1881 census place

Horbury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Horbury, 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

205 surnames are listed for Horbury, Yorkshire, covering 2,147 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Audsley, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Horbury

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	Audsley	59	1.17%	1057.35x
2	Hemingway	56	1.11%	165.00x
3	Armitage	54	1.07%	41.81x
4	Fallas	45	0.890%	1285.71x
5	Baines	44	0.870%	45.38x
6	Sykes	44	0.870%	18.11x
7	Chappell	43	0.850%	50.35x
8	Crossland	35	0.690%	78.63x
9	Dews	35	0.690%	299.15x
10	Helliwell	31	0.610%	66.45x
11	Laycock	31	0.610%	44.55x
12	Harrop	30	0.590%	52.09x
13	Petts	30	0.590%	232.20x
14	Brooke	28	0.550%	37.12x
15	Crowther	28	0.550%	18.52x
16	Bower	27	0.530%	29.10x
17	Moorhouse	27	0.530%	43.08x
18	Horner	26	0.510%	26.98x
19	Nettleton	26	0.510%	119.49x
20	Poppleton	26	0.510%	292.79x
21	Fawcett	25	0.490%	25.53x
22	Cusworth	24	0.470%	322.58x
23	Blacker	23	0.450%	138.97x
24	Blakeley	23	0.450%	109.63x
25	Broadhead	23	0.450%	61.86x
26	Senior	23	0.450%	19.83x
27	Wilby	23	0.450%	77.42x
28	Rowley	22	0.430%	16.54x
29	Earnshaw	21	0.410%	33.54x
30	Oates	21	0.410%	26.61x
31	Ramsden	21	0.410%	22.74x
32	Wainwright	21	0.410%	19.60x
33	Ogilvie	20	0.390%	40.82x
34	Oldroyd	20	0.390%	78.06x
35	Rothery	20	0.390%	107.12x
36	Townend	20	0.390%	46.13x
37	Craven	19	0.380%	19.44x
38	Hepworth	19	0.380%	32.90x
39	Westwood	19	0.380%	22.37x
40	Bowers	18	0.360%	19.48x
41	Laister	18	0.360%	507.04x
42	Giggle	17	0.340%	825.24x
43	Goldthorpe	17	0.340%	136.77x
44	Exley	16	0.320%	66.45x
45	Howden	16	0.320%	62.33x
46	Wain	16	0.320%	37.66x
47	Hampshire	15	0.300%	52.26x
48	Peace	15	0.300%	32.67x
49	Ripley	15	0.300%	44.84x
50	Tinker	15	0.300%	58.64x
51	Moulding	14	0.280%	114.85x
52	Race	14	0.280%	50.72x
53	Charlesworth	13	0.260%	19.89x
54	Quarmby	13	0.260%	96.94x
55	Barstow	12	0.240%	136.99x
56	Gosnay	12	0.240%	800.00x
57	Hindle	12	0.240%	16.87x
58	Man	12	0.240%	129.73x
59	Radley	12	0.240%	41.14x
60	Stones	12	0.240%	19.92x
61	Sunderland	12	0.240%	20.65x
62	Thickett	12	0.240%	170.70x
63	Worth	12	0.240%	26.38x
64	Yelland	12	0.240%	88.50x
65	Woffenden	11	0.220%	245.54x
66	Beesley	10	0.200%	24.57x
67	Boothroyd	10	0.200%	38.23x
68	Burdekin	10	0.200%	244.50x
69	Carlton	10	0.200%	38.48x
70	Gomersal	10	0.200%	280.11x
71	Hallas	10	0.200%	52.94x
72	Heald	10	0.200%	31.80x
73	Himsworth	10	0.200%	389.11x
74	Ingleby	10	0.200%	98.43x
75	Jagger	10	0.200%	24.93x
76	Widdop	10	0.200%	87.26x
77	Cocker	9	0.180%	21.67x
78	Gooder	9	0.180%	156.52x
79	Gosney	9	0.180%	94.74x
80	Harter	9	0.180%	326.09x
81	Hinchliffe	9	0.180%	20.60x
82	Outhwaite	9	0.180%	79.09x
83	Battye	8	0.160%	43.93x
84	Carden	8	0.160%	71.49x
85	Dransfield	8	0.160%	44.92x
86	Murgatroyd	8	0.160%	21.03x
87	Musgrave	8	0.160%	26.11x
88	Shepley	8	0.160%	58.06x
89	Thresh	8	0.160%	220.99x
90	Whittell	8	0.160%	225.35x
91	Allatt	7	0.140%	121.32x
92	Ascough	7	0.140%	123.24x
93	Ayre	7	0.140%	24.74x
94	Belwood	7	0.140%	460.53x
95	Clafton	7	0.140%	583.33x
96	Cobbett	7	0.140%	71.14x
97	Coope	7	0.140%	69.58x
98	Eland	7	0.140%	120.27x
99	Hitchins	7	0.140%	67.11x
100	Hutchin	7	0.140%	119.05x