1881 census place

Emley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Emley, 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

47 surnames are listed for Emley, Yorkshire, covering 506 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kaye, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Emley

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	Kaye	37	2.86%	190.82x
2	Lawton	35	2.70%	104.95x
3	Firth	32	2.47%	74.45x
4	Mountain	28	2.16%	305.01x
5	Bedford	25	1.93%	81.43x
6	Scargill	24	1.85%	1132.08x
7	Swallow	22	1.70%	168.58x
8	Blacker	19	1.47%	449.17x
9	Sowerby	19	1.47%	272.21x
10	Hamerton	16	1.24%	2077.92x
11	Ellam	15	1.16%	461.54x
12	Matthewman	15	1.16%	609.76x
13	Hampshire	14	1.08%	191.00x
14	Walshaw	14	1.08%	404.62x
15	Jaggar	13	1.00%	1181.82x
16	Beckwith	12	0.930%	157.69x
17	Sunderland	12	0.930%	80.81x
18	Grayham	11	0.850%	2244.90x
19	Bintcliffe	10	0.770%	2777.78x
20	Askham	9	0.700%	357.14x
21	Heeley	9	0.700%	158.17x
22	Whitely	9	0.700%	328.47x
23	Batley	8	0.620%	142.86x
24	Froggatt	8	0.620%	134.45x
25	Scholfield	8	0.620%	243.16x
26	Auty	7	0.540%	161.29x
27	Dodgson	7	0.540%	111.29x
28	Downend	7	0.540%	1296.30x
29	Silverwood	7	0.540%	252.71x
30	Yardley	7	0.540%	85.26x
31	Frudd	6	0.460%	1250.00x
32	Goward	6	0.460%	530.97x
33	Popplewell	6	0.460%	141.51x
34	Farrand	5	0.390%	192.31x
35	Adair	4	0.310%	99.26x
36	Waites	4	0.310%	123.08x
37	Beavers	3	0.230%	344.83x
38	Mees	2	0.150%	117.65x
39	Moulson	2	0.150%	78.43x
40	Winkley	2	0.150%	112.36x
41	Ashforth	1	0.080%	44.44x
42	Derwent	1	0.080%	161.29x
43	Fergerson	1	0.080%	625.00x
44	Grason	1	0.080%	270.27x
45	Stainrod	1	0.080%	277.78x
46	Tabbot	1	0.080%	1666.67x
47	Whitlam	1	0.080%	92.59x