1881 census place

Melbecks surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Melbecks, 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

41 surnames are listed for Melbecks, Yorkshire, covering 721 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pratt, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Melbecks

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	Pratt	65	5.57%	97.03x
2	Raw	62	5.32%	1472.68x
3	Sunter	49	4.20%	2800.00x
4	Rutter	42	3.60%	236.49x
5	Metcalfe	40	3.43%	150.26x
6	Calvert	39	3.34%	164.00x
7	Alderson	38	3.26%	234.86x
8	Harker	36	3.09%	293.16x
9	Milner	34	2.92%	127.15x
10	Hugill	26	2.23%	890.41x
11	Alton	21	1.80%	662.46x
12	Reynoldson	20	1.72%	4878.05x
13	Waggett	20	1.72%	2061.86x
14	Ecles	19	1.63%	3800.00x
15	Close	17	1.46%	167.16x
16	Place	17	1.46%	278.23x
17	Cherry	16	1.37%	134.12x
18	Pedley	16	1.37%	270.73x
19	Spensley	15	1.29%	1829.27x
20	Cottingham	14	1.20%	450.16x
21	Dougill	14	1.20%	2333.33x
22	Brunskill	13	1.11%	479.70x
23	Buxton	13	1.11%	74.20x
24	Heslop	11	0.940%	110.00x
25	Birkbeck	9	0.770%	526.32x
26	Urwin	9	0.770%	169.49x
27	Demain	8	0.690%	1081.08x
28	Iveson	5	0.430%	150.60x
29	Whaley	5	0.430%	127.55x
30	Bearpark	4	0.340%	439.56x
31	Daykin	4	0.340%	99.26x
32	Kearton	4	0.340%	350.88x
33	Thexton	4	0.340%	454.55x
34	Birbeck	2	0.170%	109.89x
35	Cleminson	2	0.170%	116.96x
36	Connon	2	0.170%	133.33x
37	Sarginson	2	0.170%	194.17x
38	Borrowdale	1	0.090%	109.89x
39	Mcphail	1	0.090%	625.00x
40	Spencely	1	0.090%	166.67x
41	Whitell	1	0.090%	263.16x