Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monkhill, Yorkshire

Monkhill 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
HIGGINS1016.3934324.68
BARBER711.4754190.74
BINNS711.4754693.07
CARLIN69.83611,935.48
CARR58.1967113.64
KIRKLEY46.55745,714.29
SPEED34.9180612.24
ARCHER34.9180119.05
DICKSON34.9180132.74
ALLEN23.278717.36
RHODES23.278770.67
WIGFALL11.63935,000.00
GARLICK11.6393185.19
FREEMAN11.639325.64
WILKINSON11.639310.74
HARDY11.639327.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIRKLEY5,714.2946.5574
WIGFALL5,000.0011.6393
CARLIN1,935.4869.8361
BINNS693.07711.4754
SPEED612.2434.9180
HIGGINS324.681016.3934
BARBER190.74711.4754
GARLICK185.1911.6393
DICKSON132.7434.9180
ARCHER119.0534.9180
CARR113.6458.1967
RHODES70.6723.2787
HARDY27.4011.6393
FREEMAN25.6411.6393
ALLEN17.3623.2787
WILKINSON10.7411.6393

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called KIRKLEY in Monkhill 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 6.5574 in Monkhill means that 6.5574% of the people in Monkhill on census day were called KIRKLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIRKLEY 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 KIRKLEY 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 KIRKLEY 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 KIRKLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,714.29 in Monkhill means that you are 5,714.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIRKLEY in Monkhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monkhill in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ARCHER (3)  BARBER (7)  BINNS (7)  CARLIN (6)  CARR (5)  DICKSON (3)  FREEMAN (1)  GARLICK (1)  HARDY (1)  HIGGINS (10)  HOULDER (1)  KIRKLEY (4)  MURGATROYD (2)  NODDER (1)  RHODES (2)  SPEED (3)  WIGFALL (1)  WILKINSON (1) 

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