Top surnames from the 1881 census in Goathland, Yorkshire

Goathland 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
PEIRSON316.03113,780.49
DOWSON183.5019640.57
HILL142.723710.69
HARRISON142.723712.27
ROBINSON132.52927.93
PENNOCK132.52921,604.94
BROUGH122.3346191.08
CALVERT112.1401104.96
HUSBAND101.9455333.33
WARD101.94558.91
HUGILL91.7510697.67
ROOK91.7510256.41
ELWICK91.75103,214.29
ATKINSON81.556415.98
STANFORTH81.55643,478.26
HUTTON81.556452.12
UNDERWOOD81.556457.68
LENG81.5564559.44
BROWN71.36192.07
PEARSON71.361911.72
SMITH71.36190.96
WOOD71.36194.27
COCKERILL71.3619282.26
HOLLIDAY71.3619103.86
MILNER71.361959.37
EASTON71.361989.74
GIBBON71.3619134.36
PARKER71.36197.16
HARLAND61.1673140.19
FRANKLAND61.1673157.48
PRINGLE61.167374.07
DUCK50.9728181.16
SCARTH50.9728555.56
WHITE50.97283.03
HOLMES50.97287.99
HODGSON50.972814.04
SWALES50.9728139.28
SAYERS50.972888.03
NIGHTINGALE50.972857.74
BROCKETT50.97281,000.00
WILKINSON50.97286.37
NAYLOR40.778220.65
RICHARDSON40.77824.57
JOHNSON40.77822.32
JACKSON40.77822.78
CARTER30.58373.48
ABRAM30.5837162.16
LATTIMER30.5837422.54
BAKER30.58372.66
PROCTOR30.583723.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AXLEY4,000.0020.3891
PEIRSON3,780.49316.0311
STANFORTH3,478.2681.5564
ELWICK3,214.2991.7510
PENNOCK1,604.94132.5292
BROCKETT1,000.0050.9728
HUGILL697.6791.7510
DOWSON640.57183.5019
LENG559.4481.5564
SCARTH555.5650.9728
LATTIMER422.5430.5837
HUSBAND333.33101.9455
EMMITT322.5810.1946
COCKERILL282.2671.3619
ROOK256.4191.7510
ELDERS250.0010.1946
BROUGH191.08122.3346
DUCK181.1650.9728
ABRAM162.1630.5837
FRANKLAND157.4861.1673
HARLAND140.1961.1673
SWALES139.2850.9728
GIBBON134.3671.3619
ELMER114.2920.3891
CALVERT104.96112.1401
HOLLIDAY103.8671.3619
AGAR101.0120.3891
EASTON89.7471.3619
SAYERS88.0350.9728
RINGROSE80.0010.1946
GRAYSON78.3330.5837
PRINGLE74.0761.1673
MILNER59.3771.3619
NIGHTINGALE57.7450.9728
UNDERWOOD57.6881.5564
HUTTON52.1281.5564
LINTON47.3920.3891
LIGHTFOOT41.9630.5837
BRANCH38.0210.1946
OXLEY27.7820.3891
CAMPION27.7810.1946
PROCTOR23.7530.5837
NAYLOR20.6540.7782
TATE20.1420.3891
ATKINSON15.9881.5564
HARWOOD14.5320.3891
HODGSON14.0450.9728
COWELL13.5910.1946
HARRISON12.27142.7237
APPLEBY11.9210.1946

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called AXLEY in Goathland 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 0.3891 in Goathland means that 0.3891% of the people in Goathland on census day were called AXLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AXLEY 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 AXLEY 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 AXLEY 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 AXLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Goathland means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AXLEY in Goathland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Goathland in 1881

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

ABRAM (3)  AGAR (2)  APPLEBY (1)  ATKINSON (8)  AXLEY (2)  BAKER (3)  BANKS (2)  BOANAS (2)  BOURAN (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRANCH (1)  BRECKON (6)  BRIGHOUSE (5)  BROCKETT (5)  BROUGH (12)  BROWN (7)  CALVERT (11)  CARTER (3)  CAMPION (1)  COCKERILL (7)  COOK (1)  COULTHIRST (1)  COWELL (1)  DALE (2)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (1)  DOWSON (18)  DUCK (5)  EASTON (7)  ELDERS (1)  ELMER (2)  ELWICK (9)  EMMITT (1)  FARNDALE (6)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRANKLAND (6)  GIBBON (7)  GRAYSON (3)  HOLLIDAY (7)  HARLAND (6)  HARRISON (14)  HART (1)  HARWOOD (2)  HAYCROFT (2)  HILL (14)  HODGSON (5)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLMES (5)  HUGILL (9)  HUSBAND (10)  HUTTON (8)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (4)  LATTIMER (3)  LENG (8)  LIGHTFOOT (3)  LINTON (2)  MARSAY (1)  MENNELL (1)  MILNER (7)  MORLEY (1)  NAYLOR (4)  NELLIST (3)  NESFIELD (2)  NIGHTINGALE (5)  OXLEY (2)  PARKER (7)  PARKINSON (1)  PEIRSON (31)  PEARSON (7)  PENNOCK (13)  PRESTON (1)  PRINGLE (6)  PROCTOR (3)  READMAN (14)  RICHARDSON (4)  REMMER (1)  RINGROSE (1)  ROBINSON (13)  ROOK (9)  SAYERS (5)  SCARTH (5)  SCHOFIELD (2)  SHAWS (7)  SLEIGHTHOLME (20)  SMITH (7)  SONLEY (1)  SPAVIN (1)  STANFORTH (8)  STEPHENSON (1)  SWALES (5)  TATE (2)  TAYLOR (1)  UNDERWOOD (8)  WALKER (1)  WARD (10)  WARDILL (4)  WHITE (5)  WILKINSON (5)  VENTRISS (5)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (1)