Top surnames from the 1881 census in Over Silton, Yorkshire

Over Silton 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
HUGILL511.36364,545.45
PEARSON511.363697.85
GIBSON511.363693.63
BENSON36.8182252.10
HILL24.545517.84
POTTER24.545570.18
WILKINSON24.545529.81
WHITING12.2727117.65
SIMPSON12.272712.99
JACKSON12.27278.13
CARTER12.272713.53
SQUIRE12.2727192.31
HAWMAN12.272710,000.00
BRADBURY12.272778.74
SMITH12.27271.61
HORT12.27275,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAWMAN10,000.0012.2727
HORT5,000.0012.2727
HUGILL4,545.45511.3636
BENSON252.1036.8182
SQUIRE192.3112.2727
WHITING117.6512.2727
PEARSON97.85511.3636
GIBSON93.63511.3636
BRADBURY78.7412.2727
POTTER70.1824.5455
WILKINSON29.8124.5455
HILL17.8424.5455
CARTER13.5312.2727
SIMPSON12.9912.2727
JACKSON8.1312.2727
SMITH1.6112.2727

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HAWMAN in Over Silton 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 2.2727 in Over Silton means that 2.2727% of the people in Over Silton on census day were called HAWMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Over Silton in 1881

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

BENSON (3)  BRADBURY (1)  CARTER (1)  GIBSON (5)  HAWMAN (1)  HILL (2)  HOGGORT (5)  HORT (1)  HUGILL (5)  JACKSON (1)  NEASHAM (1)  PEARSON (5)  POTTER (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (1)  SQUIRE (1)  WEIGHELL (5)  WHITING (1)  WILKINSON (2)