Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fearby, Yorkshire

Fearby 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
METCALF209.0090444.44
GLEW156.75683,061.22
SPENCE125.4054163.49
WRAY104.5045335.57
LANGSTAFF94.05413,214.29
GILL94.054157.29
RAW94.05411,125.00
NICHOLSON62.702738.05
ROBINSON62.70278.48
DAWSON52.252320.43
REYNARD52.25231,351.35
KITCHING52.2523387.60
JACKSON52.25238.06
WILSON41.80183.92
KAY41.801834.69
RICHARDSON41.801810.58
IMESON41.80181,904.76
METCALFE31.351459.17
STOREY31.351453.19
RIDER31.3514138.89
HORNER31.351470.92
WOODWARD31.351427.40
YEOMAN31.3514214.29
COATES31.351436.23
THOMPSON31.35144.51
DIXON31.351412.34
HARDAKER31.3514389.61
BUCKLE20.900982.64
GLAVE20.90093,333.33
GRAHAM20.90097.85
WALKER20.90092.69
WOOD20.90092.83
NELSON20.900918.60
PEARSON20.90097.75
ATKINSON10.45054.63
COLLIER10.450513.48
CAMPBELL10.45052.66
BLACKBURN10.450511.95
CRADDOCK10.450553.48
HARE10.450529.15
BURTON10.45055.29
BARKER10.45053.44
MERRYWEATHER10.4505200.00
KETTLEWELL10.4505147.06
COOK10.45052.27
REYNOLDS10.45055.20
CLARK10.45051.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLAVE3,333.3320.9009
LANGSTAFF3,214.2994.0541
GLEW3,061.22156.7568
IMESON1,904.7641.8018
REYNARD1,351.3552.2523
RAW1,125.0094.0541
METCALF444.44209.0090
HARDAKER389.6131.3514
KITCHING387.6052.2523
WRAY335.57104.5045
YEOMAN214.2931.3514
MERRYWEATHER200.0010.4505
SPENCE163.49125.4054
KETTLEWELL147.0610.4505
RIDER138.8931.3514
BUCKLE82.6420.9009
HORNER70.9231.3514
METCALFE59.1731.3514
GILL57.2994.0541
CRADDOCK53.4810.4505
STOREY53.1931.3514
NICHOLSON38.0562.7027
COATES36.2331.3514
KAY34.6941.8018
HARE29.1510.4505
WOODWARD27.4031.3514
DAWSON20.4352.2523
NELSON18.6020.9009
COLLIER13.4810.4505
DIXON12.3431.3514
BLACKBURN11.9510.4505
RICHARDSON10.5841.8018
ROBINSON8.4862.7027
JACKSON8.0652.2523
GRAHAM7.8520.9009
PEARSON7.7520.9009
BURTON5.2910.4505
REYNOLDS5.2010.4505
ATKINSON4.6310.4505
THOMPSON4.5131.3514
WILSON3.9241.8018
BARKER3.4410.4505
WOOD2.8320.9009
WALKER2.6920.9009
CAMPBELL2.6610.4505
COOK2.2710.4505
CLARK1.5010.4505

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called GLAVE in Fearby 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 0.9009 in Fearby means that 0.9009% of the people in Fearby on census day were called GLAVE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLAVE 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 GLAVE 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 GLAVE 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 GLAVE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Fearby means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLAVE in Fearby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fearby in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BARKER (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BUCKLE (2)  BURTON (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CLARK (1)  COATES (3)  COLLIER (1)  COOK (1)  CRADDOCK (1)  CRAGGS (1)  DAWSON (5)  DIXON (3)  DUMVILLE (2)  EDON (1)  GILL (9)  GLAVE (2)  GLEW (15)  GRAHAM (2)  HARDAKER (3)  HARE (1)  HORNER (3)  IANSON (9)  IMESON (4)  JACKSON (5)  KAY (4)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KITCHING (5)  LANGSTAFF (9)  MALTHOUSE (7)  MERRYWEATHER (1)  METCALF (20)  METCALFE (3)  NELSON (2)  NICHOLSON (6)  PARNABY (1)  PEARSON (2)  WRAY (10)  RAW (9)  REYNARD (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDER (3)  ROBINSON (6)  SPENCE (12)  STOREY (3)  THOMPSON (3)  VARO (1)  WALKER (2)  WILSON (4)  WINTERSGILL (5)  WOOD (2)  WOODWARD (3)  WRATHER (5)  WRIGHTSON (1)  YEOMAN (3)