Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sprotborough, Yorkshire

Sprotborough 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
NEVILLE93.9130329.67
STACEY93.9130174.42
HORNSBY83.4783533.33
ROBERTS83.47839.25
WARD73.043513.93
HEPTINSTALL73.04354,375.00
GOODMAN73.0435104.32
HUNT73.043522.91
FIRTH62.608778.53
BATEMAN62.6087101.01
POOLE52.173945.13
WEST52.173922.58
HOPKINSON52.1739132.98
YATES52.173931.63
CHANTRY41.73911,212.12
BOOTH41.739117.63
YOUNG41.73918.10
TRAVIS41.7391148.15
WOOD41.73915.46
ASHER31.3043309.28
WILKINSON31.30438.55
SCHOFIELD31.304324.06
WRIGHT31.30434.07
TINDALL31.3043215.83
WILSON31.30432.84
FRASER31.304314.66
PIPER20.869643.96
LONG20.869613.40
TURNER20.86963.12
BEAUMONT20.869629.33
HODGES20.869629.63
TROUT20.8696444.44
RIDGE20.8696124.22
JACQUES20.8696102.56
SMITH20.86960.62
COLBECK20.8696384.62
GOULDEN20.8696246.91
FABER10.4348666.67
HODGSON10.43486.27
SPRAGUE10.4348188.68
DAVIES10.43480.85
ORGAN10.4348108.70
RILEY10.43485.49
KELLY10.43483.97
FOY10.434852.63
WINTER10.434812.25
SWALLOW10.434843.10
EYRE10.434836.23
PARKER10.43482.29
SORELL10.43482,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEPTINSTALL4,375.0073.0435
DURDY2,500.0010.4348
SORELL2,000.0010.4348
CHANTRY1,212.1241.7391
BIRK769.2310.4348
FABER666.6710.4348
PRESLEY588.2410.4348
HORNSBY533.3383.4783
TROUT444.4420.8696
COLBECK384.6220.8696
NEVILLE329.6793.9130
ASHER309.2831.3043
OTLEY256.4110.4348
GOULDEN246.9120.8696
TINDALL215.8331.3043
LENNARD192.3110.4348
SPRAGUE188.6810.4348
STACEY174.4293.9130
CAWTHORNE158.7310.4348
TRAVIS148.1541.7391
HOPKINSON132.9852.1739
RIDGE124.2220.8696
ORGAN108.7010.4348
GOODMAN104.3273.0435
JACQUES102.5620.8696
BATEMAN101.0162.6087
TURPIN81.3010.4348
FIRTH78.5362.6087
KELSEY58.8210.4348
FOY52.6310.4348
POOLE45.1352.1739
PIPER43.9620.8696
SWALLOW43.1010.4348
WREN40.1610.4348
POOL37.5910.4348
EYRE36.2310.4348
YATES31.6352.1739
HODGES29.6320.8696
BEAUMONT29.3320.8696
WAKEFIELD24.2710.4348
GARDENER24.2110.4348
SCHOFIELD24.0631.3043
HUNT22.9173.0435
WEST22.5852.1739
MEREDITH21.5110.4348
CAIRNS20.1210.4348
BEDFORD18.3210.4348
BOOTH17.6341.7391
HOBSON16.7510.4348
FRASER14.6631.3043

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HEPTINSTALL in Sprotborough 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 3.0435 in Sprotborough means that 3.0435% of the people in Sprotborough on census day were called HEPTINSTALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL 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 HEPTINSTALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,375.00 in Sprotborough means that you are 4,375.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEPTINSTALL in Sprotborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sprotborough in 1881

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

ARDIN (1)  ASHER (3)  BATEMAN (6)  BEAUMONT (2)  BEDFORD (1)  BIRK (1)  BIRKINSHAW (6)  BIRKENSHAW (5)  BOOTH (4)  CAIRNS (1)  CAWTHORNE (1)  CHANTRY (4)  COLBECK (2)  COOPER (1)  DAVIES (1)  DURDY (1)  EYRE (1)  FABER (1)  FIRTH (6)  FOY (1)  FRASER (3)  GABBITAS (1)  GARDENER (1)  GOULDEN (2)  GOODMAN (7)  HALL (1)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HEPTINSTALL (7)  HOBSON (1)  HODGES (2)  HODGSON (1)  HOULDEN (8)  HOPKINSON (5)  HORNSBY (8)  HUNT (7)  JACQUES (2)  KELLY (1)  KELSEY (1)  LENNARD (1)  LINNEL (4)  LONG (2)  MEREDITH (1)  NEVILLE (9)  ORGAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PIPER (2)  POOLE (5)  POOL (1)  BROWNSETT (1)  PRESLEY (1)  PRILEY (1)  RIDGE (2)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (8)  ROBINSON (1)  SCHOFIELD (3)  SMITH (2)  SORELL (1)  SPRAGUE (1)  STACEY (9)  STRAWFORD (1)  SURFLEET (2)  SWALLOW (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THREADGOLD (1)  TINDALL (3)  TOWNEND (1)  TRAVIS (4)  TROUT (2)  TURNER (2)  TURPIN (1)  OTLEY (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WARD (7)  WELSH (1)  WEST (5)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (3)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (4)  WOOLLAS (5)  WREN (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (5)  YOUNG (4)