Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scackleton, Yorkshire

Scackleton 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
WARD127.272733.29
JOHNSTONE116.6667147.45
MORRILL116.66676,111.11
GIBSON84.848539.94
DALE84.8485114.78
JACKSON53.030310.84
BOYES53.0303290.70
LUMLEY53.0303495.05
JOHNSON53.03039.02
MATTISON53.03031,923.08
COOPER42.42429.97
DIXON42.424222.12
METCALF42.4242119.76
CASH42.4242366.97
THOMPSON31.81826.07
HOLLIDAY31.8182138.89
HORNER31.818295.54
SCAIFE21.2121273.97
BATEMAN21.212146.95
DUNNING21.2121142.86
SWALES21.2121173.91
HALL21.21214.12
RAPER10.6061144.93
DARLEY10.6061142.86
PARR10.606124.27
HOLMES10.60614.98
MITCHELL10.60612.99
HANCOX10.606179.37
SMITH10.60610.43
GARBUTT10.606184.03
ROBINSON10.60611.90
WOLSTENHOLME10.606175.76
PREST10.6061196.08
HUNTER10.60615.90
DALTON10.606126.39
PARKER10.60613.19
STURDY10.6061192.31
CLIFFORD10.606129.50
SEDGWICK10.606183.33
BOWES10.606166.23
KIRBY10.606115.97
FRANKS10.606148.54
RICHARDSON10.60613.56
JARRATT10.6061263.16
WILSON10.60611.32
DAWSON10.60615.50
PEARSON10.60615.22
TATE10.606131.35
HOLIDAY10.6061217.39
SNOWDEN10.606168.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORRILL6,111.11116.6667
MATTISON1,923.0853.0303
LUMLEY495.0553.0303
CASH366.9742.4242
BOYES290.7053.0303
SCAIFE273.9721.2121
JARRATT263.1610.6061
HOLIDAY217.3910.6061
PREST196.0810.6061
STURDY192.3110.6061
SWALES173.9121.2121
JOHNSTONE147.45116.6667
RAPER144.9310.6061
DARLEY142.8610.6061
DUNNING142.8621.2121
HOLLIDAY138.8931.8182
METCALF119.7642.4242
DALE114.7884.8485
HORNER95.5431.8182
GARBUTT84.0310.6061
SEDGWICK83.3310.6061
HANCOX79.3710.6061
WOLSTENHOLME75.7610.6061
SNOWDEN68.0310.6061
BOWES66.2310.6061
FRANKS48.5410.6061
BATEMAN46.9521.2121
GIBSON39.9484.8485
WARD33.29127.2727
TATE31.3510.6061
CLIFFORD29.5010.6061
DALTON26.3910.6061
PARR24.2710.6061
DIXON22.1242.4242
KIRBY15.9710.6061
JACKSON10.8453.0303
COOPER9.9742.4242
JOHNSON9.0253.0303
THOMPSON6.0731.8182
HUNTER5.9010.6061
DAWSON5.5010.6061
PEARSON5.2210.6061
HOLMES4.9810.6061
HALL4.1221.2121
RICHARDSON3.5610.6061
PARKER3.1910.6061
MITCHELL2.9910.6061
ROBINSON1.9010.6061
WILSON1.3210.6061
SMITH0.4310.6061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called MORRILL in Scackleton 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 6.6667 in Scackleton means that 6.6667% of the people in Scackleton on census day were called MORRILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORRILL 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 MORRILL 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 MORRILL 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 MORRILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,111.11 in Scackleton means that you are 6,111.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORRILL in Scackleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scackleton in 1881

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

BATEMAN (2)  BEACROFT (1)  BOWES (1)  BOYES (5)  CASH (4)  CLIFFORD (1)  COOPER (4)  DALE (8)  DALTON (1)  DARLEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (4)  DUNNING (2)  FOXTON (6)  FRANKS (1)  GARBUTT (1)  JARRATT (1)  GIBSON (8)  HALL (2)  HOLLIDAY (3)  HOLIDAY (1)  HANCOX (1)  HESLETINE (1)  HEADBY (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORNER (3)  HUNTER (1)  INCHBALD (2)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (5)  JOHNSTONE (11)  KIRBY (1)  LUMLEY (5)  MATTISON (5)  METCALF (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRILL (11)  OTTERBURN (4)  PARKER (1)  PARR (1)  PEARSON (1)  PREST (1)  RAPER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SCAIFE (2)  SCARISBRICK (1)  SEDGWICK (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  SOOTHERAN (2)  STURDY (1)  SWALES (2)  TATE (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TIZZARD (3)  WALLICE (1)  WARD (12)  WAUNE (5)  WILSON (1)  WOLSTENHOLME (1)