Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hovingham, Yorkshire

Hovingham 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
WILSON284.666710.16
JUDSON264.3333948.91
OLDFIELD203.3333201.82
SKELTON193.1667217.64
JACKSON193.166711.33
BANKS122.000038.99
PEXTON101.66672,777.78
FOSTER101.666712.47
GOODWILL91.5000849.06
HUNTON91.50001,184.21
DALE91.500035.50
LAWSON91.500025.45
GIBSON81.333310.98
MORETON81.3333178.17
BARKER81.333310.19
BOWES81.3333145.19
MOORE81.33336.67
SMITH71.16670.83
GARNETT71.166793.96
ECCLES71.166772.92
DINSDALE71.1667226.54
BUTLER71.166711.97
HUTCHINSON61.000017.61
WATT61.000026.08
SUFFIELD61.00001,132.08
TATE61.000051.77
DICKINSON61.000023.42
ATKINSON61.000010.27
METCALF50.833341.15
YOUNG50.83333.88
DAWSON50.83337.56
CAMPBELL50.83334.92
BILTON50.8333196.08
PEACOCK50.833323.38
BEAN50.833364.35
VANT50.83331,282.05
WALKINGTON50.8333694.44
SUGGITT40.6667833.33
HAMPTON40.666742.24
BROWN40.66671.01
CLAYTON40.666712.26
GARBUTT40.666792.38
FLETCHER40.66675.84
BLACKWELL40.666736.60
MATTISON40.6667416.67
WRIGHT40.66672.08
ABBOTT30.500011.34
COLLINSON30.500042.61
SWABY30.5000272.73
KING30.50002.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEXTON2,777.78101.6667
VANT1,282.0550.8333
HUNTON1,184.2191.5000
SUFFIELD1,132.0861.0000
MOOK1,111.1120.3333
JUDSON948.91264.3333
GOODWILL849.0691.5000
SUGGITT833.3340.6667
WALKINGTON694.4450.8333
BICKERS441.1830.5000
MATTISON416.6740.6667
SWABY272.7330.5000
DINSDALE226.5471.1667
SKELTON217.64193.1667
OLDFIELD201.82203.3333
LEAL196.0810.1667
BILTON196.0850.8333
MORETON178.1781.3333
BOWES145.1981.3333
TINSON108.7010.1667
GARNETT93.9671.1667
GARBUTT92.3840.6667
ECCLES72.9271.1667
HOUSEMAN71.9410.1667
BEAN64.3550.8333
PLACE63.4920.3333
MAXFIELD62.8910.1667
DUCK62.1120.3333
RUSTON58.4810.1667
GILBERTSON56.8210.1667
TATE51.7761.0000
CORNER45.8720.3333
BALES44.6410.1667
GIBBINS43.4820.3333
AGAR43.2910.1667
COLLINSON42.6130.5000
HAMPTON42.2440.6667
METCALF41.1550.8333
BANKS38.99122.0000
CLAPHAM38.6820.3333
BLACKWELL36.6040.6667
DALE35.5091.5000
SOUTER30.6710.1667
CROSBY28.1720.3333
BROUGH27.2920.3333
WATT26.0861.0000
LAWSON25.4591.5000
BIRKS25.1310.1667
PURCELL23.9810.1667
SWALES23.8110.1667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called PEXTON in Hovingham 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 1.6667 in Hovingham means that 1.6667% of the people in Hovingham on census day were called PEXTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEXTON 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 PEXTON 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 PEXTON 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 PEXTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,777.78 in Hovingham means that you are 2,777.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEXTON in Hovingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hovingham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  AGAR (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLAN (1)  ARROWSMITH (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BANKS (12)  BARKER (8)  BALES (1)  BBILTON (1)  BEAN (5)  BELL (1)  BICKERS (3)  BILTON (5)  BIRKS (1)  BLACKWELL (4)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOGGITT (2)  BOWES (8)  BROUGH (2)  BROWN (4)  BUTLER (7)  BUXTON (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CATTLE (1)  CHIPCHASE (1)  CLAPHAM (2)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (4)  CLEMENT (1)  COATES (1)  COLLINSON (3)  CORNER (2)  COATESWORTH (7)  CROSBY (2)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DALE (9)  DAVISON (1)  DAWSON (5)  DICKINSON (6)  DINSDALE (7)  DOBBY (1)  DOBINSON (2)  DOBSON (2)  DUCK (2)  ECCLES (7)  ELLIDGE (1)  FARR (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FORSSEN (1)  FOSTER (10)  FOX (2)  FOXTON (2)  GARBUTT (4)  GARNETT (7)  GIBBINS (2)  GIBSON (8)  GILBERTSON (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOODWAY (2)  GOODWILL (9)  GRELLIER (1)  HAMPTON (4)  HARE (2)  HARRISON (2)  HART (1)  HASSELWOOD (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HORNSEY (5)  HOUSEMAN (1)  HUNTON (9)  HUTCHINSON (6)  IBBOTTSON (1)  INNMAN (1)  JACKSON (19)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JUDSON (26)  KILVINGTON (3)  KING (3)  LAMPLOUGH (1)  LAING (1)  LAWSON (9)  LISTER (1)  LONG (3)  LEAL (1)  LYNN (1)  LYTH (1)  MADDISON (1)  MAGSON (8)  MARSEN (1)  MATTISON (4)  MAXFIELD (1)  METCALF (5)  MIDDLETON (2)  MOORE (8)  MORLEY (1)  MORETON (8)  MOOK (2)  MUNBY (3)  NALTON (5)  NOBLE (1)  OLDFIELD (20)  PARKER (1)  PARNABY (3)  PATTISON (2)  PEACOCK (5)  PEXTON (10)  PLACE (2)  PURCELL (1)  RIDSDALE (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  ROE (1)  RUSTON (1)  SAVAGE (2)  SEDGENWICK (6)  SHEPHERD (2)  SKELTON (19)  SKILBECK (11)  SMITH (7)  SMITHIES (13)  SOLLITT (1)  SOUTER (1)  SPENCE (1)  STAINSBY (5)  STOCKDALE (1)  STUBBS (1)  SUFFIELD (6)  SUGGITT (4)  SUMMERSGILL (1)  SUNLEY (15)  SWABY (3)  SWALES (1)  SWAN (2)  TATE (6)  TEASDALE (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNTON (1)  THORP (1)  TINDALE (1)  TINSON (1)  TODD (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VANT (5)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (2)  WATT (6)  WALKINGTON (5)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (28)  WORSLEY (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YATES (1)  YOUNG (5)