Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Martin, Yorkshire

St Martin 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
FOSTER1113.9241104.17
CHAPMAN810.126671.30
POWELL810.126681.14
WEBSTER78.8608101.89
HODGSON78.8608127.97
TINKLER67.59491,764.71
SIMPSON67.594943.42
THOMPSON56.329121.12
WAKE56.3291781.25
RUSSELL45.063341.49
DENT33.7975200.00
KING22.531611.61
SPENCE22.531676.63
GRAHAM22.531622.05
WOODFORD11.2658181.82
WILSON11.26582.76
MEDLEY11.2658344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TINKLER1,764.7167.5949
WAKE781.2556.3291
MEDLEY344.8311.2658
DENT200.0033.7975
WOODFORD181.8211.2658
HODGSON127.9778.8608
FOSTER104.171113.9241
WEBSTER101.8978.8608
POWELL81.14810.1266
SPENCE76.6322.5316
CHAPMAN71.30810.1266
SIMPSON43.4267.5949
RUSSELL41.4945.0633
GRAHAM22.0522.5316
THOMPSON21.1256.3291
KING11.6122.5316
WILSON2.7611.2658

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called TINKLER in St Martin 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 7.5949 in St Martin means that 7.5949% of the people in St Martin on census day were called TINKLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TINKLER 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 TINKLER 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 TINKLER 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 TINKLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,764.71 in St Martin means that you are 1,764.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TINKLER in St Martin than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Martin in 1881

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

CHAPMAN (8)  DENT (3)  FOSTER (11)  GRAHAM (2)  HODGSON (7)  KING (2)  MEDLEY (1)  POWELL (8)  RUSSELL (4)  SIMPSON (6)  SPENCE (2)  THOMPSON (5)  TINKLER (6)  WAKE (5)  WEBSTER (7)  WILSON (1)  WOODFORD (1)