1881 census place

Barnsley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barnsley, 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

1,230 surnames are listed for Barnsley, Yorkshire, covering 16,887 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sayles, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barnsley

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
901	Sayles	3	0.010%	6.76x
902	Smeeton	3	0.010%	6.60x
903	Smirthwaite	3	0.010%	28.65x
904	Spenceley	3	0.010%	12.64x
905	Stainsby	3	0.010%	6.12x
906	Strafford	3	0.010%	6.92x
907	Swatman	3	0.010%	15.92x
908	Swingler	3	0.010%	5.36x
909	Thomley	3	0.010%	56.82x
910	Thorner	3	0.010%	19.05x
911	Thursfield	3	0.010%	7.08x
912	Timperley	3	0.010%	4.51x
913	Topliss	3	0.010%	6.18x
914	Tulley	3	0.010%	4.88x
915	Victory	3	0.010%	22.62x
916	Watkiss	3	0.010%	8.98x
917	Winks	3	0.010%	10.67x
918	Wooller	3	0.010%	9.49x
919	Wrate	3	0.010%	75.19x
920	Adlington	2	0.010%	4.15x
921	Auckland	2	0.010%	4.75x
922	Aveyard	2	0.010%	5.85x
923	Beardsell	2	0.010%	6.66x
924	Beldam	2	0.010%	21.12x
925	Bellwood	2	0.010%	3.19x
926	Bertie	2	0.010%	8.22x
927	Birchenough	2	0.010%	3.94x
928	Blockley	2	0.010%	3.33x
929	Blomley	2	0.010%	6.78x
930	Bowcock	2	0.010%	5.20x
931	Brewerton	2	0.010%	6.66x
932	Bulcock	2	0.010%	3.95x
933	Cleeve	2	0.010%	11.09x
934	Cranswick	2	0.010%	10.08x
935	Cullumbine	2	0.010%	35.84x
936	Cumberlidge	2	0.010%	13.74x
937	Daries	2	0.010%	666.67x
938	Dealey	2	0.010%	11.33x
939	Dearnley	2	0.010%	3.74x
940	Dewsnap	2	0.010%	4.44x
941	Donaghue	2	0.010%	5.85x
942	Douse	2	0.010%	5.54x
943	Dowing	2	0.010%	25.71x
944	Ebden	2	0.010%	15.92x
945	Fairfield	2	0.010%	5.45x
946	Fallis	2	0.010%	52.77x
947	Finneran	2	0.010%	37.88x
948	Fozzard	2	0.010%	8.84x
949	Gambles	2	0.010%	4.48x
950	Glasby	2	0.010%	5.88x
951	Golland	2	0.010%	9.69x
952	Goslin	2	0.010%	8.05x
953	Gouldthorpe	2	0.010%	20.26x
954	Greave	2	0.010%	21.81x
955	Gummerson	2	0.010%	20.68x
956	Hamerton	2	0.010%	11.20x
957	Haye	2	0.010%	11.73x
958	Henner	2	0.010%	48.90x
959	Hewings	2	0.010%	19.86x
960	Hildred	2	0.010%	5.31x
961	Hoey	2	0.010%	3.92x
962	Holdroyd	2	0.010%	7.29x
963	Hollamby	2	0.010%	5.05x
964	Hollway	2	0.010%	22.05x
965	Hosken	2	0.010%	5.53x
966	Howorth	2	0.010%	1.50x
967	Ingall	2	0.010%	8.05x
968	Jenny	2	0.010%	40.16x
969	Jephson	2	0.010%	8.12x
970	Kilbride	2	0.010%	6.62x
971	Kingwell	2	0.010%	7.49x
972	Knee	2	0.010%	4.33x
973	Landymore	2	0.010%	34.60x
974	Levins	2	0.010%	55.71x
975	Litherland	2	0.010%	2.95x
976	Livesley	2	0.010%	4.80x
977	Loukes	2	0.010%	26.39x
978	Loxley	2	0.010%	3.64x
979	Luther	2	0.010%	4.75x
980	Lyman	2	0.010%	13.20x
981	Marginson	2	0.010%	6.71x
982	Mcloughlin	2	0.010%	6.92x
983	Meeham	2	0.010%	34.60x
984	Meller	2	0.010%	3.95x
985	Mews	2	0.010%	10.85x
986	Miner	2	0.010%	9.00x
987	Moffett	2	0.010%	8.09x
988	Mossley	2	0.010%	19.10x
989	Mulhall	2	0.010%	14.22x
990	Mullens	2	0.010%	5.21x
991	Ollerenshaw	2	0.010%	2.83x
992	Palliser	2	0.010%	5.71x
993	Peckitt	2	0.010%	11.40x
994	Plimmer	2	0.010%	5.48x
995	Qualter	2	0.010%	38.61x
996	Qualters	2	0.010%	66.89x
997	Rathwell	2	0.010%	39.37x
998	Raywood	2	0.010%	19.47x
999	Reagan	2	0.010%	16.18x
1000	Revitt	2	0.010%	6.47x