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 Gaffey, with 7 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
501	Gaffey	7	0.020%	87.17x
502	Garthwaite	7	0.020%	12.35x
503	Gatenby	7	0.020%	10.16x
504	Gaven	7	0.020%	44.99x
505	Grason	7	0.020%	82.16x
506	Gwinnell	7	0.020%	51.17x
507	Hannam	7	0.020%	7.70x
508	Hardesty	7	0.020%	38.59x
509	Heeley	7	0.020%	5.36x
510	Jennison	7	0.020%	13.43x
511	Kerwin	7	0.020%	20.47x
512	Leadbeatter	7	0.020%	128.44x
513	Leek	7	0.020%	4.87x
514	Liley	7	0.020%	17.39x
515	Macmahon	7	0.020%	52.32x
516	Mcgrath	7	0.020%	14.93x
517	Moodey	7	0.020%	50.43x
518	Murry	7	0.020%	4.46x
519	Oddy	7	0.020%	3.84x
520	Payton	7	0.020%	5.92x
521	Rafferty	7	0.020%	4.57x
522	Reseigh	7	0.020%	87.17x
523	Ridsdale	7	0.020%	8.98x
524	Rochford	7	0.020%	24.43x
525	Rowles	7	0.020%	5.35x
526	Seel	7	0.020%	23.38x
527	Skirrow	7	0.020%	17.26x
528	Soothill	7	0.020%	68.56x
529	Steven	7	0.020%	3.11x
530	Stretch	7	0.020%	10.51x
531	Talbott	7	0.020%	10.35x
532	Tatham	7	0.020%	6.98x
533	Tetlow	7	0.020%	5.98x
534	Threadgold	7	0.020%	13.90x
535	Topps	7	0.020%	35.30x
536	Troy	7	0.020%	19.67x
537	Tully	7	0.020%	4.40x
538	Tweedale	7	0.020%	7.78x
539	Vickerman	7	0.020%	13.27x
540	Wardman	7	0.020%	9.19x
541	Audley	6	0.020%	21.31x
542	Austwick	6	0.020%	23.73x
543	Ballance	6	0.020%	24.60x
544	Beever	6	0.020%	12.20x
545	Bellwood	6	0.020%	9.64x
546	Birkby	6	0.020%	17.96x
547	Boucher	6	0.020%	3.84x
548	Bowe	6	0.020%	8.97x
549	Brodrick	6	0.020%	16.09x
550	Burman	6	0.020%	5.08x
551	Caine	6	0.020%	4.83x
552	Carrott	6	0.020%	23.64x
553	Catton	6	0.020%	6.24x
554	Chipchase	6	0.020%	14.66x
555	Conyers	6	0.020%	16.95x
556	Darkin	6	0.020%	27.64x
557	Delaney	6	0.020%	3.14x
558	Doogan	6	0.020%	54.05x
559	Evers	6	0.020%	12.66x
560	Exelby	6	0.020%	27.01x
561	Fallon	6	0.020%	5.47x
562	Fannon	6	0.020%	35.19x
563	Fawbert	6	0.020%	27.89x
564	Fawcet	6	0.020%	57.09x
565	Fields	6	0.020%	4.21x
566	Foyer	6	0.020%	70.42x
567	Gannon	6	0.020%	4.67x
568	Gavaghan	6	0.020%	76.63x
569	Geraghty	6	0.020%	22.01x
570	Gildea	6	0.020%	57.64x
571	Glew	6	0.020%	9.20x
572	Hargraves	6	0.020%	5.78x
573	Heaney	6	0.020%	11.77x
574	Heeson	6	0.020%	87.72x
575	Heppenstall	6	0.020%	11.64x
576	Hickling	6	0.020%	3.77x
577	Holstead	6	0.020%	32.89x
578	Hullah	6	0.020%	14.31x
579	Ibbetson	6	0.020%	9.06x
580	Jewitt	6	0.020%	6.03x
581	Kilroy	6	0.020%	11.89x
582	Leaming	6	0.020%	39.06x
583	Lykes	6	0.020%	504.20x
584	Mahon	6	0.020%	4.56x
585	Maw	6	0.020%	5.54x
586	Mcnally	6	0.020%	15.56x
587	Morrice	6	0.020%	6.90x
588	Musk	6	0.020%	8.77x
589	Neesom	6	0.020%	68.81x
590	Newsom	6	0.020%	21.39x
591	Oakland	6	0.020%	27.26x
592	Oaks	6	0.020%	11.23x
593	Poplar	6	0.020%	80.75x
594	Rippon	6	0.020%	5.81x
595	Roundell	6	0.020%	48.43x
596	Sergeant	6	0.020%	4.24x
597	Shute	6	0.020%	5.04x
598	Thresh	6	0.020%	28.29x
599	Tobin	6	0.020%	5.04x
600	Tunnicliffe	6	0.020%	6.13x