Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grindall, Yorkshire

Grindall 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
CLAXTON168.93851,415.93
SMITH105.58663.96
CROWE84.4693446.93
YOUNG73.910618.21
ABBOTT63.352076.05
SIMPSON63.352019.16
TAYLOR52.79334.37
LEESON52.7933480.77
BANKS31.676032.68
KNAGGS31.6760652.17
HORNER31.676087.98
HALL31.67605.70
HARRISON21.11735.03
CHAPMAN21.11737.87
BERRY21.117314.08
HARLAND21.1173134.23
ATKINSON21.117311.47
DOBSON21.117325.32
MOOR10.558739.84
CROWDER10.5587140.85
STEPHENSON10.55879.77
SHAW10.55873.04
YEWELL10.558710,000.00
POOLE10.558711.60
GOTT10.5587128.21
WALKER10.55871.67
NOBLE10.558713.46
DIXON10.55875.10
SUGGITT10.5587714.29
BAKER10.55872.55
LOFT10.5587217.39
CROSS10.55878.12
CLARKE10.55872.76
SCRIVENER10.5587128.21
WHITE10.55871.74
BURTON10.55876.56
PICKERING10.558715.48
ELLIOTT10.55876.58
WALDEN10.558776.34
BASHAM10.5587227.27
NICHOLSON10.55877.86
STORK10.5587344.83
CRAWFORD10.558711.42
HILDRETH10.5587526.32
CLARK10.55871.86
ROBSON10.55878.49
WARDELL10.5587140.85
BONNETT10.5587222.22
PEARSON10.55874.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YEWELL10,000.0010.5587
CLAXTON1,415.93168.9385
SUGGITT714.2910.5587
KNAGGS652.1731.6760
HILDRETH526.3210.5587
LEESON480.7752.7933
CROWE446.9384.4693
STORK344.8310.5587
BASHAM227.2710.5587
BONNETT222.2210.5587
LOFT217.3910.5587
CROWDER140.8510.5587
WARDELL140.8510.5587
HARLAND134.2321.1173
SCRIVENER128.2110.5587
GOTT128.2110.5587
HORNER87.9831.6760
WALDEN76.3410.5587
ABBOTT76.0563.3520
MOOR39.8410.5587
BANKS32.6831.6760
DOBSON25.3221.1173
SIMPSON19.1663.3520
YOUNG18.2173.9106
PICKERING15.4810.5587
BERRY14.0821.1173
NOBLE13.4610.5587
POOLE11.6010.5587
ATKINSON11.4721.1173
CRAWFORD11.4210.5587
STEPHENSON9.7710.5587
ROBSON8.4910.5587
CROSS8.1210.5587
CHAPMAN7.8721.1173
NICHOLSON7.8610.5587
ELLIOTT6.5810.5587
BURTON6.5610.5587
HALL5.7031.6760
DIXON5.1010.5587
HARRISON5.0321.1173
PEARSON4.8110.5587
TAYLOR4.3752.7933
SMITH3.96105.5866
SHAW3.0410.5587
CLARKE2.7610.5587
BAKER2.5510.5587
CLARK1.8610.5587
WHITE1.7410.5587
WALKER1.6710.5587

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called YEWELL in Grindall 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 0.5587 in Grindall means that 0.5587% of the people in Grindall on census day were called YEWELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Grindall in 1881

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

ABBOTT (6)  ATKINSON (2)  BAKER (1)  BANKS (3)  BASHAM (1)  BERRY (2)  BONNETT (1)  BRAMBLES (2)  BURTON (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAXTON (16)  CLUBLEY (1)  CRANSWICK (11)  CRAWFORD (1)  CROSS (1)  CROWE (8)  CROWDER (1)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (2)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELVIDGE (1)  EZARD (1)  GOTT (1)  HALL (3)  HARLAND (2)  HARRISON (2)  HILDRETH (1)  HORNER (3)  HOSKINGS (1)  HUMBOLDT (1)  KNAGGS (3)  LAMPLOUGH (1)  LEESON (5)  LEPPINGTON (6)  LOFT (1)  MONKMAN (9)  MOOR (1)  NEWLOVE (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOBLE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERING (1)  POOLE (1)  POSTILL (2)  PUDSEY (9)  ROBSON (1)  ROOKES (8)  ROUNDING (1)  SAWDON (1)  SCRIVENER (1)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SMITH (10)  STEPHENSON (1)  STORK (1)  STUBBINGS (5)  SUGGITT (1)  TAYLOR (5)  WALDEN (1)  WALKER (1)  WARDELL (1)  WHITE (1)  YOUNG (7)  YEWELL (1) 

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