1881 census place

Huddersfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Huddersfield, 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

1,492 surnames are listed for Huddersfield, Yorkshire, covering 28,890 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thirkill, with 15 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Huddersfield

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
401	Thirkill	15	0.040%	83.19x
402	Tunnacliffe	15	0.040%	110.95x
403	Wolfenden	15	0.040%	7.61x
404	Ackroyd	14	0.030%	3.55x
405	Dearden	14	0.030%	3.38x
406	Durrans	14	0.030%	34.52x
407	Gaunt	14	0.030%	3.37x
408	Linton	14	0.030%	4.04x
409	Meller	14	0.030%	19.57x
410	Oldroyd	14	0.030%	6.56x
411	Pawson	14	0.030%	8.31x
412	Readshaw	14	0.030%	79.55x
413	Rushforth	14	0.030%	10.45x
414	Shires	14	0.030%	11.95x
415	Washington	14	0.030%	6.58x
416	Westerby	14	0.030%	51.24x
417	Bayldon	13	0.030%	75.06x
418	Brearley	13	0.030%	4.93x
419	Buckle	13	0.030%	2.83x
420	Bywater	13	0.030%	6.12x
421	Cockin	13	0.030%	26.75x
422	Conroy	13	0.030%	4.16x
423	Farrand	13	0.030%	15.36x
424	Fountain	13	0.030%	4.49x
425	Goldthorpe	13	0.030%	12.56x
426	Megson	13	0.030%	18.96x
427	Monkhouse	13	0.030%	13.25x
428	Nolan	13	0.030%	2.26x
429	Power	13	0.030%	2.30x
430	Rawcliffe	13	0.030%	7.71x
431	Rawlinson	13	0.030%	2.59x
432	Renshaw	13	0.030%	3.26x
433	Sill	13	0.030%	26.08x
434	Tansey	13	0.030%	20.20x
435	Tindall	13	0.030%	5.09x
436	Weatherhead	13	0.030%	10.80x
437	Wheelhouse	13	0.030%	13.64x
438	Abbey	12	0.030%	7.75x
439	Beverley	12	0.030%	9.43x
440	Billington	12	0.030%	2.62x
441	Bridgewood	12	0.030%	56.82x
442	Broderick	12	0.030%	8.60x
443	Cockhill	12	0.030%	60.00x
444	Culley	12	0.030%	6.71x
445	Dugdale	12	0.030%	4.13x
446	Flanagan	12	0.030%	3.63x
447	Gilmore	12	0.030%	4.86x
448	Glendening	12	0.030%	56.44x
449	Harpin	12	0.030%	40.01x
450	Kitching	12	0.030%	4.91x
451	Leather	12	0.030%	4.17x
452	Mahon	12	0.030%	6.42x
453	Rowbottom	12	0.030%	4.77x
454	Sherwood	12	0.030%	2.23x
455	Shillito	12	0.030%	11.80x
456	Stuttard	12	0.030%	13.03x
457	Thorburn	12	0.030%	4.93x
458	Thwaites	12	0.030%	4.76x
459	Towlson	12	0.030%	37.21x
460	Weatherburn	12	0.030%	24.99x
461	Whetton	12	0.030%	17.15x
462	Wolstenholme	12	0.030%	3.57x
463	Bagshaw	11	0.030%	3.27x
464	Bake	11	0.030%	46.22x
465	Beach	11	0.030%	2.74x
466	Bickerdike	11	0.030%	14.52x
467	Blacker	11	0.030%	7.98x
468	Broom	11	0.030%	2.12x
469	Cawthra	11	0.030%	25.19x
470	Chinn	11	0.030%	7.67x
471	Cromack	11	0.030%	20.61x
472	Dufton	11	0.030%	14.49x
473	Ewart	11	0.030%	4.64x
474	Keating	11	0.030%	5.27x
475	Kitchingman	11	0.030%	26.84x
476	Livesay	11	0.030%	42.45x
477	Longley	11	0.030%	3.84x
478	Lund	11	0.030%	2.41x
479	Mallalien	11	0.030%	186.13x
480	Malone	11	0.030%	3.26x
481	Mosley	11	0.030%	2.77x
482	Mossley	11	0.030%	74.37x
483	Rafferty	11	0.030%	5.06x
484	Sayles	11	0.030%	17.55x
485	Settle	11	0.030%	7.59x
486	Stables	11	0.030%	6.80x
487	Storry	11	0.030%	20.72x
488	Vickerman	11	0.030%	14.68x
489	Winterbottom	11	0.030%	2.82x
490	Abraham	10	0.020%	2.40x
491	Bamforth	10	0.020%	5.32x
492	Barras	10	0.020%	12.18x
493	Barrass	10	0.020%	9.62x
494	Beever	10	0.020%	14.32x
495	Benn	10	0.020%	4.16x
496	Butterly	10	0.020%	106.04x
497	Byram	10	0.020%	32.87x
498	Cooking	10	0.020%	182.15x
499	Coope	10	0.020%	11.93x
500	Coultas	10	0.020%	11.87x