1881 census place

Eccleshill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Eccleshill, 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

305 surnames are listed for Eccleshill, Yorkshire, covering 3,267 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thornton, with 104 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Eccleshill

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
1	Thornton	104	1.48%	29.36x
2	Baxter	67	0.950%	15.96x
3	Walton	54	0.770%	10.89x
4	Holdsworth	53	0.750%	44.66x
5	Hartley	52	0.740%	11.78x
6	Hutton	51	0.720%	24.24x
7	Rhodes	48	0.680%	14.67x
8	Illingworth	47	0.670%	58.96x
9	Hardaker	45	0.640%	185.03x
10	Dobson	42	0.600%	13.52x
11	Firth	42	0.600%	17.95x
12	Hammond	42	0.600%	10.47x
13	Jennings	42	0.600%	11.76x
14	Craven	41	0.580%	30.15x
15	Waite	41	0.580%	28.04x
16	Watmough	41	0.580%	239.07x
17	Norton	39	0.550%	16.65x
18	Pratt	38	0.540%	9.39x
19	Pitts	37	0.530%	51.20x
20	Fawcett	35	0.500%	25.69x
21	Kitson	35	0.500%	62.18x
22	Galloway	34	0.480%	28.02x
23	Hollings	32	0.450%	120.94x
24	Horne	32	0.450%	20.87x
25	Waterhouse	32	0.450%	29.81x
26	Barraclough	31	0.440%	44.46x
27	Coates	31	0.440%	11.80x
28	Cordingley	29	0.410%	119.24x
29	Dalby	29	0.410%	50.83x
30	Hobson	29	0.410%	15.87x
31	Skirrow	28	0.400%	291.06x
32	Milner	27	0.380%	16.71x
33	Close	26	0.370%	42.30x
34	Goodhall	26	0.370%	121.61x
35	Laycock	26	0.370%	26.86x
36	North	26	0.370%	11.13x
37	Ackroyd	24	0.340%	36.45x
38	Teale	24	0.340%	92.34x
39	Sugden	22	0.310%	27.01x
40	Cariss	21	0.300%	580.11x
41	Mountain	21	0.300%	42.01x
42	Raistrick	21	0.300%	126.05x
43	Mortimer	20	0.280%	13.58x
44	Stead	20	0.280%	13.88x
45	Bakes	19	0.270%	498.69x
46	Child	19	0.270%	15.86x
47	Halliday	19	0.270%	13.05x
48	Longbottom	19	0.270%	30.33x
49	Patchett	19	0.270%	56.25x
50	Garnett	18	0.260%	20.57x
51	Pullan	18	0.260%	64.79x
52	Wilman	18	0.260%	126.49x
53	Womersley	18	0.260%	82.27x
54	Baines	17	0.240%	12.60x
55	Britton	17	0.240%	13.63x
56	Clifford	17	0.240%	11.74x
57	Lofthouse	17	0.240%	32.39x
58	Murgatroyd	17	0.240%	32.12x
59	Binns	16	0.230%	13.70x
60	Stansfield	16	0.230%	14.71x
61	Waterworth	16	0.230%	52.24x
62	Dunwell	15	0.210%	105.19x
63	Hopkinson	15	0.210%	13.02x
64	Keighley	15	0.210%	39.83x
65	Oates	15	0.210%	13.66x
66	Holliday	14	0.200%	15.15x
67	Jowett	14	0.200%	18.23x
68	Shackleton	14	0.200%	17.65x
69	Stamp	14	0.200%	27.03x
70	Whitton	14	0.200%	32.40x
71	Hey	13	0.180%	20.83x
72	Lightfoot	13	0.180%	13.27x
73	Mawson	13	0.180%	22.88x
74	Overend	13	0.180%	62.02x
75	Smithson	13	0.180%	19.25x
76	Sutcliff	13	0.180%	128.46x
77	Burnley	12	0.170%	81.86x
78	Dennison	12	0.170%	22.03x
79	Gott	12	0.170%	39.33x
80	Hainsworth	12	0.170%	26.79x
81	Hindle	12	0.170%	12.12x
82	Ibbitson	12	0.170%	206.54x
83	Leeming	12	0.170%	27.50x
84	Airton	11	0.160%	311.61x
85	Asquith	11	0.160%	26.69x
86	Cansfield	11	0.160%	363.04x
87	Darnbrough	11	0.160%	221.77x
88	Eddison	11	0.160%	107.53x
89	Fearnley	11	0.160%	25.68x
90	Holgate	11	0.160%	18.83x
91	Holroyd	11	0.160%	14.04x
92	Ingle	11	0.160%	38.23x
93	Lightowler	11	0.160%	66.43x
94	Oddy	11	0.160%	25.40x
95	Balmforth	10	0.140%	37.48x
96	Craggs	10	0.140%	27.59x
97	Mitchel	10	0.140%	14.52x
98	Pitchforth	10	0.140%	215.98x
99	Robison	10	0.140%	63.53x
100	Rushforth	10	0.140%	44.70x