Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acaster Selby, Yorkshire

Acaster Selby 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
TAYLOR108.695713.60
STEAD97.8261382.98
SAVAGE65.2174135.75
VARLEY65.2174379.75
JOHNSON54.347812.94
WRIGHT54.347813.55
BARKER43.478326.58
CASS43.4783487.80
BLAND43.4783168.07
CARR32.608736.14
FRAZER32.6087337.08
JACKSON32.60879.33
COOPER21.73917.15
KETTLEWELL21.7391571.43
HORNSBY21.7391266.67
POWELL21.739113.94
LAWRENCE21.739126.77
ROOKE21.7391235.29
SCARR10.8696454.55
HARRISON10.86963.92
RICHARDSON10.86965.11
ENGLAND10.869642.19
MORTIMER10.869641.67
WARD10.86963.98
STEPHENSON10.869615.20
BROADHEAD10.8696119.05
DICKENSON10.869657.47
CLARKSON10.869632.79
CARTWRIGHT10.869622.83
HICK10.8696185.19
FOYER10.86963,333.33
NEEDHAM10.869640.82
DEW10.8696149.25
KILBY10.8696153.85
CHILVERS10.8696222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOYER3,333.3310.8696
KETTLEWELL571.4321.7391
CASS487.8043.4783
SCARR454.5510.8696
STEAD382.9897.8261
VARLEY379.7565.2174
FRAZER337.0832.6087
HORNSBY266.6721.7391
ROOKE235.2921.7391
CHILVERS222.2210.8696
HICK185.1910.8696
BLAND168.0743.4783
KILBY153.8510.8696
DEW149.2510.8696
SAVAGE135.7565.2174
BROADHEAD119.0510.8696
DICKENSON57.4710.8696
ENGLAND42.1910.8696
MORTIMER41.6710.8696
NEEDHAM40.8210.8696
CARR36.1432.6087
CLARKSON32.7910.8696
LAWRENCE26.7721.7391
BARKER26.5843.4783
CARTWRIGHT22.8310.8696
STEPHENSON15.2010.8696
POWELL13.9421.7391
TAYLOR13.60108.6957
WRIGHT13.5554.3478
JOHNSON12.9454.3478
JACKSON9.3332.6087
COOPER7.1521.7391
RICHARDSON5.1110.8696
WARD3.9810.8696
HARRISON3.9210.8696

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called FOYER in Acaster Selby 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 0.8696 in Acaster Selby means that 0.8696% of the people in Acaster Selby on census day were called FOYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOYER 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 FOYER 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 FOYER 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 FOYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Acaster Selby means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOYER in Acaster Selby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acaster Selby in 1881

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

BARKER (4)  BLAND (4)  BLANSHARD (1)  BROADHEAD (1)  BROOKSBANK (1)  CARR (3)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CASS (4)  CHILVERS (1)  CLARKSON (1)  COOPER (2)  CUNDALL (1)  DEW (1)  DICKENSON (1)  ENGLAND (1)  FOYER (1)  FRAZER (3)  HARRISON (1)  HARRAP (2)  HICK (1)  HORNSBY (2)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (5)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KILBY (1)  LAWRENCE (2)  LEALMAN (2)  MORTIMER (1)  NEEDHAM (1)  POWELL (2)  PRECIOUS (10)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROOKE (2)  SAVAGE (6)  SCARR (1)  SHILLETOE (5)  STEAD (9)  STEPHENSON (1)  TATTERTON (1)  TAYLOR (10)  VARLEY (6)  WARD (1)  WETHERIELL (1)  WRIGHT (5) 

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