Top surnames from the 1881 census in Overton, Yorkshire

Overton 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
RILEY1116.4179207.55
ARCHER68.9552216.61
CREED45.97011,081.08
JANES45.9701930.23
LANCASTER34.4776179.64
GARDNER22.985143.96
SHEARD22.9851327.87
FAWCETT22.9851153.85
NOBLE22.985171.94
HUTCHINSON22.985152.49
ACRES11.49251,428.57
RICHARDS11.49259.88
CLARK11.49254.97
ROBINSON11.49254.68
APPLEYARD11.4925163.93
FAUCETT11.49252,500.00
CARR11.492520.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAUCETT2,500.0011.4925
ACRES1,428.5711.4925
CREED1,081.0845.9701
JANES930.2345.9701
SHEARD327.8722.9851
ARCHER216.6168.9552
RILEY207.551116.4179
LANCASTER179.6434.4776
APPLEYARD163.9311.4925
FAWCETT153.8522.9851
NOBLE71.9422.9851
HUTCHINSON52.4922.9851
GARDNER43.9622.9851
CARR20.7011.4925
RICHARDS9.8811.4925
CLARK4.9711.4925
ROBINSON4.6811.4925

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called FAUCETT in Overton 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 1.4925 in Overton means that 1.4925% of the people in Overton on census day were called FAUCETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAUCETT 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 FAUCETT 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 FAUCETT 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 FAUCETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Overton means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAUCETT in Overton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Overton in 1881

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

ACRES (1)  APPLEYARD (1)  ARCHER (6)  BOWNASS (3)  CARR (1)  CLARK (1)  CUSSONS (6)  CRAME (5)  CREED (4)  EALIS (1)  FAWCETT (2)  FAUCETT (1)  FLINTOFT (1)  GARDNER (2)  GOWLAND (3)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JANES (4)  KELLINGTON (1)  LANCASTER (3)  MOSLY (2)  NOBLE (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RILEY (11)  ROBINSON (1)  SHEARD (2)