1881 census place

Beeston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Beeston, 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

106 surnames are listed for Beeston, Yorkshire, covering 857 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Duxbury, with 46 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Beeston

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	Duxbury	46	1.57%	234.10x
2	Rushforth	28	0.960%	301.08x
3	Bellhouse	25	0.850%	796.18x
4	Moorby	25	0.850%	615.76x
5	Senior	25	0.850%	37.27x
6	Scruton	22	0.750%	426.36x
7	Broxup	20	0.680%	1398.60x
8	Midwood	20	0.680%	491.40x
9	Pennock	20	0.680%	431.97x
10	Halliday	19	0.650%	31.41x
11	Woodhead	19	0.650%	34.61x
12	Butterfield	17	0.580%	43.44x
13	Tipling	17	0.580%	1075.95x
14	Lumb	16	0.550%	57.89x
15	Jowett	15	0.510%	47.01x
16	Sheard	15	0.510%	55.93x
17	Tallant	15	0.510%	1136.36x
18	Farrar	14	0.480%	35.87x
19	Boshell	13	0.440%	1340.21x
20	Illingworth	13	0.440%	39.24x
21	Fearnley	12	0.410%	67.42x
22	Speight	12	0.410%	50.42x
23	Downie	11	0.380%	32.02x
24	Winpenny	11	0.380%	687.50x
25	Brammer	10	0.340%	142.86x
26	Crossland	10	0.340%	38.87x
27	Goodison	10	0.340%	167.50x
28	Telford	10	0.340%	38.76x
29	Wass	10	0.340%	62.89x
30	Wightman	10	0.340%	51.95x
31	Birkin	9	0.310%	156.52x
32	Fleetwood	9	0.310%	88.15x
33	Lightowler	9	0.310%	130.81x
34	Milnes	9	0.310%	34.82x
35	Padgett	9	0.310%	103.33x
36	Stanhope	9	0.310%	128.21x
37	Dennell	8	0.270%	808.08x
38	Eliott	8	0.270%	257.23x
39	Elsworth	8	0.270%	74.56x
40	Rickard	8	0.270%	40.06x
41	Wheater	8	0.270%	216.80x
42	Houlden	7	0.240%	121.95x
43	Murdock	7	0.240%	66.04x
44	Place	7	0.240%	45.60x
45	Pullan	7	0.240%	60.61x
46	Rawling	7	0.240%	65.54x
47	Thackray	7	0.240%	55.87x
48	Wormald	7	0.240%	52.75x
49	Addyman	6	0.200%	301.51x
50	Ainger	6	0.200%	178.57x
51	Bleasby	6	0.200%	512.82x
52	Everill	6	0.200%	329.67x
53	Farrelly	6	0.200%	384.62x
54	Leathley	6	0.200%	190.48x
55	Medley	6	0.200%	55.56x
56	Verity	6	0.200%	48.08x
57	Bumby	5	0.170%	199.20x
58	Chatman	5	0.170%	442.48x
59	Emsley	5	0.170%	58.89x
60	Ginn	5	0.170%	61.73x
61	Gomersall	5	0.170%	70.13x
62	Greenhead	5	0.170%	427.35x
63	Lassey	5	0.170%	200.80x
64	Pybus	5	0.170%	57.47x
65	Rusby	5	0.170%	156.25x
66	Seanor	5	0.170%	657.89x
67	Turbill	5	0.170%	1063.83x
68	Worsnop	5	0.170%	81.30x
69	Brogden	4	0.140%	41.37x
70	Convey	4	0.140%	434.78x
71	Foxton	4	0.140%	80.81x
72	Gillson	4	0.140%	116.62x
73	Linfoot	4	0.140%	82.99x
74	Macauley	4	0.140%	86.58x
75	Ormondroyd	4	0.140%	240.96x
76	Rodd	4	0.140%	87.15x
77	Shearan	4	0.140%	3076.92x
78	Sidney	4	0.140%	69.44x
79	Speak	4	0.140%	39.25x
80	Staton	4	0.140%	70.67x
81	Stinton	4	0.140%	73.13x
82	Cromack	3	0.100%	80.86x
83	Dunwell	3	0.100%	50.68x
84	Greenhough	3	0.100%	45.39x
85	Greyson	3	0.100%	250.00x
86	Rosindale	3	0.100%	344.83x
87	Topple	3	0.100%	188.68x
88	Atack	2	0.070%	47.28x
89	Falkingham	2	0.070%	62.89x
90	Farral	2	0.070%	222.22x
91	Furbank	2	0.070%	186.92x
92	Howker	2	0.070%	156.25x
93	Kearsley	2	0.070%	29.28x
94	Relph	2	0.070%	40.82x
95	Bing	1	0.030%	27.62x
96	Brear	1	0.030%	22.73x
97	Breckin	1	0.030%	153.85x
98	Caygill	1	0.030%	26.60x
99	Holstead	1	0.030%	55.56x
100	Huntingdon	1	0.030%	49.26x