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 Pickard, with 45 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
101	Pickard	45	0.150%	10.87x
102	Batley	44	0.150%	34.25x
103	Flannaghan	44	0.150%	382.61x
104	Garforth	44	0.150%	52.90x
105	Pollard	44	0.150%	4.06x
106	Rayner	44	0.150%	5.94x
107	Connor	43	0.140%	4.91x
108	Peace	43	0.140%	15.98x
109	Swift	43	0.140%	4.69x
110	Crossley	42	0.140%	5.15x
111	Fenton	42	0.140%	7.09x
112	Lyles	42	0.140%	276.86x
113	Townend	42	0.140%	16.52x
114	Barber	41	0.140%	2.29x
115	Charlesworth	41	0.140%	10.70x
116	Peel	41	0.140%	7.69x
117	Scholes	41	0.140%	11.91x
118	Lockwood	40	0.130%	6.10x
119	Oxley	40	0.130%	9.62x
120	Broadhead	38	0.130%	17.43x
121	Cave	38	0.130%	8.92x
122	Littlewood	38	0.130%	9.93x
123	Swallow	38	0.130%	12.69x
124	Hey	37	0.120%	14.07x
125	Inman	37	0.120%	18.32x
126	Kitson	37	0.120%	15.60x
127	Tate	37	0.120%	6.45x
128	Horsfield	36	0.120%	18.07x
129	Kershaw	36	0.120%	3.76x
130	Hainsworth	35	0.120%	18.54x
131	Healey	35	0.120%	7.22x
132	Wilman	35	0.120%	58.35x
133	Addy	34	0.110%	26.90x
134	Jennings	34	0.110%	2.26x
135	Law	34	0.110%	2.53x
136	Leather	34	0.110%	16.77x
137	Tattersfield	34	0.110%	122.92x
138	Walshaw	34	0.110%	42.87x
139	Blakeley	33	0.110%	26.82x
140	Jessop	33	0.110%	9.36x
141	Audsley	32	0.110%	97.80x
142	Child	32	0.110%	6.34x
143	Farnhill	32	0.110%	184.44x
144	Allott	31	0.100%	29.06x
145	Halliwell	31	0.100%	9.41x
146	Pyrah	31	0.100%	58.01x
147	Saville	31	0.100%	11.50x
148	Spurr	31	0.100%	25.00x
149	Summerscales	31	0.100%	86.86x
150	Wigglesworth	31	0.100%	21.11x
151	Gallagher	30	0.100%	6.65x
152	Hobson	30	0.100%	3.90x
153	Street	30	0.100%	4.33x
154	Greaves	29	0.100%	3.33x
155	Ledgard	29	0.100%	63.60x
156	Murgatroyd	29	0.100%	13.00x
157	Wilby	29	0.100%	16.65x
158	Marriott	28	0.090%	4.21x
159	Whiteley	28	0.090%	5.25x
160	Balmforth	27	0.090%	24.02x
161	Boothroyd	27	0.090%	17.60x
162	Bray	27	0.090%	2.70x
163	Craven	27	0.090%	4.71x
164	Hallas	27	0.090%	24.38x
165	Halstead	27	0.090%	10.93x
166	Hinchcliffe	27	0.090%	14.90x
167	Medley	27	0.090%	24.65x
168	Myers	27	0.090%	3.49x
169	Rushworth	27	0.090%	11.00x
170	Stapleton	27	0.090%	9.06x
171	Brearey	26	0.090%	288.25x
172	Jubb	26	0.090%	17.50x
173	Sowden	26	0.090%	15.49x
174	Wallis	26	0.090%	2.59x
175	Lynch	25	0.080%	3.19x
176	Norcliffe	25	0.080%	89.13x
177	Robshaw	25	0.080%	83.78x
178	Tighe	25	0.080%	36.34x
179	Vero	25	0.080%	293.43x
180	Binns	24	0.080%	4.88x
181	Brear	24	0.080%	53.80x
182	Clarkson	24	0.080%	3.05x
183	Fearnley	24	0.080%	13.29x
184	Nolan	24	0.080%	5.93x
185	Steele	24	0.080%	3.02x
186	Stubley	24	0.080%	44.67x
187	Ackroyd	23	0.080%	8.29x
188	Broadbent	23	0.080%	3.61x
189	Calvert	23	0.080%	3.80x
190	Foley	23	0.080%	6.15x
191	Furness	23	0.080%	9.70x
192	Metcalf	23	0.080%	3.83x
193	Ruddlesden	23	0.080%	252.19x
194	Scholefield	23	0.080%	27.10x
195	Spedding	23	0.080%	25.00x
196	Squires	23	0.080%	5.47x
197	Thackrah	23	0.080%	87.55x
198	Callaghan	22	0.070%	6.54x
199	Dransfield	22	0.070%	21.07x
200	Fieldhouse	22	0.070%	15.50x