1881 census place

Knottingley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Knottingley, 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

229 surnames are listed for Knottingley, Yorkshire, covering 1,831 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Rhodes, with 67 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Knottingley

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	Rhodes	67	1.32%	28.36x
2	Addy	42	0.830%	193.91x
3	Briggs	41	0.810%	14.84x
4	Arnold	36	0.710%	13.13x
5	Fozzard	36	0.710%	932.64x
6	Tate	36	0.710%	36.63x
7	Hobman	35	0.690%	1411.29x
8	Link	35	0.690%	379.20x
9	Lightowler	34	0.670%	284.28x
10	Cawthorne	30	0.590%	214.75x
11	Wray	30	0.590%	43.87x
12	Coward	29	0.570%	49.72x
13	Earnshaw	27	0.530%	42.92x
14	Rowbottom	27	0.530%	89.02x
15	Spence	25	0.490%	14.85x
16	Cawthorn	24	0.470%	250.52x
17	Copley	24	0.470%	60.91x
18	Downey	24	0.470%	66.72x
19	Heald	23	0.450%	72.78x
20	France	22	0.430%	28.43x
21	Clayburn	21	0.410%	1179.78x
22	Saul	20	0.390%	76.95x
23	Addey	17	0.330%	625.00x
24	Beckett	17	0.330%	16.77x
25	Pickersgill	17	0.330%	63.58x
26	Worfolk	17	0.330%	1148.65x
27	Ellerington	16	0.310%	387.41x
28	Hepworth	16	0.310%	27.58x
29	Tranmer	16	0.310%	903.95x
30	Sefton	15	0.290%	89.71x
31	Braim	14	0.280%	869.57x
32	Swales	14	0.280%	39.35x
33	Birdsall	13	0.260%	140.09x
34	Bramham	13	0.260%	142.54x
35	Spofforth	13	0.260%	812.50x
36	Woolf	13	0.260%	76.65x
37	Austwick	12	0.240%	277.14x
38	Daw	12	0.240%	34.04x
39	Lightfoot	12	0.240%	16.95x
40	Masterman	12	0.240%	93.90x
41	Branford	11	0.220%	246.09x
42	Morrell	11	0.220%	23.00x
43	Murgatroyd	11	0.220%	28.77x
44	Radley	11	0.220%	37.53x
45	Aaron	10	0.200%	126.10x
46	Mayer	10	0.200%	34.20x
47	Myatt	10	0.200%	41.27x
48	Pogmore	10	0.200%	432.90x
49	Stanhope	10	0.200%	81.97x
50	Sunderland	10	0.200%	17.13x
51	Askam	9	0.180%	505.62x
52	Asquith	9	0.180%	30.23x
53	Beevers	9	0.180%	70.09x
54	Burnitt	9	0.180%	1551.72x
55	Cusworth	9	0.180%	120.32x
56	Jaques	9	0.180%	23.92x
57	Jowsey	9	0.180%	271.90x
58	Knapton	9	0.180%	60.81x
59	Peaker	9	0.180%	170.45x
60	Ridge	9	0.180%	25.29x
61	Tunningley	9	0.180%	2307.69x
62	Tupman	9	0.180%	203.62x
63	Wake	9	0.180%	21.97x
64	Affleck	8	0.160%	68.14x
65	Bagley	8	0.160%	21.25x
66	Burdin	8	0.160%	714.29x
67	Cullingford	8	0.160%	134.45x
68	Gowland	8	0.160%	47.96x
69	Hawksworth	8	0.160%	34.86x
70	Horncastle	8	0.160%	193.70x
71	Poulson	8	0.160%	65.84x
72	Raddings	8	0.160%	1142.86x
73	Ramskill	8	0.160%	350.88x
74	Tew	8	0.160%	35.84x
75	Vause	8	0.160%	101.91x
76	Whitely	8	0.160%	74.28x
77	Askin	7	0.140%	165.48x
78	Cawood	7	0.140%	58.09x
79	Frank	7	0.140%	32.62x
80	Glendenning	7	0.140%	95.76x
81	Haller	7	0.140%	291.67x
82	Howdle	7	0.140%	384.62x
83	Mosscrop	7	0.140%	654.21x
84	Mowbray	7	0.140%	33.07x
85	Peckett	7	0.140%	100.00x
86	Prance	7	0.140%	187.17x
87	Roebuck	7	0.140%	20.32x
88	Southernwood	7	0.140%	429.45x
89	Sproston	7	0.140%	71.65x
90	Tempest	7	0.140%	29.56x
91	Thursby	7	0.140%	117.45x
92	Townsley	7	0.140%	70.42x
93	Bilbrough	6	0.120%	147.78x
94	Bold	6	0.120%	42.55x
95	Bouckley	6	0.120%	550.46x
96	Burrill	6	0.120%	105.82x
97	Copeman	6	0.120%	49.88x
98	Dodgson	6	0.120%	24.27x
99	Gosney	6	0.120%	62.83x
100	Hides	6	0.120%	92.88x