1881 census place

Leeds surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Leeds, 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

5,767 surnames are listed for Leeds, Yorkshire, covering 138,733 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Borwell, with 22 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Leeds

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
1201	Borwell	22	0.010%	48.57x
1202	Brownridge	22	0.010%	17.30x
1203	Callighan	22	0.010%	14.66x
1204	Catterick	22	0.010%	29.00x
1205	Chappelow	22	0.010%	49.15x
1206	Cosgrove	22	0.010%	2.76x
1207	Curley	22	0.010%	3.87x
1208	Doughty	22	0.010%	1.06x
1209	Dunderdale	22	0.010%	7.55x
1210	Elliot	22	0.010%	0.53x
1211	Fynn	22	0.010%	21.79x
1212	Germaine	22	0.010%	80.65x
1213	Goss	22	0.010%	1.55x
1214	Hawkesworth	22	0.010%	16.86x
1215	Head	22	0.010%	0.55x
1216	Hesling	22	0.010%	22.77x
1217	Heworth	22	0.010%	77.52x
1218	Husband	22	0.010%	2.31x
1219	Keane	22	0.010%	5.78x
1220	Kirkbride	22	0.010%	4.56x
1221	Knott	22	0.010%	0.68x
1222	Layton	22	0.010%	1.68x
1223	Lazarus	22	0.010%	5.65x
1224	Leary	22	0.010%	1.49x
1225	Leathley	22	0.010%	12.52x
1226	Longfield	22	0.010%	14.09x
1227	Manners	22	0.010%	2.72x
1228	Mcdonald	22	0.010%	1.66x
1229	Peace	22	0.010%	1.48x
1230	Philips	22	0.010%	0.73x
1231	Rothwell	22	0.010%	0.73x
1232	Servant	22	0.010%	31.01x
1233	Settle	22	0.010%	3.92x
1234	Solomon	22	0.010%	1.98x
1235	South	22	0.010%	1.43x
1236	Sowry	22	0.010%	39.91x
1237	Straker	22	0.010%	7.41x
1238	Tiplady	22	0.010%	5.52x
1239	Tunstall	22	0.010%	2.53x
1240	Vine	22	0.010%	1.45x
1241	Wager	22	0.010%	5.01x
1242	Wardman	22	0.010%	5.25x
1243	Watkinson	22	0.010%	1.15x
1244	Westmoreland	22	0.010%	8.38x
1245	Airey	21	0.010%	1.69x
1246	Alcock	21	0.010%	0.89x
1247	Ash	21	0.010%	0.78x
1248	Aspin	21	0.010%	3.19x
1249	Bagshaw	21	0.010%	1.61x
1250	Bilton	21	0.010%	3.02x
1251	Boden	21	0.010%	1.59x
1252	Boothman	21	0.010%	3.35x
1253	Boshell	21	0.010%	38.87x
1254	Bowers	21	0.010%	0.70x
1255	Brannan	21	0.010%	1.90x
1256	Browne	21	0.010%	0.70x
1257	Charles	21	0.010%	0.62x
1258	Clancy	21	0.010%	4.41x
1259	Cogan	21	0.010%	6.33x
1260	Coyle	21	0.010%	1.89x
1261	Daley	21	0.010%	1.09x
1262	Dillon	21	0.010%	1.30x
1263	Durkin	21	0.010%	2.94x
1264	Eccles	21	0.010%	0.80x
1265	Farnell	21	0.010%	3.51x
1266	Flood	21	0.010%	1.46x
1267	Foley	21	0.010%	1.02x
1268	Goodhind	21	0.010%	35.62x
1269	Gordan	21	0.010%	18.59x
1270	Gross	21	0.010%	6.87x
1271	Hannam	21	0.010%	4.20x
1272	Horsfield	21	0.010%	1.91x
1273	Huggins	21	0.010%	1.53x
1274	Irwin	21	0.010%	1.53x
1275	Jacobson	21	0.010%	8.67x
1276	Key	21	0.010%	0.93x
1277	Kinder	21	0.010%	3.06x
1278	Lowry	21	0.010%	3.18x
1279	Machan	21	0.010%	26.17x
1280	Murdock	21	0.010%	3.55x
1281	Pape	21	0.010%	4.28x
1282	Phillis	21	0.010%	15.70x
1283	Pottage	21	0.010%	12.49x
1284	Ramskill	21	0.010%	28.71x
1285	Raynor	21	0.010%	1.85x
1286	Sands	21	0.010%	1.15x
1287	Stables	21	0.010%	3.35x
1288	Storr	21	0.010%	3.71x
1289	Thornhill	21	0.010%	2.06x
1290	Waites	21	0.010%	5.12x
1291	Walder	21	0.010%	5.45x
1292	Warwick	21	0.010%	0.93x
1293	Wheelwright	21	0.010%	9.10x
1294	Whelan	21	0.010%	1.90x
1295	Wooler	21	0.010%	7.29x
1296	Yeadon	21	0.010%	4.69x
1297	Aspinall	20	0.010%	0.89x
1298	Batt	20	0.010%	1.81x
1299	Beetham	20	0.010%	7.36x
1300	Brining	20	0.010%	63.19x