Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bossall Claxton, Yorkshire

Bossall Claxton 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
YEOMAN113.8732614.53
PIERCY93.1690882.35
THOMPSON82.81699.40
WATSON82.816912.14
VOKES82.81691,600.00
JENNINGS82.816955.56
KIRK72.464856.91
NELSON62.112743.60
HOLMES62.112717.35
MARSHALL62.112712.59
BRISTOW62.1127156.25
DUCK62.1127394.74
BARWELL51.7606568.18
SMITHSON51.7606183.82
WALKER51.76065.26
SCHOFIELD51.760632.47
FREER51.7606318.47
BEAN51.7606135.87
TANNER41.408562.79
CHARLTON41.408549.14
JACKSON41.40855.04
STEPHENSON41.408524.62
GRAVES41.408592.81
SMITH41.40851.00
HARRISON41.40856.35
PLUMMER41.4085105.54
STURDY41.4085444.44
MOORE41.40857.04
ABBEY31.0563288.46
PETTINGER31.0563937.50
WILSON31.05632.30
TROTTER20.704267.11
FISHER20.70426.02
COLE20.70427.73
MORTIMER20.704233.67
SANDERSON20.704217.05
ALMOND20.704256.82
GLEDHILL20.704247.51
FOWLER20.704212.33
DRESSER20.7042571.43
KIRTON10.352176.92
HARE10.352122.83
ROLFE10.352127.17
DALTON10.352115.34
JORDAN10.35217.97
GIBSON10.35212.90
BROWN10.35210.53
WHEATLEY10.352117.27
EDMONDSON10.352130.49
BELT10.3521303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VOKES1,600.0082.8169
PETTINGER937.5031.0563
PIERCY882.3593.1690
BUSTARD833.3310.3521
YEOMAN614.53113.8732
DRESSER571.4320.7042
BARWELL568.1851.7606
STURDY444.4441.4085
DUCK394.7462.1127
FREER318.4751.7606
BELT303.0310.3521
ABBEY288.4631.0563
HEMSWORTH227.2710.3521
SMITHSON183.8251.7606
BRISTOW156.2562.1127
BEAN135.8751.7606
WARRINER120.4810.3521
PLUMMER105.5441.4085
GRAVES92.8141.4085
KIRTON76.9210.3521
TROTTER67.1120.7042
TANNER62.7941.4085
KIRK56.9172.4648
ALMOND56.8220.7042
JENNINGS55.5682.8169
CHARLTON49.1441.4085
GLEDHILL47.5120.7042
SPINK43.6710.3521
NELSON43.6062.1127
HEDLEY34.4810.3521
MORTIMER33.6720.7042
SCHOFIELD32.4751.7606
BUCKLE32.3610.3521
EDMONDSON30.4910.3521
ROLFE27.1710.3521
MAJOR26.1110.3521
STEPHENSON24.6241.4085
HARE22.8310.3521
HORNER18.4810.3521
HOLMES17.3562.1127
WHEATLEY17.2710.3521
STEAD17.2110.3521
SANDERSON17.0520.7042
DALTON15.3410.3521
BOWMAN13.4810.3521
MARSHALL12.5962.1127
FOWLER12.3320.7042
WATSON12.1482.8169
HERBERT9.4310.3521
THOMPSON9.4082.8169

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called VOKES in Bossall Claxton 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 2.8169 in Bossall Claxton means that 2.8169% of the people in Bossall Claxton on census day were called VOKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VOKES 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 VOKES 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 VOKES 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 VOKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,600.00 in Bossall Claxton means that you are 1,600.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VOKES in Bossall Claxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bossall Claxton in 1881

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

ABBEY (3)  ALMOND (2)  BARKER (1)  BARWELL (5)  BUSTARD (1)  BEAN (5)  BELT (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BRICKLEBANK (1)  BRISTOW (6)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BURNISTON (1)  CARBERT (6)  CHAPPELOW (4)  CHARLTON (4)  CLARK (1)  CLEMET (1)  COLE (2)  DALTON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRESSER (2)  DRING (4)  DUCK (6)  EDMONDSON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (1)  FAWCET (1)  FISHER (2)  FOWLER (2)  FREER (5)  GIBSON (1)  GLEDHILL (2)  JORDAN (1)  GOSPEL (1)  GRIEVSON (5)  GRAVES (4)  HARE (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARROWSMITH (1)  HEDLEY (1)  HEMSWORTH (1)  HERBERT (1)  HOLMES (6)  HORNER (1)  HUDDINGTON (1)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (4)  JENNINGS (8)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  KIRK (7)  KIRTON (1)  LINFOOT (1)  MAJOR (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MOORE (4)  MORTIMER (2)  NELSON (6)  OSBORNE (1)  PIERCY (9)  PLUMMER (4)  PETTINGER (3)  PRESTON (1)  RIDSDALE (9)  ROLFE (1)  ROWLAY (1)  SAILES ? (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SANTON (1)  SCHOFIELD (5)  SHARP (1)  SIGSWORTH (7)  SMITH (4)  SMITHSON (5)  SPAVIN (11)  SPINK (1)  STEAD (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  STURDY (4)  SULLIVAN (1)  TANNER (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (8)  TICKELL (2)  TROTTER (2)  VOKES (8)  WALKER (5)  WARRINER (1)  WATSON (8)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (3)  RAGG (2)  YEOMAN (11)  YOUNG (1) 

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