1881 census place

Kirkburton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkburton, 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

87 surnames are listed for Kirkburton, Yorkshire, covering 1,757 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kaye, with 112 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkburton

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	Kaye	112	3.28%	218.96x
2	Carter	111	3.25%	19.38x
3	Lockwood	79	2.31%	104.80x
4	Armitage	70	2.05%	80.41x
5	Hey	70	2.05%	231.56x
6	Moorhouse	69	2.02%	163.35x
7	Sykes	69	2.02%	42.13x
8	Brook	65	1.90%	49.40x
9	Dyson	61	1.79%	55.18x
10	Garner	60	1.76%	55.62x
11	Hardcastle	53	1.55%	175.67x
12	Oldroyd	53	1.55%	306.89x
13	Lodge	52	1.52%	83.80x
14	Copley	48	1.41%	181.61x
15	Fitton	44	1.29%	114.64x
16	Earnshaw	37	1.08%	87.68x
17	Charlesworth	33	0.970%	74.90x
18	Newsome	32	0.940%	130.40x
19	Sutcliffe	29	0.850%	21.51x
20	Littlewood	27	0.790%	61.38x
21	Micklethwaite	27	0.790%	589.52x
22	Milnes	27	0.790%	89.61x
23	Jessop	25	0.730%	61.71x
24	Oxley	24	0.700%	50.21x
25	Stringer	24	0.700%	35.30x
26	Binns	22	0.640%	38.90x
27	Hindle	19	0.560%	39.62x
28	Jagger	18	0.530%	66.59x
29	Midgley	18	0.530%	39.36x
30	Hinchliffe	17	0.500%	57.73x
31	Rangeley	17	0.500%	1197.18x
32	Coldwell	16	0.470%	107.10x
33	Stockdale	16	0.470%	60.22x
34	Tunnacliffe	16	0.470%	1467.89x
35	Goldthorpe	14	0.410%	167.06x
36	Mosley	14	0.410%	43.56x
37	Heeley	13	0.380%	86.55x
38	Scafe	12	0.350%	1200.00x
39	Addy	10	0.290%	68.82x
40	Mayor	10	0.290%	67.02x
41	Cleasby	9	0.260%	240.00x
42	Exley	9	0.260%	55.45x
43	Gunson	9	0.260%	136.36x
44	Halstead	9	0.260%	31.69x
45	Messenger	9	0.260%	34.18x
46	Heptonstall	8	0.230%	249.22x
47	Balmforth	7	0.210%	54.18x
48	Brooksbank	7	0.210%	62.67x
49	Ibberson	7	0.210%	136.99x
50	Moulson	7	0.210%	104.17x
51	Rushen	7	0.210%	282.26x
52	Scatchard	7	0.210%	311.11x
53	Spivey	7	0.210%	92.59x
54	Hallas	6	0.180%	47.13x
55	Jebson	6	0.180%	236.22x
56	Kilner	6	0.180%	42.05x
57	Matthewman	6	0.180%	92.31x
58	Peaker	6	0.180%	169.49x
59	Walshaw	6	0.180%	65.79x
60	Wigglesworth	6	0.180%	35.55x
61	Balm	5	0.150%	378.79x
62	Crosland	5	0.150%	40.45x
63	Crumpton	5	0.150%	62.03x
64	Dibb	5	0.150%	69.74x
65	Jaggar	5	0.150%	173.01x
66	Meller	5	0.150%	86.36x
67	Raistrick	5	0.150%	61.96x
68	Farrand	4	0.120%	58.39x
69	Foxcroft	4	0.120%	79.21x
70	Houlden	4	0.120%	59.79x
71	Reeds	4	0.120%	238.10x
72	Bearman	3	0.090%	44.44x
73	Liversidge	3	0.090%	34.97x
74	Mettrick	3	0.090%	206.90x
75	Thaw	3	0.090%	200.00x
76	Allatt	2	0.060%	51.41x
77	Beever	2	0.060%	35.40x
78	Horncastle	2	0.060%	72.20x
79	Laye	2	0.060%	170.94x
80	Whittell	2	0.060%	83.68x
81	Audin	1	0.030%	140.85x
82	Brookbank	1	0.030%	40.98x
83	Covill	1	0.030%	33.78x
84	Fison	1	0.030%	73.53x
85	Grason	1	0.030%	102.04x
86	Russon	1	0.030%	21.10x
87	Vickerman	1	0.030%	16.50x