1881 census place

Handsworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Handsworth, 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

338 surnames are listed for Handsworth, Yorkshire, covering 2,764 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ellis, with 79 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Handsworth

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	Ellis	79	1.03%	7.11x
2	Cutts	69	0.900%	114.71x
3	Hobson	56	0.730%	28.21x
4	Vaughan	49	0.640%	18.77x
5	Corker	41	0.540%	219.13x
6	Pashley	37	0.480%	131.39x
7	Potts	37	0.480%	14.49x
8	Atkin	35	0.460%	34.22x
9	Daykin	35	0.460%	132.48x
10	Dale	34	0.440%	10.51x
11	Rodgers	34	0.440%	16.23x
12	Keeton	33	0.430%	263.58x
13	Plant	32	0.420%	18.91x
14	Staniforth	32	0.420%	110.23x
15	Storey	30	0.390%	15.43x
16	Crofts	29	0.380%	46.90x
17	Hardcastle	28	0.370%	41.40x
18	Haynes	28	0.370%	10.25x
19	Lomas	27	0.350%	19.10x
20	Parkin	27	0.350%	13.12x
21	Liversidge	26	0.340%	135.14x
22	Marples	25	0.330%	122.91x
23	Shephard	24	0.310%	32.69x
24	Eaton	23	0.300%	10.74x
25	Saxton	23	0.300%	50.85x
26	Street	23	0.300%	12.87x
27	Birks	22	0.290%	43.37x
28	Cawthorne	22	0.290%	104.71x
29	Skelton	22	0.290%	19.75x
30	Bellamy	21	0.270%	18.82x
31	Cheetham	21	0.270%	17.73x
32	Helliwell	21	0.270%	29.79x
33	Buck	20	0.260%	12.19x
34	Hopkinson	20	0.260%	15.98x
35	Eyre	19	0.250%	20.71x
36	Herring	19	0.250%	24.21x
37	Hibbard	19	0.250%	84.97x
38	Oxley	19	0.250%	17.73x
39	Widdowson	19	0.250%	46.73x
40	Drury	18	0.240%	14.81x
41	Lindley	18	0.240%	23.80x
42	Pye	18	0.240%	15.73x
43	Percival	17	0.220%	14.18x
44	Froggatt	16	0.210%	45.51x
45	Hoyland	16	0.210%	56.26x
46	Bagshaw	15	0.200%	24.55x
47	Brocklehurst	15	0.200%	35.92x
48	Cockayne	15	0.200%	65.16x
49	Merrill	15	0.200%	68.24x
50	Tuxford	15	0.200%	238.47x
51	Booker	14	0.180%	15.26x
52	Cousins	14	0.180%	10.17x
53	Handley	14	0.180%	10.84x
54	Mosley	14	0.180%	19.43x
55	Nettleship	14	0.180%	144.93x
56	Redfearn	14	0.180%	61.76x
57	Rowbottom	14	0.180%	30.70x
58	Youle	14	0.180%	151.84x
59	Abdy	13	0.170%	457.75x
60	Pidcock	13	0.170%	194.90x
61	Alford	12	0.160%	18.42x
62	Cardwell	12	0.160%	32.59x
63	Gladwin	12	0.160%	41.74x
64	Mirfin	12	0.160%	163.71x
65	Tagg	12	0.160%	41.08x
66	Grindley	11	0.140%	51.62x
67	Heeley	11	0.140%	32.66x
68	Hopewell	11	0.140%	59.88x
69	Laverack	11	0.140%	154.93x
70	Oxspring	11	0.140%	235.04x
71	Platts	11	0.140%	21.53x
72	Cowlishaw	10	0.130%	75.53x
73	Hawksworth	10	0.130%	28.97x
74	Hopkin	10	0.130%	16.90x
75	Newsome	10	0.130%	18.18x
76	Simmonite	10	0.130%	158.48x
77	Straw	10	0.130%	37.48x
78	Trickett	10	0.130%	30.10x
79	Whippey	10	0.130%	621.12x
80	Windle	10	0.130%	23.05x
81	Wolstenholme	10	0.130%	16.37x
82	Bostock	9	0.120%	12.52x
83	Bosworth	9	0.120%	19.96x
84	Burgin	9	0.120%	30.02x
85	Craige	9	0.120%	418.60x
86	Crosland	9	0.120%	32.46x
87	Guymer	9	0.120%	103.93x
88	Hurt	9	0.120%	44.47x
89	Orange	9	0.120%	68.39x
90	Puckey	9	0.120%	121.46x
91	Wigley	9	0.120%	18.56x
92	Berley	8	0.100%	615.38x
93	Beverley	8	0.100%	34.63x
94	Brader	8	0.100%	147.60x
95	Broadhead	8	0.100%	14.24x
96	Caine	8	0.100%	24.96x
97	Clayworth	8	0.100%	392.16x
98	Conroy	8	0.100%	14.09x
99	Coupe	8	0.100%	14.98x
100	Cree	8	0.100%	35.01x