Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ferrensby, Yorkshire

Ferrensby 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
HERRINGTON108.69572,325.58
INGLETON86.95655,000.00
PEARSON86.956559.88
WADE86.9565173.91
RUDD76.0870386.74
BARKER65.217439.87
LLOYD65.217444.68
SAVILLE54.3478480.77
ADAMSON43.4783131.58
STEELE43.4783129.87
SMITH43.47832.46
ALLEN43.478318.42
GIBSON32.608721.49
LUMLEY21.7391285.71
SHARPER21.739110,000.00
COCKER21.7391212.77
TAYLOR21.73912.72
ORD21.7391263.16
KIRK21.739140.16
HOUSEMAN21.7391740.74
TURNER10.86963.12
ATKINSON10.86968.93
HUDSON10.869610.62
HAW10.8696263.16
COATES10.869623.31
SWALES10.8696125.00
SIMPSON10.86964.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARPER10,000.0021.7391
INGLETON5,000.0086.9565
HERRINGTON2,325.58108.6957
HOUSEMAN740.7421.7391
SAVILLE480.7754.3478
RUDD386.7476.0870
LUMLEY285.7121.7391
ORD263.1621.7391
HAW263.1610.8696
COCKER212.7721.7391
WADE173.9186.9565
ADAMSON131.5843.4783
STEELE129.8743.4783
SWALES125.0010.8696
PEARSON59.8886.9565
LLOYD44.6865.2174
KIRK40.1621.7391
BARKER39.8765.2174
COATES23.3110.8696
GIBSON21.4932.6087
ALLEN18.4243.4783
HUDSON10.6210.8696
ATKINSON8.9310.8696
SIMPSON4.9710.8696
TURNER3.1210.8696
TAYLOR2.7221.7391
SMITH2.4643.4783

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called SHARPER in Ferrensby 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 1.7391 in Ferrensby means that 1.7391% of the people in Ferrensby on census day were called SHARPER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ferrensby in 1881

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

ADAMSON (4)  ALLEN (4)  ANAKIN (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (6)  BROADBELT (1)  COATES (1)  COCKER (2)  DIBBS (7)  DUXFIELD (1)  GIBSON (3)  HERRINGTON (10)  HAW (1)  HOUSEMAN (2)  HUDSON (1)  INGLETON (8)  KIRK (2)  LLOYD (6)  LUMLEY (2)  ORD (2)  OXTOBY (1)  PEARSON (8)  RUDD (7)  SAVILLE (5)  SHARPER (2)  SHRANKER (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (4)  STEELE (4)  SWALES (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TOPSON (4)  TURNER (1)  WADE (8)