Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swillington, Yorkshire

Swillington 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
MOSBY313.76675,000.00
GOODALL303.6452170.16
WILSON242.91626.35
COLLEY172.0656162.99
FIRTH161.944158.54
BARBER131.579626.24
COCKERHAM121.45811,558.44
TIFFANY121.45811,200.00
WATSON121.45816.29
CONNELL111.336676.92
FRESHWATER111.3366591.40
MANNERS101.2151245.70
SMITH101.21510.86
WATKINSON101.2151103.73
NICHOLS101.215137.30
HOWSON101.2151194.93
LOWTHER91.0936178.93
HARDWICK80.972163.54
BENNETT80.97215.91
LLOYD80.97218.32
HOYLE80.972142.11
WIGGLESWORTH80.9721196.56
EASTWOOD80.972141.11
BARRACLOUGH80.972198.16
INMAN80.9721142.86
WESTERMAN80.9721296.30
WADDINGTON70.850552.36
JUBB70.8505169.90
LISTER70.850529.84
MELLOR70.850524.15
LAWRY70.8505448.72
CROSTHWAITE70.8505526.32
TODD70.850516.71
DAVIS70.85053.87
BLACKBURN60.729019.34
LAWN60.7290289.86
BUTLER60.72907.48
BAXTER60.729012.23
ARCHDALE60.72901,621.62
DIXON60.72906.65
CARTER60.72904.34
ANDERSON60.72903.69
SCALES60.7290123.20
BARTLE60.7290123.71
CASBURN50.60751,470.59
STEPHENSON50.607510.62
PROCTER50.607546.82
JOHNSON50.60751.81
BRADFORD50.607531.15
HEWITT50.607512.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOSBY5,000.00313.7667
ARCHDALE1,621.6260.7290
COCKERHAM1,558.44121.4581
CASBURN1,470.5950.6075
MCWILLIAM1,428.5730.3645
TIFFANY1,200.00121.4581
MOREHEAD1,111.1120.2430
KEITHLEY769.2310.1215
FRESHWATER591.40111.3366
CROSTHWAITE526.3270.8505
LAWRY448.7270.8505
ABSON425.5340.4860
CROMACK384.6240.4860
SPECK342.4750.6075
MINER327.8720.2430
WESTERMAN296.3080.9721
BALLANCE294.1220.2430
LAWN289.8660.7290
LAVEN270.2710.1215
MANNERS245.70101.2151
LANGHORNE212.7710.1215
MIDDLEMISS205.1340.4860
WIGGLESWORTH196.5680.9721
HOWSON194.93101.2151
ARUNDEL184.0530.3645
LOWTHER178.9391.0936
GOODALL170.16303.6452
JUBB169.9070.8505
KILLINGBECK163.9310.1215
COLLEY162.99172.0656
DARRELL151.5210.1215
WILEY149.2530.3645
INMAN142.8680.9721
CROSLAND134.2340.4860
MILLHOUSE128.2110.1215
BARTLE123.7160.7290
SCALES123.2060.7290
GASCOIGNE105.5440.4860
WATKINSON103.73101.2151
BARRACLOUGH98.1680.9721
RAPER86.9630.3645
BILTON85.7130.3645
MAINE84.7510.1215
CONNELL76.92111.3366
BYWATER72.4630.3645
VICKERMAN68.4910.1215
BAUGH67.8020.2430
BALES65.1520.2430
PURDY63.9730.3645
HARDWICK63.5480.9721

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 31 people called MOSBY in Swillington 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 3.7667 in Swillington means that 3.7667% of the people in Swillington on census day were called MOSBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOSBY 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 MOSBY 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 MOSBY 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 MOSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Swillington means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOSBY in Swillington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swillington in 1881

