Top surnames from the 1881 census in Goxhill, Yorkshire

Goxhill 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
HUNTSMAN67.792230,000.00
JACKSON67.792227.88
WALKER56.493519.39
SIMPSON56.493537.12
JOHNSON45.194815.46
GIBSON33.896132.09
POOLEY33.8961483.87
TOWSE22.59742,000.00
HACKNEY22.5974588.24
BUSBY11.2987123.46
KELSEY11.2987175.44
ADDISON11.298793.46
INCH11.2987454.55
SHERMAN11.2987227.27
DEERING11.29871,250.00
PACEY11.2987333.33
BARKER11.29879.92
FALCONER11.2987108.70
CLARK11.29874.32
NICHOLSON11.298718.28
ALDRIDGE11.298767.11
EMERSON11.2987188.68
PARMER11.29873,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUNTSMAN30,000.0067.7922
PARMER3,333.3311.2987
TOWSE2,000.0022.5974
DEERING1,250.0011.2987
HACKNEY588.2422.5974
POOLEY483.8733.8961
INCH454.5511.2987
PACEY333.3311.2987
SHERMAN227.2711.2987
EMERSON188.6811.2987
KELSEY175.4411.2987
BUSBY123.4611.2987
FALCONER108.7011.2987
ADDISON93.4611.2987
ALDRIDGE67.1111.2987
SIMPSON37.1256.4935
GIBSON32.0933.8961
JACKSON27.8867.7922
WALKER19.3956.4935
NICHOLSON18.2811.2987
JOHNSON15.4645.1948
BARKER9.9211.2987
CLARK4.3211.2987

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called HUNTSMAN in Goxhill 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 7.7922 in Goxhill means that 7.7922% of the people in Goxhill on census day were called HUNTSMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUNTSMAN 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 HUNTSMAN 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 HUNTSMAN 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 HUNTSMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Goxhill means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUNTSMAN in Goxhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Goxhill in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ALDRIDGE (1)  BARKER (1)  BLAUCHARD (5)  BUSBY (1)  CLARK (1)  DEERING (1)  EMERSON (1)  FALCONER (1)  FIT (1)  GIBSON (3)  HACKNEY (2)  HUNTSMAN (6)  INCH (1)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSON (4)  KELSEY (1)  MC KEE (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  PACEY (1)  PARMER (1)  SAUL OR PAUL (2)  POOLEEY (5)  POOLEY (3)  REHAWES (1)  SAMPLER (1)  SHERMAN (1)  SHEPHERDSON (1)  SIMPSON (5)  STOBBART (3)  TOWSE (2)  WALKER (5)  WATLIN (6)