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 Cordingley, with 40 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
301	Cordingley	40	0.060%	16.53x
302	Harland	40	0.060%	6.85x
303	Hewitt	40	0.060%	1.17x
304	Holgate	40	0.060%	6.88x
305	Horsfall	40	0.060%	5.66x
306	Oates	40	0.060%	3.66x
307	Sagar	40	0.060%	14.06x
308	Storey	40	0.060%	2.25x
309	Townson	40	0.060%	13.60x
310	Virr	40	0.060%	194.27x
311	Widdop	40	0.060%	25.21x
312	Birch	39	0.060%	1.36x
313	Blakey	39	0.060%	6.94x
314	Brennan	39	0.060%	5.33x
315	Brogden	39	0.060%	16.85x
316	Emmett	39	0.060%	6.65x
317	Emsley	39	0.060%	19.20x
318	Quinn	39	0.060%	2.91x
319	Senior	39	0.060%	2.43x
320	Tattersall	39	0.060%	4.01x
321	Whitley	39	0.060%	6.80x
322	Clapham	38	0.050%	6.29x
323	Hutton	38	0.050%	1.82x
324	Keenan	38	0.050%	6.40x
325	Swift	38	0.050%	1.76x
326	Warburton	38	0.050%	2.20x
327	Wardman	38	0.050%	21.14x
328	Broadley	37	0.050%	7.80x
329	Feather	37	0.050%	10.31x
330	Hardaker	37	0.050%	15.29x
331	Heron	37	0.050%	5.51x
332	Kellett	37	0.050%	6.07x
333	Ellison	36	0.050%	2.43x
334	Garnett	36	0.050%	4.14x
335	Greaves	36	0.050%	1.75x
336	Langley	36	0.050%	2.34x
337	Margerison	36	0.050%	27.72x
338	Padgett	36	0.050%	17.27x
339	Saville	36	0.050%	5.66x
340	Todd	36	0.050%	1.01x
341	Atack	35	0.050%	34.54x
342	Brearley	35	0.050%	7.99x
343	Brooksbank	35	0.050%	15.26x
344	Cawthra	35	0.050%	48.25x
345	Cockroft	35	0.050%	11.81x
346	Connor	35	0.050%	1.69x
347	Field	35	0.050%	1.00x
348	Garner	35	0.050%	1.58x
349	Hollings	35	0.050%	13.29x
350	Joyce	35	0.050%	2.03x
351	Wilks	35	0.050%	3.18x
352	Wilman	35	0.050%	24.72x
353	Allison	34	0.050%	1.71x
354	Bainbridge	34	0.050%	3.45x
355	Bateman	34	0.050%	1.88x
356	Dinsdale	34	0.050%	9.42x
357	Dooley	34	0.050%	7.87x
358	Gilmore	34	0.050%	8.28x
359	Greenhough	34	0.050%	21.49x
360	Medley	34	0.050%	13.15x
361	Mellor	34	0.050%	1.38x
362	Newell	34	0.050%	3.07x
363	Parratt	34	0.050%	23.94x
364	Coleman	33	0.050%	0.94x
365	Denton	33	0.050%	2.56x
366	Eastwood	33	0.050%	1.99x
367	Halliday	33	0.050%	2.28x
368	Hardisty	33	0.050%	16.34x
369	Hustler	33	0.050%	26.76x
370	Irving	33	0.050%	2.11x
371	Mawson	33	0.050%	5.84x
372	Smithies	33	0.050%	13.23x
373	Burke	32	0.050%	1.55x
374	Copley	32	0.050%	5.90x
375	Davey	32	0.050%	1.11x
376	Gath	32	0.050%	53.01x
377	Haste	32	0.050%	25.05x
378	Lord	32	0.050%	0.99x
379	Waring	32	0.050%	3.63x
380	Butterworth	31	0.040%	1.23x
381	Duckett	31	0.040%	6.93x
382	Moran	31	0.040%	2.42x
383	Oxley	31	0.040%	3.16x
384	Pickersgill	31	0.040%	8.42x
385	Sunter	31	0.040%	29.44x
386	Grey	30	0.040%	1.97x
387	Hardwick	30	0.040%	2.80x
388	Horner	30	0.040%	2.25x
389	Ohara	30	0.040%	7.45x
390	Tate	30	0.040%	2.22x
391	Verity	30	0.040%	10.05x
392	Beaumont	29	0.040%	1.40x
393	Coe	29	0.040%	2.55x
394	Fleming	29	0.040%	1.00x
395	Gamble	29	0.040%	2.89x
396	Hinton	29	0.040%	3.08x
397	Hullah	29	0.040%	29.30x
398	Inman	29	0.040%	6.08x
399	Lightowler	29	0.040%	17.60x
400	Mallinson	29	0.040%	5.02x