1881 census place

Midgley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Midgley, 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

95 surnames are listed for Midgley, Yorkshire, covering 1,704 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 190 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Midgley

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	Greenwood	190	6.16%	79.31x
2	Sutcliffe	115	3.73%	94.38x
3	Howarth	72	2.33%	48.57x
4	Ingham	55	1.78%	71.69x
5	Horsfield	49	1.59%	236.60x
6	Ogden	42	1.36%	48.15x
7	Crabtree	41	1.33%	65.99x
8	Pickles	41	1.33%	65.40x
9	Crossley	40	1.30%	47.23x
10	Harwood	40	1.30%	48.43x
11	Murgatroyd	40	1.30%	172.56x
12	Ratcliffe	40	1.30%	46.95x
13	Broadbent	39	1.26%	58.94x
14	Crowther	39	1.26%	42.35x
15	Alderson	32	1.04%	74.77x
16	Helliwell	27	0.880%	95.00x
17	Priestley	27	0.880%	51.71x
18	Stansfield	27	0.880%	56.69x
19	Ackroyd	25	0.810%	86.72x
20	Eastwood	25	0.810%	34.27x
21	Bedford	24	0.780%	32.79x
22	Horsfall	24	0.780%	77.15x
23	Redman	24	0.780%	59.10x
24	Sunderland	23	0.750%	64.95x
25	Feather	22	0.710%	139.33x
26	Maude	21	0.680%	179.18x
27	Robertshaw	21	0.680%	83.27x
28	Shackleton	21	0.680%	60.47x
29	Baume	20	0.650%	1680.67x
30	Longbottom	20	0.650%	72.91x
31	Moses	20	0.650%	63.39x
32	Nicholl	20	0.650%	123.99x
33	Farrar	19	0.620%	46.21x
34	Wilcock	18	0.580%	41.03x
35	Midgley	17	0.550%	41.12x
36	Uttley	16	0.520%	107.60x
37	Patchett	14	0.450%	94.66x
38	Marsland	13	0.420%	72.30x
39	Butterfield	12	0.390%	29.11x
40	Culpan	12	0.390%	321.72x
41	Siddall	12	0.390%	53.07x
42	Southwell	12	0.390%	62.08x
43	Fielden	11	0.360%	61.15x
44	Holgate	11	0.360%	42.99x
45	Bloomer	9	0.290%	97.40x
46	Dewhirst	9	0.290%	61.43x
47	Furze	9	0.290%	136.99x
48	Horsefall	9	0.290%	592.11x
49	Callighan	8	0.260%	282.69x
50	Fawthrop	8	0.260%	325.20x
51	Welburn	8	0.260%	131.80x
52	Wormald	8	0.260%	57.22x
53	Barraclough	7	0.230%	22.93x
54	Cockcroft	7	0.230%	79.28x
55	Harbert	7	0.230%	429.45x
56	Harewood	7	0.230%	503.60x
57	Reynard	7	0.230%	135.66x
58	Ulph	7	0.230%	311.11x
59	Whaley	7	0.230%	67.50x
60	Crossly	6	0.190%	431.65x
61	Dennet	6	0.190%	789.47x
62	Farnell	6	0.190%	53.10x
63	Horsefield	6	0.190%	112.15x
64	Ibbotson	6	0.190%	28.34x
65	Malony	6	0.190%	217.39x
66	Person	6	0.190%	517.24x
67	Toothill	6	0.190%	153.85x
68	Trewartha	6	0.190%	714.29x
69	Aked	5	0.160%	161.81x
70	Akroyd	5	0.160%	86.96x
71	Astin	5	0.160%	55.87x
72	Birtwhistle	5	0.160%	146.63x
73	Boothman	5	0.160%	42.30x
74	Curwen	5	0.160%	76.69x
75	Gilboy	5	0.160%	819.67x
76	Hellawell	5	0.160%	99.40x
77	Stell	5	0.160%	102.04x
78	Tillotson	5	0.160%	41.91x
79	Wellock	5	0.160%	144.51x
80	Widdup	5	0.160%	139.66x
81	Bracken	4	0.130%	78.59x
82	Buton	4	0.130%	1250.00x
83	Hesselden	4	0.130%	421.05x
84	Titterington	4	0.130%	89.49x
85	Widdop	4	0.130%	57.31x
86	Brownbridge	3	0.100%	126.05x
87	Emsley	3	0.100%	33.56x
88	Learoyd	3	0.100%	100.00x
89	Livsey	3	0.100%	27.50x
90	Cropley	2	0.060%	40.73x
91	Plumpton	2	0.060%	35.78x
92	Albrighton	1	0.030%	77.52x
93	Bullas	1	0.030%	34.13x
94	Hillson	1	0.030%	41.67x
95	Liley	1	0.030%	23.92x