1881 census place

Bridlington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bridlington, 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

371 surnames are listed for Bridlington, Yorkshire, covering 2,443 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dixon, with 71 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bridlington

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	Dixon	71	1.07%	9.78x
2	Robson	59	0.890%	13.53x
3	Williamson	57	0.860%	9.59x
4	Pickering	35	0.530%	14.64x
5	Coates	34	0.510%	13.76x
6	Walkington	32	0.480%	405.06x
7	Sawden	29	0.440%	828.57x
8	Milner	28	0.420%	18.42x
9	Kirby	27	0.410%	10.74x
10	Pinder	26	0.390%	32.56x
11	Beckett	24	0.360%	18.17x
12	Coulson	24	0.360%	20.19x
13	Wiles	24	0.360%	41.79x
14	Langton	23	0.350%	43.73x
15	Mainprize	23	0.350%	565.11x
16	Cope	22	0.330%	14.68x
17	Lyon	22	0.330%	15.84x
18	Deighton	21	0.320%	63.25x
19	Heselton	21	0.320%	483.87x
20	Pinkney	21	0.320%	80.77x
21	Knaggs	20	0.300%	116.89x
22	Frankish	19	0.290%	166.37x
23	Sunley	19	0.290%	214.69x
24	Edmond	18	0.270%	80.46x
25	Nettleton	18	0.270%	63.20x
26	Sampson	18	0.270%	15.92x
27	Constable	17	0.260%	23.19x
28	Hird	17	0.260%	33.24x
29	Chew	16	0.240%	47.46x
30	Garbutt	16	0.240%	33.42x
31	Grimshaw	16	0.240%	14.45x
32	Hillerby	16	0.240%	640.00x
33	Tranmer	16	0.240%	695.65x
34	Wardill	16	0.240%	613.03x
35	Claxton	15	0.230%	35.73x
36	Clubley	15	0.230%	345.62x
37	Dandy	15	0.230%	122.35x
38	Rowntree	15	0.230%	76.77x
39	Siddall	15	0.230%	30.88x
40	Tallentire	15	0.230%	464.40x
41	Appleyard	14	0.210%	23.10x
42	Coatham	14	0.210%	1538.46x
43	Jewitt	14	0.210%	63.06x
44	Lamplough	14	0.210%	322.58x
45	Blythe	13	0.200%	25.82x
46	Cape	13	0.200%	76.88x
47	Creaser	13	0.200%	205.37x
48	Garvey	13	0.200%	54.85x
49	Lamplugh	13	0.200%	509.80x
50	Lonsdale	13	0.200%	23.65x
51	Madden	13	0.200%	22.69x
52	Atkin	12	0.180%	13.55x
53	Bielby	12	0.180%	115.61x
54	Binnington	12	0.180%	161.29x
55	Cowling	12	0.180%	20.58x
56	Dove	12	0.180%	15.83x
57	Garton	12	0.180%	36.81x
58	Marson	12	0.180%	39.77x
59	Millner	12	0.180%	182.65x
60	Sawdon	12	0.180%	171.67x
61	Anfield	11	0.170%	533.98x
62	Baron	11	0.170%	16.03x
63	Everingham	11	0.170%	285.71x
64	Forge	11	0.170%	185.50x
65	Hermon	11	0.170%	186.13x
66	Lowson	11	0.170%	72.66x
67	Machen	11	0.170%	156.25x
68	Pashby	11	0.170%	257.61x
69	Postill	11	0.170%	189.66x
70	Smallwood	11	0.170%	17.99x
71	Waites	11	0.170%	66.11x
72	Welburn	11	0.170%	84.36x
73	Birkitt	10	0.150%	330.03x
74	Blakeney	10	0.150%	259.74x
75	Cammish	10	0.150%	303.03x
76	Greenley	10	0.150%	267.38x
77	Harland	10	0.150%	18.10x
78	Headley	10	0.150%	55.87x
79	Hinchcliffe	10	0.150%	24.72x
80	Holderness	10	0.150%	86.58x
81	Lakes	10	0.150%	564.97x
82	Limon	10	0.150%	558.66x
83	Newlove	10	0.150%	106.84x
84	Scrivener	10	0.150%	34.49x
85	Smithson	10	0.150%	15.74x
86	Belt	9	0.140%	116.58x
87	Cockerill	9	0.140%	28.16x
88	Dalby	9	0.140%	16.77x
89	Eggleston	9	0.140%	57.84x
90	Elvidge	9	0.140%	70.59x
91	Hoggard	9	0.140%	128.21x
92	Husband	9	0.140%	23.29x
93	Leak	9	0.140%	35.18x
94	Medforth	9	0.140%	246.58x
95	Musk	9	0.140%	58.94x
96	Rennison	9	0.140%	56.64x
97	Ripley	9	0.140%	20.56x
98	Shipley	9	0.140%	15.36x
99	Steere	9	0.140%	175.44x
100	Battison	8	0.120%	107.53x