1881 census place

Linthwaite surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Linthwaite, 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

143 surnames are listed for Linthwaite, Yorkshire, covering 3,566 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dyson, with 287 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Linthwaite

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	Dyson	287	4.72%	145.64x
2	Sykes	286	4.70%	97.97x
3	Shaw	225	3.70%	20.13x
4	Quarmby	191	3.14%	1185.60x
5	Baxter	182	2.99%	50.20x
6	Whiteley	143	2.35%	130.83x
7	Beaumont	112	1.84%	62.09x
8	Lockwood	112	1.84%	83.35x
9	Garside	103	1.69%	117.34x
10	Hirst	103	1.69%	51.89x
11	Mellor	78	1.28%	36.40x
12	Brook	69	1.13%	29.42x
13	Hoyle	61	1.00%	43.44x
14	Schofield	61	1.00%	18.49x
15	Armitage	58	0.950%	37.38x
16	Ramsden	53	0.870%	47.77x
17	Bamforth	52	0.850%	191.74x
18	Mallinson	50	0.820%	99.60x
19	Iredale	48	0.790%	241.81x
20	Gledhill	43	0.710%	47.64x
21	Holroyd	39	0.640%	57.65x
22	Kaye	38	0.620%	41.68x
23	Balmforth	36	0.590%	156.25x
24	Clay	36	0.590%	28.83x
25	Hellawell	35	0.580%	353.18x
26	Ainley	34	0.560%	141.14x
27	Grange	34	0.560%	97.20x
28	Eastwood	33	0.540%	22.94x
29	Lunn	31	0.510%	39.38x
30	Crowther	29	0.480%	15.97x
31	Hepworth	29	0.480%	41.80x
32	Stocks	29	0.480%	43.80x
33	Thorp	27	0.440%	32.74x
34	Holdroyd	24	0.390%	429.34x
35	Livesey	23	0.380%	38.60x
36	Woodhead	23	0.380%	20.17x
37	France	21	0.350%	22.70x
38	Lumb	21	0.350%	36.57x
39	Hinchliffe	20	0.330%	38.10x
40	Dalton	19	0.310%	13.61x
41	Sugden	19	0.310%	27.01x
42	Swallow	19	0.310%	30.97x
43	Townend	18	0.300%	34.56x
44	Crosland	17	0.280%	77.13x
45	Harpin	17	0.280%	392.61x
46	Whitwam	17	0.280%	120.23x
47	Meal	16	0.260%	299.63x
48	Wimpenny	16	0.260%	187.57x
49	Dransfield	15	0.250%	70.13x
50	Littlewood	15	0.250%	19.13x
51	Shore	15	0.250%	22.92x
52	Wilde	14	0.230%	15.80x
53	Brougham	13	0.210%	203.76x
54	Cock	13	0.210%	19.43x
55	Harrop	13	0.210%	18.79x
56	Avison	12	0.200%	136.36x
57	Cliffe	12	0.200%	31.42x
58	Swailes	12	0.200%	177.51x
59	Weavill	12	0.200%	923.08x
60	Horsfall	11	0.180%	17.93x
61	Baily	9	0.150%	23.38x
62	Baxendale	9	0.150%	29.03x
63	Collinge	9	0.150%	22.13x
64	Cusworth	9	0.150%	100.67x
65	Kenworthy	9	0.150%	22.23x
66	Lydall	9	0.150%	371.90x
67	Redfearn	9	0.150%	49.94x
68	Whitely	9	0.150%	69.88x
69	Woffindin	9	0.150%	1139.24x
70	Inman	8	0.130%	19.33x
71	Kilburn	8	0.130%	25.52x
72	Rawcliffe	8	0.130%	32.89x
73	Auty	7	0.120%	34.31x
74	Blakeborough	7	0.120%	144.03x
75	Catton	7	0.120%	35.52x
76	Hawksworth	7	0.120%	25.50x
77	Heeley	7	0.120%	26.14x
78	Langfield	7	0.120%	105.42x
79	Mealy	7	0.120%	328.64x
80	Spivey	7	0.120%	51.97x
81	Tinker	7	0.120%	22.77x
82	Tweed	7	0.120%	49.65x
83	Boothroyd	6	0.100%	19.09x
84	Calverly	6	0.100%	252.10x
85	Raper	6	0.100%	23.51x
86	Rowcliffe	6	0.100%	149.25x
87	Royston	6	0.100%	33.33x
88	Tiffany	6	0.100%	81.19x
89	Womersley	6	0.100%	31.76x
90	Woolhouse	6	0.100%	45.08x
91	Barrowclough	5	0.080%	46.43x
92	Beevers	5	0.080%	32.55x
93	Calverley	5	0.080%	38.82x
94	Gudger	5	0.080%	256.41x
95	Livsey	5	0.080%	23.25x
96	Randerson	5	0.080%	135.14x
97	Sharratt	5	0.080%	26.53x
98	Smithies	5	0.080%	23.08x
99	Stavely	5	0.080%	120.19x
100	Sutcliff	5	0.080%	57.21x