Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fimber, Yorkshire

Fimber 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
FREER2011.11112,020.20
WOOD116.111119.18
JULIAN95.00001,384.62
HORSLEY84.4444476.19
TAYLOR84.44446.95
COOPER84.444418.27
RANDALL73.8889124.11
DENNY63.3333397.35
GOFTON63.33336,000.00
NORMAN52.777859.95
WITTY52.77781,388.89
PRINCE52.7778122.85
TOPHAM42.2222303.03
WHITFIELD42.2222111.42
MORTIMER31.666779.79
STEPHENSON31.666729.13
LOCKWOOD31.666775.38
WILSON21.11112.42
REDSHAW21.1111370.37
RUDD21.111170.42
BRADLEY21.111113.84
MEGGINSON21.11112,500.00
COLE21.111112.20
TEESDALE10.5556344.83
BENSON10.555620.49
DUNN10.55566.68
ALLISON10.555619.53
YOUNG10.55562.59
COVERDALE10.5556204.08
SARGENT10.555636.10
BURKS10.5556454.55
BRIGGS10.555610.22
PADGET10.5556400.00
FURGISON10.555610,000.00
BEAN10.555642.92
MORRING10.555610,000.00
SMITH10.55560.39
LEASON10.5556555.56
JORDAN10.555612.58
BURK10.5556153.85
HARRISON10.55562.50
THOMAS10.55561.35
SYKES10.555611.57
BARKER10.55564.25
DENNIS10.555618.80
SHARP10.55566.67
KELLY10.55565.07
RICHARDSON10.55563.26
JOHNSON10.55561.65
WELBURN10.5556285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORRING10,000.0010.5556
FURGISON10,000.0010.5556
GOFTON6,000.0063.3333
MEGGINSON2,500.0021.1111
FREER2,020.202011.1111
WITTY1,388.8952.7778
JULIAN1,384.6295.0000
LEASON555.5610.5556
HORSLEY476.1984.4444
BURKS454.5510.5556
PADGET400.0010.5556
DENNY397.3563.3333
REDSHAW370.3721.1111
TEESDALE344.8310.5556
TOPHAM303.0342.2222
WELBURN285.7110.5556
COVERDALE204.0810.5556
BURK153.8510.5556
RANDALL124.1173.8889
PRINCE122.8552.7778
WHITFIELD111.4242.2222
MORTIMER79.7931.6667
LOCKWOOD75.3831.6667
RUDD70.4221.1111
NORMAN59.9552.7778
BEAN42.9210.5556
SARGENT36.1010.5556
STEPHENSON29.1331.6667
BENSON20.4910.5556
ALLISON19.5310.5556
WOOD19.18116.1111
DENNIS18.8010.5556
COOPER18.2784.4444
BRADLEY13.8421.1111
JORDAN12.5810.5556
COLE12.2021.1111
SYKES11.5710.5556
BRIGGS10.2210.5556
TAYLOR6.9584.4444
DUNN6.6810.5556
SHARP6.6710.5556
KELLY5.0710.5556
BARKER4.2510.5556
RICHARDSON3.2610.5556
YOUNG2.5910.5556
HARRISON2.5010.5556
WILSON2.4221.1111
JOHNSON1.6510.5556
THOMAS1.3510.5556
BROWN0.8410.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called MORRING in Fimber 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 0.5556 in Fimber means that 0.5556% of the people in Fimber on census day were called MORRING.

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

All the surnames recorded in Fimber in 1881

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

ACKLAM (1)  ALLISON (1)  BARKER (1)  BEAN (1)  BENSON (1)  BURK (1)  BURKS (1)  BOTHAM (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (1)  COLE (2)  COOPER (8)  COVERDALE (1)  DENNIS (1)  DENNY (6)  DUFFELL (5)  DUNHILL (1)  DUNN (1)  FRANKISH (1)  FREER (20)  FURGISON (1)  GOFTON (6)  JORDAN (1)  HARRISON (1)  HORSLEY (8)  HUBY (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JULIAN (9)  KELLY (1)  LEASON (1)  LOCKWOOD (3)  MEDD (3)  MEGGINSON (2)  MORRING (1)  MORTIMER (3)  MOVELEY (1)  NENDICK (1)  NORMAN (5)  PADGET (1)  PRINCE (5)  PRUDONE (1)  RANDALL (7)  REDSHAW (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUDD (2)  SARGENT (1)  SAWDEN (2)  SHARP (1)  SISSONS (1)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  SYKES (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TEESDALE (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOPHAM (4)  TROWSDALE (3)  WELBURN (1)  WHITFIELD (4)  WILSON (2)  WITTY (5)  WOOD (11)  YOUNG (1)