Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farnham, Yorkshire

Farnham 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
ROBINSON2314.838746.54
SLATER106.4516106.61
HARTLEY95.806592.69
GRIMES63.8710335.20
WILKINSON63.871025.37
SMITH63.87102.74
METCALF53.2258159.24
HOLMES53.225826.48
COATES53.225886.51
ALMOND42.5806208.33
SPINK42.5806320.00
LUMLEY42.5806425.53
JARRATT31.9355833.33
YORK31.9355146.34
ELSON31.9355309.28
HOOD21.290346.62
HODGES21.290343.96
WRIGHT21.29034.02
BILTON10.6452151.52
MUSCHAMP10.64521,250.00
MACDONALD10.645216.26
GARWOOD10.6452131.58
DANIEL10.645229.24
CLARKE10.64523.18
SHELDON10.645242.37
BAXTER10.645210.82
GODDARD10.645216.05
FOX10.64526.95
TAMM10.6452
HOUSEMAN10.6452277.78
DALE10.645215.27
BRUCE10.645213.77
ARMSTRONG10.64528.44
MACPHERSON10.6452100.00
GILLING10.6452370.37
JOICE10.6452322.58
SUTHERLAND10.645212.80
HORNER10.645233.90
HOLLAND10.64529.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUSCHAMP1,250.0010.6452
JARRATT833.3331.9355
LUMLEY425.5342.5806
GILLING370.3710.6452
GRIMES335.2063.8710
JOICE322.5810.6452
SPINK320.0042.5806
ELSON309.2831.9355
HOUSEMAN277.7810.6452
ALMOND208.3342.5806
METCALF159.2453.2258
BILTON151.5210.6452
YORK146.3431.9355
GARWOOD131.5810.6452
SLATER106.61106.4516
MACPHERSON100.0010.6452
HARTLEY92.6995.8065
COATES86.5153.2258
HOOD46.6221.2903
ROBINSON46.542314.8387
HODGES43.9621.2903
SHELDON42.3710.6452
HORNER33.9010.6452
DANIEL29.2410.6452
HOLMES26.4853.2258
WILKINSON25.3763.8710
MACDONALD16.2610.6452
GODDARD16.0510.6452
DALE15.2710.6452
BRUCE13.7710.6452
SUTHERLAND12.8010.6452
BAXTER10.8210.6452
HOLLAND9.0710.6452
ARMSTRONG8.4410.6452
FOX6.9510.6452
WRIGHT4.0221.2903
CLARKE3.1810.6452
SMITH2.7463.8710
TAMM10.6452

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called MUSCHAMP in Farnham 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 0.6452 in Farnham means that 0.6452% of the people in Farnham on census day were called MUSCHAMP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUSCHAMP 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 MUSCHAMP 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 MUSCHAMP 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 MUSCHAMP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,250.00 in Farnham means that you are 1,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUSCHAMP in Farnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farnham in 1881

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

ALMOND (4)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BAXTER (1)  BICKERDIKE (1)  BILTON (1)  BRUCE (1)  CLARKE (1)  COATES (5)  COCKSHOTT (3)  DALE (1)  DANIEL (1)  EASBY (1)  ELSON (3)  ELMHURST (10)  FOX (1)  JARRATT (3)  GARWOOD (1)  GILLING (1)  GODDARD (1)  GRIMES (6)  HARTLEY (9)  HODGES (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (5)  HOOD (2)  HORNER (1)  HOUSEMAID (5)  HOUSEMAN (1)  INGILBY (5)  JOICE (1)  LUMLEY (4)  MACDONALD (1)  MACPHERSON (1)  METCALF (5)  MUSCHAMP (1)  OXTOBY (4)  ROBINSON (23)  SHELDON (1)  SLATER (10)  SMITH (6)  SPINK (4)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TAMM (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WRATHALL (3)  WRIGHT (2)  YORK (3) 

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