Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fadmoor, Yorkshire

Fadmoor 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
POTTER149.3960144.93
BALDWIN138.7248204.72
RICHARDSON85.369131.55
FEATHERSTONE64.0268447.76
PEIRSON64.02682,500.00
PROUD64.0268789.47
BEST53.3557124.38
WOOD53.355710.53
HUDSON53.355740.98
CARR53.355746.51
HORSMAN53.3557961.54
WARDELL42.6846677.97
MASTERMAN42.68461,081.08
METCALFE42.6846117.65
WHITE32.01346.26
MORLEY32.013450.34
KENDREW32.01341,666.67
HANDLEY21.342379.37
WILSON21.34232.92
WEBSTER21.342315.43
WALKER21.34234.01
WILLIAMSON21.342314.97
WARING21.3423106.95
HODGSON10.67119.68
ATKINSON10.67116.89
FOTHERGILL10.6711117.65
CHAPMAN10.67114.73
SHEPHERD10.67119.16
BARKER10.67115.13
RENARD10.67112,500.00
FLETCHER10.67115.88
MOLES10.6711344.83
COLE10.67117.37
LENG10.6711238.10
SCOBY10.67115,000.00
GILL10.67119.49
PAPE10.6711222.22
FENWICK10.671151.28
CLARK10.67112.23
STURDY10.6711212.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCOBY5,000.0010.6711
PEIRSON2,500.0064.0268
RENARD2,500.0010.6711
KENDREW1,666.6732.0134
MASTERMAN1,081.0842.6846
HORSMAN961.5453.3557
PROUD789.4764.0268
WARDELL677.9742.6846
FEATHERSTONE447.7664.0268
MOLES344.8310.6711
LENG238.1010.6711
PAPE222.2210.6711
STURDY212.7710.6711
BALDWIN204.72138.7248
POTTER144.93149.3960
BEST124.3853.3557
FOTHERGILL117.6510.6711
METCALFE117.6542.6846
WARING106.9521.3423
HANDLEY79.3721.3423
FENWICK51.2810.6711
MORLEY50.3432.0134
CARR46.5153.3557
HUDSON40.9853.3557
RICHARDSON31.5585.3691
WEBSTER15.4321.3423
WILLIAMSON14.9721.3423
WOOD10.5353.3557
HODGSON9.6810.6711
GILL9.4910.6711
SHEPHERD9.1610.6711
COLE7.3710.6711
ATKINSON6.8910.6711
WHITE6.2632.0134
FLETCHER5.8810.6711
BARKER5.1310.6711
CHAPMAN4.7310.6711
WALKER4.0121.3423
WILSON2.9221.3423
CLARK2.2310.6711

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SCOBY in Fadmoor 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 0.6711 in Fadmoor means that 0.6711% of the people in Fadmoor on census day were called SCOBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCOBY 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 SCOBY 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 SCOBY 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 SCOBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Fadmoor means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCOBY in Fadmoor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fadmoor in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BALDWIN (13)  BARKER (1)  BEST (5)  CARR (5)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  COLE (1)  FEATHERSTONE (6)  FENWICK (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLINTOFT (4)  FOTHERGILL (1)  GILL (1)  HANDLEY (2)  HODGSON (1)  HORSMAN (5)  HUDSON (5)  KENDREW (3)  LENG (1)  MASTERMAN (4)  METCALFE (4)  MORLEY (3)  MOLES (1)  NORMINTON (10)  PAPE (1)  PEIRSON (6)  POTTER (14)  PROUD (6)  RENARD (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  SCOBY (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIGSWORTH (1)  STURDY (1)  TYREMAN (1)  WALKER (2)  WARDELL (4)  WARING (2)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (2)  WOARDLEY (5)  WOOD (5)