Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brackenholme Cum, Yorkshire

Brackenholme Cum 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
FELL55.8824420.17
RAISBECK44.70595,000.00
LAWTON44.7059182.65
SELLERS44.7059615.38
MENZIES33.5294272.73
COWLIN22.35292,500.00
CONLIN22.35291,250.00
BRAMLEY22.3529256.41
BENTLY11.1765454.55
MARSHALL11.17657.01
PAUL11.176546.95
DANIAL11.176510,000.00
KIRBY11.176530.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANIAL10,000.0011.1765
RAISBECK5,000.0044.7059
COWLIN2,500.0022.3529
CONLIN1,250.0022.3529
SELLERS615.3844.7059
BENTLY454.5511.1765
FELL420.1755.8824
MENZIES272.7333.5294
BRAMLEY256.4122.3529
LAWTON182.6544.7059
PAUL46.9511.1765
KIRBY30.9611.1765
MARSHALL7.0111.1765

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called DANIAL in Brackenholme Cum 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 1.1765 in Brackenholme Cum means that 1.1765% of the people in Brackenholme Cum on census day were called DANIAL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Brackenholme Cum in 1881

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

BENTLY (1)  BLANSHARD (6)  BRAMLEY (2)  BRAMLY (11)  CONLIN (2)  COWLIN (2)  DANIAL (1)  FELL (5)  GATENBY (9)  GILLAH (10)  HIRSON ((HURSON)) (2)  JEWITT (9)  KIRBY (1)  LAWTON (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MENZIES (3)  MUNGALL (5)  PAUL (1)  RAISBECK (4)  SELLERS (4)  TUSON (1)  WOOLNER (1)