1881 census place

Haworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Haworth, 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

178 surnames are listed for Haworth, Yorkshire, covering 4,488 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Feather, with 310 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Haworth

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	Feather	310	4.51%	880.18x
2	Holmes	274	3.98%	32.70x
3	Greenwood	246	3.58%	46.04x
4	Whitaker	180	2.62%	92.60x
5	Pickles	160	2.33%	114.42x
6	Binns	152	2.21%	133.30x
7	Sunderland	137	1.99%	173.48x
8	Moore	120	1.74%	8.72x
9	Bancroft	104	1.51%	155.97x
10	Crabtree	104	1.51%	75.05x
11	Hey	102	1.48%	167.32x
12	Rushworth	91	1.32%	159.96x
13	Booth	89	1.29%	13.11x
14	Ratcliffe	80	1.16%	42.10x
15	Heaton	79	1.15%	47.98x
16	Ogden	76	1.10%	39.07x
17	Sutcliffe	73	1.06%	26.86x
18	Shackleton	72	1.05%	92.96x
19	Hartley	63	0.920%	14.61x
20	Preston	55	0.800%	16.00x
21	Toothill	54	0.780%	619.98x
22	Baldwin	50	0.730%	17.04x
23	Hopkinson	50	0.730%	44.45x
24	Craven	48	0.700%	36.14x
25	Sugden	42	0.610%	52.78x
26	Wadsworth	41	0.600%	42.73x
27	Howker	38	0.550%	1262.46x
28	Redman	38	0.550%	41.96x
29	Stansfield	38	0.550%	35.77x
30	Uttley	37	0.540%	111.51x
31	Kershaw	36	0.520%	16.22x
32	Boocock	35	0.510%	144.27x
33	Scarborough	34	0.490%	174.90x
34	Butterfield	32	0.470%	34.80x
35	Murgatroyd	31	0.450%	59.96x
36	Skull	31	0.450%	533.56x
37	Frankland	29	0.420%	56.89x
38	Holdsworth	28	0.410%	24.15x
39	Townend	28	0.410%	47.53x
40	Stoney	27	0.390%	276.64x
41	Denby	26	0.380%	90.88x
42	Judson	26	0.380%	82.72x
43	Barwick	25	0.360%	85.32x
44	Hird	25	0.360%	47.08x
45	Pighills	25	0.360%	1533.74x
46	Tempest	24	0.350%	74.93x
47	Helliwell	23	0.330%	36.28x
48	Pedley	23	0.330%	65.98x
49	Raw	23	0.330%	92.52x
50	Edmondson	22	0.320%	27.67x
51	Normington	22	0.320%	127.02x
52	Walbank	22	0.320%	230.61x
53	Widdop	22	0.320%	141.21x
54	Earnshaw	21	0.310%	24.68x
55	Whitham	21	0.310%	52.50x
56	Roper	20	0.290%	13.96x
57	Wharfe	20	0.290%	843.88x
58	Metcalfe	19	0.280%	12.09x
59	Robertshaw	19	0.280%	33.78x
60	Waddington	19	0.280%	17.00x
61	Heap	18	0.260%	15.42x
62	Reddihough	18	0.260%	1285.71x
63	Hardaker	17	0.250%	71.55x
64	Ackroyd	16	0.230%	24.88x
65	Beaver	15	0.220%	49.23x
66	Merrett	15	0.220%	35.70x
67	Speak	15	0.220%	62.66x
68	Pawson	14	0.200%	50.91x
69	Tidswell	14	0.200%	84.85x
70	Wagstaff	14	0.200%	16.35x
71	Appleyard	13	0.190%	20.66x
72	Barraclough	13	0.190%	19.09x
73	Eccles	13	0.190%	11.81x
74	Emmott	13	0.190%	50.33x
75	Gillson	13	0.190%	161.29x
76	Merrall	13	0.190%	252.43x
77	Southam	13	0.190%	45.26x
78	Luty	12	0.170%	134.98x
79	Woodman	12	0.170%	15.79x
80	Balmer	10	0.150%	38.42x
81	Bearsley	10	0.150%	537.63x
82	Casson	10	0.150%	24.45x
83	Gott	10	0.150%	33.56x
84	Jowett	10	0.150%	13.33x
85	Lund	10	0.150%	13.42x
86	Orton	10	0.150%	15.47x
87	Race	10	0.150%	26.67x
88	Smales	10	0.150%	54.95x
89	Southwell	10	0.150%	23.20x
90	Wildman	10	0.150%	23.78x
91	Breadmore	9	0.130%	276.07x
92	Newsholme	9	0.130%	251.40x
93	Preson	9	0.130%	3214.29x
94	Snowden	9	0.130%	14.69x
95	Bartle	8	0.120%	19.74x
96	Dearnley	8	0.120%	64.83x
97	Lingwood	8	0.120%	63.64x
98	Wallbank	8	0.120%	37.44x
99	Balm	7	0.100%	262.17x
100	Blezard	7	0.100%	80.83x