1881 census place

Pickering surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pickering, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

172 surnames are listed for Pickering, Yorkshire, covering 1,526 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fletcher, with 74 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pickering

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Fletcher	74	2.03%	17.78x
2	Dobson	43	1.18%	26.74x
3	Pickering	42	1.15%	31.94x
4	Frank	37	1.02%	240.73x
5	Holliday	37	1.02%	77.41x
6	Skaife	32	0.880%	1290.32x
7	Allanson	31	0.850%	434.17x
8	Hesp	31	0.850%	1080.14x
9	Arundale	28	0.770%	816.33x
10	Boyes	28	0.770%	73.49x
11	Beaver	27	0.740%	167.29x
12	Grayson	27	0.740%	99.30x
13	Eddon	24	0.660%	1860.47x
14	Garbutt	24	0.660%	91.15x
15	Sheffield	24	0.660%	125.52x
16	Swales	24	0.660%	94.15x
17	Pinkney	23	0.630%	160.84x
18	Scales	23	0.630%	106.58x
19	Appleby	21	0.580%	35.28x
20	Kitching	21	0.580%	99.34x
21	Sellars	21	0.580%	92.92x
22	Blakelock	20	0.550%	1290.32x
23	Bower	20	0.550%	29.95x
24	Fenwick	20	0.550%	41.88x
25	Pennock	20	0.550%	346.62x
26	Tate	18	0.490%	25.57x
27	Wardell	18	0.490%	124.31x
28	Heseltine	16	0.440%	200.75x
29	Snowdon	16	0.440%	58.89x
30	Brough	15	0.410%	33.66x
31	Hawson	15	0.410%	454.55x
32	Malton	15	0.410%	324.68x
33	Coverdale	14	0.380%	140.28x
34	Dunning	14	0.380%	45.25x
35	Foxton	14	0.380%	227.27x
36	Kneeshaw	13	0.360%	408.81x
37	Loy	13	0.360%	406.25x
38	Salton	13	0.360%	367.23x
39	Sawdon	13	0.360%	337.66x
40	Scholefield	13	0.360%	124.76x
41	Gaines	12	0.330%	182.93x
42	Heselton	12	0.330%	502.09x
43	Parnaby	12	0.330%	286.40x
44	Burrowes	11	0.300%	416.67x
45	Dowson	11	0.300%	55.22x
46	Medd	11	0.300%	167.17x
47	Nicolls	11	0.300%	247.75x
48	Boak	10	0.270%	291.55x
49	Scarth	10	0.270%	156.25x
50	Stockill	10	0.270%	657.89x
51	Boston	9	0.250%	53.89x
52	Craggs	9	0.250%	47.97x
53	Dring	9	0.250%	55.42x
54	Hugill	9	0.250%	98.47x
55	Leaf	9	0.250%	144.69x
56	Milestone	9	0.250%	720.00x
57	Monkman	9	0.250%	137.20x
58	Nellis	9	0.250%	514.29x
59	Stockdale	9	0.250%	31.72x
60	Billingham	8	0.220%	36.22x
61	Hebden	8	0.220%	70.18x
62	Huby	8	0.220%	247.68x
63	Humble	8	0.220%	46.30x
64	Just	8	0.220%	296.30x
65	Smailes	8	0.220%	150.38x
66	Yearsley	8	0.220%	108.40x
67	Birdsall	7	0.190%	105.26x
68	Easterby	7	0.190%	374.33x
69	Ethell	7	0.190%	414.20x
70	Howling	7	0.190%	220.13x
71	Masheder	7	0.190%	813.95x
72	Milson	7	0.190%	88.61x
73	Myres	7	0.190%	211.48x
74	Swalwell	7	0.190%	265.15x
75	Botham	6	0.160%	62.89x
76	Caisley	6	0.160%	230.77x
77	Dursley	6	0.160%	365.85x
78	Hartnoll	6	0.160%	280.37x
79	Keast	6	0.160%	55.92x
80	Piercy	6	0.160%	45.77x
81	Rex	6	0.160%	103.63x
82	Arnett	5	0.140%	73.86x
83	Bointon	5	0.140%	877.19x
84	Bunnett	5	0.140%	173.61x
85	Buttle	5	0.140%	52.80x
86	Denney	5	0.140%	56.82x
87	Goodwill	5	0.140%	77.40x
88	Headly	5	0.140%	373.13x
89	Hoggard	5	0.140%	129.53x
90	Leefe	5	0.140%	471.70x
91	Mintoft	5	0.140%	781.25x
92	Ruddock	5	0.140%	44.33x
93	Sedman	5	0.140%	120.19x
94	Wheldon	5	0.140%	81.97x
95	Whitelock	5	0.140%	47.66x
96	Berriman	4	0.110%	46.57x
97	Brent	4	0.110%	56.74x
98	Dauber	4	0.110%	310.08x
99	Fate	4	0.110%	1481.48x
100	Hoggarth	4	0.110%	44.59x