Top surnames from the 1881 census in Feliskirk, Yorkshire

Feliskirk 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
WRIGHT76.194719.31
LOFTHOUSE76.1947833.33
BARKER76.194747.33
PEARSON76.194753.31
PARKER65.309727.92
THOMPSON65.309717.73
BENSON54.4248163.40
SPIVEY43.53981,600.00
MILNER43.5398154.44
ROSS32.654924.29
SAVAGE32.654969.12
WALKER21.76995.29
FRANKS21.7699141.84
TURNER21.76996.36
BANKS10.885017.24
HOLCOMBE10.8850555.56
WEATHERILL10.8850384.62
ALLEN10.88504.68
FLETCHER10.88507.75
TOMPSON10.8850416.67
MARSHALL10.88505.28
BUXTON10.885058.82
LACEY10.885048.08
HURLEY10.885075.76
ATKINSON10.88509.08
ROBINSON10.88502.78
HAW10.8850270.27
ELLIS10.88506.09
BOYES10.885084.75
SPENCE10.885026.74
KENDREW10.8850714.29
SADLER10.885037.59
HORTON10.885023.87
WEAVER10.885034.01
ANDERSON10.88504.48
METCALF10.885043.67
CURRY10.885061.73
STEWART10.88505.66
LEWIS10.88503.37
BOWMAN10.885033.90
SIMPSON10.88505.06
JACKSON10.88503.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPIVEY1,600.0043.5398
LOFTHOUSE833.3376.1947
KENDREW714.2910.8850
HOLCOMBE555.5610.8850
TOMPSON416.6710.8850
WEATHERILL384.6210.8850
HAW270.2710.8850
BENSON163.4054.4248
MILNER154.4443.5398
FRANKS141.8421.7699
BOYES84.7510.8850
HURLEY75.7610.8850
SAVAGE69.1232.6549
CURRY61.7310.8850
BUXTON58.8210.8850
PEARSON53.3176.1947
LACEY48.0810.8850
BARKER47.3376.1947
METCALF43.6710.8850
SADLER37.5910.8850
WEAVER34.0110.8850
BOWMAN33.9010.8850
PARKER27.9265.3097
SPENCE26.7410.8850
ROSS24.2932.6549
HORTON23.8710.8850
WRIGHT19.3176.1947
THOMPSON17.7365.3097
BANKS17.2410.8850
ATKINSON9.0810.8850
FLETCHER7.7510.8850
TURNER6.3621.7699
ELLIS6.0910.8850
STEWART5.6610.8850
WALKER5.2921.7699
MARSHALL5.2810.8850
SIMPSON5.0610.8850
ALLEN4.6810.8850
ANDERSON4.4810.8850
LEWIS3.3710.8850
JACKSON3.1710.8850
ROBINSON2.7810.8850

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called SPIVEY in Feliskirk 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 3.5398 in Feliskirk means that 3.5398% of the people in Feliskirk on census day were called SPIVEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPIVEY 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 SPIVEY 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 SPIVEY 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 SPIVEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,600.00 in Feliskirk means that you are 1,600.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPIVEY in Feliskirk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Feliskirk in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (1)  I'ANSON (7)  ATKINSON (1)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (7)  BENDELOW (2)  BENSON (5)  BOREHAM (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BOYES (1)  BUXTON (1)  CLAYFORTH (2)  CURRY (1)  ELLIS (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANKS (2)  HURLEY (1)  HAW (1)  HOLCOMBE (1)  HORTON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JOBLING (1)  KENDREW (1)  LACEY (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOFTHOUSE (7)  MARSHALL (1)  METCALF (1)  MILNER (4)  PARKER (6)  PEARSON (7)  RAYLER (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROSS (3)  SADLER (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SPENCE (1)  SPIVEY (4)  STEWART (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TOMPSON (1)  TOWSEY (5)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (2)  WALSOM (1)  WEAVER (1)  WEATHERILL (1)  WRIGHT (7)