1881 census place

Golcar surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Golcar, 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

133 surnames are listed for Golcar, Yorkshire, covering 5,680 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Taylor, with 644 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Golcar

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	Taylor	644	8.41%	13.16x
2	Whitwam	387	5.06%	2175.38x
3	Sykes	343	4.48%	93.39x
4	Pearson	250	3.27%	28.12x
5	Shaw	187	2.44%	13.30x
6	Beaumont	183	2.39%	80.64x
7	Walker	183	2.39%	7.14x
8	Hirst	180	2.35%	72.09x
9	Dyson	171	2.23%	68.98x
10	Gledhill	169	2.21%	148.83x
11	Crowther	158	2.06%	69.14x
12	Singleton	157	2.05%	103.77x
13	Garside	150	1.96%	135.82x
14	Ainley	140	1.83%	461.89x
15	Eastwood	115	1.50%	63.54x
16	Livesey	94	1.23%	125.40x
17	Whiteley	87	1.14%	63.27x
18	Lockwood	78	1.02%	46.14x
19	Armitage	69	0.900%	35.35x
20	Brook	67	0.880%	22.70x
21	Mellor	67	0.880%	24.85x
22	Bray	62	0.810%	24.09x
23	Gee	55	0.720%	28.16x
24	Blackburn	53	0.690%	18.37x
25	Bamforth	51	0.670%	149.47x
26	Chadwick	50	0.650%	14.94x
27	Quarmby	48	0.630%	236.80x
28	Thorp	47	0.610%	45.30x
29	Hoyle	44	0.570%	24.91x
30	Priestley	43	0.560%	33.20x
31	Ramsden	42	0.550%	30.09x
32	Rothery	42	0.550%	148.83x
33	Hellawell	39	0.510%	312.75x
34	Brierley	37	0.480%	27.22x
35	Fielding	35	0.460%	20.48x
36	France	35	0.460%	30.07x
37	Lumb	35	0.460%	48.44x
38	Clay	33	0.430%	21.01x
39	Firth	33	0.430%	12.98x
40	Pogson	33	0.430%	113.56x
41	Parkin	30	0.390%	14.58x
42	Howe	29	0.380%	9.65x
43	Haywood	28	0.370%	17.44x
44	Horsfall	28	0.370%	36.28x
45	Hanson	27	0.350%	10.93x
46	Sugden	27	0.350%	30.51x
47	Heppenstall	26	0.340%	195.64x
48	Lunn	26	0.340%	26.25x
49	Milnes	25	0.330%	37.00x
50	Calverley	23	0.300%	141.98x
51	Saville	23	0.300%	33.08x
52	Tayler	23	0.300%	54.61x
53	Iredale	22	0.290%	88.11x
54	Weavill	22	0.290%	1341.46x
55	Senior	21	0.270%	11.98x
56	Townend	21	0.270%	32.05x
57	Bottomley	20	0.260%	15.69x
58	Kaye	20	0.260%	17.44x
59	Hamer	18	0.240%	12.56x
60	Crabtree	17	0.220%	11.03x
61	Dransfield	17	0.220%	63.17x
62	Woodhead	17	0.220%	11.85x
63	Fairbank	15	0.200%	87.46x
64	Holroyd	15	0.200%	17.62x
65	Kenworthy	15	0.200%	29.45x
66	Varley	14	0.180%	13.31x
67	Rawcliffe	13	0.170%	42.50x
68	Hinchliffe	12	0.160%	18.17x
69	Meal	12	0.160%	178.57x
70	Shackleton	12	0.160%	13.93x
71	Balmford	11	0.140%	452.67x
72	Livsey	11	0.140%	40.64x
73	Ripley	11	0.140%	21.76x
74	Bowker	10	0.130%	13.40x
75	Daykin	10	0.130%	37.84x
76	Illingworth	10	0.130%	11.54x
77	Pashley	10	0.130%	35.51x
78	Sandford	10	0.130%	18.35x
79	Tweed	10	0.130%	56.37x
80	Dodson	9	0.120%	15.19x
81	Donkersley	9	0.120%	209.79x
82	Farrand	9	0.120%	58.59x
83	Shillito	9	0.120%	48.78x
84	Westmoreland	9	0.120%	73.23x
85	Balmforth	8	0.100%	27.61x
86	Beckwith	8	0.100%	17.77x
87	Hey	8	0.100%	11.80x
88	Addy	7	0.090%	21.48x
89	Beavers	7	0.090%	135.66x
90	Cliffe	7	0.090%	14.57x
91	Goldthorp	7	0.090%	60.19x
92	Hinchliff	7	0.090%	57.90x
93	Lum	7	0.090%	360.82x
94	Lyth	7	0.090%	65.67x
95	Spivey	7	0.090%	41.32x
96	Warhurst	7	0.090%	32.60x
97	Winpenny	7	0.090%	167.06x
98	Bartin	6	0.080%	252.10x
99	Bintcliffe	6	0.080%	283.02x
100	Bury	6	0.080%	10.55x