Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stapleton In Pontefract, Yorkshire

Stapleton In Pontefract 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
KILBURN1411.66672,258.06
RHODES86.6667143.63
THORP86.6667490.80
DYER86.6667172.04
HOLT75.833387.17
OWSTON65.00007,500.00
POSKITT65.00006,666.67
BROWN65.00007.59
DYSON54.1667128.53
TYSON54.1667320.51
BUXTON43.3333222.22
JENKINS43.333328.29
CONEY43.33331,176.47
MITCHELL32.500012.33
CARTER32.500014.90
HEPWORTH21.6667145.99
LEE21.666710.20
ROBERTS21.66674.43
ADEY10.8333256.41
DYCE10.83332,000.00
COLLEY10.833365.79
BEAN10.833364.52
STACY10.8333285.71
CROSLEY10.8333555.56
WALTON10.833311.83
THOMPSON10.83332.78
ATKINSON10.83338.55
PICKARD10.833359.88
MASTERS10.833345.05
CALL10.8333666.67
JENKINSON10.833347.62
BRADLEY10.833310.38
TAYLOR10.83331.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OWSTON7,500.0065.0000
POSKITT6,666.6765.0000
KILBURN2,258.061411.6667
DYCE2,000.0010.8333
CONEY1,176.4743.3333
CALL666.6710.8333
CROSLEY555.5610.8333
THORP490.8086.6667
TYSON320.5154.1667
STACY285.7110.8333
ADEY256.4110.8333
BUXTON222.2243.3333
DYER172.0486.6667
HEPWORTH145.9921.6667
RHODES143.6386.6667
DYSON128.5354.1667
HOLT87.1775.8333
COLLEY65.7910.8333
BEAN64.5210.8333
PICKARD59.8810.8333
JENKINSON47.6210.8333
MASTERS45.0510.8333
JENKINS28.2943.3333
CARTER14.9032.5000
MITCHELL12.3332.5000
WALTON11.8310.8333
BRADLEY10.3810.8333
LEE10.2021.6667
ATKINSON8.5510.8333
BROWN7.5965.0000
ROBERTS4.4321.6667
THOMPSON2.7810.8333
TAYLOR1.3010.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called OWSTON in Stapleton In Pontefract 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 5.0000 in Stapleton In Pontefract means that 5.0000% of the people in Stapleton In Pontefract on census day were called OWSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OWSTON 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 OWSTON 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 OWSTON 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 OWSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 7,500.00 in Stapleton In Pontefract means that you are 7,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OWSTON in Stapleton In Pontefract than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stapleton In Pontefract in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BEAN (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRETTINGLY (1)  BROWN (6)  BUXTON (4)  CALL (1)  CARTER (3)  COLLEY (1)  CONEY (4)  CROSLEY (1)  DUCCAT (1)  DYCE (1)  DYER (8)  DYSON (5)  ADEY (1)  HEPWORTH (2)  HOLT (7)  HUSCROFT (4)  JENKINS (4)  JENKINSON (1)  KILBURN (14)  LEE (2)  MARSHE (1)  MASTERS (1)  MITCHELL (3)  OWSTON (6)  PICKARD (1)  POSKITT (6)  RHODES (8)  ROBERTS (2)  ROUSTON (1)  STACY (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORP (8)  TYSON (5)  WALTON (1)