Top surnames from the 1881 census in Meaux, Yorkshire

Meaux 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
BROWN87.920812.02
TURNBULL54.9505117.37
THOMPSON54.950516.52
BROOMFIELD54.9505735.29
DALE43.960493.68
NORTH43.9604119.40
HOBSON32.9703114.50
WRIGHT32.97039.26
KIRK32.970368.65
NAYLOR21.980252.49
FRYER21.9802106.95
CODLING21.9802571.43
WINTER10.990127.93
ATKINSON10.990110.16
PINDER10.990181.97
GRANTHAM10.9901161.29
WARD10.99014.53
NETTLETON10.9901232.56
STEPHENSON10.990117.30
LEIGHTON10.990191.74
CATLIN10.9901416.67
SELKIRK10.9901526.32
JESSOP10.990183.33
BOULTON10.990154.95
PROCTOR10.990140.32
HARRISON10.99014.46
WILSON10.99012.16
PARISH10.990164.10
GOODING10.9901117.65
COOKE10.990117.95
SMITH10.99010.70
SCOTT10.99013.91
HUDSON10.990112.09
WOOD10.99013.11
BARKER10.99017.56
PRAT10.99013,333.33
HARDY10.990116.53
WILLEY10.9901109.89
LEWIS10.99013.77
SENIOR10.990143.29
KIRBY10.990126.11
ROWLAND10.990134.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRAT3,333.3310.9901
BROOMFIELD735.2954.9505
CODLING571.4321.9802
SELKIRK526.3210.9901
CATLIN416.6710.9901
NETTLETON232.5610.9901
GRANTHAM161.2910.9901
NORTH119.4043.9604
GOODING117.6510.9901
TURNBULL117.3754.9505
HOBSON114.5032.9703
WILLEY109.8910.9901
FRYER106.9521.9802
DALE93.6843.9604
LEIGHTON91.7410.9901
JESSOP83.3310.9901
PINDER81.9710.9901
KIRK68.6532.9703
PARISH64.1010.9901
BOULTON54.9510.9901
NAYLOR52.4921.9802
SENIOR43.2910.9901
PROCTOR40.3210.9901
ROWLAND34.8410.9901
WINTER27.9310.9901
KIRBY26.1110.9901
COOKE17.9510.9901
STEPHENSON17.3010.9901
HARDY16.5310.9901
THOMPSON16.5254.9505
HUDSON12.0910.9901
BROWN12.0287.9208
ATKINSON10.1610.9901
WRIGHT9.2632.9703
BARKER7.5610.9901
WARD4.5310.9901
HARRISON4.4610.9901
SCOTT3.9110.9901
LEWIS3.7710.9901
WOOD3.1110.9901
WILSON2.1610.9901
SMITH0.7010.9901

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called PRAT in Meaux 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 0.9901 in Meaux means that 0.9901% of the people in Meaux on census day were called PRAT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRAT 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 PRAT 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 PRAT 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 PRAT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Meaux means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRAT in Meaux than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meaux in 1881

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

ABOTT (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BOULTON (1)  BROOMFIELD (5)  BROWN (8)  CATLIN (1)  CLAPPISON (12)  CODLING (2)  COODGE (2)  COOKE (1)  DALE (4)  FRYER (2)  GOODING (1)  GRANTHAM (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (1)  HOBSON (3)  HUDSON (1)  JESSOP (1)  KIRBY (1)  KIRK (3)  LAYERS (1)  LEIGHTON (1)  LEWIS (1)  MASSERVEY (1)  MOATE (7)  NAYLOR (2)  NETTLETON (1)  NORTH (4)  PARISH (1)  PINDER (1)  PRAT (1)  PROCTOR (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELKIRK (1)  SENIOR (1)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  THOMPSON (5)  TURNBULL (5)  WARD (1)  WASLIN (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (3)  WILLEY (1) 

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