Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Cliff, Yorkshire

South Cliff 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
MOOR86.6667476.19
LEAKE75.83331,428.57
DREWERY54.16671,923.08
HARKER54.1667396.83
LINCOLN54.1667555.56
LONGFORD54.16672,500.00
SCOTT43.333313.18
REYNOLDS43.333338.50
WALKER43.33339.96
TURNER32.50008.98
JACKSON32.50008.94
DUNNING32.5000294.12
FEENY21.66673,333.33
HOWDEN21.6667327.87
FLOWER21.6667170.94
SMITH10.83330.59
ALLISON10.833329.33
RONEY10.8333416.67
COWLING10.833394.34
GREEN10.83332.96
WEST10.83338.66
BRADLEY10.833310.38
BELL10.83334.43
HARRISON10.83333.75
CROSBY10.833370.42
HARAN10.83331,666.67
WOOD10.83332.62
CLAYTON10.833315.34
LOWTHER10.8333136.99
GILBERTSON10.8333285.71
WARD10.83333.82
BOAST10.8333416.67
FISHER10.83337.12
TOMPSON10.8333384.62
APPLETON10.833353.19
HUMPHREY10.833331.25
DRURY10.833352.36
SANDERSON10.833320.16
HARLAND10.8333100.00
COX10.83335.50
NEVILL10.8333227.27
GRIFFIN10.833317.70
WILDE10.833357.14
CLAY10.833340.65
GIBSON10.83336.86
BLANCHFIELD10.83333,333.33
JOHNSON10.83332.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLANCHFIELD3,333.3310.8333
FEENY3,333.3321.6667
LONGFORD2,500.0054.1667
DREWERY1,923.0854.1667
HARAN1,666.6710.8333
LEAKE1,428.5775.8333
LINCOLN555.5654.1667
MOOR476.1986.6667
RONEY416.6710.8333
BOAST416.6710.8333
HARKER396.8354.1667
TOMPSON384.6210.8333
HOWDEN327.8721.6667
DUNNING294.1232.5000
GILBERTSON285.7110.8333
NEVILL227.2710.8333
FLOWER170.9421.6667
LOWTHER136.9910.8333
HARLAND100.0010.8333
COWLING94.3410.8333
CROSBY70.4210.8333
WILDE57.1410.8333
APPLETON53.1910.8333
DRURY52.3610.8333
CLAY40.6510.8333
REYNOLDS38.5043.3333
HUMPHREY31.2510.8333
ALLISON29.3310.8333
SANDERSON20.1610.8333
GRIFFIN17.7010.8333
CLAYTON15.3410.8333
SCOTT13.1843.3333
BRADLEY10.3810.8333
WALKER9.9643.3333
TURNER8.9832.5000
JACKSON8.9432.5000
WEST8.6610.8333
FISHER7.1210.8333
GIBSON6.8610.8333
COX5.5010.8333
BELL4.4310.8333
WARD3.8210.8333
HARRISON3.7510.8333
GREEN2.9610.8333
WOOD2.6210.8333
JOHNSON2.4810.8333
SMITH0.5910.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BLANCHFIELD in South Cliff 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 0.8333 in South Cliff means that 0.8333% of the people in South Cliff on census day were called BLANCHFIELD.

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

All the surnames recorded in South Cliff in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  APPLETON (1)  BELL (1)  BLANCHFIELD (1)  BOAST (1)  BRADLEY (1)  CLAY (1)  CLAYTON (1)  COWLING (1)  COCK (3)  COX (1)  CROSBY (1)  DREWERY (5)  DRURY (1)  DUNNING (3)  FEENY (2)  FISHER (1)  FLOWER (2)  GARLIC (5)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERTSON (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  HARKER (5)  HARLAND (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARAN (1)  HOWDEN (2)  HUMPHREY (1)  IBBITSON (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMPLEY (9)  LEAKE (7)  LINCOLN (5)  LONGFORD (5)  LOWTHER (1)  MAUGHAM (1)  MOOR (8)  NEVILL (1)  PLAYFORTH (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  RONEY (1)  SALTMER (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOTT (4)  SMITH (1)  STAINFORTH (1)  STENNIT (1)  TOMPSON (1)  TURNER (3)  TUXWORTH (2)  WADDINGHAM (1)  WALKER (4)  WARD (1)  WEST (1)  WILDE (1)  WOOD (1) 

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