Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lissett, Yorkshire

Lissett 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
THOMPSON1314.444448.22
HARDY88.8889148.42
KIDD88.8889437.16
MOOK66.666720,000.00
HAWKINS55.555676.69
ALLISON44.4444156.25
WATTS44.444452.98
ALLMAN33.3333714.29
MILNER22.222297.09
APPLEBY22.2222136.05
CHANDLER22.222269.20
SMITH22.22221.57
BELL22.222211.83
HOLMAN11.111178.13
TAPLIN11.1111322.58
CLARK11.11113.70
SANT11.1111555.56
BEAL11.1111117.65
HERRIOTT11.1111909.09
HALL11.11113.78
STEPHENSON11.111119.42
REDHEAD11.1111204.08
ARNOTT11.1111131.58
TAYLOR11.11111.74
DEAN11.111116.00
ARNELL11.1111909.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOOK20,000.0066.6667
ARNELL909.0911.1111
HERRIOTT909.0911.1111
ALLMAN714.2933.3333
SANT555.5611.1111
KIDD437.1688.8889
TAPLIN322.5811.1111
REDHEAD204.0811.1111
ALLISON156.2544.4444
HARDY148.4288.8889
APPLEBY136.0522.2222
ARNOTT131.5811.1111
BEAL117.6511.1111
MILNER97.0922.2222
HOLMAN78.1311.1111
HAWKINS76.6955.5556
CHANDLER69.2022.2222
WATTS52.9844.4444
THOMPSON48.221314.4444
STEPHENSON19.4211.1111
DEAN16.0011.1111
BELL11.8322.2222
HALL3.7811.1111
CLARK3.7011.1111
TAYLOR1.7411.1111
SMITH1.5722.2222

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called MOOK in Lissett 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 6.6667 in Lissett means that 6.6667% of the people in Lissett on census day were called MOOK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOOK 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 MOOK 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 MOOK 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 MOOK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Lissett means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOOK in Lissett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lissett in 1881

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

ALLISON (4)  ALLMAN (3)  APPLEBY (2)  ARNELL (1)  ARNOTT (1)  BEAL (1)  BELL (2)  CAMPLIN (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CLARK (1)  DEAN (1)  FRANKISH (1)  HALL (1)  HARDY (8)  HAWKINS (5)  HELLERBY (1)  HERRIOTT (1)  HOGGARTH (1)  HOLMAN (1)  KIDD (8)  LAMPLOUGH (1)  MEDFORTH (2)  MILNER (2)  MOOK (6)  REDHEAD (1)  SANT (1)  SAMON (1)  SMALES (1)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  SUNLEY (1)  TAPLIN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (13)  USHAW (2)  WARKUP (1)  WATTS (4)  WELBOURN (3) 

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