1881 census place

Mirfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mirfield, 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

526 surnames are listed for Mirfield, Yorkshire, covering 9,871 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brearley, with 24 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mirfield

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
101	Brearley	24	0.150%	24.17x
102	Mitchel	24	0.150%	15.45x
103	Priestley	24	0.150%	8.92x
104	Stringer	24	0.150%	7.58x
105	Lawton	23	0.140%	5.61x
106	Castle	22	0.140%	6.97x
107	Elam	22	0.140%	102.85x
108	Oakes	22	0.140%	9.56x
109	Boothroyd	21	0.130%	25.58x
110	Cordingley	21	0.130%	38.27x
111	Fawcett	21	0.130%	6.83x
112	Goodall	21	0.130%	6.17x
113	Shires	21	0.130%	47.55x
114	Whiteley	21	0.130%	7.35x
115	Wormald	21	0.130%	29.16x
116	Beverley	20	0.130%	41.68x
117	Hebblethwaite	20	0.130%	75.82x
118	Ineson	20	0.130%	67.91x
119	Scales	20	0.130%	21.25x
120	Bottom	19	0.120%	44.81x
121	Butterfield	19	0.120%	8.95x
122	Heppleston	19	0.120%	334.51x
123	Holdroyd	19	0.120%	130.23x
124	Leadbeatter	19	0.120%	650.68x
125	Oxley	19	0.120%	8.54x
126	Peaker	19	0.120%	115.15x
127	Woodhouse	19	0.120%	5.05x
128	Crabtree	18	0.110%	5.62x
129	Elsworth	18	0.110%	30.89x
130	Heeley	18	0.110%	25.73x
131	Kilburn	18	0.110%	21.98x
132	Norminton	18	0.110%	226.13x
133	Speight	18	0.110%	13.93x
134	Thornes	18	0.110%	139.00x
135	Crossland	17	0.110%	12.17x
136	Hatfield	17	0.110%	15.00x
137	Hollingworth	17	0.110%	13.24x
138	Littlewood	17	0.110%	8.30x
139	Lodge	17	0.110%	5.88x
140	Moorhouse	17	0.110%	8.64x
141	Oddy	17	0.110%	17.40x
142	Pollitt	17	0.110%	13.86x
143	Bottomley	16	0.100%	6.05x
144	Garforth	16	0.100%	35.93x
145	Garside	16	0.100%	6.98x
146	Hampshire	16	0.100%	17.77x
147	Skillicorn	16	0.100%	78.51x
148	Wharton	16	0.100%	7.19x
149	Ambler	15	0.090%	10.69x
150	Dickenson	15	0.090%	6.23x
151	Ewart	15	0.090%	16.78x
152	Lindley	15	0.090%	9.55x
153	Longbottom	15	0.090%	10.61x
154	Oldfield	15	0.090%	5.71x
155	Spivey	15	0.090%	42.63x
156	Wilby	15	0.090%	16.09x
157	Balme	14	0.090%	122.70x
158	Bellfield	14	0.090%	88.83x
159	Burn	14	0.090%	6.55x
160	Cardwell	14	0.090%	18.31x
161	Keighley	14	0.090%	16.48x
162	Kilner	14	0.090%	21.07x
163	Secker	14	0.090%	38.57x
164	Weldrick	14	0.090%	387.81x
165	Farrar	13	0.080%	6.14x
166	Garthwaite	13	0.080%	42.82x
167	Haley	13	0.080%	6.86x
168	Helliwell	13	0.080%	8.88x
169	Leaming	13	0.080%	157.96x
170	Mountain	13	0.080%	11.53x
171	Thackrah	13	0.080%	92.46x
172	Tinker	13	0.080%	16.19x
173	Tunnecliffe	13	0.080%	722.22x
174	Whitley	13	0.080%	9.99x
175	Windle	13	0.080%	14.43x
176	Blakeley	12	0.080%	18.22x
177	Fretwell	12	0.080%	22.23x
178	Grayson	12	0.080%	10.12x
179	Hemmingway	12	0.080%	49.69x
180	Holliday	12	0.080%	5.76x
181	Horsfall	12	0.080%	7.49x
182	Ibberson	12	0.080%	50.46x
183	Loader	12	0.080%	13.58x
184	Stapleton	12	0.080%	7.52x
185	Addy	11	0.070%	16.26x
186	Avison	11	0.070%	47.87x
187	Barraclough	11	0.070%	6.99x
188	Beldon	11	0.070%	125.57x
189	Fairburn	11	0.070%	26.78x
190	Goldsbrough	11	0.070%	53.42x
191	Roebuck	11	0.070%	10.22x
192	Summersgill	11	0.070%	53.01x
193	Broadhead	10	0.060%	8.57x
194	Halstead	10	0.060%	7.56x
195	Hinchcliff	10	0.060%	53.22x
196	Kitson	10	0.060%	7.87x
197	Milnes	10	0.060%	7.13x
198	Mould	10	0.060%	7.34x
199	Theaker	10	0.060%	26.95x
200	Topham	10	0.060%	8.61x