Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stapleton, Yorkshire

Stapleton 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
JOHNSON106.622519.71
STABLER85.29803,076.92
ROBENSON85.298040,000.00
FEATHERSTON74.63585,000.00
THORNTON74.635892.23
WILSON63.97358.65
BURTON53.311338.88
JEFFERSON53.3113304.88
BINKS53.3113561.80
CASSON53.3113555.56
RIDLEY42.6490136.99
WADE42.649066.23
GODFREY42.649089.29
PARKER42.649013.93
COLLISON31.9868483.87
SADLER21.324556.18
GREENER21.3245454.55
GREY10.662330.58
WOOD10.66232.08
ALLEN10.66233.51
GRANGER10.662364.94
PEACOCK10.662318.59
ELLIOT10.662325.97
THOMPSON10.66232.21
COLLINSON10.662356.50
HENDERSON10.66236.09
ROBERTS10.66231.76
RACE10.6623121.95
TREWHITT10.66232,500.00
DAWSON10.66236.01
COLLING10.6623263.16
SADDLER10.6623222.22
HALL10.66232.25
GREAVES10.662322.57
WEBSTER10.66237.62
PRESTON10.662313.26
LEE10.66234.05
SMITH10.66230.47
HUNTER10.66236.45
ROBSON10.662310.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBENSON40,000.0085.2980
FEATHERSTON5,000.0074.6358
STABLER3,076.9285.2980
TREWHITT2,500.0010.6623
BINKS561.8053.3113
CASSON555.5653.3113
COLLISON483.8731.9868
GREENER454.5521.3245
JEFFERSON304.8853.3113
COLLING263.1610.6623
SADDLER222.2210.6623
RIDLEY136.9942.6490
RACE121.9510.6623
THORNTON92.2374.6358
GODFREY89.2942.6490
WADE66.2342.6490
GRANGER64.9410.6623
COLLINSON56.5010.6623
SADLER56.1821.3245
BURTON38.8853.3113
GREY30.5810.6623
ELLIOT25.9710.6623
GREAVES22.5710.6623
JOHNSON19.71106.6225
PEACOCK18.5910.6623
PARKER13.9342.6490
PRESTON13.2610.6623
ROBSON10.0610.6623
WILSON8.6563.9735
WEBSTER7.6210.6623
HUNTER6.4510.6623
HENDERSON6.0910.6623
DAWSON6.0110.6623
LEE4.0510.6623
ALLEN3.5110.6623
HALL2.2510.6623
THOMPSON2.2110.6623
WOOD2.0810.6623
ROBERTS1.7610.6623
SMITH0.4710.6623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called ROBENSON in Stapleton 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 5.2980 in Stapleton means that 5.2980% of the people in Stapleton on census day were called ROBENSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBENSON 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 ROBENSON 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 ROBENSON 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 ROBENSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Stapleton means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBENSON in Stapleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stapleton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARNOS (1)  BAMLETT (3)  BACKTON (1)  BINKS (5)  BROCON (4)  BROOMBRIDGE (1)  BURTON (5)  CASETHORNE (2)  CASSON (5)  COLLINSON (1)  COLLISON (3)  DAWSON (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ESPEN (9)  FEATHERSTON (7)  FRENLEY (1)  GARGET (5)  GODFREY (4)  GOUNDRY (3)  GRANGER (1)  GREY (1)  GREAVES (1)  GREENER (2)  HALL (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HUNTER (1)  JEFFERSON (5)  JOHNSON (10)  LEE (1)  LONGSHAFF (1)  COLLING (1)  PARKER (4)  PEACOCK (1)  PRESTON (1)  RACE (1)  RIDLEY (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBENSON (8)  ROBSON (1)  SADDLER (1)  SADLER (2)  SMALES (8)  SMITH (1)  STABLER (8)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNTON (7)  TREWHITT (1)  WADE (4)  WEBSTER (1)  WILSON (6)  WOOD (1)