Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Edstone, Yorkshire

Little Edstone 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
BREWSTER538.46153,846.15
BAINES17.6923400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BREWSTER3,846.15538.4615
BAINES400.0017.6923

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BREWSTER in Little Edstone 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 38.4615 in Little Edstone means that 38.4615% of the people in Little Edstone on census day were called BREWSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BREWSTER 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 BREWSTER 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 BREWSTER 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 BREWSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in Little Edstone means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BREWSTER in Little Edstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Edstone in 1881

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

ALLENBY (1)  BAINES (1)  BARTHRAM (1)  BREWSTER (5)  CUSSONS (5)