1881 census place

North Bierley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in North Bierley, 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

408 surnames are listed for North Bierley, Yorkshire, covering 10,544 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fearnley, with 31 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in North Bierley

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	Fearnley	31	0.200%	32.62x
102	Gregson	31	0.200%	14.33x
103	Butterworth	30	0.190%	5.35x
104	Wadsworth	30	0.190%	13.76x
105	Breaks	29	0.190%	290.87x
106	Stocks	29	0.190%	17.05x
107	Ainsworth	28	0.180%	9.05x
108	Broadbent	28	0.180%	8.35x
109	Petty	28	0.180%	18.10x
110	Widdop	28	0.180%	79.14x
111	Holroyd	27	0.170%	15.54x
112	Murgatroyd	27	0.170%	22.99x
113	Rayner	27	0.170%	6.93x
114	Mackay	26	0.170%	4.60x
115	Birkbeck	25	0.160%	109.12x
116	Edmondson	25	0.160%	13.84x
117	Saville	25	0.160%	17.61x
118	Ambler	24	0.150%	17.39x
119	Hellewell	24	0.150%	61.55x
120	Boocock	23	0.150%	41.73x
121	Bramley	23	0.150%	16.12x
122	Mathers	23	0.150%	24.72x
123	Muff	23	0.150%	125.20x
124	Burnett	22	0.140%	5.09x
125	Downes	22	0.140%	11.38x
126	Gledhill	21	0.130%	9.06x
127	Midgley	21	0.130%	10.03x
128	Mounsey	21	0.130%	46.84x
129	Overend	21	0.130%	45.16x
130	Childe	20	0.130%	224.22x
131	Crossland	20	0.130%	14.56x
132	Milnes	20	0.130%	14.49x
133	Rowley	20	0.130%	4.87x
134	Alderson	19	0.120%	8.76x
135	Crabtree	19	0.120%	6.04x
136	Helliwell	19	0.120%	13.20x
137	Leggett	19	0.120%	15.46x
138	Harker	18	0.120%	10.94x
139	Kaye	18	0.120%	7.68x
140	Worth	18	0.120%	12.82x
141	Platts	17	0.110%	16.29x
142	Shackleton	17	0.110%	9.66x
143	Tetley	17	0.110%	27.07x
144	Hopkinson	16	0.100%	6.26x
145	Parish	16	0.100%	6.64x
146	Woodrow	16	0.100%	16.53x
147	Hemmett	15	0.100%	217.71x
148	Proud	15	0.100%	18.79x
149	Hardwick	14	0.090%	5.86x
150	Hemingway	14	0.090%	13.37x
151	Holliday	14	0.090%	6.83x
152	Hustler	14	0.090%	50.91x
153	Ibbetson	14	0.090%	40.16x
154	Kellet	14	0.090%	41.65x
155	Smithies	14	0.090%	25.17x
156	Stainthorpe	14	0.090%	74.11x
157	Stobart	14	0.090%	47.47x
158	Town	14	0.090%	18.06x
159	Armatage	13	0.080%	113.24x
160	Longbottom	13	0.080%	9.35x
161	Normington	13	0.080%	33.04x
162	Wales	13	0.080%	10.27x
163	Belfield	12	0.080%	30.30x
164	Bretherick	12	0.080%	91.60x
165	Fieldhouse	12	0.080%	16.06x
166	Hesling	12	0.080%	129.87x
167	Horrocks	12	0.080%	6.25x
168	Orrell	12	0.080%	20.64x
169	Shepard	12	0.080%	26.98x
170	Barrowclough	11	0.070%	39.77x
171	Grayson	11	0.070%	9.43x
172	Hallas	11	0.070%	18.87x
173	Hardaker	11	0.070%	20.39x
174	Hebblethwaite	11	0.070%	42.41x
175	Lofthouse	11	0.070%	9.45x
176	Merrin	11	0.070%	87.44x
177	Rigg	11	0.070%	8.37x
178	Swaine	11	0.070%	16.02x
179	Boothroyd	10	0.060%	12.39x
180	Brear	10	0.060%	42.57x
181	Cass	10	0.060%	9.03x
182	Denham	10	0.060%	7.26x
183	Hinchliffe	10	0.060%	7.42x
184	Hird	10	0.060%	8.29x
185	Rennison	10	0.060%	26.69x
186	Stainthorp	10	0.060%	149.70x
187	Warbrick	10	0.060%	56.18x
188	Wentworth	10	0.060%	33.91x
189	Wheater	10	0.060%	50.81x
190	Wooller	10	0.060%	60.46x
191	Appleyard	9	0.060%	6.30x
192	Cockroft	9	0.060%	13.62x
193	Dolby	9	0.060%	15.45x
194	Emsley	9	0.060%	19.87x
195	Fawthrop	9	0.060%	72.17x
196	Hooson	9	0.060%	29.48x
197	Isaacs	9	0.060%	6.68x
198	Kitchingman	9	0.060%	59.25x
199	Mosley	9	0.060%	6.12x
200	Rukin	9	0.060%	181.45x