Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aike, Yorkshire

Aike 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
YEOMAN610.00001,578.95
SHARP35.000060.00
GRAY35.000035.01
FIRTH35.0000150.75
HARRISON35.000022.52
SIMPSON35.000028.60
FORTH23.33331,333.33
LAZENBY23.3333714.29
TODD23.333365.57
DUNNING23.3333392.16
BOWMAN11.666763.69
MIDDLETON11.666731.75
TAYLOR11.66672.61
NORMAN11.666735.97
MAW11.6667454.55
GIBSON11.666713.74
NEWBY11.6667166.67
LISTER11.666758.48
GRIFFIN11.666735.46
THOMPSON11.66675.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YEOMAN1,578.95610.0000
FORTH1,333.3323.3333
LAZENBY714.2923.3333
MAW454.5511.6667
DUNNING392.1623.3333
NEWBY166.6711.6667
FIRTH150.7535.0000
TODD65.5723.3333
BOWMAN63.6911.6667
SHARP60.0035.0000
LISTER58.4811.6667
NORMAN35.9711.6667
GRIFFIN35.4611.6667
GRAY35.0135.0000
MIDDLETON31.7511.6667
SIMPSON28.6035.0000
HARRISON22.5235.0000
GIBSON13.7411.6667
THOMPSON5.5611.6667
TAYLOR2.6111.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called YEOMAN in Aike 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 10.0000 in Aike means that 10.0000% of the people in Aike on census day were called YEOMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YEOMAN 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 YEOMAN 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 YEOMAN 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 YEOMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,578.95 in Aike means that you are 1,578.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YEOMAN in Aike than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aike in 1881

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

BOWMAN (1)  DUNNING (2)  ELVIDGE (1)  FIRTH (3)  FORTH (2)  GIBSON (1)  GOWLAND (2)  GRAY (3)  GRIFFIN (1)  HARRISON (3)  LAZENBY (2)  LISTER (1)  MAW (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  NEWBY (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORRISS (11)  RUNTON (3)  SHARP (3)  SIMPSON (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THOLINSON (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (2)  TOWRISS (2)  WOOLFITT (1)  YEOMAN (6)