)  KIRLEW (1)  CURRY (1)  DANIEL (1)  DARLING (1)  DAVINSON (1)  DAWNAY (1)  DAWSON (5)  DAY (2)  DEIGHTON (1)  DENISON (4)  DENNISON (7)  DIXON (3)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUNKLEY (2)  DURHAM (1)  ECCLES (5)  ELLA (1)  ELLAR (6)  FIRBANK (2)  FARRAH (7)  FAWCETT (1)  FELL (5)  FENAR (1)  FENWICK (2)  FILBEY (1)  FORTH (1)  FOSTER (12)  FEATHERBY (3)  FOWLER (2)  FOXTON (8)  FREAR (5)  GARBUTT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOODALL (18)  GRAHAME (4)  GREENHELD (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  HALL (1)  HAMEDEY (2)  HARDIMAN (3)  HARDGRAVE (5)  HARRIMAN (11)  HARRISON (1)  HARROP (5)  HARTLEY (1)  HAW (5)  HERRON (3)  HESSLEWOOD (1)  EAGEN (4)  HESCOCK (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLDRIDGE (1)  HOLMAN (1)  HORSFIELD (4)  HOUFE (1)  HOWCROFT (1)  HUBY (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUGGINS (1)  HEWGILL (2)  HULL (3)  HUSTWICK (1)  HUTCHINSON (4)  HUTTON (6)  JACKSON (5)  JEWISON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIDD (3)  KIRK (2)  KITCHEN (3)  LEAK (1)  LAYCOCK (12)  LAZENBY (1)  LEAF (7)  LEEMING (1)  LENG (1)  LICKERS (1)  LISTER (10)  LONLEY (1)  LOWTHER (9)  MARRINER (4)  MARKHAM (1)  MARSDEN (2)  MARSTON (1)  MASON (9)  MAZZOTTA (1)  MACFARLANE (1)  METCALF (1)  MIDDLETON (6)  MITCHELL (5)  MOFFITT (1)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MOUNTON (1)  MOYSER (1)  NAYLOR (2)  NELSON (8)  NEWHAM (4)  PALLISTER (1)  PALMES (7)  POOL (1)  PORTEUS (7)  PORTUES (4)  PORTEOUS (4)  PETTINGER (2)  POWELL (1)  PRESTON (5)  PROCTOR (1)  RAMSAY (1)  RAPER (7)  READER (3)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDGEWELL (3)  ROBINSON (9)  ROSS (6)  RUDD (1)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCHOLEFIELD (1)  SCOTT (4)  SHAW (1)  SHIRES (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHIPMAN (1)  SILVERSIDES (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKILBECK (7)  SLATER (1)  SPINK (5)  STARK (2)  STEAD (1)  STEVENTON (3)  TATE (2)  TAYLOR (19)  THOMPSON (4)  TOMLINSON (9)  TOSE (6)  TUTIN (1)  TYE (1)  VOLLANS (1)  WANOSTROCHT (2)  WARD (1)  WELSH (2)  WENLOCK (2)  WHITTAKER (4)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WHITWORTH (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (2)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WAITE (1)  YOUNG (7)