Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pontefract Park, Yorkshire

Pontefract Park 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
WILTON69.0909937.50
THORNTON69.0909180.72
ATKINSON57.575877.76
PARKER57.575839.84
WHITEHEAD57.5758112.11
MAYFIELD46.06062,352.94
COWARD34.5455394.74
BROOK23.030378.74
WILSON23.03036.60
SPENCER11.515216.58
MILLER11.51528.47
JOWETT11.5152138.89
WATERHOUSE11.515299.01
EASTWOOD11.515264.10
THOMPSON11.51525.06
ROBERTS11.51524.03
HEPWORTH11.5152133.33
WAITES11.5152588.24
STEAD11.515274.07
BERRY11.515219.08
LUNN11.5152117.65
HAWES11.5152123.46
COLEMAN11.515230.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYFIELD2,352.9446.0606
WILTON937.5069.0909
WAITES588.2411.5152
COWARD394.7434.5455
THORNTON180.7269.0909
JOWETT138.8911.5152
HEPWORTH133.3311.5152
HAWES123.4611.5152
LUNN117.6511.5152
WHITEHEAD112.1157.5758
WATERHOUSE99.0111.5152
BROOK78.7423.0303
ATKINSON77.7657.5758
STEAD74.0711.5152
EASTWOOD64.1011.5152
PARKER39.8457.5758
COLEMAN30.4011.5152
BERRY19.0811.5152
SPENCER16.5811.5152
MILLER8.4711.5152
WILSON6.6023.0303
THOMPSON5.0611.5152
ROBERTS4.0311.5152

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called MAYFIELD in Pontefract Park 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 6.0606 in Pontefract Park means that 6.0606% of the people in Pontefract Park on census day were called MAYFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAYFIELD 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 MAYFIELD 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 MAYFIELD 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 MAYFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,352.94 in Pontefract Park means that you are 2,352.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAYFIELD in Pontefract Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pontefract Park in 1881

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

ATKINSON (5)  BERRY (1)  BROOK (2)  COLEMAN (1)  COWARD (3)  DUNHILL (1)  EASTWOOD (1)  HAWES (1)  HESELTINE (3)  HEPWORTH (1)  HUBY (2)  JEWITT (3)  JOWETT (1)  LUNN (1)  MAYFIELD (4)  MILLER (1)  MUSCROFT (1)  PARKER (5)  ROBERTS (1)  SPENCER (1)  STEAD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNTON (6)  TOWNEND (4)  WATERHOUSE (1)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WILSON (2)  WILTON (6)  WAITES (1) 

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