1881 census place

Heckmondwike surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Heckmondwike, 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

347 surnames are listed for Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, covering 4,684 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Firth, with 132 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Heckmondwike

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	Firth	132	1.42%	42.69x
2	Goodall	106	1.14%	53.15x
3	Preston	93	1.00%	20.00x
4	Senior	88	0.950%	41.26x
5	Exley	82	0.880%	185.23x
6	Crowther	80	0.860%	28.78x
7	Naylor	80	0.860%	22.80x
8	Benson	79	0.850%	31.29x
9	Blackburn	75	0.810%	21.36x
10	Gledhill	75	0.810%	54.29x
11	Newsome	73	0.780%	109.05x
12	Hepworth	68	0.730%	64.04x
13	Armitage	67	0.720%	28.21x
14	Lister	66	0.710%	24.86x
15	Bruce	60	0.640%	13.76x
16	Hirst	59	0.630%	19.42x
17	Stead	56	0.600%	29.41x
18	Morton	54	0.580%	10.85x
19	Peel	54	0.580%	32.31x
20	Barber	51	0.550%	9.10x
21	Sykes	51	0.550%	11.42x
22	Sheard	49	0.530%	57.46x
23	Tattersfield	48	0.520%	553.63x
24	Wharton	47	0.500%	36.03x
25	Oxley	45	0.480%	34.51x
26	Allatt	44	0.470%	415.09x
27	Fawcett	43	0.460%	23.88x
28	Walshaw	43	0.460%	172.90x
29	Kitchingman	42	0.450%	464.09x
30	Schofield	42	0.450%	8.32x
31	Thornton	41	0.440%	8.76x
32	Townend	41	0.440%	51.43x
33	France	39	0.420%	27.54x
34	Buckley	38	0.410%	7.50x
35	Collinson	36	0.390%	32.94x
36	Heaton	36	0.390%	16.16x
37	Crawshaw	35	0.380%	48.32x
38	Oldroyd	35	0.380%	74.31x
39	Clough	34	0.370%	16.36x
40	Mortimer	34	0.370%	17.46x
41	Crabtree	33	0.350%	17.60x
42	Pickles	32	0.340%	16.91x
43	Clegg	31	0.330%	9.78x
44	Archer	28	0.300%	7.27x
45	Brearley	28	0.300%	48.13x
46	Hinchliffe	28	0.300%	34.85x
47	Rothery	27	0.290%	78.67x
48	Calvert	26	0.280%	13.69x
49	Kaye	26	0.280%	18.63x
50	Ackroyd	25	0.270%	28.73x
51	Cordingley	25	0.270%	77.76x
52	Robertshaw	24	0.260%	31.53x
53	Collett	23	0.250%	19.26x
54	Oates	23	0.250%	15.85x
55	Ineson	22	0.240%	127.46x
56	Smithson	22	0.240%	24.65x
57	Thurman	22	0.240%	95.61x
58	Burnley	21	0.230%	108.42x
59	Dent	21	0.230%	11.84x
60	Gallagher	21	0.230%	14.85x
61	Parkin	21	0.230%	8.39x
62	Alderson	20	0.210%	15.48x
63	Halmshaw	20	0.210%	323.10x
64	Kelley	20	0.210%	18.49x
65	Midwood	20	0.210%	154.68x
66	Rouse	20	0.210%	14.98x
67	Charlesworth	19	0.200%	15.81x
68	Holdsworth	19	0.200%	12.11x
69	Mack	18	0.190%	19.23x
70	Sands	18	0.190%	17.26x
71	Gomersal	17	0.180%	259.15x
72	Spivey	17	0.180%	82.48x
73	Milnes	16	0.170%	19.46x
74	Oddy	16	0.170%	27.95x
75	Stocks	16	0.170%	15.79x
76	Cardwell	15	0.160%	33.48x
77	Cookson	15	0.160%	13.66x
78	Emmerson	15	0.160%	16.32x
79	Leadbeater	15	0.160%	39.20x
80	Porritt	15	0.160%	57.16x
81	Rangeley	15	0.160%	385.60x
82	Tolan	15	0.160%	287.36x
83	Waterhouse	15	0.160%	10.57x
84	Whitley	15	0.160%	19.68x
85	Brearly	14	0.150%	302.38x
86	Brooke	14	0.150%	10.09x
87	Ewart	14	0.150%	26.74x
88	Redfearn	14	0.150%	50.76x
89	Tingle	14	0.150%	47.15x
90	Hemingway	13	0.140%	20.83x
91	Illingworth	13	0.140%	12.34x
92	Pendergast	13	0.140%	105.61x
93	Sumner	13	0.140%	8.62x
94	Wigglesworth	13	0.140%	28.24x
95	Batley	12	0.130%	29.78x
96	Jowett	12	0.130%	11.83x
97	Popplewell	12	0.130%	39.34x
98	Widdop	12	0.130%	56.93x
99	Wormald	12	0.130%	28.44x
100	Connolly	11	0.120%	10.18x