Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langton, Yorkshire

Langton 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
BOYES218.0460769.23
MOOK124.597715,000.00
THOMPSON114.214614.07
JOHNSON103.831411.40
BURNETT93.4483124.65
BROWN93.44835.23
AGAR83.0651800.00
RAWLING62.2989631.58
WOOD62.29897.22
HARWOOD62.298985.84
RANSON62.2989465.12
PRESTON51.915738.34
WEST51.915719.90
HUNTER51.915718.66
PEACOCK51.915753.76
PAGE51.915723.96
SCHOLES51.9157165.02
FISHER41.532613.09
CLARKSON41.532657.80
STIMPSON41.5326341.88
DENHAM41.5326173.91
HAYTON41.5326312.50
HOBSON41.532659.08
COULSON31.149464.10
DIXON31.149410.49
BLYTH31.149472.99
SHARP31.149413.79
HOLDEN20.766313.99
BIELBY20.7663487.80
RICHARDSON20.76634.50
HODGSON20.766311.06
BELL20.76634.08
WARDELL20.7663192.31
GOTT20.7663176.99
HUCK20.7663769.23
WHITE20.76632.38
COOPER10.38311.58
MILNER10.383116.69
WALL10.383110.95
HARRISON10.38311.73
REED10.38315.25
BURNSIDE10.3831108.70
TAYLOR10.38310.60
BOYS10.383197.09
SIMPSON10.38312.19
DICKSON10.383110.35
PARKINSON10.38317.99
WRIGHT10.38311.19
HESKETH10.383140.00
SCOTT10.38311.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOOK15,000.00124.5977
BUTTRY5,000.0010.3831
RELL5,000.0010.3831
AGAR800.0083.0651
HUCK769.2320.7663
BOYES769.23218.0460
HALDER666.6710.3831
RAWLING631.5862.2989
BIELBY487.8020.7663
RANSON465.1262.2989
STIMPSON341.8841.5326
HAYTON312.5041.5326
WARDELL192.3120.7663
GOTT176.9920.7663
DENHAM173.9141.5326
SCHOLES165.0251.9157
BURNETT124.6593.4483
BURNSIDE108.7010.3831
BOYS97.0910.3831
HARWOOD85.8462.2989
BLYTH72.9931.1494
COULSON64.1031.1494
LUMLEY62.8910.3831
HOBSON59.0841.5326
RIPLEY58.1410.3831
CLARKSON57.8041.5326
HATFIELD53.7610.3831
PEACOCK53.7651.9157
CUTHBERTSON49.5110.3831
HESKETH40.0010.3831
PRESTON38.3451.9157
NOLAN28.0910.3831
BATTY25.0610.3831
SHIELDS24.8110.3831
PAGE23.9651.9157
APPLEBY23.4710.3831
BAINES20.0010.3831
WEST19.9051.9157
PATRICK19.2310.3831
HUNTER18.6651.9157
MILNER16.6910.3831
THOMPSON14.07114.2146
HOLDEN13.9920.7663
SHARP13.7931.1494
FISHER13.0941.5326
JOHNSON11.40103.8314
HODGSON11.0620.7663
WALL10.9510.3831
DIXON10.4931.1494
DICKSON10.3510.3831

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 12 people called MOOK in Langton 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 4.5977 in Langton means that 4.5977% of the people in Langton on census day were called MOOK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Langton in 1881

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

AGAR (8)  APPLEBY (1)  BAINES (1)  BATTY (1)  BEACROFT (1)  BIELBY (2)  BELL (2)  BLYTH (3)  BOYES (21)  BOYS (1)  BROWN (9)  BURNETT (9)  BURNSIDE (1)  BUTTRY (1)  CLARKSON (4)  COOPER (1)  COULSON (3)  COUSITT (1)  CUTHBERTSON (1)  DALE (1)  DENHAM (4)  DIXON (3)  DICKSON (1)  DOUTHWAITE (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  FISHER (4)  GAMGEE (1)  GOTT (2)  HALDER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARWOOD (6)  HATFIELD (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYTON (4)  HESKETH (1)  HIBBET (3)  HOBSON (4)  HODGSON (2)  HOLDEN (2)  HUNTER (5)  HUCK (2)  HIDE (6)  JOHNSON (10)  LAWSON (1)  LOTHERINGTON (1)  LOWERSBY (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MILNER (1)  MOOK (12)  NALTON (3)  NELSON (1)  NOLAN (1)  NORCLIFFE (4)  PAGE (5)  PARKINSON (1)  PATRICK (1)  PEACOCK (5)  PRESTON (5)  RANSON (6)  REED (1)  RELL (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIPLEY (1)  RAWLING (6)  SCHOLES (5)  SCOTT (1)  SEFLEY (1)  SHARP (3)  SHIELDS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (1)  STIMPSON (4)  SUFFILL (9)  TAYLOR (1)  TETSTILL (1)  THOMPSON (11)  TURSTON (1)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WELBANK (3)  WARDELL (2)  WEST (5)  WHITE (2)  WOOD (6)  WRIGHT (1) 

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