Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farndale East Side, Yorkshire

Farndale East Side 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
POTTER267.0081108.06
FEATHERSTONE246.4690718.56
WILSON225.929912.91
BOWES133.5040381.23
GARBUTT133.5040485.07
DUCK123.2345603.02
COOPER102.695411.08
PEACOCK102.695475.59
COLLIER92.425972.58
SHAW92.425913.21
WARD92.425911.10
THOMPSON92.42598.10
HUGILL92.4259967.74
WALKER92.42597.25
FRANK82.1563512.82
WATSON82.15639.30
HARLAND82.1563258.90
WHELDON71.88681,129.03
HANDLEY71.8868111.82
BEST61.617360.00
IBBOTSON51.3477196.08
ATKINSON51.347713.84
RICHARDSON51.34777.92
CARTER51.34778.03
MORTIMER51.347764.43
MARTIN41.07824.38
MEAD41.078246.24
LUMSDEN41.0782129.45
TEASDALE41.0782127.39
AGAR30.8086209.79
JACKSON30.80862.89
BARTRAM30.8086163.04
SIDWELL30.8086294.12
KENNEDY30.808613.41
HEAPS30.8086185.19
SPEIGHT20.539166.23
WRIGHT20.53911.68
HARRISON20.53912.43
TAYLOR20.53910.84
GREEN20.53911.91
SMITH20.53910.38
PEARSON20.53914.64
HOLMES20.53914.43
BETTS20.539125.22
MAW20.5391148.15
SHEPHERD10.26953.68
HORNBY10.269523.64
TODD10.26955.30
PARKINSON10.26955.62
DOBSON10.26956.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELIZABETH2,000.0010.2695
WHELDON1,129.0371.8868
HUGILL967.7492.4259
FEATHERSTONE718.56246.4690
DUCK603.02123.2345
FRANK512.8282.1563
GARBUTT485.07133.5040
BOWES381.23133.5040
SUGGITT333.3310.2695
SIDWELL294.1230.8086
HARLAND258.9082.1563
AGAR209.7930.8086
IBBOTSON196.0851.3477
HEAPS185.1930.8086
BARTRAM163.0430.8086
MAW148.1520.5391
LUMSDEN129.4541.0782
TEASDALE127.3941.0782
HANDLEY111.8271.8868
POTTER108.06267.0081
PEACOCK75.59102.6954
COLLIER72.5892.4259
SPEIGHT66.2320.5391
MORTIMER64.4351.3477
BEST60.0061.6173
MEAD46.2441.0782
BETTS25.2220.5391
HORNBY23.6410.2695
ATKINSON13.8451.3477
KENNEDY13.4130.8086
SHAW13.2192.4259
WILSON12.91225.9299
WARD11.1092.4259
COOPER11.08102.6954
WATSON9.3082.1563
THOMPSON8.1092.4259
CARTER8.0351.3477
RICHARDSON7.9251.3477
WALKER7.2592.4259
NORRIS6.2710.2695
DOBSON6.1110.2695
PARKINSON5.6210.2695
TODD5.3010.2695
PEARSON4.6420.5391
HOLMES4.4320.5391
MARTIN4.3841.0782
SHEPHERD3.6810.2695
COLE2.9610.2695
JACKSON2.8930.8086
HARRISON2.4320.5391

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called ELIZABETH in Farndale East Side 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 0.2695 in Farndale East Side means that 0.2695% of the people in Farndale East Side on census day were called ELIZABETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELIZABETH 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 ELIZABETH 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 ELIZABETH 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 ELIZABETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Farndale East Side means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELIZABETH in Farndale East Side than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farndale East Side in 1881

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

AGAR (3)  ATKINSON (5)  BARTRAM (3)  BEACROFT (1)  BEST (6)  BETTS (2)  BOWES (13)  BRECKON (10)  CARTER (5)  COLE (1)  COLLIER (9)  COOPER (10)  DOBSON (1)  DRING (7)  DUCK (12)  ELIZABETH (1)  FEATHERSTONE (24)  FOORD (6)  FRANK (8)  GARBUTT (13)  GREEN (2)  GWALTON (1)  HANDLEY (7)  HARLAND (8)  HARRISON (2)  HEAPS (3)  HOLMES (2)  HORNBY (1)  HUGILL (9)  IBBOTSON (5)  JACKSON (3)  KENNEDY (3)  KNEESHAW (6)  LUMSDEN (4)  MARTIN (4)  MAW (2)  MEAD (4)  MORTIMER (5)  NORRIS (1)  PARKINSON (1)  PEACOCK (10)  PEARSON (2)  POTTER (26)  RICHARDSON (5)  SAWS (3)  SHAW (9)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIDWELL (3)  SMITH (2)  SPEIGHT (2)  SUGGITT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEASDALE (4)  THOMPSON (9)  TODD (1)  WAIND (7)  WALKER (9)  WARD (9)  WATSON (8)  WHELDON (7)  WILDON (3)  WILSON (22)  WINSPEAR (11)  WRIGHT (2)