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 Holiday, with 4 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
101	Holiday	4	0.110%	39.06x
102	Holtby	4	0.110%	111.73x
103	Hornsey	4	0.110%	50.00x
104	Mitchill	4	0.110%	205.13x
105	Peirson	4	0.110%	68.49x
106	Stork	4	0.110%	66.78x
107	Towse	4	0.110%	83.86x
108	Tranmer	4	0.110%	314.96x
109	Welford	4	0.110%	39.41x
110	Westmoreland	4	0.110%	68.38x
111	Worsnop	4	0.110%	52.22x
112	Featherston	3	0.080%	86.71x
113	Heward	3	0.080%	42.86x
114	Pauley	3	0.080%	75.19x
115	Postgate	3	0.080%	250.00x
116	Remmer	3	0.080%	476.19x
117	Sollitt	3	0.080%	123.46x
118	Welburn	3	0.080%	41.84x
119	Wildon	3	0.080%	119.05x
120	Windross	3	0.080%	182.93x
121	Woodmansey	3	0.080%	163.04x
122	Allenson	2	0.050%	240.96x
123	Beacroft	2	0.050%	147.06x
124	Brayshaw	2	0.050%	15.09x
125	Dennie	2	0.050%	666.67x
126	Ellerby	2	0.050%	33.39x
127	Haxby	2	0.050%	61.73x
128	Jowitt	2	0.050%	29.41x
129	Keld	2	0.050%	186.92x
130	Kelk	2	0.050%	59.52x
131	Langdale	2	0.050%	31.40x
132	Lyth	2	0.050%	39.37x
133	Mackereth	2	0.050%	58.82x
134	Maul	2	0.050%	104.71x
135	Mitchelson	2	0.050%	43.38x
136	Poad	2	0.050%	72.99x
137	Porteus	2	0.050%	51.95x
138	Range	2	0.050%	95.69x
139	Scruton	2	0.050%	31.10x
140	Sowersby	2	0.050%	105.26x
141	Storry	2	0.050%	43.57x
142	Walkington	2	0.050%	46.08x
143	Weighell	2	0.050%	78.13x
144	Wigginton	2	0.050%	49.26x
145	Windass	2	0.050%	303.03x
146	Boar	1	0.030%	80.65x
147	Burdekin	1	0.030%	33.90x
148	Bustard	1	0.030%	66.23x
149	Cantrill	1	0.030%	20.24x
150	Cussons	1	0.030%	27.10x
151	Dinsley	1	0.030%	66.67x
152	Dockerty	1	0.030%	27.40x
153	Elders	1	0.030%	34.97x
154	Ethel	1	0.030%	149.25x
155	Fishburn	1	0.030%	22.68x
156	Hebron	1	0.030%	30.96x
157	Hinchley	1	0.030%	35.59x
158	Hustler	1	0.030%	15.60x
159	Kenady	1	0.030%	833.33x
160	Lightbody	1	0.030%	15.63x
161	Machell	1	0.030%	21.93x
162	Mennell	1	0.030%	23.58x
163	Nellist	1	0.030%	44.84x
164	Oxtoby	1	0.030%	22.88x
165	Rainton	1	0.030%	116.28x
166	Reveley	1	0.030%	45.87x
167	Rickaby	1	0.030%	25.13x
168	Scale	1	0.030%	45.45x
169	Seater	1	0.030%	75.19x
170	Snare	1	0.030%	33.22x
171	Suggitt	1	0.030%	34.13x
172	Vipond	1	0.030%	19.23x