Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farlington, Yorkshire

Farlington 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
DARLEY158.92862,083.33
HAYES127.1429114.83
JACKSON116.547623.43
BELL105.952431.68
ABELL95.35711,730.77
SUGGETT74.16674,117.65
SHEPHARD74.1667434.78
JENNINGS74.166782.16
ANDREWS74.166743.48
WILKINSON52.976219.50
MORELAND52.97621,351.35
GRAINGER42.3810155.04
LAW42.381052.63
CARLTON42.3810465.12
WRIGHT42.38107.42
YORKE31.7857555.56
GIBSON31.785714.71
WOOD21.19053.74
BEAN21.190592.17
HUGHES21.19054.25
LONGSTAFF21.1905168.07
SEVERS21.1905909.09
NELSON10.595212.29
TURNER10.59522.14
FIRTH10.595217.92
SMITH10.59520.42
JOHNSON10.59521.77
CROFT10.595225.19
ROWNTREE10.5952200.00
HUNTER10.59525.80
RICHARDSON10.59523.50
GOTT10.5952136.99
KIRK10.595213.76
CORCORAN10.5952123.46
ROOKE10.595280.65
BLACKBURN10.595215.80
NICHOLSON10.59528.38
GREAVES10.595220.33
WARD10.59522.72
STORR10.5952172.41
KAYE10.595239.68
DALE10.595214.08
CLARK10.59521.98
ROBINSON10.59521.87
HORNER10.595231.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUGGETT4,117.6574.1667
DARLEY2,083.33158.9286
ABELL1,730.7795.3571
MORELAND1,351.3552.9762
SEVERS909.0921.1905
YORKE555.5631.7857
CARLTON465.1242.3810
SHEPHARD434.7874.1667
ROWNTREE200.0010.5952
STORR172.4110.5952
LONGSTAFF168.0721.1905
GRAINGER155.0442.3810
GOTT136.9910.5952
CORCORAN123.4610.5952
HAYES114.83127.1429
BEAN92.1721.1905
JENNINGS82.1674.1667
ROOKE80.6510.5952
LAW52.6342.3810
ANDREWS43.4874.1667
KAYE39.6810.5952
BELL31.68105.9524
HORNER31.2510.5952
CROFT25.1910.5952
JACKSON23.43116.5476
GREAVES20.3310.5952
WILKINSON19.5052.9762
FIRTH17.9210.5952
BLACKBURN15.8010.5952
GIBSON14.7131.7857
DALE14.0810.5952
KIRK13.7610.5952
NELSON12.2910.5952
NICHOLSON8.3810.5952
WRIGHT7.4242.3810
HUNTER5.8010.5952
HUGHES4.2521.1905
WOOD3.7421.1905
RICHARDSON3.5010.5952
WARD2.7210.5952
TURNER2.1410.5952
CLARK1.9810.5952
ROBINSON1.8710.5952
JOHNSON1.7710.5952
SMITH0.4210.5952

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SUGGETT in Farlington 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 4.1667 in Farlington means that 4.1667% of the people in Farlington on census day were called SUGGETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUGGETT 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 SUGGETT 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 SUGGETT 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 SUGGETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,117.65 in Farlington means that you are 4,117.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUGGETT in Farlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farlington in 1881

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

ABELL (9)  ANDREWS (7)  ARMINSON (4)  BEAN (2)  BELL (10)  BLACKBURN (1)  CARLTON (4)  CLARK (1)  CORCORAN (1)  CROFT (1)  DALE (1)  DARLEY (15)  DARNTON (1)  DAVILL (2)  DENNYSON (3)  FIRTH (1)  GIBSON (3)  GOTT (1)  GRAINGER (4)  GREAVES (1)  HAYES (12)  HORNER (1)  HUGHES (2)  HUNTER (1)  JACKSON (11)  JENNINGS (7)  JOHNSON (1)  KAYE (1)  KILVINGTON (4)  KIRK (1)  LAW (4)  LONGSTAFF (2)  MORELAND (5)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROOKE (1)  ROWNTREE (1)  SEVERS (2)  SHEPHARD (7)  SMITH (1)  SOLLITT (1)  STORR (1)  SUGGETT (7)  TURNER (1)  WARD (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (4)  WYRILL (3)  YORKE (3)