Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Smeaton In, Yorkshire

Little Smeaton In 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
SPINK165.5172683.76
SAYLES93.10342,093.02
CARR93.103443.00
DUNN93.103437.31
SMITH82.75861.95
WASS82.7586509.55
BURTON82.758632.39
YATES72.413835.12
WOODCOCK72.413884.54
WRIGLEY62.0690163.49
SPARLING62.06901,578.95
CHESTER62.0690169.01
ARNOLD62.069038.39
WEBSTER62.069023.79
THOMPSON62.06906.91
HORSFALL51.7241171.23
FRYER51.724192.94
LANE51.724125.03
DYSON51.724153.25
PHILLIPS41.37937.71
BULMER41.3793173.91
TERRY41.379353.98
GAINS41.37931,081.08
PEIRSON41.3793869.57
MILNER41.379360.15
LODGE41.379375.90
SLATER41.379322.78
CASTLE41.379369.44
CROSSLEY31.034537.69
ALFORD31.0345121.46
WOOD31.03453.25
KELL31.0345258.62
HUNTINGTON31.0345357.14
BUTTERWORTH31.034528.82
STONES31.034586.96
CUMMINS31.0345120.97
WARD20.68973.16
YORK20.689752.22
ROWLANDS20.689727.70
COLEMAN20.689713.84
MEALING10.3448277.78
GREY10.344815.90
LAWSON10.34485.85
FRITH10.344834.60
DAVIDSON10.34484.10
OATES10.344822.12
HICK10.344874.07
CRAGG10.344854.35
MANNING10.344810.85
WRIGHT10.34481.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAYLES2,093.0293.1034
SPARLING1,578.9562.0690
ELVIS1,250.0010.3448
GAINS1,081.0841.3793
PEIRSON869.5741.3793
SPINK683.76165.5172
WASS509.5582.7586
HUNTINGTON357.1431.0345
LANGFIELD312.5010.3448
MEALING277.7810.3448
KELL258.6231.0345
HOPPS250.0010.3448
CECIL212.7710.3448
BULMER173.9141.3793
HORSFALL171.2351.7241
CHESTER169.0162.0690
WRIGLEY163.4962.0690
ALFORD121.4631.0345
CUMMINS120.9731.0345
DAYKIN100.0010.3448
ANSON93.4610.3448
FRYER92.9451.7241
STONES86.9631.0345
INGLE84.7510.3448
WOODCOCK84.5472.4138
LODGE75.9041.3793
HICK74.0710.3448
CASTLE69.4441.3793
MILNER60.1541.3793
CRAGG54.3510.3448
TERRY53.9841.3793
DYSON53.2551.7241
YORK52.2220.6897
CARR43.0093.1034
SPEIGHT42.3710.3448
ARNOLD38.3962.0690
CROSSLEY37.6931.0345
DUNN37.3193.1034
YATES35.1272.4138
FRITH34.6010.3448
BRENNAN33.0010.3448
BURTON32.3982.7586
STOCKS31.6510.3448
BUTTERWORTH28.8231.0345
ROWLANDS27.7020.6897
LANE25.0351.7241
OXLEY24.6310.3448
WEBSTER23.7962.0690
SLATER22.7841.3793
OATES22.1210.3448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SAYLES in Little Smeaton In 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 3.1034 in Little Smeaton In means that 3.1034% of the people in Little Smeaton In on census day were called SAYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAYLES 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 SAYLES 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 SAYLES 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 SAYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,093.02 in Little Smeaton In means that you are 2,093.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAYLES in Little Smeaton In than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Smeaton In in 1881

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

ALFORD (3)  ELVIS (1)  ANSON (1)  ARNOLD (6)  ATACK (4)  BAXTER (1)  BEACROFT (2)  BILBROUGH (1)  BRENNAN (1)  BULMER (4)  BURTON (8)  BUTTERWORTH (3)  CARR (9)  CASTLE (4)  CECIL (1)  CHESTER (6)  COLEMAN (2)  CRAGG (1)  CROSSLEY (3)  CUMMINS (3)  DAYKIN (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DENT (1)  DUNN (9)  DYSON (5)  ESKRITTE (5)  FRITH (1)  FRYER (5)  GOULE (1)  GREY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HICK (1)  HOPPS (1)  HORSFALL (5)  HULLEY (1)  HUNTINGTON (3)  INGLE (1)  INGRAM (1)  GAINS (4)  KELL (3)  LANE (5)  LANGFIELD (1)  LAWSON (1)  LERUCK (2)  LODGE (4)  MANNING (1)  MEALING (1)  MILNER (4)  MURGATROYD (7)  MURGYTROYD (10)  OABANK (2)  OATES (1)  OXLEY (1)  PEIRSON (4)  PHILLIPS (4)  POUELL (3)  RAMSKILL (5)  RAWCLIFFE (7)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROWLANDS (2)  RUDKEN (7)  SAYLES (9)  SLATER (4)  SMITH (8)  SPARLING (6)  SPEIGHT (1)  SPINK (16)  STOCKS (1)  STONES (3)  TERRY (4)  THOMPSON (6)  WALLER (1)  WARD (2)  WASS (8)  WEBSTER (6)  WOOD (3)  WOODCOCK (7)  WRIGHT (1)  WRIGLEY (6)  YATES (7)  YORK (2)  YOUNG (1) 

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