1881 census place

Dewsbury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dewsbury, 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

1,122 surnames are listed for Dewsbury, Yorkshire, covering 18,900 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kilgallon, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dewsbury

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
901	Kilgallon	2	0.010%	24.01x
902	Laffan	2	0.010%	29.24x
903	Lalley	2	0.010%	7.79x
904	Lambeth	2	0.010%	3.73x
905	Lant	2	0.010%	10.14x
906	Laud	2	0.010%	7.23x
907	Leacy	2	0.010%	80.65x
908	Linfoot	2	0.010%	4.09x
909	Liversidge	2	0.010%	2.68x
910	Lorriman	2	0.010%	19.21x
911	Loxley	2	0.010%	3.66x
912	Mar	2	0.010%	37.38x
913	Marginson	2	0.010%	6.75x
914	Marples	2	0.010%	2.53x
915	Matterson	2	0.010%	10.91x
916	Mccabe	2	0.010%	6.88x
917	Mcloughlin	2	0.010%	6.96x
918	Middlebrook	2	0.010%	3.67x
919	Musgreave	2	0.010%	34.78x
920	Newick	2	0.010%	14.20x
921	Oats	2	0.010%	2.98x
922	Oxtoby	2	0.010%	5.62x
923	Poppleton	2	0.010%	3.84x
924	Precious	2	0.010%	3.24x
925	Pullon	2	0.010%	19.98x
926	Raye	2	0.010%	30.12x
927	Reaves	2	0.010%	8.17x
928	Reynold	2	0.010%	4.87x
929	Rorke	2	0.010%	7.61x
930	Roundhill	2	0.010%	16.14x
931	Seeker	2	0.010%	14.31x
932	Sillence	2	0.010%	6.72x
933	Squiers	2	0.010%	77.52x
934	Stainer	2	0.010%	3.19x
935	Stainforth	2	0.010%	8.07x
936	Stewardson	2	0.010%	6.33x
937	Stothard	2	0.010%	3.04x
938	Summersgill	2	0.010%	5.16x
939	Swabey	2	0.010%	10.35x
940	Thewlis	2	0.010%	3.04x
941	Thickbroom	2	0.010%	21.69x
942	Thiele	2	0.010%	91.74x
943	Timlin	2	0.010%	9.56x
944	Tock	2	0.010%	18.52x
945	Tunnicliff	2	0.010%	4.51x
946	Turnpenny	2	0.010%	11.09x
947	Walliss	2	0.010%	19.03x
948	Whalen	2	0.010%	7.50x
949	Whilding	2	0.010%	24.60x
950	Willians	2	0.010%	30.58x
951	Willman	2	0.010%	8.55x
952	Womack	2	0.010%	3.83x
953	Woodworth	2	0.010%	4.45x
954	Ancott	1	0.000%	13.11x
955	Applebee	1	0.000%	5.04x
956	Atha	1	0.000%	3.92x
957	Badge	1	0.000%	7.15x
958	Baildon	1	0.000%	9.51x
959	Baister	1	0.000%	12.15x
960	Baistow	1	0.000%	10.41x
961	Bareham	1	0.000%	2.44x
962	Barett	1	0.000%	12.45x
963	Beat	1	0.000%	5.25x
964	Becker	1	0.000%	2.66x
965	Bibbings	1	0.000%	10.50x
966	Biddick	1	0.000%	4.35x
967	Biley	1	0.000%	20.58x
968	Billyard	1	0.000%	10.30x
969	Bircham	1	0.000%	3.50x
970	Blakley	1	0.000%	4.22x
971	Blud	1	0.000%	19.80x
972	Boyland	1	0.000%	3.78x
973	Braime	1	0.000%	13.28x
974	Braine	1	0.000%	2.26x
975	Brealy	1	0.000%	10.09x
976	Briody	1	0.000%	21.01x
977	Brumfit	1	0.000%	13.11x
978	Burbage	1	0.000%	2.10x
979	Burtt	1	0.000%	4.17x
980	Butterwood	1	0.000%	22.42x
981	Campey	1	0.000%	6.55x
982	Cartman	1	0.000%	4.61x
983	Castleton	1	0.000%	3.97x
984	Chatwin	1	0.000%	1.48x
985	Cockhill	1	0.000%	7.10x
986	Cockings	1	0.000%	6.19x
987	Coffee	1	0.000%	2.70x
988	Coll	1	0.000%	4.48x
989	Commons	1	0.000%	4.52x
990	Connaghan	1	0.000%	22.42x
991	Connon	1	0.000%	2.61x
992	Cran	1	0.000%	2.37x
993	Cuddy	1	0.000%	4.07x
994	Cumings	1	0.000%	6.55x
995	Cusick	1	0.000%	2.92x
996	Cusworth	1	0.000%	2.29x
997	Dans	1	0.000%	32.57x
998	Darly	1	0.000%	12.94x
999	Daughty	1	0.000%	8.14x
1000	Deakins	1	0.000%	3.26x