1881 census place

Halifax surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Halifax, 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

1,489 surnames are listed for Halifax, Yorkshire, covering 30,596 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grimmett, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Halifax

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
1001	Grimmett	3	0.010%	6.39x
1002	Hanney	3	0.010%	4.41x
1003	Hannon	3	0.010%	4.56x
1004	Hardyman	3	0.010%	19.95x
1005	Henman	3	0.010%	6.93x
1006	Hildreth	3	0.010%	6.61x
1007	Hollingdrake	3	0.010%	19.05x
1008	Holway	3	0.010%	10.11x
1009	Houseman	3	0.010%	3.05x
1010	Huthwaite	3	0.010%	22.49x
1011	Ibberson	3	0.010%	4.72x
1012	Iredale	3	0.010%	2.16x
1013	Keough	3	0.010%	10.26x
1014	Liley	3	0.010%	5.21x
1015	Lobley	3	0.010%	3.53x
1016	Lyndon	3	0.010%	7.14x
1017	Makinson	3	0.010%	2.47x
1018	Mallalieu	3	0.010%	9.27x
1019	Mand	3	0.010%	41.49x
1020	Manns	3	0.010%	4.70x
1021	Mara	3	0.010%	7.27x
1022	Mcdowell	3	0.010%	11.24x
1023	Mcevoy	3	0.010%	7.95x
1024	Melia	3	0.010%	2.94x
1025	Milbourne	3	0.010%	7.44x
1026	Millers	3	0.010%	28.57x
1027	Mitcheson	3	0.010%	4.47x
1028	Muff	3	0.010%	6.01x
1029	Newburn	3	0.010%	21.35x
1030	Norcliffe	3	0.010%	7.47x
1031	Oxby	3	0.010%	11.24x
1032	Padgett	3	0.010%	2.37x
1033	Pence	3	0.010%	68.18x
1034	Perfect	3	0.010%	3.15x
1035	Pitchers	3	0.010%	9.70x
1036	Rabbit	3	0.010%	16.02x
1037	Raisbeck	3	0.010%	7.44x
1038	Ramshaw	3	0.010%	2.86x
1039	Ready	3	0.010%	2.81x
1040	Reekie	3	0.010%	2.93x
1041	Ribbons	3	0.010%	9.88x
1042	Rochester	3	0.010%	2.70x
1043	Ryley	3	0.010%	2.73x
1044	Sandland	3	0.010%	6.80x
1045	Scarbrough	3	0.010%	16.02x
1046	Selwood	3	0.010%	2.62x
1047	Sharpin	3	0.010%	18.88x
1048	Smither	3	0.010%	6.35x
1049	Sonley	3	0.010%	24.59x
1050	Sparling	3	0.010%	5.43x
1051	Stainsby	3	0.010%	4.30x
1052	Stanwell	3	0.010%	23.49x
1053	Staveley	3	0.010%	4.28x
1054	Stockman	3	0.010%	5.05x
1055	Tanfield	3	0.010%	10.62x
1056	Tankard	3	0.010%	4.59x
1057	Towey	3	0.010%	10.95x
1058	Tweedy	3	0.010%	3.44x
1059	Tyas	3	0.010%	2.99x
1060	Vere	3	0.010%	8.96x
1061	Waits	3	0.010%	13.38x
1062	Airton	2	0.000%	9.40x
1063	Asten	2	0.000%	10.29x
1064	Avison	2	0.000%	3.25x
1065	Baddeley	2	0.000%	2.13x
1066	Baks	2	0.000%	70.67x
1067	Balaam	2	0.000%	3.58x
1068	Balmford	2	0.000%	14.84x
1069	Banning	2	0.000%	3.25x
1070	Barnacle	2	0.000%	3.89x
1071	Bays	2	0.000%	4.00x
1072	Beavers	2	0.000%	6.98x
1073	Bligh	2	0.000%	2.78x
1074	Bolan	2	0.000%	5.09x
1075	Boland	2	0.000%	2.40x
1076	Bowser	2	0.000%	3.18x
1077	Brears	2	0.000%	7.01x
1078	Bride	2	0.000%	6.53x
1079	Brinn	2	0.000%	13.82x
1080	Bulton	2	0.000%	25.19x
1081	Bunnett	2	0.000%	5.95x
1082	Caffery	2	0.000%	5.92x
1083	Carris	2	0.000%	40.32x
1084	Cartmell	2	0.000%	2.34x
1085	Catlow	2	0.000%	1.14x
1086	Cavannah	2	0.000%	12.70x
1087	Coble	2	0.000%	14.68x
1088	Coburn	2	0.000%	2.49x
1089	Comey	2	0.000%	50.38x
1090	Conlan	2	0.000%	2.60x
1091	Corbert	2	0.000%	27.10x
1092	Cowgill	2	0.000%	1.87x
1093	Cranshaw	2	0.000%	2.58x
1094	Culshaw	2	0.000%	1.24x
1095	Dagnan	2	0.000%	26.60x
1096	Daker	2	0.000%	6.98x
1097	Darnborough	2	0.000%	16.01x
1098	Deegan	2	0.000%	6.98x
1099	Denniston	2	0.000%	10.00x
1100	Dews	2	0.000%	2.04x