Top surnames from the 1881 census in Marr, Yorkshire

Marr 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
KITSON158.33331,041.67
SOWDEN147.77781,372.55
ADAMS126.666745.23
FISHER105.555647.46
PIPER84.4444224.72
SMITH84.44443.15
HANSON63.3333103.27
BARKER63.333325.48
THOMPSON52.77789.27
INGHAM52.7778111.61
DAY52.777829.50
WHITE42.22226.91
CASS42.2222312.50
PARKIN42.222282.64
BRAITHWAITE42.2222191.39
FLETCHER31.666714.60
KEYWORTH31.6667731.71
HILL31.66676.54
HOLBROOK21.1111153.85
BELL21.11115.91
MOOR21.111179.37
WELLS21.111113.35
MIDGLEY21.111182.99
GELDER21.1111400.00
HANDLEY10.555632.89
MACHIN10.555655.56
SINGLETON10.555628.09
DOBBS10.555681.97
ROACH10.555637.74
HARRIS10.55562.19
WAGSTAFF10.555644.64
HALL10.55561.89
LIFSEY10.555610,000.00
SHEPHERD10.55567.58
KENYON10.555626.60
DICKINSON10.555613.00
BYWATER10.5556109.89
MURPHY10.55566.95
TREVOR10.5556178.57
DUNSTAN10.555698.04
SCHOLES10.555647.85
PATTERSON10.555615.92
HAZELWOOD10.5556333.33
WATSON10.55562.40
MOWBRAY10.5556133.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIFSEY10,000.0010.5556
SOWDEN1,372.55147.7778
KITSON1,041.67158.3333
KEYWORTH731.7131.6667
GELDER400.0021.1111
HAZELWOOD333.3310.5556
CASS312.5042.2222
PIPER224.7284.4444
BRAITHWAITE191.3942.2222
TREVOR178.5710.5556
HOLBROOK153.8521.1111
MOWBRAY133.3310.5556
INGHAM111.6152.7778
BYWATER109.8910.5556
HANSON103.2763.3333
DUNSTAN98.0410.5556
MIDGLEY82.9921.1111
PARKIN82.6442.2222
DOBBS81.9710.5556
MOOR79.3721.1111
MACHIN55.5610.5556
SCHOLES47.8510.5556
FISHER47.46105.5556
ADAMS45.23126.6667
WAGSTAFF44.6410.5556
ROACH37.7410.5556
HANDLEY32.8910.5556
DAY29.5052.7778
SINGLETON28.0910.5556
KENYON26.6010.5556
BARKER25.4863.3333
PATTERSON15.9210.5556
FLETCHER14.6031.6667
WELLS13.3521.1111
DICKINSON13.0010.5556
THOMPSON9.2752.7778
SHEPHERD7.5810.5556
MURPHY6.9510.5556
WHITE6.9142.2222
HILL6.5431.6667
BELL5.9121.1111
SMITH3.1584.4444
WATSON2.4010.5556
HARRIS2.1910.5556
HALL1.8910.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LIFSEY in Marr 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 0.5556 in Marr means that 0.5556% of the people in Marr on census day were called LIFSEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Marr in 1881

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

ADAMS (12)  AINSBORO (1)  ARMYTAGE (1)  ATHRON (5)  AYTHORNE (10)  BARKER (6)  BELL (2)  BRAITHWAITE (4)  BULLAN (2)  BYWATER (1)  CASS (4)  CHATER (1)  COULIN (1)  DAY (5)  DICKINSON (1)  DOBBS (1)  DUNSTAN (1)  FISHER (10)  FLETCHER (3)  GELDER (2)  GRINDLES (1)  HALL (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HANSON (6)  HARRIS (1)  HAZELWOOD (1)  HILL (3)  HOLBROOK (2)  INGHAM (5)  KENYON (1)  KEYWORTH (3)  KIDSON (2)  KITSON (15)  LIFSEY (1)  MACHIN (1)  MALDOON (1)  MIDGLEY (2)  MOOR (2)  MOWBRAY (1)  MURPHY (1)  MC NICHOL (1)  PARKIN (4)  PATTERSON (1)  PIPER (8)  REVILL (1)  ROACH (1)  SCHOLES (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIDMORE (1)  SINGLETON (1)  SMITH (8)  SOWDEN (14)  THOMPSON (5)  TREVOR (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WATSON (1)  WELLS (2)  WHITE (4)