Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moss, Yorkshire

Moss 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
WALKER134.642913.87
WALTON124.285760.88
WILSON103.57147.78
MAWSON103.5714442.48
LEDGER93.2143471.20
SMITH72.50001.77
ELLIS62.142914.76
HAY62.142958.42
STANLEY62.142955.71
DYSON62.142966.15
DICKINSON62.142950.17
MORE51.7857229.36
JACKSON51.78576.39
HART51.785720.94
LEE51.785710.93
ATKINSON51.785718.34
HEAP51.7857105.26
PRESTON51.785735.74
TAYLOR51.78572.79
ASHTON41.428629.15
HIRST41.428643.81
STACEY41.428663.59
SCHOFIELD31.071419.76
STONES31.071490.09
HANSON31.071433.19
SAUL31.0714209.79
KING31.07144.92
HALL31.07143.64
CASS31.0714151.52
JEFF31.0714967.74
LATHAM20.714335.09
FISHER20.71436.10
WHITE20.71432.22
BRIGGS20.714313.15
TUNE20.7143571.43
FIRTH20.714321.51
GILL20.714310.10
DEEKS10.3571111.11
MACEY10.357164.94
HARDY10.35715.96
CLOUGH10.357116.00
HAGUE10.357122.73
ROUTLEDGE10.357142.02
BULMER10.357145.05
PIERCY10.357199.01
BARKER10.35712.73
MINNS10.357181.30
COLLINS10.35712.49
CLARK10.35711.19
GROVES10.357112.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JEFF967.7431.0714
TUNE571.4320.7143
LEDGER471.2093.2143
MAWSON442.48103.5714
MORE229.3651.7857
SAUL209.7931.0714
RUDMAN178.5710.3571
CASS151.5231.0714
DEEKS111.1110.3571
HEAP105.2651.7857
PIERCY99.0110.3571
STONES90.0931.0714
MINNS81.3010.3571
COCKING73.5310.3571
DYSON66.1562.1429
MACEY64.9410.3571
STACEY63.5941.4286
WALTON60.88124.2857
HAY58.4262.1429
STANLEY55.7162.1429
DICKINSON50.1762.1429
HOLBROOK49.5110.3571
BULMER45.0510.3571
HIRST43.8141.4286
ROUTLEDGE42.0210.3571
PRESTON35.7451.7857
LATHAM35.0920.7143
HANSON33.1931.0714
ASHTON29.1541.4286
REDMAN27.1010.3571
STANSFIELD23.1510.3571
HAGUE22.7310.3571
FIRTH21.5120.7143
HART20.9451.7857
SCHOFIELD19.7631.0714
ATKINSON18.3451.7857
CLOUGH16.0010.3571
BEDFORD15.0610.3571
ELLIS14.7662.1429
WALKER13.87134.6429
BRIGGS13.1520.7143
GROVES12.7110.3571
LEE10.9351.7857
GILL10.1020.7143
NOBLE8.6010.3571
WILSON7.78103.5714
JACKSON6.3951.7857
FISHER6.1020.7143
HARDY5.9610.3571
HODGSON5.1510.3571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called JEFF in Moss 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 1.0714 in Moss means that 1.0714% of the people in Moss on census day were called JEFF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JEFF 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 JEFF 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 JEFF 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 JEFF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 967.74 in Moss means that you are 967.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JEFF in Moss than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moss in 1881

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

ALLARE (4)  ASHTON (4)  ATKINSON (5)  BARKER (1)  BEIGHTON (2)  BEMONT (1)  BEDFORD (1)  BREARS (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BULMER (1)  BUTTLE (2)  CASS (3)  CHALANGER (1)  CLARK (1)  CLOUGH (1)  COCKING (1)  COERON (2)  COLLINS (1)  CROWCROFT (2)  DEEKS (1)  DICKINSON (6)  DOWING (2)  DOUSON (3)  DUCKITT (15)  DYSON (6)  EGGLESTONE (1)  ELLIS (6)  FAUNT (4)  FAWBERT (3)  FIRTH (2)  FISHER (2)  GABBITIS (2)  GATHORP (4)  GILL (2)  GILVERSTHORP (7)  GLUE (1)  GROVES (1)  HAGUE (1)  HALL (3)  HANSON (3)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HART (5)  HAWLER (1)  HAY (6)  HEAP (5)  HODGSON (1)  HOLBROOK (1)  HIRST (4)  JACKSON (5)  GARVAS (3)  JEFF (3)  KING (3)  LATHAM (2)  LAVERICK (2)  LEDGER (9)  LEE (5)  MACEY (1)  MAWSON (10)  MIDWOOD (1)  MINNS (1)  MORE (5)  MOXON (1)  NOBLE (1)  PIERCY (1)  PRESTON (5)  REDMAN (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUDMAN (1)  SAUL (3)  SCHOFIELD (3)  SCHOLEY (8)  SMITH (7)  SPITTLEHOUSE (1)  STACEY (4)  STANLEY (6)  STANSFIELD (1)  STONES (3)  TAYLOR (5)  TUNE (2)  VOLLANS (3)  WALKER (13)  WALTON (12)  WHITE (2)  WILSON (10)