1881 census place

Castleford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Castleford, 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

457 surnames are listed for Castleford, Yorkshire, covering 3,813 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dickinson, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Castleford

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	Dickinson	65	0.620%	14.44x
2	Appleyard	63	0.600%	65.37x
3	Armitage	45	0.430%	16.74x
4	Townend	45	0.430%	49.86x
5	Wainwright	44	0.420%	19.73x
6	Firth	43	0.410%	12.28x
7	Bateson	42	0.400%	63.67x
8	Schofield	42	0.400%	7.35x
9	Sykes	39	0.370%	7.71x
10	Tate	39	0.370%	19.15x
11	Davison	37	0.350%	9.82x
12	Brook	34	0.320%	8.37x
13	Goodall	34	0.320%	15.06x
14	Waddington	34	0.320%	19.86x
15	Field	33	0.310%	6.29x
16	Westmoreland	32	0.300%	189.01x
17	Varley	31	0.290%	21.40x
18	Hirst	30	0.280%	8.72x
19	Clegg	29	0.280%	8.08x
20	Connell	29	0.280%	15.83x
21	Proctor	29	0.280%	11.19x
22	England	28	0.270%	12.89x
23	Hepworth	28	0.270%	23.29x
24	Masterman	28	0.270%	105.78x
25	Hopton	27	0.260%	92.53x
26	Lindley	27	0.260%	25.91x
27	Arundel	26	0.250%	124.58x
28	Eastwood	25	0.240%	10.03x
29	Heptinstall	25	0.240%	336.47x
30	Robshaw	25	0.240%	236.07x
31	Lunn	24	0.230%	17.59x
32	Wheater	24	0.230%	180.86x
33	Etherington	23	0.220%	28.92x
34	Gledhill	23	0.220%	14.71x
35	Dibb	22	0.210%	99.37x
36	Belcher	21	0.200%	16.54x
37	Bramley	21	0.200%	21.82x
38	Drake	21	0.200%	6.84x
39	Lancaster	21	0.200%	8.02x
40	Lund	21	0.200%	18.39x
41	Pennington	21	0.200%	13.45x
42	Eccles	20	0.190%	11.86x
43	Lumb	20	0.190%	20.10x
44	Parkin	20	0.190%	7.06x
45	Speight	20	0.190%	23.34x
46	Stead	20	0.190%	9.28x
47	Child	19	0.180%	10.60x
48	Jowett	19	0.180%	16.54x
49	Pease	19	0.180%	47.64x
50	Wigglesworth	19	0.180%	36.45x
51	Bellwood	18	0.170%	81.41x
52	Dando	18	0.170%	46.19x
53	Jepson	18	0.170%	17.45x
54	Whitwell	18	0.170%	57.71x
55	Bennet	17	0.160%	11.68x
56	Sweeting	17	0.160%	40.25x
57	Waring	17	0.160%	12.84x
58	Craven	16	0.150%	7.86x
59	Waterhouse	16	0.150%	9.96x
60	Butterfield	15	0.140%	10.65x
61	Cheesbrough	15	0.140%	225.56x
62	Crosswaite	15	0.140%	872.09x
63	Howden	15	0.140%	28.07x
64	Illingworth	15	0.140%	12.57x
65	Kassell	15	0.140%	993.38x
66	Marchant	15	0.140%	9.18x
67	Midgley	15	0.140%	10.62x
68	Ripley	15	0.140%	21.54x
69	Barstow	14	0.130%	76.80x
70	Beedle	14	0.130%	103.55x
71	Goodhall	14	0.130%	43.75x
72	Hardcastle	14	0.130%	15.02x
73	Leek	14	0.130%	27.45x
74	Maskell	14	0.130%	18.89x
75	Winterbottom	14	0.130%	14.38x
76	Beevers	13	0.120%	48.85x
77	Holgate	13	0.120%	14.87x
78	Winn	13	0.120%	12.70x
79	Backhouse	12	0.110%	15.29x
80	Bairstow	12	0.110%	32.35x
81	Beckwith	12	0.110%	19.36x
82	Byford	12	0.110%	25.19x
83	Flower	12	0.110%	11.66x
84	Hallas	12	0.110%	30.52x
85	Kear	12	0.110%	67.23x
86	Kilburn	12	0.110%	22.09x
87	Liversidge	12	0.110%	45.27x
88	Westerman	12	0.110%	34.75x
89	Addinell	11	0.100%	614.53x
90	Asquith	11	0.100%	17.84x
91	Brazier	11	0.100%	11.13x
92	Chappel	11	0.100%	23.71x
93	Elland	11	0.100%	339.51x
94	Frobisher	11	0.100%	190.64x
95	Greenhough	11	0.100%	46.22x
96	Holiday	11	0.100%	37.16x
97	Kenney	11	0.100%	18.95x
98	Lightowler	11	0.100%	44.39x
99	Liversedge	11	0.100%	57.14x
100	Mattison	11	0.100%	65.24x