1881 census place

Bradford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bradford, 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

2,795 surnames are listed for Bradford, Yorkshire, covering 54,128 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tetley, with 111 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bradford

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
101	Tetley	111	0.160%	39.43x
102	Fieldhouse	110	0.160%	32.83x
103	Long	110	0.160%	2.42x
104	Coates	109	0.160%	4.17x
105	Metcalfe	108	0.150%	6.75x
106	Schofield	106	0.150%	2.79x
107	Craven	104	0.150%	7.69x
108	Sowden	103	0.150%	26.00x
109	Milnes	102	0.150%	16.49x
110	Gallagher	101	0.140%	9.49x
111	Clarke	100	0.140%	0.70x
112	Barrett	99	0.140%	2.10x
113	Blackburn	99	0.140%	3.75x
114	Holroyd	99	0.140%	12.70x
115	King	98	0.140%	0.64x
116	Pickard	97	0.140%	9.92x
117	Ingham	96	0.140%	5.51x
118	Preston	96	0.140%	2.74x
119	Russell	96	0.140%	1.12x
120	Bolton	95	0.140%	3.15x
121	Gibson	95	0.140%	1.12x
122	Berry	94	0.130%	1.69x
123	Ellis	94	0.130%	0.92x
124	Wade	94	0.130%	3.35x
125	Crabtree	93	0.130%	6.59x
126	Ambler	92	0.130%	14.87x
127	Dennison	92	0.130%	16.98x
128	Hutchinson	92	0.130%	2.31x
129	Midgley	92	0.130%	9.80x
130	Morrell	92	0.130%	13.97x
131	Shepherd	92	0.130%	1.79x
132	Sunderland	92	0.130%	11.44x
133	Townend	92	0.130%	15.33x
134	Carter	91	0.130%	0.77x
135	Pollard	91	0.130%	3.56x
136	Boocock	90	0.130%	36.42x
137	Higgins	90	0.130%	2.54x
138	Milner	90	0.130%	5.60x
139	Bentley	89	0.130%	3.00x
140	Fox	89	0.130%	1.37x
141	Gledhill	89	0.130%	8.56x
142	Parkinson	89	0.130%	2.65x
143	Durkin	88	0.130%	28.77x
144	Baxter	87	0.120%	2.08x
145	Bailey	86	0.120%	0.81x
146	Leach	86	0.120%	2.97x
147	Waterhouse	86	0.120%	8.05x
148	Pratt	85	0.120%	2.11x
149	Henry	84	0.120%	4.74x
150	Walton	83	0.120%	1.68x
151	Edmondson	82	0.120%	10.12x
152	Mortimer	82	0.120%	5.60x
153	Waddington	81	0.120%	7.12x
154	Clough	80	0.110%	5.11x
155	Ryan	80	0.110%	3.68x
156	Lumb	79	0.110%	11.94x
157	Peel	79	0.110%	6.28x
158	Rushworth	79	0.110%	13.63x
159	Newton	78	0.110%	1.45x
160	Chapman	77	0.110%	0.77x
161	Patchett	77	0.110%	22.91x
162	Oddy	75	0.110%	17.41x
163	Ratcliffe	75	0.110%	3.88x
164	Beanland	74	0.110%	51.50x
165	Lund	74	0.110%	9.75x
166	Mason	74	0.110%	0.79x
167	Denby	73	0.100%	25.06x
168	Hunt	73	0.100%	0.78x
169	Slater	73	0.100%	1.72x
170	Metcalf	72	0.100%	5.07x
171	Reynolds	72	0.100%	1.19x
172	Hopkinson	71	0.100%	6.20x
173	Broadbent	70	0.100%	4.66x
174	Hainsworth	70	0.100%	15.71x
175	Whelan	70	0.100%	14.74x
176	Duffy	69	0.100%	4.51x
177	Lancaster	69	0.100%	3.96x
178	Duckworth	68	0.100%	5.02x
179	Heaton	68	0.100%	4.06x
180	Poole	68	0.100%	2.01x
181	Ryder	68	0.100%	5.60x
182	Emmott	67	0.100%	25.47x
183	Bastow	66	0.090%	28.52x
184	Butterfield	66	0.090%	7.05x
185	Hird	66	0.090%	12.20x
186	Jagger	66	0.090%	11.89x
187	Law	66	0.090%	2.08x
188	Bairstow	65	0.090%	26.35x
189	Bray	65	0.090%	2.76x
190	Holt	65	0.090%	1.39x
191	Noble	65	0.090%	2.23x
192	Arnold	64	0.090%	1.69x
193	Bland	64	0.090%	4.40x
194	Carr	64	0.090%	1.27x
195	Conroy	64	0.090%	12.31x
196	Gorman	64	0.090%	7.57x
197	Clegg	63	0.090%	2.64x
198	Day	63	0.090%	0.95x
199	Hey	63	0.090%	10.15x
200	Kennedy	63	0.090%	1.49x