Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gillamoor, Yorkshire

Gillamoor 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
SIMPSON189.523854.45
RUSSELL147.407460.68
LENG115.82012,075.47
WOOD105.291016.61
WARING94.7619379.75
HODGSON94.761968.70
HUGILL63.17461,276.60
HILL63.174612.46
PORTER63.174642.31
BAXTER52.645544.41
RICHARDSON52.645515.54
BARKER52.645520.22
SMITH42.11641.50
JACKSON42.11647.57
AGAR31.5873410.96
PETCH31.5873357.14
TURNER31.58735.70
BOWES31.5873173.41
PAPE31.5873526.32
SHEPHERD31.587321.66
ROBSON21.058216.08
WEBB21.05827.81
WATSON21.05824.56
WILKINSON10.52913.47
BEST10.529119.65
HANDLEY10.529131.35
DENNIS10.529117.89
NORLEY10.52911,111.11
CHAMPION10.529150.51
BROWN10.52910.80
SCOBY10.52915,000.00
GRAY10.52913.71
WARD10.52912.42
PARKER10.52912.78
COULSON10.529129.50
TODD10.529110.40
NICHOLSON10.52917.45
CARTWRIGHT10.529113.89
GAINES10.5291294.12
WALKER10.52911.58
COLE10.52915.81
THOMPSON10.52911.77
BULMER10.529166.67
HOLMES10.52914.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOBY5,000.0010.5291
LENG2,075.47115.8201
HUGILL1,276.6063.1746
NORLEY1,111.1110.5291
PAPE526.3231.5873
AGAR410.9631.5873
WARING379.7594.7619
PETCH357.1431.5873
GAINES294.1210.5291
BOWES173.4131.5873
HODGSON68.7094.7619
BULMER66.6710.5291
RUSSELL60.68147.4074
SIMPSON54.45189.5238
CHAMPION50.5110.5291
BAXTER44.4152.6455
PORTER42.3163.1746
HANDLEY31.3510.5291
COULSON29.5010.5291
SHEPHERD21.6631.5873
BARKER20.2252.6455
BEST19.6510.5291
DENNIS17.8910.5291
WOOD16.61105.2910
ROBSON16.0821.0582
RICHARDSON15.5452.6455
CARTWRIGHT13.8910.5291
HILL12.4663.1746
TODD10.4010.5291
WEBB7.8121.0582
JACKSON7.5742.1164
NICHOLSON7.4510.5291
COLE5.8110.5291
TURNER5.7031.5873
WATSON4.5621.0582
HOLMES4.3410.5291
GRAY3.7110.5291
WILKINSON3.4710.5291
PARKER2.7810.5291
WARD2.4210.5291
THOMPSON1.7710.5291
WALKER1.5810.5291
SMITH1.5042.1164
BROWN0.8010.5291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SCOBY in Gillamoor 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 0.5291 in Gillamoor means that 0.5291% of the people in Gillamoor on census day were called SCOBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOBY 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 SCOBY 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 SCOBY 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 SCOBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Gillamoor means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOBY in Gillamoor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gillamoor in 1881

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

AGAR (3)  BARKER (5)  BAXTER (5)  BEST (1)  BOWES (3)  BROWN (1)  BULMER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHAMPION (1)  COLE (1)  CONNING (1)  COULSON (1)  COSSINS (11)  DENNIS (1)  GRAY (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HILL (6)  HODGSON (9)  HOGGARTH (5)  HOLMES (1)  HUGILL (6)  JACKSON (4)  GAINES (1)  LENG (11)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORLEY (1)  NORMINTON (1)  PAPE (3)  PARKER (1)  PETCH (3)  PORTER (6)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBSON (2)  RUSSELL (14)  SCOBY (1)  SHEPHERD (3)  SIGSWORTH (5)  SIMPSON (18)  SLEIGHTHOLME (3)  SMITH (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (1)  TURNER (3)  TYREMAN (1)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WARING (9)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WINDRESS (5)  WOOD (10)