Top surnames from the 1881 census in Seaton Wassand, Yorkshire

Seaton Wassand 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
FOSTER184.265431.90
CLARKE143.317516.37
BROWN122.84364.31
HALL122.84369.67
THOMPSON112.60668.70
WOODWARD102.369748.03
WELBURN102.36971,204.82
NICHOLSON92.132730.02
GRAINGER92.1327138.67
FLETCHER92.132718.68
HARRISON92.13279.61
MEDCALF92.1327548.78
DRURY71.6588104.48
TOMLINSON71.658835.97
MAW71.6588454.55
JACKSON71.65885.94
TOWSE71.65881,272.73
KIRKWOOD71.6588183.73
WHISKER71.65881,750.00
PENNOCK61.4218895.52
BOWER61.421877.62
TAYLOR61.42182.22
INGE61.42181,764.71
NORMAN61.421830.67
LEAKE61.4218346.82
CONSTABLE51.1848107.07
JOHNSON51.18483.53
FISHER51.184810.12
DUKE51.1848102.04
BARKER51.18489.05
LEE40.94795.80
GIRDLEY40.947913,333.33
COLLIER40.947928.35
WYSE40.9479816.33
LINDSAY30.710921.82
MARROW30.7109454.55
ROBINSON30.71092.23
MATHISON30.7109263.16
STEPHENSON30.710912.43
SMITH30.71090.50
WARD30.71093.25
COSLEY20.47392,857.14
CLARKSON20.473917.87
MILNER20.473920.66
DANDY20.4739256.41
HOPPER20.473933.17
SCOTT20.47391.87
NESS20.4739104.71
DAWSON20.47394.30
BARR20.473919.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIRDLEY13,333.3340.9479
MEDFORD5,000.0010.2370
COSLEY2,857.1420.4739
POSTELL2,000.0010.2370
INGE1,764.7161.4218
WHISKER1,750.0071.6588
TOWSE1,272.7371.6588
WELBURN1,204.82102.3697
PENNOCK895.5261.4218
WYSE816.3340.9479
MEDCALF548.7892.1327
MARROW454.5530.7109
MAW454.5571.6588
TADMAN357.1410.2370
LEAKE346.8261.4218
MATHISON263.1630.7109
DANDY256.4120.4739
BEECHER227.2710.2370
KIRKWOOD183.7371.6588
GRAINGER138.6792.1327
HOYLES136.9910.2370
HARD129.8710.2370
MORROW116.2820.4739
CONSTABLE107.0751.1848
NESS104.7120.4739
DRURY104.4871.6588
DUKE102.0451.1848
MALTBY82.6420.4739
BOWER77.6261.4218
DALES75.7610.2370
THURLOW49.2610.2370
WOODWARD48.03102.3697
DINSDALE46.0810.2370
RADLEY41.1510.2370
BATESON37.8810.2370
TOMLINSON35.9771.6588
HOPPER33.1720.4739
STAMP32.2610.2370
FOSTER31.90184.2654
NORMAN30.6761.4218
NICHOLSON30.0292.1327
COLLIER28.3540.9479
LAURIE27.5510.2370
KEITH22.1210.2370
LINDSAY21.8230.7109
MILNER20.6620.4739
SHELTON20.1610.2370
BARR19.6120.4739
FLETCHER18.6892.1327
BALLS18.4810.2370

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called GIRDLEY in Seaton Wassand 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 0.9479 in Seaton Wassand means that 0.9479% of the people in Seaton Wassand on census day were called GIRDLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIRDLEY 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 GIRDLEY 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 GIRDLEY 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 GIRDLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,333.33 in Seaton Wassand means that you are 13,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIRDLEY in Seaton Wassand than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Seaton Wassand in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARMSTRONG (2)  BALLS (1)  BARKER (5)  BARR (2)  BATESON (1)  BEECHER (1)  BOWER (6)  BROWN (12)  BURTON (2)  CLAPPISON (5)  CLARKE (14)  CLARKSON (2)  COCKERLINE (1)  COGGLE (3)  COLLIER (4)  CONSTABLE (5)  COSLEY (2)  DALES (1)  DANDY (2)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (2)  DINSDALE (1)  DOBSON (1)  DURRY (1)  DOWNS (1)  DRURY (7)  DUKE (5)  DUNINGTON (2)  ELLIS (1)  FARQUAR (1)  FISHER (5)  FLETCHER (9)  FOSTER (18)  FRANKISH (1)  GIRDLEY (4)  GORBERT (1)  GOSSOP (2)  GRAINGER (9)  GRAYBURN (5)  GREAVES (1)  HALL (12)  HARD (1)  HARDY (2)  HARRISON (9)  HEAD (1)  HOBSON (1)  HOCKNEY (2)  HOULDSWORTH (1)  HOLTBY (1)  HOPPER (2)  HOYLE (HOYLES) (2)  HOYLES (1)  INGE (6)  ENGLISH (1)  JACKSON (7)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KEITH (1)  KIRKWOOD (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAKE (6)  LAMMON (LAMMOND) (6)  LAMMOND (2)  LAURIE (1)  LEE (4)  LINDSAY (3)  LOWNSBROUGH (1)  MAINPRIZE (1)  MALTBY (2)  MARROW (3)  MASON (1)  MATHISON (3)  MAULSON (9)  MAW (7)  MC MULLAN (1)  MEAT (1)  MEDCALF (9)  MEDFORD (1)  MILNER (2)  MORROW (2)  NESS (2)  NICHOLSON (9)  NORMAN (6)  HOWBRIDGE (3)  PEARSON (1)  PENNOCK (6)  POSTELL (1)  POSTILL (6)  RAATT (1)  REDMAN (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RADLEY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROBSON (1)  RUMGAY (1)  SANDERS (1)  SCOTT (2)  SISSONS (1)  SHELTON (1)  SMITH (3)  STAMP (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  SYKES (1)  TADMAN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THISTLETON (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (11)  THORNHAM (1)  THURLOW (1)  TOMLINSON (7)  TOWSE (7)  TURNER (1)  VARLEY (1)  VICKERS (2)  WALKER (1)  WARD (3)  WATSON (2)  WELBURN (10)  WESTERDALE (3)  WHISKER (7)  WHITE (1)  WYSE (4)  WOODMANSEY (3)  WOODWARD (10) 

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