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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 Sweeten, with 1 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.

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1101Sweeten124.63x
1102Tally118.02x
1103Tanson133.67x
1104Tarney19.51x
1105Thickett12.42x
1106Tiffney119.80x
1107Tilton114.84x
1108Trimble14.35x
1109Vint13.91x
1110Walch12.20x
1111Wandless14.99x
1112Wankling113.46x
1113Wate18.70x
1114Wharam14.90x
1115Whithouse112.94x
1116Widdop11.49x
1117Wilburn14.80x
1118Willbourne191.74x
1119Wish111.34x
1120Woffinden17.65x
1121Worsnop11.60x
1122Wrath113.11x