Top surnames from the 1881 census in Scruton, Yorkshire

Scruton 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
ALLISON215.8496205.88
DUFFIELD113.0641353.70
HAW92.5070756.30
HALL92.50708.52
ERRINGTON71.9499350.00
GRAHAM71.949916.98
LAMBERT71.949935.73
MITCHELL71.94999.61
BAGLEY71.9499263.16
HULTON61.6713845.07
WELLS61.671320.09
BULLEN61.6713157.48
WOOD61.67135.25
MORLEY51.392834.84
DAWSON51.392812.64
STONEHOUSE51.3928318.47
JACKSON51.39284.98
DENT51.392873.10
KNOWLES51.392826.08
METCALFE51.392860.98
CHAPMAN41.11427.84
LITTLE41.114223.56
SIMPSON41.11426.37
BARKER41.11428.51
RIMMER41.114269.81
FOTHERGILL41.1142194.17
SMITH41.11420.79
WATERSON41.1142266.67
KIRK30.835719.31
KEMP30.835715.07
WATSON30.83573.60
MOSS30.835713.56
DODSWORTH30.8357200.00
MOSES30.835781.74
TAYLOR30.83571.31
CLARK30.83572.78
KING30.83573.83
FLETCHER30.83577.32
ALCOCK20.557138.61
WARD20.55712.55
BLAKEBOROUGH20.5571689.66
RUSSELL20.55714.56
MEAD20.557123.89
SOUTHERN20.557160.42
OLIVER20.55717.81
LENG20.5571200.00
BROWN20.55710.85
WALKER20.55711.66
RICHARDSON20.55713.27
MAY20.55718.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEIST2,000.0010.2786
HULTON845.0761.6713
HAW756.3092.5070
STELLING740.7420.5571
BLAKEBOROUGH689.6620.5571
HAUXWELL476.1910.2786
DUFFIELD353.70113.0641
ERRINGTON350.0071.9499
STONEHOUSE318.4751.3928
WATERSON266.6741.1142
BAGLEY263.1671.9499
SEVERS212.7710.2786
ALLISON205.88215.8496
DODSWORTH200.0030.8357
LENG200.0020.5571
FOTHERGILL194.1741.1142
BULLEN157.4861.6713
CHITTENDEN109.8910.2786
CHURCHMAN109.8910.2786
WITTS91.7410.2786
MOSES81.7430.8357
DENT73.1051.3928
BULMER70.4220.5571
RIMMER69.8141.1142
METCALFE60.9851.3928
SOUTHERN60.4220.5571
HANKS57.1410.2786
BLADES49.0210.2786
LUMLEY45.6610.2786
ALCOCK38.6120.5571
SEDGWICK38.3110.2786
GRAYSON37.3110.2786
ETHERINGTON36.9010.2786
LAMBERT35.7371.9499
PRINGLE35.4020.5571
MORLEY34.8451.3928
SPINK34.4810.2786
WILLEY30.9610.2786
STAPLETON27.7810.2786
KNOWLES26.0851.3928
STOCKS25.5810.2786
MEAD23.8920.5571
LITTLE23.5641.1142
BURRELL21.3710.2786
WELLS20.0961.6713
KIRK19.3130.8357
DRURY17.5410.2786
GRAHAM16.9871.9499
PEACOCK15.6320.5571
KEMP15.0730.8357

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LEIST in Scruton 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 0.2786 in Scruton means that 0.2786% of the people in Scruton on census day were called LEIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEIST 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 LEIST 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 LEIST 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 LEIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Scruton means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEIST in Scruton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Scruton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (2)  ALLISON (21)  ANDERSON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  ATTAY (1)  BAGLEY (7)  BARKER (4)  BATEMAN (1)  BEARPARK (3)  BICKERDYKE (1)  BLADES (1)  BLAKEBOROUGH (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BRANCKER (2)  BROWN (2)  BULLEN (6)  BULMER (2)  BURRELL (1)  BUTTERICK (1)  BUTTERWICK (5)  CANT (1)  CATTERICK (6)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHITTENDEN (1)  CHURCHMAN (1)  CLARK (3)  CORPS (8)  COWEL (1)  COX (1)  CUNDELL (2)  DAWSON (5)  DEARLOVE (1)  DENT (5)  DODSWORTH (3)  DRURY (1)  DUFFIELD (11)  DUNN (1)  EASBY (1)  ELGIC (6)  ERRINGTON (7)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FOTHERGILL (4)  FIRBY (2)  JORDIN (5)  GRAHAM (7)  GRAYSON (1)  HALL (9)  HAMWELL (1)  HANKS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAUXWELL (1)  HAW (9)  HICKS (1)  HORNER (1)  HOWCROFT (1)  HEUGH (2)  HULTON (6)  JACKSON (5)  KEMP (3)  KING (3)  KIRBY (1)  KIRK (3)  KNOWLES (5)  LAMBERT (7)  LANGTHORNE (2)  LEES (1)  LEIST (1)  LENG (2)  LINFOOT (1)  LITTLE (4)  LONGTOFT (4)  LUMLEY (1)  MAXWELL (1)  MAY (2)  MACDONALD (1)  MEAD (2)  MEGGESON (1)  METCALFE (5)  MITCHELL (7)  MORLEY (5)  MOSES (3)  MOSS (3)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  OLIVER (2)  PALMIERA (1)  PARK (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PEARSON (1)  PRINGLE (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDSDALE (1)  RIMMER (4)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SEDGWICK (1)  SEDJWICK (10)  SEVERS (1)  SIMPSON (4)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHERN (2)  SPINK (1)  STAINTHORPE (1)  STAPLETON (1)  STEAD (1)  STELLING (2)  STOCKS (1)  STONEHOUSE (5)  TAYLOR (3)  TILLBORN (1)  VARLET (1)  VORBERG (1)  WALKER (2)  WARD (2)  WATERSON (4)  WATSON (3)  WELLS (6)  WITTS (1)  WHYTELL (2)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (6)  WRIGHT (1)  WILLEY (1)