1881 census place

Bentham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bentham, 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

118 surnames are listed for Bentham, Yorkshire, covering 878 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wilcock, with 47 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bentham

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	Wilcock	47	2.13%	149.82x
2	Bateson	42	1.90%	304.35x
3	Batty	28	1.27%	83.06x
4	Bibby	27	1.22%	113.40x
5	Burrow	27	1.22%	178.34x
6	Willan	22	1.00%	360.07x
7	Shuttleworth	20	0.910%	76.45x
8	Halstead	19	0.860%	103.49x
9	Saul	19	0.860%	168.59x
10	Hodkinson	18	0.820%	115.61x
11	Braithwaite	17	0.770%	66.41x
12	Howson	17	0.770%	123.55x
13	Ellershaw	15	0.680%	887.57x
14	Bentham	14	0.630%	138.89x
15	Hannah	14	0.630%	48.81x
16	Mitton	14	0.630%	216.72x
17	Oneill	14	0.630%	99.72x
18	Wildman	14	0.630%	103.86x
19	Leak	13	0.590%	152.58x
20	Townley	11	0.500%	79.08x
21	Briscoe	10	0.450%	70.52x
22	Clapham	10	0.450%	52.60x
23	Duckett	10	0.450%	71.02x
24	Grime	10	0.450%	86.36x
25	Neill	10	0.450%	68.45x
26	Sedgwick	10	0.450%	62.46x
27	Adamthwaite	9	0.410%	1034.48x
28	Nowell	9	0.410%	86.87x
29	Quinlan	9	0.410%	185.19x
30	Robertshaw	9	0.410%	49.92x
31	Wallbank	9	0.410%	131.39x
32	Calverley	8	0.360%	171.31x
33	Dodgson	8	0.360%	74.63x
34	Emmott	8	0.360%	96.62x
35	Gorrill	8	0.360%	975.61x
36	Grayson	8	0.360%	48.60x
37	Grisdale	8	0.360%	209.42x
38	Kellet	8	0.360%	168.78x
39	Leeming	8	0.360%	58.57x
40	Maudsley	8	0.360%	127.80x
41	Ramskill	8	0.360%	808.08x
42	Skirrow	8	0.360%	265.78x
43	Wrathall	8	0.360%	437.16x
44	Brannigan	7	0.320%	318.18x
45	Breach	7	0.320%	159.82x
46	Cumberland	7	0.320%	125.45x
47	Donnally	7	0.320%	1206.90x
48	Gorst	7	0.320%	145.53x
49	Haythornthwaite	7	0.320%	370.37x
50	Phillipson	7	0.320%	85.57x
51	Prestwich	7	0.320%	233.33x
52	Rafferty	7	0.320%	61.51x
53	Royston	7	0.320%	107.20x
54	Tatham	7	0.320%	93.96x
55	Charters	6	0.270%	99.50x
56	Dray	6	0.270%	120.97x
57	Easterby	6	0.270%	530.97x
58	Greenop	6	0.270%	681.82x
59	Greenup	6	0.270%	437.96x
60	Harling	6	0.270%	63.29x
61	Heaps	6	0.270%	62.44x
62	Levitt	6	0.270%	81.41x
63	Morphet	6	0.270%	394.74x
64	Slinger	6	0.270%	89.96x
65	Thexton	6	0.270%	361.45x
66	Balderson	5	0.230%	119.05x
67	Downham	5	0.230%	79.49x
68	Hully	5	0.230%	438.60x
69	Kirkbride	5	0.230%	76.92x
70	Mallon	5	0.230%	137.36x
71	Thistlewood	5	0.230%	520.83x
72	Wearing	5	0.230%	74.07x
73	Gurnell	4	0.180%	481.93x
74	Hearsum	4	0.180%	597.01x
75	Hoddy	4	0.180%	396.04x
76	Mattocks	4	0.180%	137.93x
77	Bogan	3	0.140%	229.01x
78	Dorn	3	0.140%	340.91x
79	Dowbiggin	3	0.140%	365.85x
80	Marklew	3	0.140%	168.54x
81	Moulding	3	0.140%	56.50x
82	Redmayne	3	0.140%	102.74x
83	Sewart	3	0.140%	340.91x
84	Swarbrick	3	0.140%	34.84x
85	Bowskill	2	0.090%	96.15x
86	Cason	2	0.090%	80.97x
87	Cheers	2	0.090%	150.38x
88	Dunderdale	2	0.090%	50.89x
89	Gelderd	2	0.090%	198.02x
90	Janson	2	0.090%	55.71x
91	Newhouse	2	0.090%	84.03x
92	Peckover	2	0.090%	111.11x
93	Remmington	2	0.090%	172.41x
94	Storrs	2	0.090%	141.84x
95	Titterington	2	0.090%	62.50x
96	Todhunter	2	0.090%	62.70x
97	Varey	2	0.090%	59.17x
98	Armit	1	0.050%	55.56x
99	Auton	1	0.050%	42.55x
100	Ayrton	1	0.050%	27.55x