Top surnames from the 1881 census in Markingfield Hall, Yorkshire

Markingfield Hall 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
ROBERTS531.250083.06
BOND425.0000470.59
METCALF425.00001,250.00
PHILLIPS16.250034.97
TOMLINSON16.2500135.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
METCALF1,250.00425.0000
BOND470.59425.0000
TOMLINSON135.1416.2500
ROBERTS83.06531.2500
PHILLIPS34.9716.2500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called METCALF in Markingfield Hall 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 25.0000 in Markingfield Hall means that 25.0000% of the people in Markingfield Hall on census day were called METCALF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called METCALF 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 METCALF 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 METCALF 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 METCALF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,250.00 in Markingfield Hall means that you are 1,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of METCALF in Markingfield Hall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Markingfield Hall in 1881

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

BOND (4)  LOVLEY (1)  METCALF (4)  PHILLIPS (1)  ROBERTS (5)  TOMLINSON (1)