Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fitling, Yorkshire

Fitling 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
WRIGHT107.299322.75
LONG96.5693101.24
BAKER75.109523.32
WILSON75.109511.13
HUMBLE75.10951,076.92
JACKSON64.379615.67
BEW64.37963,157.89
DUNN64.379652.68
WHISKER53.64963,846.15
SPEIGHT53.6496450.45
WATLING53.6496704.23
ELLIOTT32.189825.82
THOMPSON21.45994.87
COURTNEY10.7299102.04
WOODHOUSE10.729930.77
JOHNSON10.72992.17
HOLMES10.72996.00
WALKER10.72992.18
DUFFEY10.7299204.08
DICKINSON10.729917.09
CANHAM10.7299163.93
WELDON10.7299181.82
DOUGLAS10.729915.06
ROGERSON10.729959.17
DALTON10.729931.85
LAMB10.729913.83
WILKINSON10.72994.78
STOCKDALE10.729993.46
DOBSON10.729916.56
MOORE10.72993.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHISKER3,846.1553.6496
BEW3,157.8964.3796
HUMBLE1,076.9275.1095
WATLING704.2353.6496
SPEIGHT450.4553.6496
DUFFEY204.0810.7299
WELDON181.8210.7299
CANHAM163.9310.7299
COURTNEY102.0410.7299
LONG101.2496.5693
STOCKDALE93.4610.7299
ROGERSON59.1710.7299
DUNN52.6864.3796
DALTON31.8510.7299
WOODHOUSE30.7710.7299
ELLIOTT25.8232.1898
BAKER23.3275.1095
WRIGHT22.75107.2993
DICKINSON17.0910.7299
DOBSON16.5610.7299
JACKSON15.6764.3796
DOUGLAS15.0610.7299
LAMB13.8310.7299
WILSON11.1375.1095
HOLMES6.0010.7299
THOMPSON4.8721.4599
WILKINSON4.7810.7299
MOORE3.6510.7299
WALKER2.1810.7299
JOHNSON2.1710.7299

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called WHISKER in Fitling 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 3.6496 in Fitling means that 3.6496% of the people in Fitling on census day were called WHISKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHISKER 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 WHISKER 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 WHISKER 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 WHISKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in Fitling means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHISKER in Fitling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fitling in 1881

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

BAKER (7)  BEW (6)  BILLANY (1)  BLENKIN (7)  BRENNVILE (1)  CANHAM (1)  CLAPISON (8)  COURTNEY (1)  DALTON (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFFEY (1)  DUNN (6)  EARTH (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  GREENSIDES (1)  GRENTON (3)  HEPTON (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOUSEBY (1)  HUMBLE (7)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSON (1)  LAMB (1)  LONG (9)  MOORE (1)  NORTHGRAVES (1)  NOSTON (3)  PENHAM (4)  POSTILL (1)  RIBY (1)  ROGERSON (1)  SMALES (4)  SPEIGHT (5)  STANNIFORTH (4)  STOCKDALE (1)  THOMPSON (2)  WALKER (1)  WATLING (5)  WELDON (1)  WHISKER (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WRIGHT (10)