1881 census place

Longwood surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Longwood, 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

125 surnames are listed for Longwood, Yorkshire, covering 2,754 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Shaw, with 136 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Longwood

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	Shaw	136	2.91%	15.87x
2	Sykes	136	2.91%	60.74x
3	Brook	134	2.87%	74.49x
4	Beaumont	123	2.64%	88.91x
5	Townend	120	2.57%	300.38x
6	Dyson	114	2.44%	75.43x
7	Hirst	112	2.40%	73.58x
8	Gledhill	92	1.97%	132.91x
9	Crowther	87	1.86%	62.45x
10	Pilling	85	1.82%	150.95x
11	Ainley	77	1.65%	416.67x
12	Iredale	69	1.48%	453.35x
13	Whitwam	63	1.35%	581.18x
14	Morton	56	1.20%	22.46x
15	Blackburn	54	1.16%	30.70x
16	Hanson	51	1.09%	33.87x
17	Parkin	49	1.05%	39.05x
18	Gee	48	1.03%	40.31x
19	Lumb	45	0.960%	102.16x
20	Hoyle	43	0.920%	39.93x
21	Garside	41	0.880%	60.90x
22	Stott	40	0.860%	27.44x
23	Thornton	39	0.840%	16.62x
24	Hinchliffe	37	0.790%	91.90x
25	Armitage	32	0.690%	26.89x
26	Balmforth	31	0.660%	175.44x
27	Mallinson	29	0.620%	75.32x
28	Bottomley	28	0.600%	36.04x
29	France	27	0.580%	38.06x
30	Wrigley	25	0.540%	42.35x
31	Pogson	24	0.510%	135.52x
32	Quarmby	24	0.510%	194.17x
33	Wadsworth	23	0.490%	35.35x
34	Rothery	21	0.450%	122.09x
35	Brearley	20	0.430%	68.61x
36	Ramsden	20	0.430%	23.51x
37	Boothroyd	19	0.410%	78.84x
38	Horsfall	19	0.410%	40.38x
39	Bamford	18	0.390%	25.63x
40	Kaye	16	0.340%	22.88x
41	Jackman	15	0.320%	34.62x
42	Crampton	14	0.300%	61.54x
43	Winpenny	14	0.300%	546.88x
44	Moorhouse	13	0.280%	22.51x
45	Calverley	12	0.260%	121.46x
46	Crosland	12	0.260%	71.01x
47	Dodson	12	0.260%	33.22x
48	Holroyd	12	0.260%	23.13x
49	Milnes	12	0.260%	29.13x
50	Nutton	12	0.260%	203.39x
51	Swallow	12	0.260%	25.50x
52	Bamforth	11	0.240%	52.88x
53	Helliwell	11	0.240%	25.59x
54	Lawley	11	0.240%	39.13x
55	Maud	11	0.240%	104.76x
56	Maude	11	0.240%	62.04x
57	Sheard	11	0.240%	25.74x
58	Thornber	11	0.240%	96.15x
59	Weavill	11	0.240%	1100.00x
60	Newsome	10	0.210%	29.82x
61	Rawcliffe	10	0.210%	53.62x
62	Ackroyd	9	0.190%	20.64x
63	Halstead	9	0.190%	23.18x
64	Holdroyd	9	0.190%	210.28x
65	Jagger	9	0.190%	24.35x
66	Pitchforth	9	0.190%	293.16x
67	Saxton	9	0.190%	32.63x
68	Tweed	9	0.190%	83.26x
69	Hellawell	8	0.170%	105.26x
70	Hiley	8	0.170%	67.28x
71	Longley	8	0.170%	25.24x
72	Cockcroft	7	0.150%	52.43x
73	Donkersley	7	0.150%	267.18x
74	Hellewell	7	0.150%	60.14x
75	Heppenstall	7	0.150%	86.42x
76	Kippax	7	0.150%	152.17x
77	Abbot	6	0.130%	27.24x
78	Battye	6	0.130%	35.76x
79	Bottom	6	0.130%	48.19x
80	Cordingley	6	0.130%	37.24x
81	Farrand	6	0.130%	64.10x
82	Goldthorpe	6	0.130%	52.40x
83	Hayle	6	0.130%	236.22x
84	Kilner	6	0.130%	30.75x
85	Kinder	6	0.130%	30.64x
86	Otley	6	0.130%	76.24x
87	Peckett	5	0.110%	77.88x
88	Audsley	4	0.090%	77.82x
89	Barstow	4	0.090%	49.57x
90	Baxton	4	0.090%	476.19x
91	Bintley	4	0.090%	851.06x
92	Birkenshaw	4	0.090%	80.81x
93	Pallister	4	0.090%	33.93x
94	Raye	4	0.090%	384.62x
95	Umpleby	4	0.090%	45.92x
96	Vickerman	4	0.090%	48.25x
97	Hallas	3	0.060%	17.24x
98	Hanly	3	0.060%	126.05x
99	Haugh	3	0.060%	43.35x
100	Kilkenny	3	0.060%	82.19x