Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stillington, Yorkshire

Stillington 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
SMITH213.50002.48
NORTH172.833385.47
SPRUCE142.33331,157.02
LANE142.333333.86
KENDREW122.00001,643.84
RICHARDSON122.000011.75
SCAIFE111.8333413.53
KNOWLES111.833334.33
WOOD101.66675.23
DOBSON101.666737.78
KETTLEWELL81.3333434.78
COLE81.333314.64
BRADLEY81.333316.61
RIPLEY81.3333202.02
FARRER81.3333201.51
HOWLAND71.1667341.46
HALDER71.16672,058.82
WRIGHT71.16673.64
WAKE61.0000124.22
ALLISON61.000035.19
DEAN61.000014.41
HUGILL61.0000400.00
TATE61.000051.77
MASTERMAN61.0000397.35
DANBY61.0000234.38
SALMON61.000043.86
SLATER61.000016.52
BROUGH61.000081.86
THOMPSON61.00003.34
LEAPER50.8333724.64
WHITE50.83332.59
BROWN50.83331.26
WILSON50.83331.81
EGGLESTON50.8333354.61
ALTON50.8333306.75
DENTON50.833345.33
HORSLEY50.833389.13
JOHNSON40.66671.98
POTTER40.666710.28
MATSON40.6667272.11
DRESSER40.6667547.95
RYMER40.6667279.72
SHAW40.66673.63
GIBSON40.66675.49
ADAMS40.66674.52
SOUTER40.6667122.70
JUDSON40.6667145.99
CALVERT40.666732.68
WARD40.66673.05
SCOTT40.66672.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HALDER2,058.8271.1667
KENDREW1,643.84122.0000
SPRUCE1,157.02142.3333
LEAPER724.6450.8333
DRESSER547.9540.6667
KETTLEWELL434.7881.3333
SCAIFE413.53111.8333
HUGILL400.0061.0000
MASTERMAN397.3561.0000
EGGLESTON354.6150.8333
NEWSOM350.8820.3333
HOWLAND341.4671.1667
SUGGETT327.8720.3333
HUTCHENS322.5820.3333
ALTON306.7550.8333
RYMER279.7240.6667
MATSON272.1140.6667
DANBY234.3861.0000
RIPLEY202.0281.3333
FARRER201.5181.3333
HAMMON153.8510.1667
JUDSON145.9940.6667
WEATHERILL144.9320.3333
ABBEY136.3630.5000
WAKE124.2261.0000
SOUTER122.7040.6667
YORKE104.1720.3333
POPPLETON95.2410.1667
GARBUTT92.3840.6667
HORSLEY89.1350.8333
BAILES88.5010.1667
NORTH85.47172.8333
LOWTHER81.9730.5000
BROUGH81.8661.0000
HURRY79.3710.1667
CASH75.3830.5000
WILEY68.0310.1667
COVERDALE60.9810.1667
BEAVEN57.4710.1667
PAPE55.5610.1667
HEBDEN53.1910.1667
TATE51.7761.0000
SNOWBALL51.2810.1667
HAW50.2510.1667
DENTON45.3350.8333
SALMON43.8661.0000
AGAR43.2910.1667
FRANK39.5310.1667
WYNN38.4620.3333
DOBSON37.78101.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HALDER in Stillington 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 1.1667 in Stillington means that 1.1667% of the people in Stillington on census day were called HALDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HALDER 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 HALDER 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 HALDER 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 HALDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,058.82 in Stillington means that you are 2,058.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HALDER in Stillington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stillington in 1881

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

ABBEY (3)  ADAMS (4)  AGAR (1)  ALDERSON (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLINSON (1)  ALLISON (6)  ALTON (5)  ANDREW (2)  J'ANSON (4)  ARROWSMITH (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BACKHOUSE (3)  BARKER (3)  BAILES (1)  BELL (1)  BAVINS (1)  BEAVEN (1)  BURKILL (1)  BLACKBEARD (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BOGGETT (5)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADLEY (8)  BROUGH (6)  BROWN (5)  BUCKLE (1)  BEARBY (3)  BUTTERWICK (1)  CALVERT (4)  CARTER (2)  CASH (3)  CATTLEY (3)  CHIPCHASE (1)  CLARKE (1)  COBB (3)  COLE (8)  COOPER (1)  CORDUKES (2)  CHARNOCK (5)  CUSSANS (5)  COVERDALE (1)  CUTLER (1)  DANBY (6)  DARNBOROUGH (2)  DARNTON (1)  DAVILL (8)  DEAN (6)  DENTON (5)  DOBSON (10)  DRESSER (4)  EGGLESTON (5)  ELLIS (1)  FALKINGHAM (1)  FARRAR (2)  FARRER (8)  FENWICK (2)  FORRESTER (1)  FOSTER (1)  FRANK (1)  GARBUTT (4)  GATENBY (3)  GIBSON (4)  GRAMSHAW (6)  GREEN (1)  HAILSTON (2)  HALDER (7)  HAMMON (1)  HARDIE (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAW (1)  HAWKSWELL (6)  HEBDEN (1)  HODGSON (2)  HORNER (2)  HORSLEY (5)  HOWLAND (7)  HUGILL (6)  HUMPHREY (3)  HUTCHENS (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JUDSON (4)  KENDREW (12)  KETTLEWELL (8)  KILVINGTON (1)  KNOWLES (11)  KNOWLSON (14)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANE (14)  LONGRIDGE (1)  LEAPER (5)  LINFOOT (1)  LOWTHER (3)  MASTERMAN (6)  MATSON (4)  MAWE (5)  MAYSER (1)  METCALFE (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOTHERSOLE (1)  MOYSEN (4)  MOYSER (1)  MYERS (3)  NEWSOM (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  NORTH (17)  PAPE (1)  PARKER (1)  PETTY (1)  PHILIPS (1)  POPE (1)  POPPLETON (1)  POTTER (4)  RICHARDSON (12)  RYMER (4)  RIPLEY (8)  ROBINSON (2)  RUSSELL (2)  SADLER (1)  SALMON (6)  SCAIFE (11)  SCORBE (1)  SCOTT (4)  SEDGEWICK (1)  SHAW (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (21)  SNOWBALL (1)  SOUTER (4)  SOWRAY (7)  SPIRIT (6)  SPRUCE (14)  STRINGER (1)  STYAN (1)  SUFFELL (8)  SUGGETT (2)  SWEINSTON (1)  TATE (6)  THOMPSON (6)  THORNTON (3)  TENNISWOOD (12)  HURRY (1)  WAKE (6)  WARD (4)  WATSON (3)  WEIGHILL (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WEATHERILL (2)  WHITE (5)  WIKELEY (3)  WILSON (5)  WYNN (2)  WOOD (10)  WRIGGLESWORTH (1)  WREGGLESWORTH (2)  WRIGHT (7)  WILEY (1)  WYRILL (1)  YORKE (2)  YOUNG (4)