Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Timble, Yorkshire

Little Timble 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
NICKSON412.90324,444.44
FLESHER412.903240,000.00
BRAMLEY39.67741,071.43
LISTER39.6774340.91
STEEL26.4516158.73
HOUSEMAN13.22581,428.57
WOOD13.225810.12
MOORHOUSE13.2258263.16
HOLMES13.225826.46
CLARK13.225810.73
HILL13.225812.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FLESHER40,000.00412.9032
NICKSON4,444.44412.9032
HOUSEMAN1,428.5713.2258
BRAMLEY1,071.4339.6774
LISTER340.9139.6774
MOORHOUSE263.1613.2258
STEEL158.7326.4516
HOLMES26.4613.2258
HILL12.6613.2258
CLARK10.7313.2258
WOOD10.1213.2258

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called FLESHER in Little Timble 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 12.9032 in Little Timble means that 12.9032% of the people in Little Timble on census day were called FLESHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FLESHER 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 FLESHER 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 FLESHER 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 FLESHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Little Timble means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FLESHER in Little Timble than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Timble in 1881

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

BRAMLEY (3)  CLARK (1)  DEMAIN (7)  FLESHER (4)  HILL (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOUSEMAN (1)  LISTER (3)  MOORHOUSE (1)  NICKSON (4)  STEEL (2)  WHINCUP (2)  WOOD (1)