Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stainburn, Yorkshire

Stainburn 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
HOLMES148.046066.07
RATHMELL137.471313,000.00
RODGER137.4713530.61
GRANGE105.74711,000.00
BAILEY84.597730.52
DALE84.5977108.84
WALKER84.597713.73
DICKINSON74.023094.21
TOWERS74.0230346.53
LAMB74.023076.25
HUTTON63.4483115.38
NORFOLK63.44831,250.00
SCAIFE63.4483779.22
WOOD52.87369.02
MARSTON52.8736308.64
HAWKS42.2989888.89
ENGLAND42.2989111.73
MORRELL42.2989243.90
SLATER31.724128.49
HODGSON31.724124.88
RHODES31.724137.13
PICKARD21.149482.30
LAWRANCE21.1494175.44
GIBSON10.57474.73
CLAPHAM10.574766.67
BOOCOCK10.5747163.93
HARDISTY10.5747200.00
WILSON10.57471.25
TODD10.574711.30
HORNBY10.574750.51
CHARLESWORTH10.574744.44
HOBSON10.574722.17
BELL10.57473.06
DRESSER10.5747476.19
CRICK10.574796.15
THOMPSON10.57471.92
BRADLEY10.57477.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RATHMELL13,000.00137.4713
NORFOLK1,250.0063.4483
GRANGE1,000.00105.7471
HAWKS888.8942.2989
SCAIFE779.2263.4483
RODGER530.61137.4713
DRESSER476.1910.5747
TOWERS346.5374.0230
MARSTON308.6452.8736
MORRELL243.9042.2989
HARDISTY200.0010.5747
LAWRANCE175.4421.1494
BOOCOCK163.9310.5747
HUTTON115.3863.4483
ENGLAND111.7342.2989
DALE108.8484.5977
CRICK96.1510.5747
DICKINSON94.2174.0230
PICKARD82.3021.1494
LAMB76.2574.0230
CLAPHAM66.6710.5747
HOLMES66.07148.0460
HORNBY50.5110.5747
CHARLESWORTH44.4410.5747
RHODES37.1331.7241
BAILEY30.5284.5977
SLATER28.4931.7241
HODGSON24.8831.7241
HOBSON22.1710.5747
WALKER13.7384.5977
TODD11.3010.5747
WOOD9.0252.8736
BRADLEY7.1610.5747
GIBSON4.7310.5747
BELL3.0610.5747
THOMPSON1.9210.5747
WILSON1.2510.5747

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 13 people called RATHMELL in Stainburn 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 7.4713 in Stainburn means that 7.4713% of the people in Stainburn on census day were called RATHMELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL 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 RATHMELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 13,000.00 in Stainburn means that you are 13,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RATHMELL in Stainburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stainburn in 1881

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

BAILEY (8)  BELL (1)  BELLERBY (1)  BICKERDIKE (1)  BOOCOCK (1)  BRADLEY (1)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  CLAPHAM (1)  CRICK (1)  DALE (8)  DICKINSON (7)  DRESSER (1)  EMSLEY (1)  ENGLAND (4)  GIBSON (1)  GRANGE (10)  HARDISTY (1)  HAWKS (4)  HOBSON (1)  HODGSON (3)  HOLMES (14)  HORNBY (1)  HUTTON (6)  LAMB (7)  LAWRANCE (2)  MARSTON (5)  MORRELL (4)  NORFOLK (6)  PICKARD (2)  RATHMELL (13)  RHODES (3)  RODGER (13)  ROUNDELL (8)  SCAIFE (6)  SLATER (3)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (1)  TOWERS (7)  WALKER (8)  WILSON (1)  WINTERBURN (1)  WOOD (5) 

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