Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foston On Wolds, Yorkshire

Foston On Wolds 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
BOWER134.5296247.15
SHIPLEY113.8328433.07
MORRIS113.832817.22
BAKER103.484315.90
STEPHENSON103.484360.90
CROFT93.1359132.74
WATSON82.787512.02
SELLERS82.7875361.99
GREENLEY72.43904,375.00
GREEN72.43908.66
GRAY72.439017.09
FOSTER62.090615.64
MOTT62.0906276.50
JONES62.09061.85
TAYLOR51.74222.72
SMITH51.74221.23
JOHNSON51.74225.19
FORD51.742217.89
WHITWELL41.3937470.59
COULTAS41.3937701.75
WISEMAN41.3937101.52
SHEPHARD41.3937145.45
BARR41.393757.64
WILSON41.39373.03
WEST41.393714.48
NETTLETON31.0453243.90
MELTON31.0453297.03
MALTON31.0453833.33
AGAR31.0453272.73
BARON31.0453101.01
ABRAM20.6969194.17
BELL20.69693.71
FARTHING20.6969132.45
BALDOCK20.696999.50
ALDRIGE20.69691,428.57
HOLMES20.69695.72
FOREMAN20.696953.33
STORK20.6969425.53
JACKSON20.69692.49
WOOD20.69692.19
ALLEN10.34841.84
HYDE10.348411.33
SANDERSON10.34848.43
CHAMBERS10.34846.13
DARLEY10.348481.97
WHITING10.348418.08
COOK10.34841.75
ROBSON10.34845.29
WALKER10.34841.04
DIXON10.34843.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GREENLEY4,375.0072.4390
ALDRIGE1,428.5720.6969
MALTON833.3331.0453
COULTAS701.7541.3937
WHITWELL470.5941.3937
SHIPLEY433.07113.8328
STORK425.5320.6969
SELLERS361.9982.7875
MELTON297.0331.0453
MOTT276.5062.0906
AGAR272.7331.0453
BOWER247.15134.5296
NETTLETON243.9031.0453
ABRAM194.1720.6969
SHEPHARD145.4541.3937
BIGGINS144.9310.3484
CROFT132.7493.1359
FARTHING132.4520.6969
WISEMAN101.5241.3937
BARON101.0131.0453
BALDOCK99.5020.6969
DARLEY81.9710.3484
STEPHENSON60.90103.4843
BARR57.6441.3937
FOREMAN53.3320.6969
COLLINSON29.6710.3484
TEMPLE26.5310.3484
SKELTON23.9210.3484
WHITING18.0810.3484
FORD17.8951.7422
MORRIS17.22113.8328
GRAY17.0972.4390
BAKER15.90103.4843
FOSTER15.6462.0906
WEST14.4841.3937
WATSON12.0282.7875
HYDE11.3310.3484
GREEN8.6672.4390
SANDERSON8.4310.3484
HIGGINS6.8910.3484
CHAMBERS6.1310.3484
HOLMES5.7220.6969
ROBSON5.2910.3484
JOHNSON5.1951.7422
BELL3.7120.6969
DIXON3.1810.3484
DAWSON3.1610.3484
WILSON3.0341.3937
TAYLOR2.7251.7422
JACKSON2.4920.6969

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called GREENLEY in Foston On Wolds 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 2.4390 in Foston On Wolds means that 2.4390% of the people in Foston On Wolds on census day were called GREENLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GREENLEY 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 GREENLEY 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 GREENLEY 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 GREENLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,375.00 in Foston On Wolds means that you are 4,375.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GREENLEY in Foston On Wolds than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foston On Wolds in 1881

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

ABRAM (2)  AKRILL (1)  AGAR (3)  ALDRIGE (2)  ALLEN (1)  BAKER (10)  BALDOCK (2)  BARR (4)  BARON (3)  BELL (2)  BIGGINS (1)  BOWER (13)  BRANILEY (1)  CATLEY (4)  CHAMBERS (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOK (1)  COULTAS (4)  CREASSER (6)  CROFT (9)  DARLEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (1)  DRINKROW (8)  EASBY (5)  FARTHING (2)  FORD (5)  FOREMAN (2)  FOSTER (6)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (7)  GREENLEY (7)  HARMAM (9)  HIGGINS (1)  HOLMES (2)  HYDE (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (6)  LOVEWELL (4)  MEADLEY (1)  MELTON (3)  MORRIS (11)  MOTT (6)  MALTON (3)  NETTLETON (3)  NORRISS (3)  POSTILL (10)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SELLERS (8)  SELLORS (1)  SHEPHARD (4)  SHIPLEY (11)  SISSONS (1)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (5)  SPAVIN (1)  SPOWAGE (8)  STERRIKER (1)  STEPHENSON (10)  STORK (2)  SYMUS (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TEMPLE (1)  TINSLE (1)  TORRSEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (8)  WEST (4)  WHITING (1)  WHITWELL (4)  WILSON (4)  WISEMAN (4)  WOOD (2)  YORBOROUGH (1)