Top surnames from the 1881 census in York St Michael, Yorkshire

York St Michael 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
STEPHENSON143.349358.55
HOLMES122.870823.58
DALBY112.6316325.44
BOOTH102.392324.25
HARDGRAVE92.153110,000.00
SCOTT92.15318.51
GREEN92.15317.65
CHAPMAN71.674611.79
JUDSON71.6746366.49
CLARK71.67465.57
SMITH61.43541.02
DIXON61.435413.10
HEY61.4354162.16
WALLER61.435456.98
GRAY51.19628.38
BUTTON51.1962100.81
DYSON51.196236.93
DODSWORTH51.1962287.36
DENHAM51.1962135.87
WILSON51.19622.60
HEATON51.196250.00
WARD51.19625.48
ASHTON51.196224.41
MASTERMAN51.1962476.19
COOK51.19626.02
LEAPER40.9569833.33
KROUS40.956940,000.00
KILBY40.9569170.21
BUTTERY40.9569248.45
WRAY40.956971.17
HODGSON40.956913.81
CALVERT40.956946.95
BAKER40.95694.37
YOUNG40.95694.45
AREY30.71773,333.33
WRAGG30.717777.52
THRUSH30.71771,000.00
WIGGINS30.717766.52
OSBORNE30.717715.04
BRETT30.717737.78
RODGER30.717751.02
PEARSON30.71776.18
ROBINSON30.71772.25
LACOCK30.71772,142.86
NIGHTINGALE20.478528.41
BLAN20.47856,666.67
DALTON20.478520.86
HELLER20.4785952.38
BARNES20.47853.98
CORTIS20.47853,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KROUS40,000.0040.9569
HARDGRAVE10,000.0092.1531
BLAN6,666.6720.4785
AREY3,333.3330.7177
CORTIS3,333.3320.4785
LACOCK2,142.8630.7177
THRUSH1,000.0030.7177
HELLER952.3820.4785
LEAPER833.3340.9569
DORKIN500.0010.2392
MASTERMAN476.1951.1962
JUDSON366.4971.6746
DALBY325.44112.6316
REX303.0320.4785
DODSWORTH287.3651.1962
BUTTERY248.4540.9569
FISKE212.7710.2392
KILBY170.2140.9569
HEY162.1661.4354
BIELBY153.8510.2392
WESTMORELAND149.2510.2392
DENHAM135.8751.1962
NOWELL102.0420.4785
BUTTON100.8151.1962
THURMAN97.0910.2392
WAITES95.2410.2392
HOPSON90.9110.2392
CASSON80.6520.4785
WRAGG77.5230.7177
COY76.3410.2392
WATTERS75.1910.2392
YORKE74.6310.2392
WRAY71.1740.9569
WIGGINS66.5230.7177
BROADHEAD65.1520.4785
HALLEY63.6910.2392
LOYD60.9810.2392
STEPHENSON58.55143.3493
WALLER56.9861.4354
BARWICK56.1810.2392
RODGER51.0230.7177
HEATON50.0051.1962
PARNELL49.5120.4785
COCKERILL49.5110.2392
CALVERT46.9540.9569
WASS44.0510.2392
BUCKLE43.9620.4785
KITCHING41.3210.2392
STORY38.6110.2392
BRETT37.7830.7177

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called KROUS in York St Michael 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 0.9569 in York St Michael means that 0.9569% of the people in York St Michael on census day were called KROUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KROUS 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 KROUS 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 KROUS 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 KROUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in York St Michael means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KROUS in York St Michael than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in York St Michael in 1881

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

AREY (3)  ASHTON (5)  ASPINALL (2)  BAKER (4)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (2)  BARWICK (1)  BATH (1)  BEAN (1)  BIELBY (1)  BELARBY (2)  BENSON (1)  BEWLAY (1)  BLAN (2)  BOOTH (10)  BOTTERILL (1)  BRETT (3)  BRIDGE (1)  BROADHEAD (2)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLE (2)  BUTTERY (4)  BUTTON (5)  CALVERT (4)  CASSON (2)  CATTLE (4)  CHAPMAN (7)  CLARK (7)  COATES (1)  COCKERILL (1)  COLLIER (2)  CONWAY (1)  COOK (5)  COOPER (1)  CROSSLAND (1)  CORTIS (2)  CURTIS (1)  DAGGIT (1)  DALBY (11)  DALE (1)  DALTON (2)  DAVISON (1)  DENHAM (5)  DENNISS (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DODSWORTH (5)  DORKIN (1)  DRUMMOND (1)  DYSON (5)  EASTWOOD (PARNELL) (6)  EATON (1)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (1)  EPWORTH (1)  EXELBY (5)  AIR (9)  FISKE (1)  FOLLOWS (2)  FORDINGTON (1)  GIBSON (1)  GRAY (5)  GRAYSTON (1)  GREEN (9)  GROUNDWELL (1)  HANSON (2)  HARDING (1)  HARDGRAVE (9)  HASLAM (1)  HAWKSWELL (1)  HEY (6)  HALLEY (1)  HEATON (5)  HELSTRIP (1)  HINDLEY (1)  HEWISON (3)  HELLER (2)  HOPSON (1)  HODGE (1)  HODGSON (4)  HOULDEN (1)  HOLDWORTH (2)  HOLMES (12)  HUNTER (2)  INGLEDEW (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  JUDSON (7)  COY (1)  KILBY (4)  KIRBY (2)  KITCHING (1)  NOWELL (2)  KROUS (4)  LAWSON (2)  LACOCK (3)  LECKONBY (5)  LEAPER (4)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LISTER (1)  LOYD (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  LUCAS (1)  MASTERMAN (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MCFARLINE (1)  MESSON (1)  METCALFE (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLARD (2)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  NELSON (1)  NEWBALD (1)  NIGHTINGALE (2)  OSBORNE (3)  OWEN (2)  OUSTON (2)  PARNELL (2)  PATRICK (1)  PEARSE (1)  PEARSON (3)  PLETTS (1)  PRUDIE (4)  PRUDAMES (4)  PULLEYN (3)  WRAY (4)  REID (1)  REX (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (3)  RODGER (3)  RUDEL (1)  SCOTT (9)  SHARP (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (6)  SPENCE (1)  SPENCER (1)  STEPHENSON (14)  STORY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (2)  THRUSH (3)  THURMAN (1)  TURNBULL (1)  USHER (1)  VOLANS (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLER (6)  WARD (5)  WASS (1)  WATTERS (1)  WESTMORELAND (1)  WIGGINS (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (5)  WRAGG (3)  WAITES (1)  YORKE (1)  YOUNG (4)