1881 census place

Guiseley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Guiseley, 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

120 surnames are listed for Guiseley, Yorkshire, covering 1,607 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Waite, with 123 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Guiseley

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	Waite	123	3.32%	159.86x
2	Baldwin	63	1.70%	39.86x
3	Hardwick	57	1.54%	100.55x
4	Yeadon	52	1.40%	511.81x
5	Shepherd	50	1.35%	18.41x
6	Waddington	48	1.29%	79.72x
7	Clapham	47	1.27%	147.10x
8	Pullan	44	1.19%	300.96x
9	Myers	43	1.16%	44.47x
10	Busfield	42	1.13%	615.84x
11	Oddy	36	0.970%	157.96x
12	Watkinson	36	0.970%	82.91x
13	Frankland	33	0.890%	120.13x
14	Ive	32	0.860%	826.87x
15	Rawnsley	32	0.860%	264.03x
16	Priestley	31	0.840%	49.42x
17	Whitaker	27	0.730%	25.78x
18	Padgett	25	0.670%	226.65x
19	Hardaker	24	0.650%	187.50x
20	Moon	23	0.620%	29.42x
21	Winterburn	23	0.620%	223.08x
22	Procter	21	0.570%	43.65x
23	Muschamp	18	0.490%	962.57x
24	Norfolk	18	0.490%	175.78x
25	Pinder	18	0.490%	40.30x
26	Denison	17	0.460%	120.57x
27	Dibb	17	0.460%	218.23x
28	Pawson	17	0.460%	114.71x
29	Whiteley	17	0.460%	25.53x
30	Thackray	16	0.430%	100.82x
31	Exley	14	0.380%	79.41x
32	Whalley	14	0.380%	23.99x
33	Maude	13	0.350%	92.26x
34	Mounsey	13	0.350%	122.30x
35	Stanhope	13	0.350%	146.23x
36	Westmoreland	13	0.350%	218.49x
37	Peate	12	0.320%	244.90x
38	Shackleton	12	0.320%	28.76x
39	Sugden	12	0.320%	27.99x
40	Fieldhouse	11	0.300%	62.04x
41	Fulcher	11	0.300%	58.70x
42	Hird	11	0.300%	38.45x
43	Sladen	11	0.300%	171.88x
44	Fearnley	10	0.270%	44.37x
45	Fishburn	10	0.270%	223.21x
46	Ridgeway	10	0.270%	92.68x
47	Waterworth	10	0.270%	62.03x
48	Blatchley	9	0.240%	552.15x
49	Chaffer	9	0.240%	180.00x
50	Flesher	9	0.240%	511.36x
51	Knipe	9	0.240%	163.64x
52	Wormald	9	0.240%	53.57x
53	Allwood	8	0.220%	53.05x
54	Bateson	8	0.220%	34.48x
55	Boocock	8	0.220%	61.21x
56	Burnell	8	0.220%	36.00x
57	Capper	8	0.220%	41.03x
58	Chew	8	0.220%	42.44x
59	Claughton	8	0.220%	207.79x
60	Eastburn	8	0.220%	506.33x
61	Keighley	8	0.220%	40.36x
62	Ludley	8	0.220%	1379.31x
63	Mallinson	8	0.220%	26.15x
64	Umpleby	8	0.220%	115.61x
65	Bourke	7	0.190%	77.35x
66	Ednie	7	0.190%	328.64x
67	Hardisty	7	0.190%	65.54x
68	Lapish	7	0.190%	451.61x
69	Rennard	7	0.190%	334.93x
70	Syme	7	0.190%	50.22x
71	Bretherick	6	0.160%	192.93x
72	Brow	6	0.160%	279.07x
73	Cowgill	6	0.160%	64.31x
74	Demaine	6	0.160%	184.05x
75	Dunwell	6	0.160%	80.00x
76	Fahy	6	0.160%	201.34x
77	Sample	6	0.160%	103.09x
78	Tillotson	6	0.160%	41.87x
79	Tunstill	6	0.160%	392.16x
80	Airton	5	0.130%	268.82x
81	Chippendale	5	0.130%	62.34x
82	Coultas	5	0.130%	67.57x
83	Donelly	5	0.130%	58.62x
84	Ibbitson	5	0.130%	163.40x
85	Skirrow	5	0.130%	98.81x
86	Teal	5	0.130%	35.36x
87	Tinsdale	5	0.130%	331.13x
88	Brayshaw	4	0.110%	29.67x
89	Carlyle	4	0.110%	39.18x
90	Clancy	4	0.110%	37.00x
91	Cockshot	4	0.110%	430.11x
92	Cordingley	4	0.110%	31.25x
93	Darnborough	4	0.110%	366.97x
94	Rushforth	4	0.110%	33.98x
95	Skillington	4	0.110%	268.46x
96	Swale	4	0.110%	80.00x
97	Beetham	3	0.080%	48.70x
98	Colgrave	3	0.080%	168.54x
99	Corson	3	0.080%	78.74x
100	Devenport	3	0.080%	43.54x