1881 census place

Barnoldswick surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barnoldswick, 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

145 surnames are listed for Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, covering 1,774 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Edmondson, with 92 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barnoldswick

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	Edmondson	92	2.28%	197.00x
2	Hartley	89	2.20%	35.14x
3	Broughton	71	1.76%	94.21x
4	Slater	69	1.71%	28.20x
5	Waterworth	67	1.66%	381.33x
6	Windle	51	1.26%	222.61x
7	Starkey	44	1.09%	109.75x
8	Whitaker	39	0.970%	34.16x
9	Baldwin	37	0.920%	21.47x
10	Oldfield	35	0.870%	52.42x
11	Nutter	34	0.840%	110.43x
12	Eastwood	33	0.820%	34.53x
13	Pickles	33	0.820%	40.19x
14	Whipp	33	0.820%	253.26x
15	Widdup	32	0.790%	680.85x
16	Dugdale	31	0.770%	111.43x
17	Bracewell	28	0.690%	192.18x
18	Horsfield	28	0.690%	103.24x
19	Wilcock	25	0.620%	43.50x
20	Duckworth	23	0.570%	29.45x
21	Holdsworth	23	0.570%	33.79x
22	Elsworth	21	0.520%	141.70x
23	Waite	21	0.520%	25.04x
24	Metcalf	18	0.450%	21.99x
25	Suthers	18	0.450%	382.98x
26	Cryer	17	0.420%	76.44x
27	Petty	17	0.420%	42.51x
28	Demaine	16	0.400%	450.70x
29	Tillotson	16	0.400%	102.37x
30	Bowker	15	0.370%	38.07x
31	Geldard	15	0.370%	185.19x
32	Hacking	15	0.370%	78.41x
33	Norcross	15	0.370%	345.62x
34	Peckover	15	0.370%	455.93x
35	Shuttleworth	15	0.370%	31.30x
36	Townson	15	0.370%	88.44x
37	Horsefield	14	0.350%	200.00x
38	Leeper	14	0.350%	1166.67x
39	Midgley	14	0.350%	25.85x
40	Thornber	14	0.350%	141.41x
41	Ormerod	13	0.320%	40.22x
42	Watkinson	13	0.320%	27.46x
43	Cunnington	12	0.300%	72.07x
44	Verity	12	0.300%	69.69x
45	Wellock	12	0.300%	264.90x
46	Askham	11	0.270%	139.77x
47	Monks	11	0.270%	33.63x
48	Shutt	11	0.270%	75.50x
49	Sugden	11	0.270%	23.54x
50	Balderston	10	0.250%	271.74x
51	Boydell	10	0.250%	158.48x
52	Hargraves	10	0.250%	70.77x
53	Pickup	10	0.250%	19.14x
54	Berridge	9	0.220%	42.45x
55	Boocock	9	0.220%	63.16x
56	Brooksbank	9	0.220%	68.08x
57	Croasdale	9	0.220%	140.41x
58	Eccleston	9	0.220%	44.44x
59	Lemon	9	0.220%	30.69x
60	Pate	9	0.220%	53.80x
61	Pates	9	0.220%	159.57x
62	Sneath	9	0.220%	127.48x
63	Speak	9	0.220%	64.01x
64	Strickland	9	0.220%	27.93x
65	Willan	9	0.220%	80.36x
66	Audley	8	0.200%	208.88x
67	Battersby	8	0.200%	28.03x
68	Blezard	8	0.200%	157.17x
69	Fort	8	0.200%	84.21x
70	Livsey	8	0.200%	55.98x
71	Newhouse	8	0.200%	183.49x
72	Trayford	8	0.200%	975.61x
73	Woffenden	8	0.200%	223.46x
74	Brennand	7	0.170%	114.19x
75	Pateman	7	0.170%	45.90x
76	Rouch	7	0.170%	443.04x
77	Standing	7	0.170%	27.16x
78	Tricker	7	0.170%	77.35x
79	Bundy	6	0.150%	46.48x
80	Eddison	6	0.150%	102.21x
81	Heyworth	6	0.150%	32.21x
82	Ibbotson	6	0.150%	21.64x
83	Jon	6	0.150%	408.16x
84	Penrose	6	0.150%	38.66x
85	Sagar	6	0.150%	36.56x
86	Sargeson	6	0.150%	324.32x
87	Scholefield	6	0.150%	51.95x
88	Swires	6	0.150%	331.49x
89	Heaps	5	0.120%	28.41x
90	Hollingdrake	5	0.120%	333.33x
91	Littlefair	5	0.120%	86.81x
92	Walbank	5	0.120%	89.29x
93	Witton	5	0.120%	61.43x
94	Bulcock	4	0.100%	58.39x
95	Laytham	4	0.100%	277.78x
96	Nevison	4	0.100%	86.21x
97	Newsholme	4	0.100%	190.48x
98	Sculthorpe	4	0.100%	138.41x
99	Skeath	4	0.100%	740.74x
100	Utley	4	0.100%	60.15x