Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grewelthorpe, Yorkshire

Grewelthorpe 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
JACKSON254.845017.34
METCALFE254.8450212.22
RICHMOND244.6512212.39
WOOD152.90709.12
GILL122.325632.87
LOFTHOUSE112.1318286.46
WILSON112.13184.64
BAUL101.93807,692.31
MOORE101.93809.69
WRIGHT91.74425.44
FRANKLAND91.7442235.60
ROBSON91.744226.50
TOMLINSON81.550433.61
CALVERT81.550476.05
IMESON81.55041,666.67
FRYER81.550483.59
TOMLIN71.3566151.84
CADE71.3566434.78
THWAITES61.1628194.81
MATSON61.1628476.19
BATTY61.162876.14
SPENCE61.162835.15
NICHOLSON61.162816.37
HARRISON50.96904.37
KITSON50.9690121.36
HORNER40.775240.73
ATKINSON40.77527.96
PEARSON40.77526.67
BLACKBURN40.775220.57
BECKWITH40.7752132.01
PICKLES40.775238.13
CHANDLER40.775224.13
WEATHERHEAD40.7752272.11
JOHNSON40.77522.31
BURRILL40.7752689.66
BARKER40.77525.92
SUTCLIFFE40.775219.63
COLLIER40.775223.19
BLAND40.775237.38
SMITH40.77520.55
HAMMOND30.581410.21
CLARKSON30.581421.93
WILKS30.581436.95
CAMPBELL30.58143.44
SWALES30.581483.10
CRABTREE30.581428.87
GLAZIER30.5814365.85
BINKS30.581498.68
WALKER20.38761.16
RITSON20.387696.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAUL7,692.31101.9380
IMESON1,666.6781.5504
BURRILL689.6640.7752
MATSON476.1961.1628
CADE434.7871.3566
GLAZIER365.8530.5814
LOFTHOUSE286.46112.1318
WEATHERHEAD272.1140.7752
FRANKLAND235.6091.7442
RICHMOND212.39244.6512
METCALFE212.22254.8450
THWAITES194.8161.1628
TOMLIN151.8471.3566
BECKWITH132.0140.7752
RENDER125.0010.1938
KITSON121.3650.9690
LAYFIELD106.3810.1938
BINKS98.6830.5814
RITSON96.6220.3876
BOYNTON95.2410.1938
HAWKIN90.0910.1938
TOWLER86.9620.3876
FRYER83.5981.5504
SWALES83.1030.5814
BATTY76.1461.1628
CALVERT76.0581.5504
BROTHERTON76.0520.3876
HORNER40.7340.7752
PICKLES38.1340.7752
BLAND37.3840.7752
WILKS36.9530.5814
SPENCE35.1561.1628
TOMLINSON33.6181.5504
GILL32.87122.3256
CRABTREE28.8730.5814
PICKARD27.7820.3876
ROBSON26.5091.7442
CHANDLER24.1340.7752
COLLIER23.1940.7752
CLARKSON21.9330.5814
HARDCASTLE21.9310.1938
BLACKBURN20.5740.7752
SUTCLIFFE19.6340.7752
TROTTER18.4810.1938
JOWETT17.7910.1938
JACKSON17.34254.8450
BRAITHWAITE16.6910.1938
NICHOLSON16.3761.1628
OXLEY13.8310.1938
HAMMOND10.2130.5814

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called BAUL in Grewelthorpe 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 1.9380 in Grewelthorpe means that 1.9380% of the people in Grewelthorpe on census day were called BAUL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAUL 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 BAUL 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 BAUL 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 BAUL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,692.31 in Grewelthorpe means that you are 7,692.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAUL in Grewelthorpe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grewelthorpe in 1881

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

ALLINSON (6)  ASCOUGH (12)  ATKINSON (4)  BAUL (10)  BARKER (4)  BATTY (6)  BECK (1)  BECKWITH (4)  BINKS (3)  BIRCH (1)  BLACKBURN (4)  BLAND (4)  BOLTON (2)  BOYNTON (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BROTHERTON (2)  BROWN (1)  BURRILL (4)  BURTON (2)  CADE (7)  CALVERT (8)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARTER (1)  CAYGILL (1)  CHANDLER (4)  CLARKSON (3)  COLDBECK (28)  COLLIER (4)  CRABTREE (3)  CROOME (3)  DOUTHWAITE (2)  DOVENOR (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (1)  FRANKLAND (9)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRYER (8)  FIRBY (1)  GALE (1)  GARGRAVE (5)  GILL (12)  GLAZIER (3)  GOLDFINCH (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAINGE (3)  HALL (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARRISON (5)  HAWKIN (1)  HAYNES (1)  HILL (1)  HORNER (4)  HULLAH (1)  IMESON (8)  INGLEBY (6)  JACKSON (25)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JOWETT (1)  KENDALL (1)  KIRKBRIGHT (1)  KITSON (5)  LAWSON (1)  LAYFIELD (1)  LEATHLEY (11)  LEE (2)  LOFTHOUSE (11)  MANN (1)  MATSON (6)  MENNELL (6)  METCALFE (25)  MOORE (10)  MOOREY (2)  MORLEY (1)  NEESAM (1)  NELSON (2)  NICHOLSON (6)  OLIVER (1)  OXLEY (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (4)  PICKARD (2)  PICKLES (4)  RENDER (1)  RICHMOND (24)  RITSON (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (9)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (4)  SPENCE (6)  STANLEY (1)  SUTCLIFFE (4)  SWALES (3)  THACKRAY (22)  THWAITES (6)  TOMLIN (7)  TOMLINSON (8)  TOWLER (2)  TROTTER (1)  UMPLEBY (5)  WALKER (2)  WATTS (2)  WEATHERHEAD (4)  WEDGWOOD (2)  WILKS (3)  WILSON (11)  WOOD (15)  WRIGHT (9)  YEWSON (1)