Top surnames from the 1881 census in Downholme, Yorkshire

Downholme 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
CARTER108.928653.19
RUSSELL87.142958.52
WILKINSON87.142946.81
CLACK76.25001,555.56
METCALFE76.2500273.44
ALDERSON54.4643322.58
PEARSON54.464338.43
BROWN43.57145.42
PICKARD43.5714256.41
PRESTON32.678653.67
EMBLETON32.6786937.50
TOMLIN32.6786300.00
HALL32.67869.10
BULMER32.6786337.08
MARTIN21.78577.25
HORNER21.785793.90
JONES21.78571.58
BLACKBURN21.785747.39
HODGSON21.785725.77
ALLISON21.785762.89
JEFFERSON21.7857163.93
BEARDSLEY10.8929277.78
THOMPSON10.89292.98
HIRD10.8929116.28
GILL10.892912.63
TYSON10.892968.49
BARBER10.892914.84
STONE10.892912.35
HALLIDAY10.892943.29
MUDD10.8929212.77
SINGLETON10.892945.25
DINSDALE10.8929172.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CLACK1,555.5676.2500
EMBLETON937.5032.6786
BULMER337.0832.6786
ALDERSON322.5854.4643
TOMLIN300.0032.6786
BEARDSLEY277.7810.8929
METCALFE273.4476.2500
PICKARD256.4143.5714
MUDD212.7710.8929
DINSDALE172.4110.8929
JEFFERSON163.9321.7857
HIRD116.2810.8929
HORNER93.9021.7857
TYSON68.4910.8929
ALLISON62.8921.7857
RUSSELL58.5287.1429
PRESTON53.6732.6786
CARTER53.19108.9286
BLACKBURN47.3921.7857
WILKINSON46.8187.1429
SINGLETON45.2510.8929
HALLIDAY43.2910.8929
PEARSON38.4354.4643
HODGSON25.7721.7857
BARBER14.8410.8929
GILL12.6310.8929
STONE12.3510.8929
HALL9.1032.6786
MARTIN7.2521.7857
BROWN5.4243.5714
THOMPSON2.9810.8929
JONES1.5821.7857

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called CLACK in Downholme 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 6.2500 in Downholme means that 6.2500% of the people in Downholme on census day were called CLACK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CLACK 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 CLACK 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 CLACK 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 CLACK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,555.56 in Downholme means that you are 1,555.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CLACK in Downholme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Downholme in 1881

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

ALDERSON (5)  ALLISON (2)  BARBER (1)  BEARDSLEY (1)  BLACKBURN (2)  BROWN (4)  BULMER (3)  CARTER (10)  CLACK (7)  DINSDALE (1)  EMBLETON (3)  GILL (1)  GREATHEAD (7)  HALL (3)  HALLIDAY (1)  HIRD (1)  HODGSON (2)  HORNER (2)  JEFFERSON (2)  JONES (2)  MARTIN (2)  METCALFE (7)  MUDD (1)  PARNABY (1)  PEARSON (5)  PICKARD (4)  PRESTON (3)  RUCROFT (4)  RUSSELL (8)  SINGLETON (1)  STONE (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THWAITE (2)  TOMLIN (3)  TYSON (1)  WILKINSON (8)