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1881 census place

Middlesbrough surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Middlesbrough, 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

1,908 surnames are listed for Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, covering 19,868 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Willerton, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Middlesbrough

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.

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1901Willerton12.18x
1902Wintersgill14.67x
1903Wittaker13.34x
1904Wooder18.28x
1905Woolston11.53x
1906Word13.82x
1907Worton11.26x
1908Yarnell14.41x