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 Higgins, with 192 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
101	Higgins	192	0.120%	2.32x
102	Fletcher	191	0.120%	1.02x
103	Hanson	190	0.120%	3.60x
104	Collins	186	0.110%	0.79x
105	Senior	186	0.110%	4.97x
106	Murphy	185	0.110%	1.42x
107	Pickles	185	0.110%	5.57x
108	Woodhead	185	0.110%	6.04x
109	Tate	184	0.110%	5.83x
110	Russell	183	0.110%	0.92x
111	Spencer	183	0.110%	1.23x
112	Burke	180	0.110%	3.74x
113	King	178	0.110%	0.50x
114	Laycock	178	0.110%	7.92x
115	Spence	178	0.110%	3.29x
116	Craven	176	0.110%	5.58x
117	Martin	176	0.110%	0.44x
118	Ramsden	176	0.110%	5.90x
119	Burton	175	0.110%	1.26x
120	Longbottom	174	0.110%	11.97x
121	Mann	174	0.110%	2.02x
122	Clarke	173	0.110%	0.52x
123	Cohen	173	0.110%	6.72x
124	Fisher	173	0.110%	0.90x
125	Morris	173	0.110%	0.48x
126	Carr	172	0.110%	1.46x
127	Midgley	172	0.110%	7.85x
128	Butler	171	0.100%	1.07x
129	Cook	171	0.100%	0.53x
130	Hardcastle	171	0.100%	11.84x
131	Todd	171	0.100%	2.06x
132	Pickersgill	170	0.100%	19.79x
133	Whiteley	170	0.100%	5.79x
134	Clayton	169	0.100%	1.90x
135	Dyson	168	0.100%	3.17x
136	Binns	167	0.100%	6.16x
137	Fox	167	0.100%	1.10x
138	Slater	167	0.100%	1.69x
139	Bennett	166	0.100%	0.62x
140	Appleyard	165	0.100%	11.04x
141	Lawson	165	0.100%	1.71x
142	Milner	165	0.100%	4.40x
143	Waite	165	0.100%	4.86x
144	Davis	162	0.100%	0.45x
145	Murray	162	0.100%	0.80x
146	Oddy	162	0.100%	16.12x
147	Ryan	162	0.100%	3.20x
148	Sutcliffe	162	0.100%	2.51x
149	Wells	162	0.100%	1.19x
150	Sugden	161	0.100%	8.52x
151	Thornton	160	0.100%	1.95x
152	Wray	160	0.100%	7.28x
153	Oates	159	0.100%	6.24x
154	Townend	155	0.090%	11.08x
155	Powell	153	0.090%	0.75x
156	Cox	152	0.090%	0.61x
157	Lockwood	152	0.090%	4.21x
158	Speight	152	0.090%	11.44x
159	Butterfield	151	0.090%	6.91x
160	Mills	151	0.090%	0.71x
161	Tomlinson	150	0.090%	1.99x
162	Howard	149	0.090%	0.93x
163	Hainsworth	148	0.090%	14.24x
164	Harris	148	0.090%	0.36x
165	Heaton	148	0.090%	3.78x
166	Varley	148	0.090%	6.59x
167	Buckley	146	0.090%	1.64x
168	Rider	146	0.090%	9.17x
169	Armstrong	145	0.090%	1.16x
170	Calvert	145	0.090%	4.35x
171	Greaves	145	0.090%	3.03x
172	Moran	145	0.090%	4.84x
173	Haley	143	0.090%	7.34x
174	Lambert	143	0.090%	1.60x
175	Kennedy	142	0.090%	1.44x
176	Metcalf	142	0.090%	4.29x
177	Morton	142	0.090%	1.63x
178	Stevenson	142	0.090%	1.24x
179	Ambler	141	0.090%	9.77x
180	Horsfall	141	0.090%	8.55x
181	Broughton	140	0.090%	4.59x
182	Ingham	140	0.090%	3.44x
183	Miller	140	0.090%	0.48x
184	Thackray	139	0.090%	19.86x
185	Berry	138	0.080%	1.06x
186	Holt	138	0.080%	1.26x
187	Nelson	138	0.080%	1.74x
188	Pawson	138	0.080%	21.12x
189	Wainwright	138	0.080%	3.99x
190	Barber	137	0.080%	1.39x
191	Batty	137	0.080%	5.48x
192	Broadbent	137	0.080%	3.91x
193	Beckwith	135	0.080%	14.04x
194	Barrett	134	0.080%	1.22x
195	Grant	133	0.080%	0.82x
196	Holroyd	133	0.080%	7.32x
197	Thorp	133	0.080%	6.00x
198	West	133	0.080%	0.85x
199	Mawson	132	0.080%	10.01x
200	Pollard	131	0.080%	2.20x