Top surnames from the 1881 census in Felliscliffe, Yorkshire

Felliscliffe 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
GILL216.441791.03
HOUSEMAN144.29451,866.67
ELLIS144.294529.57
BINNS144.2945259.26
FRENCH92.760756.53
HARPER92.760743.12
GRANGE92.7607481.28
LAYFIELD92.76071,525.42
HALL82.45408.34
CORKER72.1472875.00
MORRELL72.1472228.76
SMITH72.14721.52
WILSON61.84054.01
BENSON51.533756.56
WALMSLEY51.533774.07
KAY51.533729.52
COATES51.533741.15
STOTHART51.53372,941.18
WATSON51.53376.61
HOLMES51.533712.59
SHUTT51.5337423.73
WEBSTER41.227014.11
WALKER41.22703.67
HOLDSWORTH41.227072.86
JACKSON41.22704.39
WAITE41.227059.08
BROWN30.92021.40
SNOW30.920268.03
THOMPSON30.92023.07
PARKINSON30.920219.18
STURDY30.9202291.26
LUMLEY30.9202150.75
TOWERS30.920279.37
DAVIDSON30.920210.94
NOBLE30.920222.16
DENISON30.9202241.94
THORNTON30.920218.30
DALBY30.9202113.64
JOPLIN30.92021,500.00
HUDSON20.61357.49
MASON20.61354.56
SHEPHERD20.61358.37
MARSDEN20.613514.81
FOTHERGILL20.6135106.95
MARSTON20.613566.01
TAYLOR20.61350.96
METCALF20.613530.30
HEBDEN20.6135196.08
HARDISTY20.6135212.77
SWIRES20.61351,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANSFIELD5,000.0010.3067
STOTHART2,941.1851.5337
HOUSEMAN1,866.67144.2945
LAYFIELD1,525.4292.7607
JOPLIN1,500.0030.9202
SWIRES1,333.3320.6135
CORKER875.0072.1472
GRANGE481.2892.7607
SHUTT423.7351.5337
STURDY291.2630.9202
BINNS259.26144.2945
DENISON241.9430.9202
WETHERILL232.5610.3067
MORRELL228.7672.1472
HARDISTY212.7720.6135
HEBDEN196.0820.6135
REYNARD181.8210.3067
LUMLEY150.7530.9202
FAIRBURN119.0510.3067
DALBY113.6430.9202
FOTHERGILL106.9520.6135
GILL91.03216.4417
HOLLINGS81.9710.3067
TOWERS79.3730.9202
PULLAN77.5210.3067
WALMSLEY74.0751.5337
HOLDSWORTH72.8641.2270
NETTLETON71.4310.3067
SNOW68.0330.9202
MARSTON66.0120.6135
WAITE59.0841.2270
BENSON56.5651.5337
FRENCH56.5392.7607
HAINSWORTH48.3110.3067
HARPER43.1292.7607
COATES41.1551.5337
HARDCASTLE34.7210.3067
METCALF30.3020.6135
ELLIS29.57144.2945
KAY29.5251.5337
HARKER29.1510.3067
DAVY24.8810.3067
NOBLE22.1630.9202
FELL21.8310.3067
PARKINSON19.1830.9202
THORNTON18.3030.9202
JEFFREY16.5810.3067
PICKLES15.0810.3067
MARSDEN14.8120.6135
WEBSTER14.1141.2270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BRANSFIELD in Felliscliffe 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 0.3067 in Felliscliffe means that 0.3067% of the people in Felliscliffe on census day were called BRANSFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRANSFIELD 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 BRANSFIELD 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 BRANSFIELD 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 BRANSFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Felliscliffe means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRANSFIELD in Felliscliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Felliscliffe in 1881

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

HAINSWORTH (1)  BENSON (5)  BINNS (14)  BRANSFIELD (1)  BROWN (3)  COATES (5)  CORKER (7)  DALBY (3)  DARNBROOK (2)  DARNBROUGH (2)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAVY (1)  DENISON (3)  ELLIS (14)  AVESON (2)  FAIRBURN (1)  FELL (1)  FOTHERGILL (2)  FRENCH (9)  GILL (21)  GOODEAR (9)  GRANGE (9)  GREETHAM (2)  HALL (8)  HARDCASTE (2)  HARDCASTLE (1)  HARDISTY (2)  HARKER (1)  HARPER (9)  HATTERSLEY (4)  HEBDEN (2)  HEZMATHALCH (4)  HOLDSWORTH (4)  HOLLINGS (1)  HOLMES (5)  HOUSEMAN (14)  HUDSON (2)  JACKSON (4)  JEFFREY (1)  JOPLIN (3)  KAY (5)  KENT (1)  LAYFIELD (9)  LUMLEY (3)  MARSDEN (2)  MARSH (1)  MARSTON (2)  MASON (2)  METCALF (2)  MINTOFT (8)  MORRELL (7)  NETTLETON (1)  NOBLE (3)  OUTHWAITE (1)  PARKINSON (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKLES (1)  PROCTOR (1)  PULLAN (1)  REYNARD (1)  READEHALCH (1)  SURR (3)  SKAIFE (8)  SHUTT (5)  SHEPHERD (2)  SKIRROW (4)  SMITH (7)  SNOW (3)  STOTHART (5)  STURDY (3)  SWIRES (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNTON (3)  TOWERS (3)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (4)  WALMSLEY (5)  WATSON (5)  WEBSTER (4)  WETHERILL (1)  WILSON (6)  WAITE (4)