Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fewston, Yorkshire

Fewston 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
BEECROFT154.64401,102.94
PENNINGTON144.3344292.89
PETTY123.7152375.00
WARDMAN113.40561,325.30
BAILEY113.405622.61
SHEPHERD113.405646.47
RENTON103.0960505.05
TURNER92.786410.01
BENTLEY92.786465.89
GILL92.786439.39
SPENCE82.476874.91
BRAMLEY82.4768271.19
DALE72.167251.28
WATKINSON72.1672185.19
NEWHALL61.85763,000.00
HARDCASTLE61.8576210.53
MAUD61.8576821.92
SUMMERS61.857666.23
FAIRBURN61.8576722.89
IRISH61.8576638.30
ASHLEY61.8576111.11
HARDISTY61.8576645.16
FAUX51.54801,063.83
WIGGLESWORTH51.5480312.50
MOORHOUSE51.5480125.00
MASON51.548011.51
WILSON51.54803.37
MOUSLEY41.2384909.09
BOTTOMLEY41.238474.35
NEWALL41.2384216.22
YEADON41.2384449.44
WALKER41.23843.70
BOWER41.238467.57
ROBINSON30.92882.91
PICKARD30.928866.52
HARRISON30.92884.18
TOWNSON30.9288220.59
MOON30.928844.05
SMITH20.61920.44
ANDREWS20.61926.46
WADE20.619215.47
BUCK20.619228.90
WARD20.61922.83
PULLAN20.6192157.48
PEARSON20.61925.33
RYDER20.619235.78
ENGLAND20.619230.08
LAND20.619285.84
DICKINSON20.619214.50
HOLMES10.30962.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWHALL3,000.0061.8576
WARDMAN1,325.30113.4056
BEECROFT1,102.94154.6440
FAUX1,063.8351.5480
MOUSLEY909.0941.2384
MAUD821.9261.8576
FAIRBURN722.8961.8576
HARDISTY645.1661.8576
IRISH638.3061.8576
RENTON505.05103.0960
YEADON449.4441.2384
PETTY375.00123.7152
WIGGLESWORTH312.5051.5480
PENNINGTON292.89144.3344
BRAMLEY271.1982.4768
CROMACK243.9010.3096
TOWNSON220.5930.9288
NEWALL216.2241.2384
HARDCASTLE210.5361.8576
WATKINSON185.1972.1672
PULLAN157.4820.6192
MOORHOUSE125.0051.5480
COWGILL123.4610.3096
ASHLEY111.1161.8576
LAND85.8420.6192
TEAL81.3010.3096
SPENCE74.9182.4768
BOTTOMLEY74.3541.2384
BOWER67.5741.2384
PICKARD66.5230.9288
SUMMERS66.2361.8576
BENTLEY65.8992.7864
DALE51.2872.1672
SHEPHERD46.47113.4056
SPINKS45.8710.3096
MOON44.0530.9288
GILL39.3992.7864
RYDER35.7820.6192
JACKMAN33.3310.3096
EDEN30.4910.3096
ENGLAND30.0820.6192
BUCK28.9020.6192
SUGDEN26.7410.3096
SNOW22.8810.3096
BAILEY22.61113.4056
DICKENSON20.4110.3096
WADE15.4720.6192
DICKINSON14.5020.6192
RAYNER12.4110.3096
TERRY12.1110.3096

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called NEWHALL in Fewston 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 1.8576 in Fewston means that 1.8576% of the people in Fewston on census day were called NEWHALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWHALL 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 NEWHALL 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 NEWHALL 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 NEWHALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,000.00 in Fewston means that you are 3,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWHALL in Fewston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fewston in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  ASHLEY (6)  BAILEY (11)  BEECROFT (15)  BENTLEY (9)  BOLDY (3)  BOTTOMLEY (4)  BOWER (4)  BRAMLEY (8)  BUCK (2)  CARR (1)  CARTER (1)  CHADWICK (1)  COWGILL (1)  CROMACK (1)  DALE (7)  DAVIS (1)  DICKINSON (2)  DICKENSON (1)  DUNWELL (2)  EDEN (1)  ELLIS (1)  ENGLAND (2)  FAIRBURN (6)  FAUX (5)  GILL (9)  GRAHAM (1)  GRUNWELL (1)  HARDCASTLE (6)  HARDISTY (6)  HARRISON (3)  HOLMES (1)  IRISH (6)  JACKMAN (1)  LAND (2)  MASON (5)  MAUD (6)  MOON (3)  MOORHOUSE (5)  MOUSLEY (4)  MYERS (1)  NEWALL (4)  NEWHALL (6)  NORVALD (1)  OVERHALL (4)  PARNABY (3)  PEARSON (2)  PENNINGTON (14)  PETTY (12)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKARD (3)  PRATT (1)  PULLAN (2)  RAYNER (1)  REED (1)  RENTON (10)  RYDER (2)  ROBINSON (3)  SHACKLOCK (1)  SHEPHERD (11)  SMITH (2)  SNOW (1)  SPENCE (8)  SPINKS (1)  STOCKELD (2)  SUGDEN (1)  SUMMERS (6)  TEAL (1)  TERRY (1)  THACKWRAY (3)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNSON (3)  TURNER (9)  UMPLEBY (5)  WADE (2)  WALKER (4)  WARD (2)  WARDMAN (11)  WATKINSON (7)  WIGGLESWORTH (5)  WILSON (5)  YEADON (4)