Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farnley Tyas, Yorkshire

Farnley Tyas 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
KAYE315.0407336.23
SHAW294.715425.67
EASTWOOD213.4146144.43
WALKER203.25209.71
TURNER203.252011.68
SCHOFIELD203.252059.99
SYKES182.926861.00
HAIGH172.764280.19
EARNSHAW142.2764184.21
WILSON111.78863.89
MELLOR111.788650.78
HALLAS111.7886480.35
ROBERTS111.78864.75
BOOTHROYD111.7886345.91
BROOK101.626042.18
JAGGER91.4634184.80
BRADLEY91.463418.23
KIRBY91.463438.58
GILL91.463420.68
ROEBUCK91.4634216.35
ADAMSON81.300849.17
DANNATT81.30082,500.00
WEBSTER81.300814.96
JOHNSEY81.30088,000.00
BROWN71.13821.73
LEIGH71.138249.47
BEAUMONT71.138238.40
LUNN71.138287.94
GELDER71.1382411.76
SCAIFE71.1382256.41
SPARROW71.138289.86
LODGE60.975653.67
SCOTT60.97563.86
WRAY60.975672.55
HIRST60.975629.91
HEWITT60.975620.03
DAY60.975610.36
WOOD60.97563.06
HITCHEN50.8130119.33
BOOTH50.81308.24
HARDY50.813013.57
GRAY50.81305.69
THORNTON50.813016.17
LLOYD50.81306.96
SLATER40.650410.74
TAYLOR40.65041.02
CARTWRIGHT40.650417.06
WADE40.650416.25
LOCKWOOD40.650429.46
FARRAND40.6504325.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLMAN10,000.0010.1626
JOHNSEY8,000.0081.3008
DANNATT2,500.0081.3008
SCAFE1,111.1120.3252
HALLAS480.35111.7886
GELDER411.7671.1382
BOOTHROYD345.91111.7886
KAYE336.23315.0407
FARRAND325.2040.6504
DACEY266.6720.3252
SCAIFE256.4171.1382
ROEBUCK216.3591.4634
JAGGER184.8091.4634
EARNSHAW184.21142.2764
EASTWOOD144.43213.4146
JULIAN133.9330.4878
HITCHEN119.3350.8130
SPARROW89.8671.1382
LUNN87.9471.1382
GOTHARD85.4710.1626
HAIGH80.19172.7642
WRAY72.5560.9756
NOWELL69.2020.3252
SYKES61.00182.9268
SIBLEY60.6130.4878
SCHOFIELD59.99203.2520
LODGE53.6760.9756
MELLOR50.78111.7886
LEIGH49.4771.1382
ADAMSON49.1781.3008
EVEREST47.6210.1626
BROOK42.18101.6260
DODSON42.0220.3252
MALLINSON39.4520.3252
KIRBY38.5891.4634
BEAUMONT38.4071.1382
REDFERN35.0130.4878
PLACE31.0610.1626
SOWERBY30.1210.1626
HIRST29.9160.9756
LOCKWOOD29.4640.6504
HAMPSHIRE28.7410.1626
METCALFE28.4940.6504
SENIOR28.3940.6504
THWAITES27.2510.1626
SHAW25.67294.7154
FAWCETT25.2330.4878
VARLEY23.6720.3252
GILL20.6891.4634
HEWITT20.0360.9756

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BOLMAN in Farnley Tyas 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 0.1626 in Farnley Tyas means that 0.1626% of the people in Farnley Tyas on census day were called BOLMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Farnley Tyas in 1881

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

ADAMSON (8)  ALLATT (2)  ALLOTT (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ARMITAGE (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALMFORTH (2)  BARLOW (1)  BIRTEL (1)  BEAUMONT (7)  BLACK (3)  BOLMAN (1)  BOOTH (5)  BOOTHROYD (11)  BOTTOMLEY (1)  BRADLEY (9)  BROADBENT (1)  BROOK (10)  BROWN (7)  BUCKLEY (4)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  COCKHILL (3)  CROSSLEY (2)  DAWSON (2)  DAY (6)  DACEY (2)  DANNATT (8)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (3)  DODSON (2)  DOWLING (1)  DRAPER (1)  EARNSHAW (14)  EASTWOOD (21)  EVEREST (1)  FARRAND (4)  FAWCETT (3)  GELDER (7)  GILL (9)  GOTHARD (1)  GRAY (5)  GUEST (1)  HALL (4)  HAMPSHIRE (1)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARDY (5)  HARPER (2)  HAIGH (17)  HEY (1)  HEWITT (6)  HEYWOOD (1)  HITCHEN (5)  HOLDEN (2)  HALLAS (11)  HOWARTH (2)  HIRST (6)  IBBERSON (1)  J...HAM (1)  JAGGER (9)  JOHNSEY (8)  JULIAN (3)  KAYE (31)  KAY (2)  KIRBY (9)  KIRK (1)  NOWELL (2)  LEE (2)  LEIGH (7)  LLOYD (5)  LOCKWOOD (4)  LODGE (6)  LORRIMAN (2)  LUMB (1)  LUNN (7)  MALLINSON (2)  MAUDE (8)  MACK (1)  MELLOR (11)  METCALFE (4)  MOORE (1)  NOBLE (2)  OLDHAM (2)  PINDER (1)  PLACE (1)  WRAY (6)  REDFERN (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (11)  ROBINSON (2)  ROEBUCK (9)  ROWLEY (2)  SCAFE (2)  SCAIFE (7)  SCHOFIELD (20)  SCOTT (6)  SENIOR (4)  SHARPE (2)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (29)  SIBLEY (3)  SLATER (4)  SMITH (3)  SOWERBY (1)  SPARROW (7)  STANSFIELD (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  SUTCLIFFE (3)  SYKES (18)  TAYLOR (4)  THORNTON (5)  THREAPPLETON (1)  THWAITES (1)  TYMMS (1)  TURNER (20)  VARLEY (2)  WADE (4)  WALKER (20)  WEBSTER (8)  WILSON (11)  WOOD (6)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODROPER (2)