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 Dogherty, with 2 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
1101	Dogherty	2	0.000%	6.44x
1102	Doolan	2	0.000%	2.40x
1103	Dracup	2	0.000%	4.71x
1104	Durrell	2	0.000%	6.08x
1105	Edgerton	2	0.000%	3.29x
1106	Esdaile	2	0.000%	19.86x
1107	Fergus	2	0.000%	2.61x
1108	Ferrand	2	0.000%	9.72x
1109	Finnerty	2	0.000%	8.54x
1110	Flannery	2	0.000%	2.37x
1111	Freman	2	0.000%	8.75x
1112	Garrity	2	0.000%	2.64x
1113	Gaynor	2	0.000%	4.43x
1114	Gleadhill	2	0.000%	10.84x
1115	Gresley	2	0.000%	12.36x
1116	Hailey	2	0.000%	2.87x
1117	Han	2	0.000%	29.99x
1118	Hancocks	2	0.000%	3.22x
1119	Handyside	2	0.000%	3.34x
1120	Hawarth	2	0.000%	8.81x
1121	Heighton	2	0.000%	5.44x
1122	Hellawell	2	0.000%	2.89x
1123	Helmes	2	0.000%	48.66x
1124	Heselden	2	0.000%	21.37x
1125	Hoddy	2	0.000%	10.29x
1126	Hoey	2	0.000%	2.75x
1127	Holdin	2	0.000%	37.11x
1128	Holdroyd	2	0.000%	5.13x
1129	Horkan	2	0.000%	108.70x
1130	Hunsworth	2	0.000%	14.23x
1131	Imray	2	0.000%	8.10x
1132	Keilly	2	0.000%	24.30x
1133	Kirshaw	2	0.000%	23.12x
1134	Kirwin	2	0.000%	7.96x
1135	Kitchenman	2	0.000%	15.66x
1136	Lainton	2	0.000%	45.45x
1137	Lascelles	2	0.000%	4.26x
1138	Lickley	2	0.000%	8.05x
1139	Liddel	2	0.000%	6.53x
1140	Lidster	2	0.000%	4.34x
1141	Loines	2	0.000%	41.49x
1142	Lowdon	2	0.000%	3.34x
1143	Lowthian	2	0.000%	5.71x
1144	Luty	2	0.000%	3.64x
1145	Mackereth	2	0.000%	5.05x
1146	Marron	2	0.000%	6.18x
1147	Matherson	2	0.000%	10.52x
1148	Mcallan	2	0.000%	117.65x
1149	Mcbryde	2	0.000%	78.43x
1150	Mccormack	2	0.000%	4.52x
1151	Mcdermont	2	0.000%	101.01x
1152	Mcdermott	2	0.000%	2.63x
1153	Mcmeeking	2	0.000%	714.29x
1154	Meaton	2	0.000%	13.30x
1155	Mennell	2	0.000%	4.05x
1156	Molyneaux	2	0.000%	2.63x
1157	Morehouse	2	0.000%	9.40x
1158	Nevin	2	0.000%	2.34x
1159	Norriss	2	0.000%	4.18x
1160	Northall	2	0.000%	6.94x
1161	Oats	2	0.000%	2.08x
1162	Omalley	2	0.000%	4.84x
1163	Pells	2	0.000%	3.89x
1164	Perston	2	0.000%	45.45x
1165	Piggins	2	0.000%	9.59x
1166	Poppleton	2	0.000%	2.68x
1167	Portsmouth	2	0.000%	3.77x
1168	Ramskill	2	0.000%	10.52x
1169	Rapson	2	0.000%	2.26x
1170	Rodley	2	0.000%	5.90x
1171	Rosendale	2	0.000%	8.15x
1172	Rouch	2	0.000%	12.05x
1173	Rushby	2	0.000%	2.84x
1174	Ryans	2	0.000%	6.88x
1175	Shann	2	0.000%	5.09x
1176	Shatwell	2	0.000%	3.45x
1177	Shipston	2	0.000%	7.83x
1178	Shirt	2	0.000%	2.09x
1179	Shorrock	2	0.000%	0.95x
1180	Stahl	2	0.000%	37.11x
1181	Stubs	2	0.000%	7.38x
1182	Suggitt	2	0.000%	5.85x
1183	Sutter	2	0.000%	10.76x
1184	Tindal	2	0.000%	3.15x
1185	Trolley	2	0.000%	9.10x
1186	Tytler	2	0.000%	7.38x
1187	Varty	2	0.000%	3.27x
1188	Verney	2	0.000%	3.36x
1189	Wallice	2	0.000%	8.59x
1190	Whitwam	2	0.000%	2.02x
1191	Woolston	2	0.000%	2.72x
1192	Ablewhite	1	0.000%	6.98x
1193	Ainge	1	0.000%	1.73x
1194	Aley	1	0.000%	4.24x
1195	Anniss	1	0.000%	5.34x
1196	Asham	1	0.000%	37.17x
1197	Aslin	1	0.000%	3.79x
1198	Atack	1	0.000%	1.63x
1199	Aykroyd	1	0.000%	6.23x
1200	Bainton	1	0.000%	1.81x