Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ryton, Yorkshire

Ryton 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
JOHNSON199.178727.32
KIRBY115.3140140.13
RICHARDSON94.347825.54
BOYES94.3478416.67
HARPER83.864760.38
FARNELL83.86471,052.63
JEFFERSON83.8647355.56
CRAVEN73.3816175.00
METCALFE73.3816147.99
CUSSINS73.381614,000.00
NICHOLSON62.898640.79
HOOD62.8986104.71
LAMB62.898654.95
RAINES62.89861,428.57
SNOWDEN52.4155271.74
HARDWICK52.4155157.73
ENGLAND52.4155117.37
MILNER41.932484.21
COATES41.932451.81
SCHOLES41.9324166.67
THOMPSON31.44934.84
HARRISON31.44936.53
FOX31.449315.61
COOPER20.96623.97
OLDFIELD20.966258.48
BROWN20.96621.47
BEGG20.9662158.73
WAUGH20.966270.92
DOBSON10.483110.95
ADCOCK10.483149.02
TOWER10.4831526.32
MIDGLEY10.483136.10
CHARTER10.4831250.00
LANGFORD10.483130.77
GOODWILL10.4831270.27
ROBINSON10.48311.52
BROUGH10.483139.53
PARKINSON10.483110.07
BEEDLE10.4831370.37
HUDSON10.48315.90
WATSON10.48312.08
DIXON10.48314.41
NICHOLS10.483114.84
HILL10.48311.90
SLACK10.483130.67
CHAMPION10.483146.08
GARBUTT10.483166.67
BARKER10.48313.69
HORNE10.483122.17
WASS10.483189.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CUSSINS14,000.0073.3816
RAINES1,428.5762.8986
FARNELL1,052.6383.8647
TOWER526.3210.4831
BOYES416.6794.3478
BEEDLE370.3710.4831
JEFFERSON355.5683.8647
SNOWDEN271.7452.4155
GOODWILL270.2710.4831
CHARTER250.0010.4831
CRAVEN175.0073.3816
SCHOLES166.6741.9324
BEGG158.7320.9662
HARDWICK157.7352.4155
METCALFE147.9973.3816
KIRBY140.13115.3140
ENGLAND117.3752.4155
HOOD104.7162.8986
WASS89.2910.4831
MILNER84.2141.9324
LUMLEY79.3710.4831
WAUGH70.9220.9662
GARBUTT66.6710.4831
HARPER60.3883.8647
OLDFIELD58.4820.9662
LAMB54.9562.8986
COATES51.8141.9324
ADCOCK49.0210.4831
CHAMPION46.0810.4831
NICHOLSON40.7962.8986
BROUGH39.5310.4831
MIDGLEY36.1010.4831
LANGFORD30.7710.4831
SLACK30.6710.4831
JOHNSON27.32199.1787
RICHARDSON25.5494.3478
HORNE22.1710.4831
HAINES20.8810.4831
FOX15.6131.4493
NICHOLS14.8410.4831
DOBSON10.9510.4831
PARKINSON10.0710.4831
SUTTON7.5910.4831
HARRISON6.5331.4493
HUDSON5.9010.4831
THOMPSON4.8431.4493
DIXON4.4110.4831
COOPER3.9720.9662
BARKER3.6910.4831
WATSON2.0810.4831

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called CUSSINS in Ryton 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 3.3816 in Ryton means that 3.3816% of the people in Ryton on census day were called CUSSINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CUSSINS 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 CUSSINS 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 CUSSINS 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 CUSSINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,000.00 in Ryton means that you are 14,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CUSSINS in Ryton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ryton in 1881

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

ACONLEY (1)  ADCOCK (1)  ARUNDALE (4)  BARKER (1)  BEEDLE (1)  BEGG (2)  BOYES (9)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (2)  CHARTER (1)  CHAMPION (1)  COATES (4)  COOPER (2)  CUSSINS (7)  CRAVEN (7)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (1)  ENGLAND (5)  ETHELL (2)  FARNELL (8)  FOX (3)  GARBUTT (1)  GOODWILL (1)  HARDNICK (1)  HARDWICK (5)  HARPER (8)  HARRISON (3)  HAINES (1)  HILL (1)  HOLBY (1)  HOOD (6)  HORNE (1)  HUDSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (8)  JOHNSON (19)  KIRBY (11)  LAMB (6)  LANGFORD (1)  LUMLEY (1)  NAMARA (2)  METCALFE (7)  MIDGLEY (1)  MILNER (4)  NICHOLS (1)  NICHOLSON (6)  OLDFIELD (2)  PARKINSON (1)  RAINES (6)  RICHARDSON (9)  ROBINSON (1)  SCHOLES (4)  SLACK (1)  SNOWDEN (5)  SPAUNTON (1)  STOCKILL (2)  SUTTON (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TOWER (1)  HUMPLEBY (3)  WASS (1)  WATSON (1)  WAUGH (2)  WELLBURN (1)