Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fountains Earth, Yorkshire

Fountains Earth 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
MOOR237.1207507.73
TEAL154.64401,219.51
RAYNER144.3344173.70
WALKER134.024812.02
THACKERY113.40563,928.57
COWLING113.4056387.32
SIMPSON103.096017.70
SMITH103.09602.19
THACKREY92.78648,181.82
LAYFIELD82.47681,355.93
HAWKIN82.47681,142.86
SPENCE72.167265.54
HUTCHINSON72.167238.15
JEFFERSON72.1672199.43
HANLEY61.8576225.56
HARRISON61.85768.37
VERITY51.5480362.32
KIRKBY51.5480273.22
DOLPHIN51.5480416.67
DOWNS51.548087.11
PATTISON51.548097.28
CASS51.5480218.34
PARKER41.23846.51
WILKINSON41.23848.12
HANNAM30.9288303.03
DICKINSON30.928821.75
POULTER30.9288125.00
CLARKSON30.928835.05
BELL20.61923.29
APPLEBY20.619237.88
PRATT20.619210.78
INMAN20.619290.91
CAMPBELL20.61923.66
RICHMOND20.619228.25
BECK20.619226.49
TOMPSON20.6192289.86
BONE20.619233.39
REASON20.6192212.77
KNOWLES20.619211.59
WATSON20.61922.67
FRYER10.309616.69
CODLING10.309688.50
WHITAKER10.309610.96
HIRST10.30969.49
METCALF10.309615.29
WARE10.309618.83
LAMB10.30965.87
EMERSON10.309644.64
RAW10.309685.47
KING10.30961.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THACKREY8,181.8292.7864
THACKERY3,928.57113.4056
LAYFIELD1,355.9382.4768
TEAL1,219.51154.6440
HAWKIN1,142.8682.4768
MOOR507.73237.1207
DOLPHIN416.6751.5480
COWLING387.32113.4056
VERITY362.3251.5480
HANNAM303.0330.9288
TOMPSON289.8620.6192
KIRKBY273.2251.5480
HANLEY225.5661.8576
CASS218.3451.5480
STONEY217.3910.3096
REASON212.7720.6192
JEFFERSON199.4372.1672
RAYNER173.70144.3344
LOBLEY153.8510.3096
POULTER125.0030.9288
WEATHERHEAD108.7010.3096
PREST100.0010.3096
PATTISON97.2851.5480
INMAN90.9120.6192
CODLING88.5010.3096
DOWNS87.1151.5480
RAW85.4710.3096
SPENCE65.5472.1672
EMERSON44.6410.3096
HUTCHINSON38.1572.1672
APPLEBY37.8820.6192
CLARKSON35.0530.9288
BONE33.3920.6192
TENNANT28.9910.3096
RICHMOND28.2520.6192
BECK26.4920.6192
DICKINSON21.7530.9288
WARE18.8310.3096
SIMPSON17.70103.0960
FRYER16.6910.3096
STRINGER15.5510.3096
METCALF15.2910.3096
ARMITAGE12.1410.3096
WALKER12.02134.0248
KNOWLES11.5920.6192
WHITAKER10.9610.3096
PRATT10.7820.6192
HIRST9.4910.3096
HARRISON8.3761.8576
WILKINSON8.1241.2384

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called THACKREY in Fountains Earth 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 2.7864 in Fountains Earth means that 2.7864% of the people in Fountains Earth on census day were called THACKREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THACKREY 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 THACKREY 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 THACKREY 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 THACKREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,181.82 in Fountains Earth means that you are 8,181.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THACKREY in Fountains Earth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fountains Earth in 1881

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

APPLEBY (2)  ARMIN (1)  ARMITAGE (1)  BECK (2)  BELL (2)  BONE (2)  BROADLEY (1)  CAMPBELL (2)  CASS (5)  CLARKSON (3)  CODLING (1)  COWLING (11)  DICKINSON (3)  DOLPHIN (5)  DOWNS (5)  EMERSON (1)  FRYER (1)  HANLEY (6)  HANNAM (3)  HARRISON (6)  HAWKIN (8)  TAYLOR (HAWKIN) (2)  HAWKSWELL (1)  HUNTER (1)  HIRST (1)  HUTCHINSON (7)  INMAN (2)  JEFFERSON (7)  KING (1)  KIRKBRIGHT (41)  KIRKBY (5)  KNOWLES (2)  LAMB (1)  LAYFIELD (8)  LOBLEY (1)  MALLABY (1)  METCALF (1)  MOISTER (2)  MOOR (23)  MAWER (11)  NEWBOULD (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (4)  PATTISON (5)  POULTER (3)  PRATT (2)  PREST (1)  RAW (1)  RAYNER (14)  REASON (2)  RICHMOND (2)  SIMPSON (10)  SMITH (10)  SPENCE (7)  STONEY (1)  STRINGER (1)  SUTTILL (2)  TEAL (15)  TENNANT (1)  THACKERY (11)  THACKREY (9)  THOMAS (1)  TOMPSON (2)  VARE (1)  VERITY (5)  WALKER (13)  WARE (1)  WATSON (2)  WEATHERHEAD (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WILKINSON (4)