1881 census place

Brotherton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brotherton, 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

44 surnames are listed for Brotherton, Yorkshire, covering 328 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bramham, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brotherton

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	Bramham	30	2.59%	1442.31x
2	Townsley	23	1.98%	1013.22x
3	Grace	19	1.64%	122.27x
4	Hargrave	19	1.64%	510.75x
5	Woodall	19	1.64%	203.64x
6	Jolliffe	16	1.38%	305.93x
7	Wadsworth	15	1.29%	92.71x
8	Wales	12	1.03%	127.66x
9	Cardwell	11	0.950%	197.13x
10	Maskill	9	0.780%	1139.24x
11	Renton	9	0.780%	126.40x
12	Bridgland	8	0.690%	547.95x
13	Schoefield	8	0.690%	2162.16x
14	Tindall	8	0.690%	113.96x
15	Vanse	8	0.690%	2105.26x
16	Woodhall	8	0.690%	170.94x
17	Endersby	7	0.600%	472.97x
18	Kellet	7	0.600%	281.12x
19	Sefton	7	0.600%	183.73x
20	Tuke	7	0.600%	457.52x
21	Weatherill	7	0.600%	263.16x
22	Wickham	7	0.600%	89.29x
23	Belwood	6	0.520%	1714.29x
24	Boggett	6	0.520%	2400.00x
25	Scorah	6	0.520%	810.81x
26	Mattinson	5	0.430%	242.72x
27	Sutcliff	5	0.430%	299.40x
28	Wordsworth	4	0.340%	141.34x
29	Heape	3	0.260%	697.67x
30	Monkman	3	0.260%	143.54x
31	Watmough	3	0.260%	106.38x
32	Beilby	2	0.170%	155.04x
33	Blackbourn	2	0.170%	158.73x
34	Ellerker	2	0.170%	281.69x
35	Foottit	2	0.170%	512.82x
36	Haney	2	0.170%	149.25x
37	Joliffe	2	0.170%	250.00x
38	Mattison	2	0.170%	107.53x
39	Thirsk	2	0.170%	204.08x
40	Vause	2	0.170%	111.73x
41	Wadington	2	0.170%	1538.46x
42	Lowton	1	0.090%	111.11x
43	Matherson	1	0.090%	192.31x
44	Paver	1	0.090%	94.34x