Top surnames from the 1881 census in Faceby, Yorkshire

Faceby 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
LOWTHER169.19541,509.43
PARKER148.046042.31
SWAINSTON95.17245,294.12
SMITH95.17243.66
STANGER84.59771,818.18
WRIGHT84.597714.33
WILSON84.597710.01
JONES63.44833.04
WOODGATE63.4483731.71
CHAMBERS63.448360.67
SPINK52.8736357.14
NIGHTINGALE52.8736170.65
HART52.873633.69
RUDD52.8736182.48
PEACOCK52.873680.65
SKEEN42.29892,500.00
GARBUTT42.2989317.46
BENNISON42.2989816.33
WEBSTER31.724119.83
FAITH31.72411,875.00
HALL21.14943.91
MOORE21.14945.75
HUTCHINSON21.149420.24
BARR10.574723.75
ALLAN10.57479.16
SLATER10.57479.50
ROUTLEDGE10.574767.57
EDWARD10.574762.11
CARNEGIE10.5747175.44
ATKINSON10.57475.90
RENDEL10.57473,333.33
DENNISON10.574774.07
WATSON10.57472.48
STEELE10.574721.46
APPLETON10.574736.63
SWALES10.574781.97
MOSES10.574756.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWAINSTON5,294.1295.1724
RENDEL3,333.3310.5747
SKEEN2,500.0042.2989
FAITH1,875.0031.7241
STANGER1,818.1884.5977
LOWTHER1,509.43169.1954
BENNISON816.3342.2989
WOODGATE731.7163.4483
SPINK357.1452.8736
GARBUTT317.4642.2989
RUDD182.4852.8736
CARNEGIE175.4410.5747
NIGHTINGALE170.6552.8736
SWALES81.9710.5747
PEACOCK80.6552.8736
DENNISON74.0710.5747
ROUTLEDGE67.5710.5747
EDWARD62.1110.5747
CHAMBERS60.6763.4483
MOSES56.1810.5747
PARKER42.31148.0460
APPLETON36.6310.5747
HART33.6952.8736
BARR23.7510.5747
STEELE21.4610.5747
HUTCHINSON20.2421.1494
WEBSTER19.8331.7241
WRIGHT14.3384.5977
WILSON10.0184.5977
SLATER9.5010.5747
ALLAN9.1610.5747
ATKINSON5.9010.5747
MOORE5.7521.1494
HALL3.9121.1494
SMITH3.6695.1724
JONES3.0463.4483
WATSON2.4810.5747

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called SWAINSTON in Faceby 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 5.1724 in Faceby means that 5.1724% of the people in Faceby on census day were called SWAINSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWAINSTON 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 SWAINSTON 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 SWAINSTON 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 SWAINSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,294.12 in Faceby means that you are 5,294.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWAINSTON in Faceby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Faceby in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  APPLETON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BARR (1)  BENNISON (4)  CARNEGIE (1)  CHAMBERS (6)  DALKIN (1)  DENNISON (1)  EDWARD (1)  FAITH (3)  FOORD (8)  GARBUTT (4)  GAYFORD (3)  HALL (2)  HART (5)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JONES (6)  LOWTHER (16)  MEDD (3)  MITCHINSON (5)  MOORE (2)  MOSES (1)  NIGHTINGALE (5)  PARKER (14)  PEACOCK (5)  PROWDE (1)  RENDEL (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUDD (5)  SKEEN (4)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (9)  SPINK (5)  STANGER (8)  STEELE (1)  SWALES (1)  SWAINSTON (9)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (3)  WILSON (8)  WOODGATE (6)  WRIGHT (8)