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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 Greave, with 6 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
301Greave6129.87x
302Hardesty665.22x
303Instrell6361.45x
304Macer645.39x
305Maundrill6221.40x
306Merrills676.05x
307Murgatroyd65.31x
308Nussey660.91x
309Obrian612.15x
310Peet67.54x
311Pitchforth660.61x
312Remington628.16x
313Rennison616.63x
314Sly610.54x
315Smales615.08x
316Tesseyman685.84x
317Thackrah645.05x
318Thornburn681.74x
319Thornbury651.02x
320Thresh655.81x
321Tolson614.00x
322Turney611.26x
323Wakeley635.84x
324Waltham627.83x
325Whitwam617.15x
326Wite6147.42x
327Amery517.30x
328Ayer579.62x
329Bakes561.43x
330Blewitt514.81x
331Cawood514.03x
332Cowburn59.13x
333Crown527.04x
334Dinning514.89x
335Edmundson511.72x
336Elvidge517.27x
337Goodison516.28x
338Hardisty511.53x
339Haste518.22x
340Heaps57.63x
341Hebden510.62x
342Hillas557.87x
343Holstead554.05x
344Home513.30x
345Housam5367.65x
346Ineson517.93x
347Jaggar539.19x
348Jeff530.07x
349Kembery5226.24x
350Morritt538.70x
351Newly5195.31x
352Oats514.72x
353Pawson58.31x
354Saynor529.87x
355Skitt525.19x
356Spivey515.01x
357Storrs552.08x
358Sud51111.11x
359Sutcliff523.14x
360Winpenny560.68x
361Wiper591.24x
362Woollin5148.37x
363Alton49.77x
364Aspden46.04x
365Basham410.74x
366Bellhouse424.80x
367Belwood488.50x
368Bonney410.60x
369Bretherick431.72x
370Brumfitt479.52x
371Bunney411.83x
372Cannell46.15x
373Commons435.68x
374Daggett446.03x
375Dufton414.77x
376Fernyhough433.87x
377Fogden431.60x
378Foxcroft417.97x
379Gatehouse411.99x
380Hallatt437.21x
381Houseman411.48x
382Howgate419.46x
383Hoyland47.15x
384Hurdley467.45x
385Jephson432.23x
386Kearsley411.39x
387Lumby419.66x
388Rawdon451.68x
389Rycroft49.28x
390Stammer499.50x
391Stein411.23x
392Strain413.75x
393Trewick456.90x
394Troughton48.22x
395Tyne439.02x
396Whitely412.55x
397Winspear426.44x
398Yarrow413.63x
399Ainley35.03x
400Baghurst384.03x