Top surnames from the 1881 census in York St Mary Bshpshl, Yorkshire

York St Mary Bshpshl 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
JACKSON712.963046.39
ROGERSON712.96301,060.61
KENT59.2593219.30
TAYLOR47.407411.58
BARRACLOUGH35.5556566.04
PALMER35.555647.10
DUNN23.703744.54
WATSON23.703715.96
BURTON23.703743.48
SMITH11.85191.31
LOCKWOOD11.851984.03
BROWN11.85192.81
LENG11.8519666.67
FROST11.851932.89
COOPER11.85197.61
SNOWDEN11.8519208.33
BROADBENT11.851986.21
FAWCETT11.851996.15
TODD11.851936.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROGERSON1,060.61712.9630
LENG666.6711.8519
BARRACLOUGH566.0435.5556
KENT219.3059.2593
SNOWDEN208.3311.8519
FAWCETT96.1511.8519
BROADBENT86.2111.8519
LOCKWOOD84.0311.8519
PALMER47.1035.5556
JACKSON46.39712.9630
DUNN44.5423.7037
BURTON43.4823.7037
TODD36.3611.8519
FROST32.8911.8519
WATSON15.9623.7037
TAYLOR11.5847.4074
COOPER7.6111.8519
BROWN2.8111.8519
SMITH1.3111.8519

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called ROGERSON in York St Mary Bshpshl 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 12.9630 in York St Mary Bshpshl means that 12.9630% of the people in York St Mary Bshpshl on census day were called ROGERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROGERSON 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 ROGERSON 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 ROGERSON 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 ROGERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,060.61 in York St Mary Bshpshl means that you are 1,060.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROGERSON in York St Mary Bshpshl than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in York St Mary Bshpshl in 1881

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

BARRACLOUGH (3)  BROADBENT (1)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (2)  CAMPSON (1)  COOPER (1)  DUNN (2)  FAWCETT (1)  FROST (1)  HAMBLE (1)  HORWELL (6)  JACKSON (7)  KENT (5)  LENG (1)  LOCKWOOD (1)  PALMER (3)  PLASKITT (1)  ROGERSON (7)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDEN (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TODD (1)  WATSON (2)