1881 census place

Horsforth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Horsforth, 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

246 surnames are listed for Horsforth, Yorkshire, covering 2,668 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Stead, with 109 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Horsforth

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	Stead	109	1.72%	83.97x
2	Hutchinson	94	1.48%	26.07x
3	Whitaker	74	1.17%	41.27x
4	Hudson	68	1.07%	13.09x
5	Lawson	58	0.910%	15.50x
6	Child	56	0.880%	51.89x
7	Waterhouse	49	0.770%	50.67x
8	Whitham	48	0.760%	130.08x
9	Swailes	46	0.720%	651.56x
10	Barrett	45	0.710%	10.56x
11	Myers	41	0.650%	24.76x
12	Nunns	39	0.610%	453.49x
13	Blackburn	36	0.570%	15.04x
14	Kendall	32	0.500%	23.42x
15	Claughton	29	0.460%	440.06x
16	Nichols	29	0.460%	14.02x
17	Sutcliffe	29	0.460%	11.57x
18	Yeadon	29	0.460%	166.67x
19	Light	28	0.440%	47.81x
20	Kitching	27	0.430%	73.35x
21	Silson	27	0.430%	720.00x
22	Rathmell	26	0.410%	726.26x
23	Gaunt	25	0.390%	40.01x
24	Knapton	25	0.390%	135.43x
25	Mirfield	24	0.380%	606.06x
26	Everson	23	0.360%	111.43x
27	Halliday	23	0.360%	17.54x
28	Longfellow	23	0.360%	532.41x
29	Cowgill	22	0.350%	137.67x
30	Dibb	22	0.350%	165.04x
31	Illingworth	22	0.350%	30.63x
32	Procter	22	0.350%	26.71x
33	Stockhill	22	0.350%	1549.30x
34	Thackray	21	0.330%	77.29x
35	Braithwaite	20	0.320%	27.16x
36	Grimshaw	20	0.320%	18.86x
37	Midgley	20	0.320%	23.52x
38	Fawcett	19	0.300%	15.48x
39	Stables	19	0.300%	78.09x
40	Cheetham	18	0.280%	18.33x
41	Hallam	18	0.280%	15.21x
42	Shires	18	0.280%	102.10x
43	Witham	18	0.280%	70.84x
44	Appleyard	17	0.270%	29.30x
45	Bateson	17	0.270%	42.80x
46	Hawkshaw	16	0.250%	555.56x
47	Maud	16	0.250%	112.04x
48	Smales	16	0.250%	95.29x
49	Handford	15	0.240%	63.53x
50	Hardaker	15	0.240%	68.46x
51	Helliwell	15	0.240%	25.65x
52	Kaye	15	0.240%	15.77x
53	Leeming	15	0.240%	38.16x
54	Morfitt	15	0.240%	324.68x
55	Maude	14	0.220%	58.04x
56	Rawson	14	0.220%	20.21x
57	Houlden	13	0.200%	104.50x
58	Pickard	13	0.200%	14.68x
59	Tordoff	13	0.200%	86.90x
60	Ibbotson	12	0.190%	27.55x
61	Manks	12	0.190%	1538.46x
62	Westerman	12	0.190%	57.72x
63	Facer	11	0.170%	86.07x
64	Gott	11	0.170%	40.01x
65	Hardisty	11	0.170%	60.14x
66	Harling	11	0.170%	40.32x
67	Hollings	11	0.170%	46.14x
68	Marston	11	0.170%	18.62x
69	Rishworth	11	0.170%	277.78x
70	Samuels	11	0.170%	40.97x
71	Sands	11	0.170%	15.48x
72	Ballantyne	10	0.160%	20.78x
73	Bickerdike	10	0.160%	87.72x
74	Busfield	10	0.160%	85.62x
75	Dunwell	10	0.160%	77.88x
76	Emmett	10	0.160%	18.82x
77	Hainsworth	10	0.160%	24.78x
78	Hey	10	0.160%	17.78x
79	Ison	10	0.160%	53.73x
80	Newstead	10	0.160%	45.37x
81	Sibson	10	0.160%	126.42x
82	Beecroft	9	0.140%	33.68x
83	Burras	9	0.140%	452.26x
84	Chilvers	9	0.140%	36.14x
85	Cockroft	9	0.140%	33.54x
86	Combs	9	0.140%	72.46x
87	Conroy	9	0.140%	19.12x
88	Fawcet	9	0.140%	400.00x
89	Fieldhouse	9	0.140%	29.65x
90	Gaines	9	0.140%	78.81x
91	Hargreave	9	0.140%	111.52x
92	Seed	9	0.140%	19.63x
93	Settle	9	0.140%	41.27x
94	Boothman	8	0.130%	32.91x
95	Bramham	8	0.130%	70.30x
96	Burland	8	0.130%	112.68x
97	Bywater	8	0.130%	25.03x
98	Dinsdale	8	0.130%	24.48x
99	Emmott	8	0.130%	33.59x
100	Kendal	8	0.130%	32.32x