1881 census place

Clayton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clayton, 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

236 surnames are listed for Clayton, Yorkshire, covering 3,862 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jowett, with 164 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clayton

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	Jowett	164	2.31%	212.38x
2	Barker	155	2.19%	16.72x
3	Briggs	127	1.79%	33.00x
4	Greenwood	97	1.37%	17.63x
5	Priestley	93	1.31%	77.56x
6	Craven	92	1.30%	67.27x
7	Jagger	88	1.24%	156.81x
8	Whaley	85	1.20%	356.84x
9	Armitage	82	1.16%	45.38x
10	Andrews	80	1.13%	11.78x
11	Kershaw	77	1.09%	33.70x
12	Sharp	73	1.03%	12.36x
13	Robertshaw	70	0.990%	120.88x
14	Ackroyd	69	0.970%	104.20x
15	Bairstow	65	0.920%	260.73x
16	Ingham	62	0.880%	35.19x
17	Holdsworth	61	0.860%	51.11x
18	Drake	54	0.760%	26.16x
19	Balmforth	49	0.690%	182.63x
20	Binns	49	0.690%	41.73x
21	Sutcliffe	49	0.690%	17.51x
22	Firth	48	0.680%	20.40x
23	Lister	42	0.590%	20.79x
24	Bland	40	0.560%	27.23x
25	Warburton	40	0.560%	22.89x
26	Rushworth	38	0.540%	64.87x
27	Benn	36	0.510%	89.20x
28	Ambler	34	0.480%	54.36x
29	Holroyd	34	0.480%	43.16x
30	Gregson	33	0.470%	33.66x
31	Pollard	32	0.450%	12.39x
32	Crowther	31	0.440%	14.66x
33	Heaton	31	0.440%	18.29x
34	Dalby	30	0.420%	52.29x
35	Hirst	30	0.420%	12.98x
36	Petty	30	0.420%	42.78x
37	Shackleton	30	0.420%	37.62x
38	Woodhead	30	0.420%	22.59x
39	Yewdall	30	0.420%	560.75x
40	Hainsworth	29	0.410%	64.39x
41	Milner	29	0.410%	17.85x
42	Rawnsley	29	0.410%	125.22x
43	Appleyard	28	0.400%	43.22x
44	Bower	28	0.400%	21.57x
45	Tankard	27	0.380%	247.48x
46	Wilman	27	0.380%	188.68x
47	Cockroft	26	0.370%	86.81x
48	Bartle	25	0.350%	59.91x
49	Illingworth	25	0.350%	31.18x
50	Pickles	24	0.340%	16.67x
51	Lumb	23	0.320%	34.39x
52	Best	22	0.310%	11.52x
53	Butterfield	21	0.300%	22.18x
54	Crabtree	21	0.300%	14.72x
55	Emsley	21	0.300%	102.29x
56	Hoyle	20	0.280%	12.23x
57	Helliwell	19	0.270%	29.11x
58	Waterhouse	18	0.250%	16.67x
59	Ellison	17	0.240%	11.36x
60	Foulds	17	0.240%	35.47x
61	Stocks	17	0.240%	22.05x
62	Town	17	0.240%	48.39x
63	Watkin	17	0.240%	27.41x
64	Milnes	16	0.230%	25.58x
65	Wilcock	16	0.230%	15.88x
66	Hey	15	0.210%	23.90x
67	Kitchen	15	0.210%	12.43x
68	Storer	15	0.210%	33.81x
69	Sunderland	15	0.210%	18.45x
70	Bancroft	14	0.200%	20.39x
71	Brearley	14	0.200%	31.63x
72	Hindle	14	0.200%	14.06x
73	Knapton	14	0.200%	67.93x
74	Patchett	14	0.200%	41.21x
75	Burniston	13	0.180%	260.52x
76	Farrar	13	0.180%	13.77x
77	Ablett	12	0.170%	80.38x
78	Horsfall	12	0.170%	16.80x
79	Thackray	12	0.170%	39.56x
80	Tordoff	12	0.170%	71.86x
81	Warth	12	0.170%	612.24x
82	Asquith	11	0.160%	26.54x
83	Hind	11	0.160%	12.30x
84	Ibbetson	11	0.160%	69.62x
85	Luty	11	0.160%	120.09x
86	Sugden	11	0.160%	13.43x
87	Brier	10	0.140%	85.03x
88	Brooksbank	10	0.140%	43.14x
89	Cockcroft	10	0.140%	49.33x
90	Fowle	10	0.140%	57.05x
91	Nettleton	10	0.140%	32.84x
92	Scholefield	10	0.140%	49.38x
93	Swaine	10	0.140%	32.12x
94	Elland	9	0.130%	412.84x
95	Hollingworth	9	0.130%	15.73x
96	Leedham	9	0.130%	47.37x
97	Lewes	9	0.130%	53.80x
98	Lingard	9	0.130%	20.02x
99	Normington	9	0.130%	50.45x
100	Stick	9	0.130%	396.48x