Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton On Forest, Yorkshire

Sutton On Forest 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
ROBSON183.125047.48
BECK172.9514126.21
YOUNG142.430611.31
HORNER122.0833109.49
BROWN122.08333.16
HEWITT111.909739.20
SANDERS101.736138.30
BROTHERTON101.7361341.30
SMITH101.73611.23
WOOD101.73615.45
BRADLEY101.736121.62
ELMER101.7361510.20
LEE101.736110.62
EGLIN91.56251,636.36
BATTERS81.38891,428.57
DAWSON81.388912.60
SHEPHERD81.388918.95
SLATER81.388922.94
BARKER81.388910.61
GRAVES81.388991.64
SNELL71.215364.16
BURDON61.0417317.46
SCOTT61.04174.12
BURTON61.041712.23
IRELAND61.041744.88
WALKER50.86812.59
MAJOR50.868164.35
SUGGITT50.86811,086.96
WETHERELL50.8681450.45
HARRISON50.86813.91
HUSBAND50.8681148.81
GREEN50.86813.08
WHITEHEAD50.868112.84
WEBSTER50.86819.98
LAY50.8681116.55
HUGILL50.8681347.22
WILSON40.69441.51
RAE40.694430.49
CROSBY40.694458.65
KNIGHTON40.6944198.02
AGAR40.6944180.18
BANISTER40.6944166.67
DENNIS30.520817.61
STEELE30.520819.47
RICHARDSON30.52083.06
HARDY30.52088.70
EDRINGTON30.520815,000.00
MORLEY30.520813.03
THOMPSON30.52081.74
HOLDSWORTH30.520830.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDRINGTON15,000.0030.5208
EGLIN1,636.3691.5625
BATTERS1,428.5781.3889
SUGGITT1,086.9650.8681
ELMER510.20101.7361
WETHERELL450.4550.8681
NELLIS357.1410.1736
HUGILL347.2250.8681
BROTHERTON341.30101.7361
BURDON317.4661.0417
KNIGHTON198.0240.6944
SKIPWORTH185.1910.1736
AGAR180.1840.6944
TWEEDY169.4920.3472
BANISTER166.6740.6944
STINSON161.2910.1736
HUSBAND148.8150.8681
LEADLEY129.8710.1736
BARGE128.2110.1736
BECK126.21172.9514
WHEELWRIGHT123.4610.1736
LAY116.5550.8681
PREST112.3620.3472
HORNER109.49122.0833
LINDSEY102.3930.5208
BLUE101.0110.1736
GRAVES91.6481.3889
MAJOR64.3550.8681
SNELL64.1671.2153
HEADLEY64.1010.1736
COVERDALE63.2910.1736
CLOSE59.6430.5208
CROSBY58.6540.6944
ABELL56.1810.1736
SNOWBALL53.4810.1736
ROBSON47.48183.1250
BARRELL45.8710.1736
IRELAND44.8861.0417
ARROWSMITH44.7420.3472
BURMAN43.6710.1736
PAXTON43.5720.3472
FRANKS41.7830.5208
FRANK41.1510.1736
DANBY40.6510.1736
GOTT40.1610.1736
HEWITT39.20111.9097
SANDERS38.30101.7361
BEAL36.9720.3472
LAZENBY36.7610.1736
DEIGHTON34.6010.1736

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called EDRINGTON in Sutton On Forest 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 0.5208 in Sutton On Forest means that 0.5208% of the people in Sutton On Forest on census day were called EDRINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDRINGTON 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 EDRINGTON 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 EDRINGTON 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 EDRINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Sutton On Forest means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDRINGTON in Sutton On Forest than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton On Forest in 1881

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

ABELL (1)  AGAR (4)  ALLEN (1)  ALLISON (1)  ARCHER (1)  ARROWSMITH (2)  BANKS (2)  BANISTER (4)  BARGE (1)  BARKER (8)  BATTERS (8)  BEAL (2)  BECK (17)  BELL (1)  BICKERDYKE (1)  BURKILL (9)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLUE (1)  BOULTON (2)  BURDON (6)  BRADLEY (10)  BROTHERTON (10)  BROWN (12)  BURMAN (1)  BARRELL (1)  BURTON (6)  CAMPBELL (3)  CARLTON (1)  CLITHEROE (5)  CLOSE (3)  COOKSHAW (1)  COOPER (1)  COPPLAND (4)  COVERDALE (1)  CROSBY (4)  CUNDALL (5)  DALTON (1)  DANBY (1)  DARNTON (8)  DAWKINS (1)  DAWSON (8)  DEAN (1)  DEIGHTON (1)  DENNIS (3)  DENTON (1)  DYKES (1)  DUNLIN (4)  EASTON (1)  EDMONDSON (1)  EDRINGTON (3)  EGLIN (9)  ELMER (10)  EVROCK (6)  FARMERY (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FIRTH (1)  FOX (1)  FOXTON (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRANKS (3)  FRANK (1)  FREWIN (1)  GATENBY (2)  GIBSON (2)  GOODALL (1)  GOTT (1)  GRAVES (8)  GREEN (5)  HARDY (3)  HARLAND (1)  HARRISON (5)  HEALY (1)  HEADLEY (1)  HERBERT (1)  HEWITT (11)  HILL (1)  HODSMAN (1)  HOLDSWORTH (3)  HORNER (12)  HUDSON (3)  HUGGON (6)  HUGHES (2)  HUGILL (5)  HUSBAND (5)  INMAN (1)  IRELAND (6)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTON (3)  KETLEY (1)  KIRK (1)  KITCHEN (2)  KNAPTON (1)  KNIGHTON (4)  KNOWLSON (9)  LAWSON (2)  LAZENBY (1)  LEE (10)  LAY (5)  LEADLEY (1)  LINDSEY (3)  LINFOOT (6)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LONGTHORN (2)  MAJOR (5)  MARSTON (1)  MAWE (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MORLEY (3)  MOTHERSDALE (9)  NELLIS (1)  PALLISER (5)  PARKINSON (1)  PAXTON (2)  PREST (2)  RAE (4)  RICHARDSON (3)  RICHMOND (1)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSHAW (14)  ROBSON (18)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDERS (10)  SCOTT (6)  SHEPHERD (8)  SKIPWORTH (1)  SLATER (8)  SMITH (10)  SNELL (7)  SNOWBALL (1)  SPERIT (1)  STEELE (3)  STERICKER (4)  STINSON (1)  SUGGITT (5)  SUNDERLAND (1)  TATE (2)  TOTHAM (1)  THOMPSON (3)  TENNISWOOD (1)  TODKILL (1)  TWEEDY (2)  VESTOR (2)  WADE (1)  WHEELWRIGHT (1)  WALKER (5)  WARD (3)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (2)  WEBSTER (5)  WETHERELL (5)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (4)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (10)  WREGGLESWORTH (4)  YELLOWLEY (1)  YOUNG (14)