1881 census place

Kirkheaton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkheaton, 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

145 surnames are listed for Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, covering 2,370 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wordsworth, with 5 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kirkheaton

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
101	Wordsworth	5	0.110%	43.71x
102	Astill	4	0.090%	54.64x
103	Battye	4	0.090%	23.70x
104	Boynton	4	0.090%	41.88x
105	Britt	4	0.090%	47.85x
106	Carstairs	4	0.090%	51.68x
107	Loder	4	0.090%	45.87x
108	Moulson	4	0.090%	43.24x
109	Normanton	4	0.090%	53.84x
110	Ahern	3	0.060%	60.00x
111	Bartin	3	0.060%	205.48x
112	Hemmingway	3	0.060%	42.08x
113	Norcliffe	3	0.060%	67.57x
114	Northrop	3	0.060%	40.27x
115	Peyton	3	0.060%	53.48x
116	Ryland	3	0.060%	25.75x
117	Sandland	3	0.060%	61.48x
118	Siswick	3	0.060%	170.45x
119	Arran	2	0.040%	190.48x
120	Bollom	2	0.040%	206.19x
121	Brownrigg	2	0.040%	32.95x
122	Castledine	2	0.040%	24.91x
123	Coultas	2	0.040%	21.34x
124	Haliday	2	0.040%	47.39x
125	Hayley	2	0.040%	41.93x
126	Hebblethwaite	2	0.040%	25.67x
127	Hincliffe	2	0.040%	80.32x
128	Ibberson	2	0.040%	28.49x
129	Ranshaw	2	0.040%	73.80x
130	Saynor	2	0.040%	38.31x
131	Swithenbank	2	0.040%	33.39x
132	Thorton	2	0.040%	58.48x
133	Winpenny	2	0.040%	77.82x
134	Woodson	2	0.040%	129.87x
135	Wressell	2	0.040%	147.06x
136	Bigland	1	0.020%	27.03x
137	Emley	1	0.020%	125.00x
138	Gayford	1	0.020%	27.62x
139	Goldthorp	1	0.020%	14.03x
140	Mence	1	0.020%	44.05x
141	Sellors	1	0.020%	25.71x
142	Shales	1	0.020%	46.95x
143	Swindle	1	0.020%	20.45x
144	Tattersfield	1	0.020%	22.88x
145	Weatherburn	1	0.020%	18.69x