1881 census place

Scarborough surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Scarborough, 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

1,282 surnames are listed for Scarborough, Yorkshire, covering 13,096 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wilson, with 283 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Scarborough

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	Wilson	283	1.08%	2.34x
2	Thompson	232	0.880%	2.94x
3	Robinson	213	0.810%	2.54x
4	Watson	180	0.680%	2.95x
5	Harrison	171	0.650%	2.93x
6	Atkinson	149	0.570%	5.82x
7	Ward	149	0.570%	2.59x
8	Gibson	125	0.480%	3.91x
9	Simpson	124	0.470%	2.70x
10	Shaw	120	0.460%	2.48x
11	Chapman	114	0.430%	3.05x
12	Coates	110	0.420%	11.22x
13	Richardson	103	0.390%	2.30x
14	Appleby	101	0.380%	23.51x
15	Foster	100	0.380%	2.84x
16	Hodgson	96	0.360%	5.27x
17	Newton	96	0.360%	4.76x
18	Williamson	93	0.350%	3.94x
19	Lancaster	90	0.340%	13.77x
20	Webster	90	0.340%	3.93x
21	Pearson	88	0.330%	2.88x
22	Barker	86	0.330%	2.50x
23	Fletcher	84	0.320%	2.80x
24	Bland	82	0.310%	15.03x
25	Nicholson	78	0.300%	4.17x
26	Dawson	77	0.290%	2.66x
27	Tindall	75	0.290%	47.10x
28	Dixon	74	0.280%	2.57x
29	Harwood	69	0.260%	9.80x
30	Cowling	66	0.250%	28.52x
31	Carr	61	0.230%	3.21x
32	Crawford	61	0.230%	4.74x
33	Raper	61	0.230%	55.29x
34	Morley	58	0.220%	5.52x
35	Myers	57	0.220%	8.31x
36	Dobson	56	0.210%	4.83x
37	Hudson	55	0.210%	2.55x
38	Hutchinson	52	0.200%	3.48x
39	Monkman	52	0.200%	109.84x
40	Robson	52	0.200%	3.00x
41	Adamson	51	0.190%	7.33x
42	Sellers	51	0.190%	25.21x
43	Pickering	50	0.190%	5.27x
44	Vasey	50	0.190%	53.35x
45	Burton	49	0.190%	2.19x
46	Cammish	49	0.190%	374.33x
47	Sedman	49	0.190%	163.12x
48	Garbutt	48	0.180%	25.26x
49	Boyes	46	0.170%	16.73x
50	Hick	46	0.170%	37.54x
51	Davison	45	0.170%	4.79x
52	Jefferson	44	0.170%	15.40x
53	Sanderson	44	0.170%	4.05x
54	Dove	43	0.160%	14.29x
55	Pashby	43	0.160%	253.69x
56	Chambers	41	0.160%	2.74x
57	Daniel	41	0.160%	7.06x
58	Harland	41	0.160%	18.70x
59	Owston	41	0.160%	234.55x
60	Cawood	40	0.150%	64.24x
61	Ireland	40	0.150%	6.55x
62	Skelton	40	0.150%	10.45x
63	Kidd	38	0.140%	7.10x
64	Temple	38	0.140%	11.01x
65	Wray	38	0.140%	10.75x
66	Croft	36	0.140%	5.79x
67	Woodall	36	0.140%	17.01x
68	Flounders	35	0.130%	463.58x
69	Stonehouse	35	0.130%	30.44x
70	Tate	35	0.130%	6.89x
71	Matson	34	0.130%	52.89x
72	Stockdale	34	0.130%	16.61x
73	Swift	34	0.130%	4.19x
74	Pickup	33	0.130%	9.70x
75	Whitfield	33	0.130%	6.28x
76	Archer	32	0.120%	2.94x
77	Cass	32	0.120%	17.16x
78	Cockerill	32	0.120%	25.23x
79	Major	32	0.120%	9.02x
80	Turnbull	32	0.120%	2.89x
81	Colley	31	0.120%	9.30x
82	Coulson	31	0.120%	6.57x
83	Frank	31	0.120%	27.94x
84	Horsley	31	0.120%	12.60x
85	Pexton	31	0.120%	197.20x
86	Allison	30	0.110%	4.01x
87	Clarkson	30	0.110%	4.30x
88	Craven	30	0.110%	5.91x
89	Crosby	30	0.110%	9.64x
90	Hansom	30	0.110%	200.94x
91	Lightfoot	29	0.110%	7.93x
92	Ruston	29	0.110%	38.71x
93	Snowden	29	0.110%	12.38x
94	Waugh	29	0.110%	8.09x
95	Wellburn	29	0.110%	227.81x
96	Bielby	28	0.110%	67.98x
97	Bowes	28	0.110%	11.60x
98	Kirby	28	0.110%	2.81x
99	Malton	28	0.110%	83.88x
100	Megginson	28	0.110%	234.31x