1881 census place

Allerton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Allerton, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

125 surnames are listed for Allerton, Yorkshire, covering 1,640 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Illingworth, with 141 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Allerton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Illingworth	141	3.82%	337.64x
2	Robertshaw	131	3.55%	434.35x
3	Cockcroft	98	2.66%	928.03x
4	Holdsworth	61	1.65%	98.13x
5	Ingham	59	1.60%	64.29x
6	Craven	53	1.44%	74.41x
7	Pickles	52	1.41%	69.34x
8	Priestley	49	1.33%	78.46x
9	Jowett	48	1.30%	119.34x
10	Drake	39	1.06%	36.28x
11	Bairstow	36	0.980%	277.14x
12	Leach	35	0.950%	22.99x
13	Crossley	31	0.840%	30.61x
14	Stead	29	0.790%	38.43x
15	Waddington	29	0.790%	48.39x
16	Ackroyd	26	0.700%	75.38x
17	Cockroft	23	0.620%	147.44x
18	Fairbank	22	0.600%	266.02x
19	Edmondson	19	0.510%	44.56x
20	Silson	19	0.510%	871.56x
21	Bower	18	0.490%	26.63x
22	Roper	18	0.490%	23.43x
23	Stafford	18	0.490%	22.92x
24	Hindle	16	0.430%	30.86x
25	Light	16	0.430%	47.00x
26	Mitchel	15	0.410%	41.60x
27	Brooksbank	13	0.350%	107.71x
28	Whitley	13	0.350%	43.03x
29	Hardaker	12	0.330%	94.19x
30	Tompson	12	0.330%	151.71x
31	Baistow	11	0.300%	924.37x
32	Clapham	11	0.300%	34.59x
33	Garth	11	0.300%	134.47x
34	Gawthorp	11	0.300%	607.73x
35	Lund	11	0.300%	27.52x
36	Normington	11	0.300%	118.41x
37	Rawnsley	11	0.300%	91.21x
38	Simms	11	0.300%	26.20x
39	Benn	10	0.270%	47.57x
40	Hiley	10	0.270%	106.38x
41	Nutter	10	0.270%	35.56x
42	Patefield	10	0.270%	478.47x
43	Stork	10	0.270%	165.02x
44	Sugden	10	0.270%	23.44x
45	Tetley	10	0.270%	67.48x
46	Bastow	9	0.240%	73.83x
47	Duckitt	9	0.240%	439.02x
48	Goldsbrough	9	0.240%	188.28x
49	High	9	0.240%	53.96x
50	Ibbotson	9	0.240%	35.55x
51	Jarratt	9	0.240%	106.01x
52	Swales	9	0.240%	34.88x
53	Yeadon	9	0.240%	88.93x
54	Bentham	8	0.220%	47.42x
55	Hainsworth	8	0.220%	34.10x
56	Scarborough	8	0.220%	76.78x
57	Shackleton	8	0.220%	19.26x
58	Tidswell	8	0.220%	90.40x
59	Middlebrook	7	0.190%	103.24x
60	Tankard	7	0.190%	123.24x
61	Vosper	7	0.190%	99.86x
62	Allard	6	0.160%	46.26x
63	Bocock	6	0.160%	134.23x
64	Breese	6	0.160%	60.79x
65	Caldicott	6	0.160%	81.97x
66	Fearnside	6	0.160%	184.62x
67	Gawthorpe	6	0.160%	139.86x
68	Hamon	6	0.160%	82.53x
69	Keighley	6	0.160%	30.41x
70	Beetham	5	0.140%	81.43x
71	Cawthra	5	0.140%	130.89x
72	Chattaway	5	0.140%	142.05x
73	Dibb	5	0.140%	64.52x
74	Fieldhouse	5	0.140%	28.34x
75	Holines	5	0.140%	1351.35x
76	Ladson	5	0.140%	909.09x
77	Ring	5	0.140%	33.38x
78	Tordoff	5	0.140%	57.47x
79	Vickerman	5	0.140%	76.34x
80	Weatherill	5	0.140%	59.10x
81	Winterburn	5	0.140%	48.73x
82	Delves	4	0.110%	60.79x
83	Holstead	4	0.110%	176.21x
84	Knowels	4	0.110%	816.33x
85	Laming	4	0.110%	52.70x
86	Presland	4	0.110%	84.57x
87	Romaine	4	0.110%	279.72x
88	Virr	4	0.110%	370.37x
89	Armistead	3	0.080%	43.60x
90	Cogan	3	0.080%	40.05x
91	Emmott	3	0.080%	21.66x
92	Halsted	3	0.080%	112.78x
93	Rooks	3	0.080%	37.69x
94	Rymer	3	0.080%	34.01x
95	Sutcliff	3	0.080%	56.60x
96	Westerby	3	0.080%	125.52x
97	Dinner	2	0.050%	114.94x
98	Ebblewhite	2	0.050%	377.36x
99	Edmonson	2	0.050%	50.63x
100	Holdworth	2	0.050%	285.71x