Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Grimston, Yorkshire

North Grimston 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
BIELBY106.02413,846.15
PICKERING95.4217150.25
BROWN95.42178.22
SMITH84.81933.41
HARDIN84.819316,000.00
WEATHERILL74.21691,842.11
BLADES74.2169744.68
MEGGINSON63.61457,500.00
WOOD63.614511.34
STEPHENSON63.614563.16
JOHNSON63.614510.76
FISHER53.012025.73
STAPLES53.0120314.47
GOODWILL42.40961,379.31
NICHOLSON42.409633.93
BACON42.409695.92
ROSE42.409632.49
KIRBY31.807247.62
SIMPSON31.807210.33
LUMLEY31.8072297.03
CROZIER21.2048256.41
MARSHALL21.20487.18
WILSON21.20482.62
DAWSON21.204810.93
WRIGHT10.60241.88
ANDERSON10.60243.05
DUFFIELD10.602469.44
TRUEMAN10.602487.72
SNOWBALL10.6024185.19
HOLGATE10.602472.46
DENISON10.6024158.73
WARRINGTON10.602473.53
CARR10.60248.35
ELDRED10.6024204.08
NEWTON10.60247.86
WARD10.60242.76
BULMER10.602476.34
IRELAND10.602425.97
BLACKWELL10.602433.11
SLAUGHTER10.6024121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARDIN16,000.0084.8193
MEGGINSON7,500.0063.6145
BIELBY3,846.15106.0241
WEATHERILL1,842.1174.2169
GOODWILL1,379.3142.4096
BLADES744.6874.2169
STAPLES314.4753.0120
LUMLEY297.0331.8072
CROZIER256.4121.2048
ELDRED204.0810.6024
SNOWBALL185.1910.6024
DENISON158.7310.6024
PICKERING150.2595.4217
SLAUGHTER121.9510.6024
BACON95.9242.4096
TRUEMAN87.7210.6024
BULMER76.3410.6024
WARRINGTON73.5310.6024
HOLGATE72.4610.6024
DUFFIELD69.4410.6024
STEPHENSON63.1663.6145
KIRBY47.6231.8072
NICHOLSON33.9342.4096
BLACKWELL33.1110.6024
ROSE32.4942.4096
IRELAND25.9710.6024
FISHER25.7353.0120
WOOD11.3463.6145
DAWSON10.9321.2048
JOHNSON10.7663.6145
SIMPSON10.3331.8072
CARR8.3510.6024
BROWN8.2295.4217
NEWTON7.8610.6024
MARSHALL7.1821.2048
SMITH3.4184.8193
ANDERSON3.0510.6024
WARD2.7610.6024
WILSON2.6221.2048
WRIGHT1.8810.6024

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called HARDIN in North Grimston 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 4.8193 in North Grimston means that 4.8193% of the people in North Grimston on census day were called HARDIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARDIN 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 HARDIN 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 HARDIN 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 HARDIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,000.00 in North Grimston means that you are 16,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARDIN in North Grimston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in North Grimston in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  BACON (4)  BIELLY (4)  BIELBY (10)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLADES (7)  BLAKESTON (1)  BRADELEY (2)  BROWN (9)  BULMER (1)  CARR (1)  CHELMAN (5)  CROZIER (2)  DAWSON (2)  DENISON (1)  DUFFIELD (1)  ELDRED (1)  FEROSTER (4)  FEWSTER (1)  FISHER (5)  GOODWILL (4)  HARDIN (8)  HESSAY (5)  HOLGATE (1)  IRELAND (1)  JOHNSON (6)  KIRBY (3)  LUMLEY (3)  MARSHALL (2)  MEGGINSON (6)  MONKMAN (1)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (4)  PASHLY (1)  PICKERING (9)  ROSE (4)  SCRIMGEOUR (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SLAUGHTER (1)  SMITH (8)  SNOWBALL (1)  STAPLES (5)  STEPHENSON (6)  TRUEMAN (1)  WARRINGTON (1)  WARD (1)  WEATHERILL (7)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (6)  WRIGHT (1) 

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