1881 census place

Morley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Morley, 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

535 surnames are listed for Morley, Yorkshire, covering 7,817 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sykes, with 187 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Morley

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	Sykes	187	1.24%	25.89x
2	Hirst	166	1.10%	33.81x
3	Hartley	141	0.940%	14.95x
4	Brook	128	0.850%	22.06x
5	Marshall	106	0.700%	4.20x
6	Clough	95	0.630%	28.27x
7	Crowther	95	0.630%	21.14x
8	Scarth	92	0.610%	348.09x
9	Dixon	88	0.580%	5.34x
10	Bradley	80	0.530%	6.62x
11	Gaunt	80	0.530%	54.00x
12	Rhodes	80	0.530%	11.45x
13	Booth	79	0.520%	5.32x
14	Firth	79	0.520%	15.80x
15	Dickinson	77	0.510%	11.98x
16	Holmes	77	0.510%	4.20x
17	Fox	75	0.500%	5.37x
18	Sharp	73	0.490%	5.82x
19	Appleyard	72	0.480%	52.32x
20	Peel	72	0.480%	26.65x
21	Moss	69	0.460%	7.44x
22	Gledhill	67	0.450%	30.01x
23	Webster	67	0.450%	5.12x
24	Waring	66	0.440%	34.91x
25	Naylor	63	0.420%	11.11x
26	Barraclough	60	0.400%	40.28x
27	Fawcett	58	0.390%	19.93x
28	Asquith	56	0.370%	63.60x
29	Bentley	56	0.370%	8.80x
30	Stead	56	0.370%	18.19x
31	Middlebrook	55	0.370%	198.99x
32	Schofield	53	0.350%	6.50x
33	Westerman	53	0.350%	107.51x
34	Armitage	52	0.350%	13.55x
35	Charlesworth	50	0.330%	25.73x
36	Hodgson	50	0.330%	4.79x
37	Ainsworth	49	0.330%	16.44x
38	Bedford	49	0.330%	13.72x
39	Auty	48	0.320%	95.12x
40	Holroyd	47	0.310%	28.08x
41	Senior	47	0.310%	13.63x
42	Broadbent	45	0.300%	13.94x
43	Ramsden	45	0.300%	16.40x
44	Tempest	45	0.300%	64.23x
45	Butterworth	44	0.290%	8.14x
46	Clegg	44	0.290%	8.59x
47	Glover	43	0.290%	6.70x
48	Scholes	43	0.290%	24.64x
49	Barron	42	0.280%	18.02x
50	Speight	42	0.280%	34.33x
51	Hardcastle	39	0.260%	29.32x
52	Garnett	37	0.250%	19.80x
53	Lassey	37	0.250%	288.84x
54	Hemingway	36	0.240%	35.69x
55	Mosley	35	0.230%	24.69x
56	Greaves	34	0.230%	7.71x
57	Jowett	34	0.230%	20.73x
58	Ingham	33	0.220%	8.82x
59	Saville	33	0.220%	24.14x
60	Spence	33	0.220%	6.63x
61	Teale	33	0.220%	59.43x
62	Slack	31	0.210%	13.07x
63	Austin	30	0.200%	4.08x
64	Leathley	30	0.200%	185.41x
65	Horsfall	29	0.190%	19.11x
66	Aaron	28	0.190%	119.30x
67	Almond	28	0.190%	15.01x
68	Hepworth	28	0.190%	16.31x
69	Holliday	28	0.190%	14.19x
70	Myers	28	0.190%	7.13x
71	Stockdale	28	0.190%	23.90x
72	Lobley	27	0.180%	89.70x
73	Rogerson	27	0.180%	14.58x
74	Dickenson	26	0.170%	11.40x
75	Hinchcliffe	26	0.170%	28.30x
76	Varley	26	0.170%	12.57x
77	Batley	25	0.170%	38.38x
78	Bywater	25	0.170%	32.99x
79	Stables	25	0.170%	43.34x
80	Thackray	25	0.170%	38.80x
81	Gomersall	24	0.160%	65.50x
82	Longbottom	24	0.160%	17.93x
83	Rayner	24	0.160%	6.39x
84	Woodhead	24	0.160%	8.51x
85	Batty	23	0.150%	10.00x
86	Boyes	23	0.150%	14.62x
87	Cookson	23	0.150%	12.96x
88	Corbridge	23	0.150%	156.25x
89	Jagger	23	0.150%	19.29x
90	Moulton	23	0.150%	30.82x
91	Sheard	23	0.150%	16.68x
92	Brooksbank	22	0.150%	44.67x
93	Kaye	22	0.150%	9.75x
94	Kellett	22	0.150%	16.80x
95	Mortimer	22	0.150%	6.99x
96	Sunderland	22	0.150%	12.74x
97	Townend	22	0.150%	17.07x
98	Exley	21	0.140%	29.34x
99	Hainsworth	21	0.140%	21.95x
100	Haley	21	0.140%	11.71x