Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leppington, Yorkshire

Leppington 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
OLIVER1823.6842332.10
SLATER56.5789108.70
COLLINSON56.5789561.80
METCALFE56.5789287.36
GOFTON45.263210,000.00
WARD45.263224.10
FRANK45.26321,250.00
PULLON33.947410,000.00
HUSBAND33.9474681.82
WALTON33.947456.07
SAMPSON11.315876.92
BROGAN11.3158384.62
JACKSON11.31584.71
WATERS11.315832.79
SHERWOOD11.3158103.09
BROWNE11.315871.94
PETERKIN11.3158833.33
LOFTHOUSE11.3158175.44
HARRISON11.31585.93
COOPER11.31585.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOFTON10,000.0045.2632
PULLON10,000.0033.9474
FRANK1,250.0045.2632
PETERKIN833.3311.3158
HUSBAND681.8233.9474
COLLINSON561.8056.5789
BROGAN384.6211.3158
OLIVER332.101823.6842
METCALFE287.3656.5789
LOFTHOUSE175.4411.3158
SLATER108.7056.5789
SHERWOOD103.0911.3158
SAMPSON76.9211.3158
BROWNE71.9411.3158
WALTON56.0733.9474
WATERS32.7911.3158
WARD24.1045.2632
HARRISON5.9311.3158
COOPER5.4111.3158
JACKSON4.7111.3158

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called GOFTON in Leppington 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 5.2632 in Leppington means that 5.2632% of the people in Leppington on census day were called GOFTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Leppington in 1881

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

BINGE (1)  BROGAN (1)  BROWNE (1)  COLLINSON (5)  COOPER (1)  FAIRBOURNE (2)  FRANK (4)  GOFTEN (5)  GOFTON (4)  HARRISON (1)  HUSBAND (3)  JACKSON (1)  LOFTHOUSE (1)  METCALFE (5)  MOYSER (1)  OLIVER (18)  PETERKIN (1)  PUDSEY (1)  PULLON (3)  SAMPSON (1)  SHERWOOD (1)  SLATER (5)  STERIKER (1)  WHEELS (1)  WALTON (3)  WARD (4)  WATERS (1) 

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