Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dale Town, Yorkshire

Dale Town 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
DAWSON1219.6721178.57
SUGGITT914.754118,000.00
CHAPMAN914.7541103.93
BIELBY711.47547,000.00
COLLEY58.1967649.35
BOWES46.5574714.29
THOMPSON23.278710.95
ALDERSON11.6393117.65
DIXON11.639314.97
CLOSE11.6393188.68
WRIGHT11.63935.11
BARKER11.639312.53
WOOD11.63935.14
FLETCHER11.639314.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUGGITT18,000.00914.7541
BIELBY7,000.00711.4754
BOWES714.2946.5574
COLLEY649.3558.1967
CLOSE188.6811.6393
DAWSON178.571219.6721
ALDERSON117.6511.6393
CHAPMAN103.93914.7541
DIXON14.9711.6393
FLETCHER14.3711.6393
BARKER12.5311.6393
THOMPSON10.9523.2787
WOOD5.1411.6393
WRIGHT5.1111.6393

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SUGGITT in Dale Town 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 14.7541 in Dale Town means that 14.7541% of the people in Dale Town on census day were called SUGGITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT 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 SUGGITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 18,000.00 in Dale Town means that you are 18,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUGGITT in Dale Town than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dale Town in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BIELBY (7)  BOWES (4)  CHAPMAN (9)  CLOSE (1)  COLLEY (5)  COWTON (1)  DAWSON (12)  DIXON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  HIGHILL (1)  PALLISTER (1)  POSTGATE (3)  SUGGITT (9)  THOMPSON (2)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)