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 Gardner, with 59 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
501	Gardner	59	0.040%	0.53x
502	Jubb	59	0.040%	7.21x
503	Lancaster	59	0.040%	1.45x
504	Dalby	58	0.040%	4.38x
505	Furness	58	0.040%	4.44x
506	Procter	58	0.040%	2.73x
507	Rose	58	0.040%	0.48x
508	Turton	58	0.040%	3.16x
509	Ashworth	57	0.030%	0.87x
510	Birdsall	57	0.030%	19.13x
511	Doyle	57	0.030%	1.43x
512	Halliday	57	0.030%	1.69x
513	Hemsley	57	0.030%	6.97x
514	Howgate	57	0.030%	25.53x
515	Linley	57	0.030%	9.80x
516	Little	57	0.030%	0.74x
517	Roper	57	0.030%	1.68x
518	Warren	57	0.030%	0.52x
519	Austin	56	0.030%	0.70x
520	Binks	56	0.030%	5.81x
521	Denison	56	0.030%	9.01x
522	Giles	56	0.030%	0.90x
523	Winter	56	0.030%	0.97x
524	Ashton	55	0.030%	0.69x
525	Barr	55	0.030%	1.39x
526	Beecroft	55	0.030%	7.99x
527	Bland	55	0.030%	1.62x
528	Bower	55	0.030%	1.84x
529	Cain	55	0.030%	1.62x
530	Harding	55	0.030%	0.46x
531	Marsh	55	0.030%	0.47x
532	Mellor	55	0.030%	0.96x
533	Oldfield	55	0.030%	2.04x
534	Ryder	55	0.030%	1.94x
535	Stansfield	55	0.030%	2.18x
536	Worth	55	0.030%	3.75x
537	Andrews	54	0.030%	0.34x
538	Appleton	54	0.030%	2.11x
539	Archer	54	0.030%	0.80x
540	Bellwood	54	0.030%	15.75x
541	Bilbrough	54	0.030%	41.40x
542	Bird	54	0.030%	0.43x
543	Cole	54	0.030%	0.36x
544	Crampton	54	0.030%	6.78x
545	Daniel	54	0.030%	1.50x
546	Pattison	54	0.030%	2.08x
547	Pease	54	0.030%	8.73x
548	Porritt	54	0.030%	11.72x
549	Sutton	54	0.030%	0.52x
550	Whitworth	54	0.030%	1.98x
551	Bingham	53	0.030%	2.21x
552	Bullock	53	0.030%	1.00x
553	Colley	53	0.030%	2.56x
554	Darby	53	0.030%	2.02x
555	Gordon	53	0.030%	0.51x
556	Stone	53	0.030%	0.45x
557	Verity	53	0.030%	7.61x
558	Wallis	53	0.030%	0.96x
559	Butterworth	52	0.030%	0.89x
560	Chippendale	52	0.030%	14.70x
561	Drury	52	0.030%	2.00x
562	Emmerson	52	0.030%	3.22x
563	Gallagher	52	0.030%	2.09x
564	Gardiner	52	0.030%	1.11x
565	Harker	52	0.030%	3.02x
566	Hogan	52	0.030%	3.17x
567	Judge	52	0.030%	2.94x
568	Lake	52	0.030%	1.44x
569	Paul	52	0.030%	1.27x
570	Perkin	52	0.030%	5.91x
571	Rawson	52	0.030%	2.91x
572	Vause	52	0.030%	20.62x
573	Appleby	51	0.030%	1.91x
574	Collinson	51	0.030%	2.66x
575	Doherty	51	0.030%	3.82x
576	Heath	51	0.030%	0.63x
577	Hinchcliffe	51	0.030%	5.11x
578	Maguire	51	0.030%	3.05x
579	Newby	51	0.030%	3.12x
580	Ogden	51	0.030%	1.10x
581	Patrick	51	0.030%	1.57x
582	Sissons	51	0.030%	10.11x
583	Broadhead	50	0.030%	4.17x
584	Franklin	50	0.030%	0.92x
585	Kitchen	50	0.030%	1.80x
586	Leeming	50	0.030%	4.94x
587	Obrien	50	0.030%	2.07x
588	Padgett	50	0.030%	10.28x
589	Perkins	50	0.030%	0.68x
590	Pick	50	0.030%	4.80x
591	Barlow	49	0.030%	0.56x
592	Coupland	49	0.030%	4.73x
593	Dent	49	0.030%	1.57x
594	Halstead	49	0.030%	3.60x
595	Hardaker	49	0.030%	8.68x
596	Hebden	49	0.030%	9.58x
597	Hollingworth	49	0.030%	3.71x
598	Hyman	49	0.030%	15.04x
599	Joy	49	0.030%	3.56x
600	Lees	49	0.030%	0.68x