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 Dockerty, with 3 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
801	Dockerty	3	0.010%	10.09x
802	Donnolly	3	0.010%	12.06x
803	Elland	3	0.010%	32.89x
804	Fairbank	3	0.010%	4.51x
805	Fielden	3	0.010%	1.73x
806	Firman	3	0.010%	3.97x
807	Flatley	3	0.010%	21.46x
808	Gettings	3	0.010%	10.22x
809	Goldsbrough	3	0.010%	7.80x
810	Gormly	3	0.010%	29.10x
811	Gulley	3	0.010%	10.54x
812	Harrap	3	0.010%	14.55x
813	Hartridge	3	0.010%	10.19x
814	Hefford	3	0.010%	6.37x
815	Henery	3	0.010%	11.64x
816	Hoblyn	3	0.010%	24.41x
817	Hoyland	3	0.010%	2.72x
818	Kenshaw	3	0.010%	73.89x
819	Kernan	3	0.010%	17.91x
820	Killingbeck	3	0.010%	13.69x
821	Lawford	3	0.010%	4.52x
822	Leece	3	0.010%	6.09x
823	Lenord	3	0.010%	26.55x
824	Machon	3	0.010%	8.09x
825	Manders	3	0.010%	5.04x
826	Marshal	3	0.010%	4.79x
827	Mashell	3	0.010%	131.58x
828	Mcintyre	3	0.010%	5.04x
829	Mcnulty	3	0.010%	14.01x
830	Milles	3	0.010%	24.81x
831	Morin	3	0.010%	28.28x
832	Morphy	3	0.010%	45.18x
833	Muldowney	3	0.010%	28.54x
834	Nettleship	3	0.010%	8.01x
835	Ormond	3	0.010%	4.75x
836	Otty	3	0.010%	19.65x
837	Pence	3	0.010%	97.72x
838	Penistone	3	0.010%	23.83x
839	Piercey	3	0.010%	11.16x
840	Pinfield	3	0.010%	11.25x
841	Ransford	3	0.010%	19.53x
842	Redmayne	3	0.010%	7.64x
843	Robison	3	0.010%	4.52x
844	Rowse	3	0.010%	4.35x
845	Rutley	3	0.010%	12.72x
846	Sams	3	0.010%	4.64x
847	Scarfe	3	0.010%	5.18x
848	Scobie	3	0.010%	4.65x
849	Siddal	3	0.010%	26.32x
850	Sprigg	3	0.010%	9.61x
851	Swithenbank	3	0.010%	7.92x
852	Tice	3	0.010%	10.33x
853	Tilson	3	0.010%	8.38x
854	Turver	3	0.010%	30.90x
855	Tuton	3	0.010%	33.26x
856	Vinter	3	0.010%	9.89x
857	Weldrick	3	0.010%	44.51x
858	Wildsmith	3	0.010%	4.74x
859	Willans	3	0.010%	10.62x
860	Wisher	3	0.010%	33.26x
861	Ackrill	2	0.010%	9.39x
862	Avison	2	0.010%	4.66x
863	Barcock	2	0.010%	12.01x
864	Barkby	2	0.010%	26.56x
865	Barras	2	0.010%	3.46x
866	Beanland	2	0.010%	3.29x
867	Beechy	2	0.010%	19.03x
868	Bolan	2	0.010%	7.28x
869	Borrows	2	0.010%	4.67x
870	Briar	2	0.010%	26.56x
871	Burkes	2	0.010%	31.55x
872	Callagan	2	0.010%	5.01x
873	Cark	2	0.010%	46.95x
874	Cavanah	2	0.010%	11.53x
875	Cawthra	2	0.010%	6.51x
876	Clive	2	0.010%	5.47x
877	Conran	2	0.010%	35.40x
878	Convey	2	0.010%	21.46x
879	Coran	2	0.010%	33.61x
880	Cosway	2	0.010%	9.84x
881	Cronan	2	0.010%	8.77x
882	Dearnley	2	0.010%	3.76x
883	Dillan	2	0.010%	18.67x
884	Dooly	2	0.010%	16.41x
885	Dracup	2	0.010%	6.75x
886	Flanaghan	2	0.010%	6.82x
887	Flockton	2	0.010%	6.55x
888	Ganter	2	0.010%	67.34x
889	Gaughan	2	0.010%	6.70x
890	Gaul	2	0.010%	5.90x
891	Greenhaigh	2	0.010%	168.07x
892	Hatley	2	0.010%	4.97x
893	Heptinstall	2	0.010%	9.56x
894	Hoggins	2	0.010%	7.13x
895	Holm	2	0.010%	8.81x
896	Houlder	2	0.010%	16.27x
897	Humpherys	2	0.010%	21.93x
898	Jager	2	0.010%	15.40x
899	Kate	2	0.010%	53.19x
900	Kellard	2	0.010%	12.22x