Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yokefleet, Yorkshire

Yokefleet 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
COATES87.4074198.51
MARTINSON87.407416,000.00
LAWRENCE76.481599.86
THOMPSON65.555618.55
OSBORN54.6296222.22
SMITH54.62963.28
HALLIDAY54.6296224.22
MORRISS54.6296757.58
AYRE43.7037666.67
HATFIELD43.7037519.48
MITCHELL32.777813.69
DAWSON32.777825.21
GOLDSMITH32.7778178.57
WRIGHT21.85195.77
MARSHALL21.851911.04
LAUGHTON10.9259188.68
SHIPLEY10.9259105.26
GREGORY10.925913.19
REVEL10.92591,000.00
GELDER10.9259333.33
LEETHAM10.92592,500.00
BELL10.92594.93
SWEETING10.9259232.56
SANDERSON10.925922.42
GRAVES10.925960.98
BROWN10.92591.40
WILSON10.92592.02
BELDON10.92591,666.67
SAILS10.92595,000.00
DALES10.9259294.12
BOWLING10.9259250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTINSON16,000.0087.4074
SAILS5,000.0010.9259
LEETHAM2,500.0010.9259
BELDON1,666.6710.9259
REVEL1,000.0010.9259
MORRISS757.5854.6296
AYRE666.6743.7037
HATFIELD519.4843.7037
GELDER333.3310.9259
DALES294.1210.9259
BOWLING250.0010.9259
SWEETING232.5610.9259
HALLIDAY224.2254.6296
OSBORN222.2254.6296
COATES198.5187.4074
LAUGHTON188.6810.9259
GOLDSMITH178.5732.7778
SHIPLEY105.2610.9259
LAWRENCE99.8676.4815
GRAVES60.9810.9259
DAWSON25.2132.7778
SANDERSON22.4210.9259
THOMPSON18.5565.5556
MITCHELL13.6932.7778
GREGORY13.1910.9259
MARSHALL11.0421.8519
WRIGHT5.7721.8519
BELL4.9310.9259
SMITH3.2854.6296
WILSON2.0210.9259
BROWN1.4010.9259

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called MARTINSON in Yokefleet 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 7.4074 in Yokefleet means that 7.4074% of the people in Yokefleet on census day were called MARTINSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON 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 MARTINSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,000.00 in Yokefleet means that you are 16,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTINSON in Yokefleet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yokefleet in 1881

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

BELDON (1)  BELL (1)  BLANSHARD (3)  BOWLING (1)  BROWN (1)  CALANS (1)  COATES (8)  DALES (1)  DAWSON (3)  DILCOCK (1)  AYRE (4)  GELDER (1)  GOLDSMITH (3)  GRAVES (1)  GREGORY (1)  HALLIDAY (5)  HATFIELD (4)  KILHAM (5)  LEETHAM (1)  LAWRENCE (7)  LAUGHTON (1)  LONGBONES (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTINSON (8)  MITCHELL (3)  MORRISS (5)  OSBORN (5)  REVEL (1)  SAILS (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SCOFFINS (7)  SAYNER (2)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMITH (5)  SOWERSBY (1)  SWEETING (1)  THOMPSON (6)  WILSON (1)  WYVILL (1)  WRIGHT (2)