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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 Crooks, with 13 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.

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1801Crooks131.03x
1802Cundale1336.10x
1803Dales132.55x
1804Darnley1312.21x
1805Denby131.91x
1806Dewhirst131.67x
1807Donohoe135.74x
1808Durham130.92x
1809Eagleton136.53x
1810Elliss132.43x
1811Elwick1314.79x
1812Falconer130.67x
1813Fitzsimmons133.25x
1814Fitzsimons135.14x
1815Fozard139.72x
1816Gardener130.44x
1817Grunwell1318.61x
1818Haddington1316.77x
1819Heptonstall138.45x
1820Higginbottom131.22x
1821Howley133.69x
1822Huby138.99x
1823Huntley131.13x
1824Huscroft1318.05x
1825Ingledew135.73x
1826Jay130.91x
1827Jeffreys131.34x
1828Jewitt132.37x
1829Keating131.61x
1830Kenna138.36x
1831Kidney136.63x
1832Leslie130.48x
1833Liley135.87x
1834Lipman1312.54x
1835Loveday131.30x
1836Machell136.35x
1837Malley132.74x
1838Maskell131.13x
1839Masterman133.17x
1840Maughan131.42x
1841Mckenzie132.38x
1842Mclaughlin139.88x
1843Middlebrook134.33x
1844Mirfin138.30x
1845Morrissey1312.34x
1846Neary133.66x
1847Nesham1320.89x
1848Newsam1312.47x
1849Northend1328.70x
1850Padden139.34x
1851Peart131.40x
1852Pilgrim131.41x
1853Pound131.67x
1854Prest132.57x
1855Redhead131.46x
1856Riggs132.39x
1857Rosendale1313.77x
1858Rosenthal138.18x
1859Rosenthall1314.98x
1860Rowan131.24x
1861Sawyers135.91x
1862Sellers131.03x
1863Shelton130.68x
1864Skirrow135.82x
1865Spelman137.68x
1866Stanger133.16x
1867Stoddart130.95x
1868Sunter135.29x
1869Tallant1317.64x
1870Thirkell135.97x
1871Thurlwell1333.56x
1872Travers131.58x
1873Tulloch131.20x
1874Turley131.47x
1875Turnpenny1313.09x
1876Tutin1313.23x
1877Vickerman134.48x
1878Vowles131.66x
1879Weare134.57x
1880Welham132.06x
1881Wheater136.32x
1882Wingate132.24x
1883Wolfe131.53x
1884Wroe131.93x
1885Abe1281.47x
1886Acomb1212.93x
1887Anson121.98x
1888Armstead124.68x
1889Arnott120.87x
1890Askham123.77x
1891Bale120.98x
1892Bickerdyke1217.31x
1893Binnington126.54x
1894Blow121.96x
1895Brannon122.64x
1896Britain1212.35x
1897Burgin121.87x
1898Cade122.36x
1899Carling122.93x
1900Carlton121.43x