Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Duffield, Yorkshire

South Duffield 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
SMITH147.25395.14
ATKINSON136.735869.15
FOSTER115.699542.64
BARLEY105.1813934.58
SHARK84.145116,000.00
FLETCHER73.626931.77
FULLER63.108876.82
WHITELEY63.1088172.91
COOK63.108815.65
BURTON63.108836.50
WAUD63.10886,000.00
SNOWDEN52.5907290.70
SHAW52.590714.10
COTTON42.072586.77
THOMLINSON31.5544857.14
WATSON31.55446.70
HALLER31.55443,333.33
YARDLEY31.5544243.90
CALVERT31.554476.14
LYON31.554474.26
WAINWRIGHT21.036349.02
ALCOCK21.036371.68
CRAVEN21.036353.62
CLARKSON21.036339.06
BENSON21.036338.24
BENNETT21.03636.31
TOMLINSON21.036322.47
HALL21.03633.52
DRURY10.518132.57
LEE10.51813.17
HENRY10.518120.49
GRAY10.51813.63
WILKE10.51812,000.00
PENROSE10.5181135.14
DOUGLAS10.518110.70
TOWNSLEY10.5181263.16
JENKINSON10.518129.59
STONES10.518143.48
FIRTH10.518115.60
WALKER10.51811.55
DALE10.518112.27
HUTCHINSON10.51819.12
SPENCE10.518115.67
WOOD10.51811.63
SHEPHERD10.51817.07
BARRETT10.51817.72
PITTS10.518150.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARK16,000.0084.1451
WAUD6,000.0063.1088
HALLER3,333.3331.5544
WILKE2,000.0010.5181
BARLEY934.58105.1813
THOMLINSON857.1431.5544
SNOWDEN290.7052.5907
TOWNSLEY263.1610.5181
YARDLEY243.9031.5544
WHITELEY172.9163.1088
PENROSE135.1410.5181
COTTON86.7742.0725
FULLER76.8263.1088
CALVERT76.1431.5544
LYON74.2631.5544
ALCOCK71.6821.0363
ATKINSON69.15136.7358
CRAVEN53.6221.0363
PITTS50.5110.5181
WAINWRIGHT49.0221.0363
STONES43.4810.5181
FOSTER42.64115.6995
CLARKSON39.0621.0363
BENSON38.2421.0363
BURTON36.5063.1088
DRURY32.5710.5181
FLETCHER31.7773.6269
JENKINSON29.5910.5181
TOMLINSON22.4721.0363
HENRY20.4910.5181
SPENCE15.6710.5181
COOK15.6563.1088
FIRTH15.6010.5181
SHAW14.1052.5907
DALE12.2710.5181
DOUGLAS10.7010.5181
HUTCHINSON9.1210.5181
BARRETT7.7210.5181
SHEPHERD7.0710.5181
WATSON6.7031.5544
BENNETT6.3121.0363
SMITH5.14147.2539
GRAY3.6310.5181
HALL3.5221.0363
LEE3.1710.5181
WOOD1.6310.5181
WALKER1.5510.5181

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SHARK in South Duffield 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 4.1451 in South Duffield means that 4.1451% of the people in South Duffield on census day were called SHARK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARK 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 SHARK 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 SHARK 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 SHARK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,000.00 in South Duffield means that you are 16,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARK in South Duffield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Duffield in 1881

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

ALCOCK (2)  APPELBY (1)  ATKINSON (13)  BARLEY (10)  BARRETT (1)  BENNETT (2)  BENSON (2)  BROOKSBANK (6)  BURTON (6)  CALVERT (3)  CLARKSON (2)  COOK (6)  COTTON (4)  CRAVEN (2)  DALE (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DRURY (1)  FIRTH (1)  FLETCHER (7)  FOSTER (11)  FULLER (6)  GRAY (1)  HADDLESEY (3)  HALL (2)  HALLER (3)  HENRY (1)  HUBY (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JENKINSON (1)  JULB (5)  LAVARACK (1)  LEE (1)  LYON (3)  NAPPLEBECK (1)  PENROSE (1)  PITTS (1)  QWINDAL (3)  SHARK (8)  SHAW (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (14)  SNOWDEN (5)  SPENCE (1)  STONES (1)  THREADGOLD (4)  TOMLINSON (2)  THOMLINSON (3)  TOWNSLEY (1)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (3)  WAUD (6)  WHELDRICK (7)  WHITELEY (6)  WILKE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHALL (1)  YARDLEY (3)