Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ousefleet, Yorkshire

Ousefleet 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
HOBSON157.1090274.22
BARRATT94.2654210.28
SPENCE83.7915114.61
HAMSON83.79152,424.24
COULSON73.3175185.19
CHAPMAN73.317523.36
KNIPE73.31752,258.06
JOHNSON73.31759.87
CLARK73.317511.04
MAJOR62.8436210.53
PINDER62.8436236.22
FOSTER52.369717.72
JACKSON52.36978.48
MARSHALL52.369714.13
DURHAM31.4218164.84
PURVIS31.4218147.06
SYKES31.421829.64
FENWICK31.4218108.70
HUBBARD31.421858.48
SMITH31.42181.01
COCKING31.4218294.12
HARRISON31.42186.40
LEDGER31.4218208.33
ELLIS31.42189.79
HEMINGWAY31.4218212.77
LATHAM31.421869.77
DIXON20.94798.65
HOLIDAY20.9479338.98
WRIGHT20.94792.95
LEEMAN20.9479645.16
MELROSE10.4739121.95
AARON10.4739303.03
HOGGARD10.4739454.55
SHIPLEY10.473953.48
LONG10.47397.30
WOOD10.47391.49
HAYWOOD10.473922.57
LEE10.47392.90
THORPE10.473911.99
GRIFFIN10.473910.07
PARSONS10.47396.24
BOULTON10.473926.32
MASON10.47393.52
MARKHAM10.473939.84
ROBERTS10.47391.26
LISTER10.473916.61
WEST10.47394.92
POWELL10.47393.80
CANTY10.4739400.00
THOMPSON10.47391.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMSON2,424.2483.7915
KNIPE2,258.0673.3175
LEEMAN645.1620.9479
HOGGARD454.5510.4739
CANTY400.0010.4739
HOLIDAY338.9820.9479
AARON303.0310.4739
COCKING294.1231.4218
HOBSON274.22157.1090
PINDER236.2262.8436
HEMINGWAY212.7731.4218
MAJOR210.5362.8436
BARRATT210.2894.2654
LEDGER208.3331.4218
COULSON185.1973.3175
DURHAM164.8431.4218
PURVIS147.0631.4218
MELROSE121.9510.4739
SWEETING117.6510.4739
SPENCE114.6183.7915
GOLDEN112.3610.4739
FENWICK108.7031.4218
LATHAM69.7731.4218
HUBBARD58.4831.4218
COWLING53.7610.4739
SHIPLEY53.4810.4739
MARKHAM39.8410.4739
NOLAN34.7210.4739
SYKES29.6431.4218
BOULTON26.3210.4739
CHAPMAN23.3673.3175
HAYWOOD22.5710.4739
FOSTER17.7252.3697
LISTER16.6110.4739
MARSHALL14.1352.3697
THORPE11.9910.4739
CLARK11.0473.3175
GRIFFIN10.0710.4739
JOHNSON9.8773.3175
ELLIS9.7931.4218
SKINNER9.3410.4739
DIXON8.6520.9479
JACKSON8.4852.3697
LONG7.3010.4739
HARRISON6.4031.4218
PARSONS6.2410.4739
WEST4.9210.4739
POWELL3.8010.4739
MASON3.5210.4739
WRIGHT2.9520.9479

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called HAMSON in Ousefleet 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 3.7915 in Ousefleet means that 3.7915% of the people in Ousefleet on census day were called HAMSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMSON 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 HAMSON 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 HAMSON 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 HAMSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,424.24 in Ousefleet means that you are 2,424.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMSON in Ousefleet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ousefleet in 1881

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

AARON (1)  ALBIONS (1)  BERSTOW OR BRISTOW (2)  BARRATT (9)  BIRDWIS (1)  BURTWISTLE (5)  BOULTON (1)  BRAMHILL (10)  BROWN (1)  CANTY (1)  CHAPMAN (7)  CLARK (7)  COCKING (3)  COULSON (7)  COWLING (1)  CROUCHLEY (1)  DIXON (2)  DURHAM (3)  ELLA (1)  ELLIS (3)  ELMA (5)  FENWICK (3)  FOSTER (5)  GOLDEN (1)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALDENBY (2)  HOLIDAY (2)  HAMSON (8)  HARRISON (3)  HEMINGWAY (3)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOBSON (15)  HOGGARD (1)  HUBBARD (3)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (7)  KNIPE (7)  LATHAM (3)  LEDGER (3)  LEE (1)  LEEMAN (2)  LISTER (1)  LONG (1)  MAJOR (6)  MARKHAM (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MATHUE (1)  MELROSE (1)  NOLAN (1)  PARSONS (1)  PINDER (6)  POWELL (1)  PURVIS (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  RELLEY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RUXTON (2)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SHIPLEY (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (3)  SPENCE (8)  SWEETING (1)  SYKES (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  TUTTY (1)  TOWLAR (1)  WARD (1)  WEST (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (2)