Top surnames from the 1881 census in Austerfield, Yorkshire

Austerfield 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
FISHER123.418829.21
MALKIN113.1339956.52
PARKER113.133916.48
BENNETT113.133919.07
SCHOLES102.8490245.70
JOHNSON102.84908.48
HEMSWORTH92.56411,666.67
SPENCER92.564128.09
WRIGHT92.56417.99
EDWARDS82.27928.18
SMURTHWAITE82.27921,538.46
MILNER82.279299.38
BELLAMY71.9943136.72
MARSHALL71.994311.89
WASS71.9943366.49
STACEY71.994388.83
SMITH71.99431.41
HUNTER61.709416.64
SLATER61.709428.24
MASSEY61.709466.82
BELL61.70949.10
WOODHOUSE61.709472.12
ATKINSON61.709417.55
GRAHAM51.424512.41
CARR51.424519.74
JENKINSON51.424581.30
ELMORE51.42451,000.00
MARTIN51.42455.78
MIDDLETON41.139621.70
WOMACK41.1396645.16
WHITTAKER41.139624.07
TRAVISS41.13964,444.44
JACKSON41.13964.08
SHARP41.139613.68
MORRISS30.8547140.19
HELLIWELL30.854792.88
NEEDHAM30.854740.16
BURROW30.8547124.48
JUBB30.8547170.45
RICHARDSON30.85475.02
TINDALL30.8547141.51
FEATHERSTONE20.569863.29
SANDERSON20.569813.79
GODLEY20.5698180.18
HEPWORTH20.569850.00
GREEN20.56982.02
SPURR20.5698136.05
ARMSTRONG10.28493.73
PINCHBACK10.28491,428.57
CURTIS10.28495.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRAVISS4,444.4441.1396
HEMSWORTH1,666.6792.5641
SMURTHWAITE1,538.4682.2792
PINCHBACK1,428.5710.2849
ELMORE1,000.0051.4245
MALKIN956.52113.1339
WOMACK645.1641.1396
WASS366.4971.9943
SCHOLES245.70102.8490
GODLEY180.1820.5698
JUBB170.4530.8547
DRAIN161.2910.2849
TINDALL141.5130.8547
MORRISS140.1930.8547
BELLAMY136.7271.9943
SPURR136.0520.5698
BURROW124.4830.8547
LOCKEY120.4810.2849
MILNER99.3882.2792
HELLIWELL92.8830.8547
STACEY88.8371.9943
JENKINSON81.3051.4245
WOODHOUSE72.1261.7094
MASSEY66.8261.7094
FEATHERSTONE63.2920.5698
HEPWORTH50.0020.5698
NEILL43.1010.2849
NEEDHAM40.1630.8547
LEMON39.2210.2849
COPLEY36.7610.2849
FISHER29.21123.4188
FLOWER29.1510.2849
SLATER28.2461.7094
SPENCER28.0992.5641
WHITTAKER24.0741.1396
MIDDLETON21.7041.1396
CARR19.7451.4245
BINGHAM19.3810.2849
BENNETT19.07113.1339
ATKINSON17.5561.7094
HICKMAN16.9510.2849
HUNTER16.6461.7094
PARKER16.48113.1339
SANDERSON13.7920.5698
SHARP13.6841.1396
LOVELL13.6210.2849
FIELDING12.7610.2849
GRAHAM12.4151.4245
MARSHALL11.8971.9943
BELL9.1061.7094

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called TRAVISS in Austerfield 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 1.1396 in Austerfield means that 1.1396% of the people in Austerfield on census day were called TRAVISS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,444.44 in Austerfield means that you are 4,444.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRAVISS in Austerfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Austerfield in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BELL (6)  BELLAMY (7)  BENNETT (11)  BERRY (1)  BINGHAM (1)  BURTWISTLE (5)  BURROW (3)  BUTTRESS (1)  CAPPILL (1)  CAPPITER (3)  CARR (5)  CHANTREY (1)  COOPER (1)  COPLEY (1)  CURTIS (1)  DESBOROUGH (1)  DIXON (1)  DRAIN (1)  EDWARDS (8)  ELMORE (5)  ELVIDGE (1)  FARMERY (4)  FEATHERSTONE (2)  FIELDING (1)  FISHER (12)  FLETCHER (1)  FLOWER (1)  GODLEY (2)  GRAHAM (5)  GREEN (2)  HELLIWELL (3)  HEMSWORTH (9)  HEPWORTH (2)  HICKMAN (1)  HIRNSWORTH (6)  HOLDERLESS (6)  HUNTER (6)  JACKSON (4)  JENKINSON (5)  JOHNSON (10)  JUBB (3)  KELSY (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LEADBY (1)  LEMON (1)  LOCKEY (1)  LOVELL (1)  MALKIN (11)  MARSHALL (7)  MARTIN (5)  MASSEY (6)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILNER (8)  MORRISS (3)  MORTON (1)  NEILL (1)  NEEDHAM (3)  NETTLESHIP (1)  NORTON (1)  PARKER (11)  PINCHBACK (1)  POSLIFFE (3)  QUIBLE (1)  REVILL (8)  REVIL (4)  RICHARDSON (3)  SANDERSON (2)  SCHOLES (10)  SHARP (4)  SHERRIFF (1)  SLATER (6)  SMITH (7)  SMURTHWAITE (8)  SPENCER (9)  SPURR (2)  STACEY (7)  SWANACK (1)  THORPE (1)  TINDALL (3)  TRAVISS (4)  WADKING (1)  WASS (7)  WESTREN (7)  WHITTAKER (4)  WHITE (1)  WOMACK (4)  WOODHOUSE (6)  WRIGHT (9) 

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