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

ABSON (4)  ADAMSON (1)  ADDINALL (7)  AGAR (2)  AMBLER (2)  ANDERSON (6)  ARCHDALE (6)  ARCHER (1)  ARNOLD (4)  ARUNDEL (3)  BAILEY (2)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BALLANCE (2)  BANCROFT (1)  BARBER (13)  BARRACLOUGH (8)  BARRATT (4)  BARTLE (6)  BAUGH (2)  BAXTER (6)  BAYFORD (2)  BALES (2)  BEAN (4)  BEARPARK (1)  BEAUMOUNT (2)  BEEVORS (1)  BELL (4)  BENNETT (8)  BERRY (4)  BILTON (3)  BLACKBURN (6)  BOLTON (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOYES (2)  BRADFORD (5)  BRAYSHAW (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRITTLEBANK (8)  BROOK (3)  BROWN (3)  BUSHILL (1)  BUTLER (6)  BYWATER (3)  CARTER (6)  CASBURN (5)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (1)  COCKERHAM (12)  COLLEY (17)  CONNELL (11)  COOK (1)  COPLEY (2)  COWELL (1)  CRAMBY (4)  CROWLEY (1)  CROMACK (4)  CROSLAND (4)  CROSSLEY (4)  CROSTHWAITE (7)  KERLOW (1)  CURTIS (1)  DALTON (1)  DARRELL (1)  DAVIS (7)  DEALTRY (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DULE (1)  DURRANT (1)  EASTWOOD (8)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLISON (1)  EVANS (3)  FINNINGLEY (1)  FIRTH (16)  FISHER (2)  FORREST (1)  FAWKES (4)  FOZZARD (6)  FRANCE (2)  FRESHWATER (11)  GASCOIGNE (4)  GEE (4)  GILL (2)  GITTUS (1)  GUMMERSON (8)  GOODACRE (1)  GOODALL (30)  GREY (1)  GREEN (4)  HEELES (8)  HALL (1)  HANSON (3)  HARDWICK (8)  HARDY (1)  HART (2)  HATCHINSON (3)  HAYNES (1)  HEWITT (5)  HIGGS (1)  HOASON (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HORNSBY (1)  HORSFIELD (2)  HOWSON (10)  HOYLE (8)  HUNT (3)  INMAN (8)  IRVIN (1)  JACKSON (1)  JESSOP (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (1)  JUBB (7)  KEITHLEY (1)  KILLINGBECK (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KITSON (1)  LEAKE (1)  LANGHORNE (1)  LAWRY (7)  LAWN (6)  LEATHER (2)  LYE (1)  LAVEN (1)  LISTER (7)  LLOYD (8)  LONGBOTTOM (1)  LOWTHER (9)  LYNN (1)  MAINE (1)  MASKILL (2)  MASON (1)  MAUGHAN (1)  MANNERS (10)  MELLOR (7)  METCALF (3)  METSON (1)  MIDDLEMISS (4)  MILLHOUSE (1)  MINER (2)  MITCHELL (3)  MORRIS (1)  MOSBY (31)  MOREHEAD (2)  NEPHEAN (1)  NEWBY (3)  NEWHAM (1)  NICHOLS (10)  NORTON (1)  OATES (2)  PATRICK (2)  PEARSON (1)  PENROSE (1)  PLOWS (1)  POSKETT (1)  POWELL (2)  PRECIOUS (1)  PROCTER (5)  PURDY (3)  RAPER (3)  ROLLINSON (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDSDALE (1)  RIDER (2)  RINDER (1)  SANDALL (1)  SAVILE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHAW (4)  SCALES (6)  SIMPSON (4)  SKELTON (1)  SLATER (1)  SLEIGHTHOLM (1)  SMART (2)  SMITH (10)  SOAR (1)  SPECK (5)  STANYON (1)  STEAD (1)  STEPHENSON (5)  STONES (1)  SUTTRON (3)  SWALES (1)  TALLETT (3)  TASKER (1)  TEALE (13)  TENNANT (3)  TIFFANY (12)  TODD (7)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOOTH (1)  TOWNHILL (1)  TRAINER (1)  TURNER (3)  TURPIN (2)  VICKERMAN (1)  WADDINGTON (7)  WARRINGTON (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTON (1)  WARD (4)  WATERHOUSE (5)  WATKINSON (10)  WATSON (12)  WEAVER (2)  WELLS (1)  WESTERMAN (8)  WIGGLESWORTH (8)  WILKINSON (3)  MC WILLIAM (1)  MCWILLIAM (3)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILES (1)  WILSON (24)  VINCE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHAMS (1)  WOOLLEY (1)  WILEY (3)