Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Driffield, Yorkshire

Little Driffield 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
HYDE167.3394238.45
WILSON125.504611.99
ROBSON94.128462.72
HORNBY83.6697322.58
TACK83.66976,666.67
STEPHENSON73.211056.13
SMITH73.21102.27
ROE73.2110164.71
GARTON62.7523560.75
BOWMAN62.7523105.45
HODGSON62.752339.71
FOSTER62.752320.58
CHATTERTON52.2936403.23
BLANCHARD52.2936279.33
BARKER52.293617.53
SCOTT52.29369.06
BARRON41.8349118.34
NICHOLSON41.834925.82
HORNER41.834996.39
PLUMMER31.3761103.09
SAVAGE31.376135.84
STAGG31.3761206.90
ALLEN20.91744.86
FRATER20.9174500.00
TRAIN20.9174408.16
PICKERING20.917425.41
DENNIS20.917431.01
OAKES20.917463.29
WARD20.91744.20
POTTER20.917414.14
WALTON10.45876.52
FISHER10.45873.92
PAYNE10.45875.10
SKELTON10.458731.55
JEFFERSON10.458742.19
WELBORN10.4587833.33
CARR10.45876.36
SELLERS10.458759.52
RUSSELL10.45873.76
PETCH10.4587103.09
COLLISON10.4587112.36
BROMLEY10.458729.76
BARROW10.458721.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TACK6,666.6783.6697
WELBORN833.3310.4587
GARTON560.7562.7523
FRATER500.0020.9174
TRAIN408.1620.9174
CHATTERTON403.2352.2936
HORNBY322.5883.6697
BLANCHARD279.3352.2936
HYDE238.45167.3394
STAGG206.9031.3761
ROE164.7173.2110
BARRON118.3441.8349
COLLISON112.3610.4587
BOWMAN105.4562.7523
PETCH103.0910.4587
PLUMMER103.0931.3761
HORNER96.3941.8349
OAKES63.2920.9174
ROBSON62.7294.1284
SELLERS59.5210.4587
STEPHENSON56.1373.2110
JEFFERSON42.1910.4587
HODGSON39.7162.7523
SAVAGE35.8431.3761
SKELTON31.5510.4587
DENNIS31.0120.9174
BROMLEY29.7610.4587
NICHOLSON25.8241.8349
PICKERING25.4120.9174
BARROW21.6510.4587
FOSTER20.5862.7523
BARKER17.5352.2936
POTTER14.1420.9174
WILSON11.99125.5046
SCOTT9.0652.2936
WALTON6.5210.4587
CARR6.3610.4587
PAYNE5.1010.4587
ALLEN4.8620.9174
WARD4.2020.9174
FISHER3.9210.4587
RUSSELL3.7610.4587
SMITH2.2773.2110

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called TACK in Little Driffield 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 3.6697 in Little Driffield means that 3.6697% of the people in Little Driffield on census day were called TACK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TACK 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 TACK 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 TACK 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 TACK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Little Driffield means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TACK in Little Driffield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Driffield in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  AUGAS (3)  BARKER (5)  BARRON (4)  BLANCHARD (5)  BLOWMAN (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BRAMBLES (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BARROW (1)  CANT (4)  CARR (1)  CAUKELL (5)  CHATTERTON (5)  COLLISON (1)  DENNIS (2)  FISHER (1)  FISTERO (2)  FOSTER (6)  FRATER (2)  GARTON (6)  GLEADHILL (2)  HODGSON (6)  HORNBY (8)  HORNER (4)  HYDE (16)  JEFFERSON (1)  JEWISON (7)  MINLER (9)  MUSON (3)  NICHOLSON (4)  NODDLE (2)  OAKES (2)  PAYNE (1)  PETCH (1)  PICKERING (2)  PLUMMER (3)  POTTER (2)  RAYLOR (4)  ROBSON (9)  ROE (7)  RUSSELL (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SCOTT (5)  SELLERS (1)  SIPSON (5)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (7)  SPAVIN (1)  SPEDDING (1)  STAGG (3)  STEPHENSON (7)  TACK (8)  TRAIN (2)  WALTON (1)  WARD (2)  WELBORN (1)  WILSON (12)