1881 census place

Batley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Batley, 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

976 surnames are listed for Batley, Yorkshire, covering 17,573 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Walker, with 325 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Batley

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	Walker	325	1.18%	3.53x
2	Senior	295	1.07%	46.81x
3	Wilson	256	0.930%	2.03x
4	Sykes	249	0.910%	18.86x
5	Preston	246	0.890%	17.90x
6	Newsome	240	0.870%	121.34x
7	Fox	227	0.830%	8.89x
8	Sheard	213	0.770%	84.53x
9	Ineson	211	0.770%	413.81x
10	Hirst	195	0.710%	21.73x
11	Hall	190	0.690%	2.35x
12	Parker	183	0.670%	3.50x
13	Clegg	179	0.650%	19.11x
14	Ellis	178	0.650%	4.46x
15	Brooke	173	0.630%	42.21x
16	Blakeley	158	0.570%	138.60x
17	Hepworth	149	0.540%	47.49x
18	Firth	140	0.510%	15.32x
19	Farrar	135	0.490%	36.81x
20	Colbeck	124	0.450%	200.58x
21	Lister	122	0.440%	15.55x
22	Stubley	121	0.440%	243.02x
23	Blackburn	118	0.430%	11.38x
24	Oldroyd	118	0.430%	84.78x
25	Booth	117	0.430%	4.31x
26	Mitchell	116	0.420%	2.08x
27	Thornton	110	0.400%	7.95x
28	Armitage	109	0.400%	15.53x
29	Bruce	104	0.380%	8.07x
30	Gill	104	0.380%	5.34x
31	Hargreaves	100	0.360%	8.72x
32	Bailey	98	0.360%	2.36x
33	Popplewell	96	0.350%	106.52x
34	Gibson	95	0.350%	2.84x
35	Brearley	93	0.340%	54.11x
36	Greenwood	91	0.330%	4.26x
37	Rhodes	88	0.320%	6.89x
38	Brook	87	0.320%	8.20x
39	Lockwood	87	0.320%	14.32x
40	Crowther	85	0.310%	10.35x
41	Kershaw	84	0.310%	9.47x
42	Beaumont	83	0.300%	10.18x
43	Ingham	83	0.300%	12.13x
44	Day	81	0.290%	3.13x
45	Pollard	81	0.290%	8.07x
46	Burnley	80	0.290%	139.79x
47	Hemingway	76	0.280%	41.22x
48	Exley	75	0.270%	57.33x
49	Asquith	74	0.270%	45.98x
50	Kaye	74	0.270%	17.95x
51	Terry	74	0.270%	10.52x
52	Broadhead	72	0.260%	35.64x
53	Gledhill	69	0.250%	16.91x
54	Webster	69	0.250%	2.88x
55	Talbot	68	0.250%	9.93x
56	Hey	67	0.240%	27.49x
57	Illingworth	67	0.240%	21.52x
58	Spedding	66	0.240%	77.42x
59	Battye	65	0.240%	65.70x
60	Buckley	65	0.240%	4.34x
61	Healey	65	0.240%	14.46x
62	Hodgson	65	0.240%	3.41x
63	Goodall	63	0.230%	10.69x
64	Pickles	63	0.230%	11.27x
65	Fenton	62	0.230%	11.29x
66	Jowett	62	0.230%	20.68x
67	Pickering	59	0.210%	5.94x
68	Redfearn	59	0.210%	72.40x
69	Spurr	58	0.210%	50.47x
70	Denton	57	0.210%	11.28x
71	Jubb	57	0.210%	41.39x
72	Child	56	0.200%	11.97x
73	Dyson	56	0.200%	6.28x
74	Law	55	0.200%	4.42x
75	Archer	53	0.190%	4.66x
76	Auty	53	0.190%	57.47x
77	Briggs	53	0.190%	3.55x
78	Woodhead	53	0.190%	10.28x
79	Kilburn	52	0.190%	36.68x
80	Mortimer	52	0.190%	9.04x
81	Littlewood	51	0.190%	14.38x
82	Thewlis	51	0.190%	83.73x
83	Lodge	50	0.180%	10.00x
84	North	50	0.180%	5.48x
85	Fawcett	49	0.180%	9.21x
86	Milnes	49	0.180%	20.17x
87	Ramsden	49	0.180%	9.77x
88	Schofield	49	0.180%	3.29x
89	France	48	0.170%	11.47x
90	Stead	48	0.170%	8.53x
91	Roebuck	47	0.170%	25.23x
92	Nicholson	46	0.170%	2.35x
93	Parkinson	46	0.170%	3.49x
94	Pendergast	46	0.170%	126.44x
95	Crawshaw	45	0.160%	21.02x
96	Broadbent	44	0.160%	7.46x
97	Fozard	44	0.160%	195.56x
98	Hainsworth	44	0.160%	25.16x
99	Heaton	44	0.160%	6.68x
100	Mulligan	44	0.160%	28.60x