1881 census place

Otley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Otley, 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

281 surnames are listed for Otley, Yorkshire, covering 2,472 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dawson, with 102 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Otley

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	Dawson	102	1.45%	13.16x
2	Whitaker	72	1.02%	36.26x
3	Freeman	57	0.810%	12.70x
4	Lawson	57	0.810%	13.76x
5	Brogan	52	0.740%	219.32x
6	Maston	50	0.710%	888.10x
7	Myers	47	0.670%	25.63x
8	Mawson	46	0.650%	81.11x
9	Pickles	36	0.510%	25.20x
10	Marston	35	0.500%	53.48x
11	Pickard	34	0.480%	34.68x
12	Suttle	32	0.460%	365.71x
13	Craven	29	0.410%	21.37x
14	Hollings	29	0.410%	109.85x
15	Cowburn	28	0.400%	109.46x
16	Lofthouse	27	0.380%	51.57x
17	Moon	27	0.380%	18.21x
18	Cawood	26	0.370%	156.25x
19	Longfield	26	0.370%	387.48x
20	Jeffrey	25	0.360%	19.24x
21	Obrien	25	0.360%	24.07x
22	Chippendale	24	0.340%	157.79x
23	Pullan	23	0.330%	82.97x
24	Watkinson	23	0.330%	27.93x
25	Hardisty	22	0.310%	108.64x
26	Tempest	22	0.310%	67.24x
27	Horner	21	0.300%	15.70x
28	Driver	20	0.280%	15.36x
29	Dunwell	20	0.280%	140.65x
30	Jowett	20	0.280%	26.11x
31	Clapham	19	0.270%	31.36x
32	Wardman	19	0.270%	105.38x
33	Bartle	17	0.240%	41.06x
34	Chaffer	17	0.240%	179.32x
35	Dennison	17	0.240%	31.29x
36	Shires	17	0.240%	87.05x
37	Brennan	16	0.230%	21.79x
38	Buck	16	0.230%	10.62x
39	Stirk	15	0.210%	113.55x
40	Youngman	15	0.210%	73.03x
41	Brumfitt	14	0.200%	595.74x
42	Hextall	14	0.200%	215.38x
43	Norburn	14	0.200%	259.26x
44	Rawling	14	0.200%	54.62x
45	Thackery	14	0.200%	230.26x
46	Whiteley	14	0.200%	11.09x
47	Musgrave	13	0.180%	30.57x
48	Summerscales	13	0.180%	153.85x
49	Wharrie	13	0.180%	481.48x
50	Beevers	12	0.170%	67.64x
51	Brumfit	12	0.170%	662.98x
52	Emsley	12	0.170%	58.91x
53	Kitson	12	0.170%	21.36x
54	Laycock	12	0.170%	12.42x
55	Devine	11	0.160%	15.72x
56	Dibb	11	0.160%	74.53x
57	Edson	11	0.160%	137.50x
58	Fieldhouse	11	0.160%	32.73x
59	Inman	11	0.160%	23.01x
60	Longstaff	11	0.160%	22.18x
61	Lupton	11	0.160%	21.65x
62	Newstead	11	0.160%	45.06x
63	Renwick	11	0.160%	22.94x
64	Roundell	11	0.160%	375.43x
65	Winterburn	11	0.160%	56.27x
66	Chew	10	0.140%	27.97x
67	Connolly	10	0.140%	12.25x
68	Flesher	10	0.140%	300.30x
69	Leadbeater	10	0.140%	34.61x
70	Maloney	10	0.140%	17.24x
71	Moxon	10	0.140%	25.37x
72	Normanton	10	0.140%	89.93x
73	Parratt	10	0.140%	70.18x
74	Scarr	10	0.140%	75.13x
75	Skirrow	10	0.140%	104.17x
76	Brotherton	9	0.130%	25.15x
77	Chippindale	9	0.130%	273.56x
78	Fortune	9	0.130%	24.50x
79	Grange	9	0.130%	22.27x
80	Grunwell	9	0.130%	300.00x
81	Mudd	9	0.130%	30.31x
82	Pybus	9	0.130%	43.08x
83	Shackleton	9	0.130%	11.38x
84	Teal	9	0.130%	33.58x
85	Veal	9	0.130%	20.94x
86	Ballantyne	8	0.110%	15.01x
87	Bambridge	8	0.110%	52.67x
88	Birkitt	8	0.110%	248.45x
89	Dacre	8	0.110%	88.30x
90	Demaine	8	0.110%	129.66x
91	Dodgson	8	0.110%	23.43x
92	Farrand	8	0.110%	56.70x
93	Garth	8	0.110%	51.35x
94	Grady	8	0.110%	17.27x
95	Haithwaite	8	0.110%	327.87x
96	Layburn	8	0.110%	406.09x
97	Luty	8	0.110%	88.11x
98	Mounsey	8	0.110%	39.68x
99	Siddall	8	0.110%	15.53x
100	Tetley	8	0.110%	28.33x