Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fangfoss, Yorkshire

Fangfoss 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
PARKIN169.3023345.57
JOHNSON126.976720.76
RICHMOND105.8140265.25
HODGSON84.651267.11
DALES84.65121,481.48
BUTCHER84.6512110.34
HOLDERNESS74.06982,333.33
ATKINSON63.488435.82
STABLER63.48842,000.00
NOLTON52.907050,000.00
WEST52.907030.19
BEEDHAM42.32562,105.26
FAWCETT42.3256120.12
BROWN42.32563.53
BARNES42.325619.32
FOUNTAIN42.3256338.98
STEPHENSON42.325640.65
GRAY31.744212.22
BLYTH31.7442110.70
RICHARDSON31.744210.25
JACKSON21.16284.16
ENGLISH21.162861.92
VARLEY21.162884.75
KIRK21.162826.85
PETTY21.1628117.65
MAW21.1628317.46
RAWLINGS10.581439.68
WARD10.58142.66
LONGFIELD10.5814625.00
COOK10.58142.93
BARON10.581456.18
PRESTON10.581411.64
GOLDSBOROUGH10.5814769.23
WINTER10.581416.39
CASTLE10.581429.24
SLATER10.58149.61
IVESON10.5814204.08
HARRISON10.58142.62
SIMONSON10.58143,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NOLTON50,000.0052.9070
SIMONSON3,333.3310.5814
HOLDERNESS2,333.3374.0698
BEEDHAM2,105.2642.3256
STABLER2,000.0063.4884
DALES1,481.4884.6512
GOLDSBOROUGH769.2310.5814
LONGFIELD625.0010.5814
PARKIN345.57169.3023
FOUNTAIN338.9842.3256
MAW317.4621.1628
RICHMOND265.25105.8140
IVESON204.0810.5814
FAWCETT120.1242.3256
PETTY117.6521.1628
BLYTH110.7031.7442
BUTCHER110.3484.6512
VARLEY84.7521.1628
HODGSON67.1184.6512
ENGLISH61.9221.1628
BARON56.1810.5814
STEPHENSON40.6542.3256
RAWLINGS39.6810.5814
ATKINSON35.8263.4884
WEST30.1952.9070
CASTLE29.2410.5814
KIRK26.8521.1628
JOHNSON20.76126.9767
BARNES19.3242.3256
WINTER16.3910.5814
GRAY12.2231.7442
PRESTON11.6410.5814
RICHARDSON10.2531.7442
SLATER9.6110.5814
JACKSON4.1621.1628
BROWN3.5342.3256
COOK2.9310.5814
WARD2.6610.5814
HARRISON2.6210.5814

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called NOLTON in Fangfoss 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 2.9070 in Fangfoss means that 2.9070% of the people in Fangfoss on census day were called NOLTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NOLTON 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 NOLTON 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 NOLTON 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 NOLTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Fangfoss means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NOLTON in Fangfoss than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fangfoss in 1881

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

ARMINSON (7)  ATKINSON (6)  BARNES (4)  BARON (1)  BEEDHAM (4)  BEILBY (11)  BLYTH (3)  BROWN (4)  BUTCHER (8)  CASTLE (1)  COOK (1)  DALES (8)  FAWCETT (4)  FOUNTAIN (4)  GOLDSBOROUGH (1)  GRAY (3)  HARRISON (1)  HODGSON (8)  HOLDERNESS (7)  ENGLISH (2)  IVESON (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (12)  KIRK (2)  LONGFIELD (1)  MAW (2)  NOLTON (5)  PARKIN (16)  PETTY (2)  PUCKERING (1)  PRESTON (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RICHMOND (10)  RAWLINGS (1)  SIMONSON (1)  SLATER (1)  SPAVEN (1)  SPAVON (1)  STABLER (6)  STEPHENSON (4)  SUDDABY (1)  VARLEY (2)  VOAKES (1)  WARD (1)  WEST (5)  WINTER (1)