1881 census place

Ossett Cum Gawthorpe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ossett Cum Gawthorpe, 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

331 surnames are listed for Ossett Cum Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, covering 6,004 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wilby, with 257 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ossett Cum Gawthorpe

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	Wilby	257	2.49%	423.60x
2	Dews	207	2.00%	866.47x
3	Ellis	144	1.39%	9.59x
4	Illingworth	127	1.23%	108.53x
5	Mitchell	126	1.22%	6.01x
6	Harrop	104	1.01%	88.43x
7	Brook	95	0.920%	23.83x
8	Lockwood	89	0.860%	38.97x
9	Oldroyd	89	0.860%	170.14x
10	Hemingway	79	0.760%	114.00x
11	Spurr	73	0.710%	168.98x
12	Senior	72	0.700%	30.40x
13	Riley	69	0.670%	8.43x
14	Fothergill	67	0.650%	113.00x
15	Pickersgill	67	0.650%	123.28x
16	Giggal	65	0.630%	2188.55x
17	Laycock	65	0.630%	45.75x
18	Archer	64	0.620%	14.96x
19	Briggs	64	0.620%	11.40x
20	Moss	63	0.610%	9.88x
21	Peace	63	0.610%	67.20x
22	Nettleton	62	0.600%	139.51x
23	Audsley	59	0.570%	518.00x
24	Pickard	59	0.570%	40.91x
25	Broadhead	56	0.540%	73.75x
26	North	55	0.530%	16.05x
27	Pollard	55	0.530%	14.59x
28	Clegg	53	0.510%	15.05x
29	Land	52	0.500%	69.75x
30	Radley	52	0.500%	87.31x
31	Teall	52	0.500%	720.22x
32	Firth	50	0.480%	14.56x
33	Kemp	49	0.470%	8.54x
34	Redfearn	49	0.470%	159.97x
35	Boocock	46	0.440%	126.17x
36	Fozard	45	0.440%	531.91x
37	Oakes	44	0.430%	29.38x
38	Whitaker	42	0.410%	14.38x
39	Chappell	40	0.390%	22.93x
40	Jessop	40	0.390%	32.59x
41	Mercer	39	0.380%	14.37x
42	Milner	39	0.380%	16.45x
43	Eastwood	38	0.370%	15.54x
44	Ibbotson	38	0.370%	53.55x
45	Armitage	37	0.360%	14.03x
46	Butterfield	37	0.360%	26.77x
47	Butterworth	37	0.360%	9.97x
48	Glover	36	0.350%	8.17x
49	Hepworth	36	0.350%	30.53x
50	Terry	36	0.350%	13.62x
51	Townend	36	0.350%	40.66x
52	Gothard	35	0.340%	177.48x
53	Driver	34	0.330%	17.74x
54	Whitworth	34	0.330%	19.68x
55	Batty	33	0.320%	20.88x
56	Chappel	33	0.320%	72.51x
57	Heaton	33	0.320%	13.34x
58	Lodge	33	0.320%	17.55x
59	Tolson	33	0.320%	112.05x
60	Blackburn	32	0.310%	8.21x
61	Cudworth	32	0.310%	211.08x
62	Brooke	31	0.300%	20.12x
63	Hanson	31	0.300%	9.29x
64	Speight	31	0.300%	36.88x
65	Saxton	30	0.290%	49.08x
66	Westerman	30	0.290%	88.57x
67	Rayner	29	0.280%	11.24x
68	Farrar	28	0.270%	20.31x
69	Hallas	28	0.270%	72.60x
70	Bould	26	0.250%	103.42x
71	Hainsworth	26	0.250%	39.55x
72	Lister	25	0.240%	8.48x
73	Longbottom	25	0.240%	27.19x
74	Megson	24	0.230%	142.69x
75	Scholey	23	0.220%	64.73x
76	Squires	22	0.210%	15.02x
77	Manners	21	0.200%	41.10x
78	Willey	21	0.200%	22.54x
79	Clafton	20	0.190%	816.33x
80	Crawshaw	20	0.190%	24.86x
81	Ely	20	0.190%	36.78x
82	Hampshire	20	0.190%	34.13x
83	Moorhouse	20	0.190%	15.63x
84	Asquith	19	0.180%	31.41x
85	Godley	19	0.180%	58.28x
86	Gomersall	19	0.180%	75.49x
87	Kitson	19	0.180%	22.99x
88	Nightingale	19	0.180%	10.90x
89	Exley	18	0.170%	36.61x
90	Newsome	18	0.170%	24.21x
91	Richmond	18	0.170%	7.95x
92	Gomersal	17	0.160%	233.20x
93	Grace	17	0.160%	12.27x
94	Halstead	16	0.150%	18.59x
95	Hellawell	16	0.150%	94.96x
96	Lilley	16	0.150%	11.17x
97	Oates	16	0.150%	9.93x
98	Sheard	16	0.150%	16.89x
99	Barraclough	15	0.150%	14.66x
100	Fawcett	15	0.150%	7.50x