Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rokeby, Yorkshire

Rokeby 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
HUTCHINSON105.102089.85
GREEN94.591816.31
NICHOLSON84.081657.43
MILTON73.5714259.26
STONES73.5714300.43
BRUNSKILL63.06121,333.33
MERRITT63.0612434.78
HUTTON63.0612102.56
OLIVER52.551035.77
JAQUES52.5510344.83
ETHERINGTON52.5510337.84
JOHNSON52.55107.59
GASKINS52.55103,125.00
BAINBRIDGE42.0408145.45
BOWRON42.04082,500.00
HOBSON42.040878.74
BUCK42.040895.24
GUY42.040893.24
YORK31.5306115.83
ALLISON31.530653.86
SCOTT31.53066.05
LAYTON31.5306191.08
GRAHAM21.02048.89
WALKER21.02043.05
HARRISON21.02044.60
CORKER21.0204416.67
GREENWOOD21.020413.14
PROCTOR21.020441.49
COATES21.020427.36
ALDERSON21.020473.53
LUMLEY21.0204168.07
DOVE21.020489.29
KIRTLEY21.0204512.82
CLARKSON10.510219.23
JEFFERIES10.510246.08
AINSLEY10.5102181.82
SEWARD10.510292.59
RANDS10.5102175.44
FOSTER10.51023.82
LONGSTAFF10.510272.46
BIRCH10.510212.45
HOLMES10.51024.19
PICKERSGILL10.510297.09
ELLIOTT10.51026.01
LAWSON10.51028.66
KAVANAGH10.5102131.58
SPENCER10.51025.59
MORROW10.5102125.00
CHARLTON10.510217.79
GIBSON10.51024.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GASKINS3,125.0052.5510
BOWRON2,500.0042.0408
BRUNSKILL1,333.3363.0612
MOLLER1,000.0010.5102
KIRTLEY512.8221.0204
MERRITT434.7863.0612
CORKER416.6721.0204
JAQUES344.8352.5510
ETHERINGTON337.8452.5510
ROUT322.5810.5102
STONES300.4373.5714
MILTON259.2673.5714
LAYTON191.0831.5306
AINSLEY181.8210.5102
RANDS175.4410.5102
LUMLEY168.0721.0204
HAW153.8510.5102
BAINBRIDGE145.4542.0408
KAVANAGH131.5810.5102
MORROW125.0010.5102
YORK115.8331.5306
HUTTON102.5663.0612
PICKERSGILL97.0910.5102
LAUDER97.0910.5102
BUCK95.2442.0408
GUY93.2442.0408
SEWARD92.5910.5102
HUTCHINSON89.85105.1020
DOVE89.2921.0204
HUSBAND87.7210.5102
HOBSON78.7442.0408
ALDERSON73.5321.0204
LONGSTAFF72.4610.5102
BLANCHARD62.1110.5102
BAGNALL59.5210.5102
NICHOLSON57.4384.0816
ALLISON53.8631.5306
MOSES50.0010.5102
JEFFERIES46.0810.5102
DUNBAR44.4410.5102
PROCTOR41.4921.0204
WARWICK36.9010.5102
OLIVER35.7752.5510
APPLEBY31.2510.5102
COATES27.3621.0204
ENGLISH27.1010.5102
BECK21.8310.5102
BATEMAN19.7610.5102
CLARKSON19.2310.5102
PARKIN18.9810.5102

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called GASKINS in Rokeby 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 2.5510 in Rokeby means that 2.5510% of the people in Rokeby on census day were called GASKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GASKINS 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 GASKINS 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 GASKINS 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 GASKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,125.00 in Rokeby means that you are 3,125.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GASKINS in Rokeby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rokeby in 1881

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

AINSLEY (1)  ALDERSON (2)  ALLISON (3)  APPLEBY (1)  BAGNALL (1)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BATEMAN (1)  BECK (1)  BIRCH (1)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOWLZER (5)  BOWRON (4)  BRUNSKILL (6)  BUCK (4)  KAVANAGH (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COATES (2)  CORKER (2)  DOVE (2)  DUNBAR (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ETHERINGTON (5)  FOSTER (1)  GASKINS (5)  GIBSON (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRANWELL (1)  GREEN (9)  GREENWOOD (2)  GUY (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAW (1)  HOBSON (4)  HOLMES (1)  HUNTER (1)  HUSBAND (1)  HUTCHINSON (10)  HUTTON (6)  ENGLISH (1)  JAQUES (5)  JEFFERIES (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KIRTLEY (2)  LAUDER (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEE (1)  LAYTON (3)  LONGSTAFF (1)  LUMLEY (2)  MERRITT (6)  MILTON (7)  MORROW (1)  MOSES (1)  MOLLER (1)  NICHOLSON (8)  NORGETT (1)  OLIVER (5)  PARKIN (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PRICE (1)  PROCTOR (2)  MC QUIN (1)  RAILTON (5)  RANDS (1)  ROUT (1)  SCOTT (3)  SERY (1)  SEWARD (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SPENCER (1)  STONES (7)  THOMPSON (1)  WALKER (2)  WARWICK (1)  WEBSDALE (1)  WRIGGLESWORTH (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YORK (3) 

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