1881 census place

Pontefract surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pontefract, 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

297 surnames are listed for Pontefract, Yorkshire, covering 2,107 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brook, with 65 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pontefract

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	Brook	65	1.04%	27.04x
2	Higgins	57	0.910%	18.08x
3	Waterton	41	0.660%	439.44x
4	Moran	37	0.590%	32.41x
5	Spurr	36	0.580%	138.20x
6	Millett	35	0.560%	141.36x
7	Moxon	33	0.530%	94.39x
8	Gelder	32	0.510%	185.19x
9	Depledge	31	0.500%	312.82x
10	Wilcock	30	0.480%	33.83x
11	Hopkinson	29	0.470%	28.45x
12	Holder	26	0.420%	31.02x
13	Shay	26	0.420%	401.23x
14	Paver	25	0.400%	440.14x
15	Gott	23	0.370%	85.15x
16	Mchale	22	0.350%	800.00x
17	Swallow	22	0.350%	34.98x
18	Barratt	21	0.340%	16.60x
19	England	21	0.340%	16.35x
20	Garlick	21	0.340%	38.24x
21	Heseltine	21	0.340%	153.96x
22	Pease	21	0.340%	89.02x
23	Spink	19	0.300%	37.77x
24	Westwood	19	0.300%	18.17x
25	Flynn	18	0.290%	15.08x
26	Keighley	17	0.270%	50.99x
27	Townend	17	0.270%	31.84x
28	Asquith	16	0.260%	43.86x
29	Belcher	15	0.240%	19.97x
30	Bonner	15	0.240%	27.38x
31	Lindley	15	0.240%	24.33x
32	Pickersgill	15	0.240%	45.76x
33	Wordsworth	15	0.240%	98.68x
34	Wroe	15	0.240%	58.37x
35	Broadhead	13	0.210%	28.39x
36	Mallows	13	0.210%	181.06x
37	Sweeting	13	0.210%	52.02x
38	Watkinson	13	0.210%	17.80x
39	Wormald	13	0.210%	46.00x
40	Agar	12	0.190%	49.98x
41	Hepplestone	12	0.190%	528.63x
42	Hepworth	12	0.190%	16.88x
43	Holroyd	12	0.190%	17.31x
44	Stones	12	0.190%	16.18x
45	Swales	12	0.190%	27.52x
46	Thrower	12	0.190%	60.42x
47	Bevitt	11	0.180%	733.33x
48	Chatterton	11	0.180%	31.07x
49	Farrer	11	0.180%	26.63x
50	Heppleston	11	0.180%	493.27x
51	Lowden	11	0.180%	53.79x
52	Machen	11	0.180%	166.16x
53	Newby	11	0.180%	17.64x
54	Turver	11	0.180%	539.22x
55	Whiteman	11	0.180%	27.34x
56	Carney	10	0.160%	17.73x
57	Cawood	10	0.160%	67.75x
58	Cawthorn	10	0.160%	85.18x
59	Gilligan	10	0.160%	62.85x
60	Gilmartin	10	0.160%	247.52x
61	Jowett	10	0.160%	14.71x
62	Mcdonald	10	0.160%	19.75x
63	Pygott	10	0.160%	892.86x
64	Speed	10	0.160%	19.96x
65	Timlin	10	0.160%	227.79x
66	Vaux	10	0.160%	117.65x
67	Wagner	10	0.160%	78.49x
68	Ackroyd	9	0.140%	15.44x
69	Birkby	9	0.140%	128.21x
70	Cairnes	9	0.140%	357.14x
71	Copley	9	0.140%	18.64x
72	Goldie	9	0.140%	23.19x
73	Heptinstall	9	0.140%	205.01x
74	Ibbotson	9	0.140%	21.03x
75	Idle	9	0.140%	91.74x
76	Jordon	9	0.140%	32.13x
77	Kaberry	9	0.140%	538.92x
78	Longbottom	9	0.140%	16.23x
79	Sudbury	9	0.140%	110.57x
80	Templeton	9	0.140%	19.54x
81	Thackray	9	0.140%	33.71x
82	Arundel	8	0.130%	64.78x
83	Athorn	8	0.130%	416.67x
84	Daw	8	0.130%	18.51x
85	Garbutt	8	0.130%	17.76x
86	Hebblethwaite	8	0.130%	77.29x
87	Hemmant	8	0.130%	851.06x
88	Howcroft	8	0.130%	40.44x
89	Julien	8	0.130%	650.41x
90	Papworth	8	0.130%	33.00x
91	Shackleton	8	0.130%	11.40x
92	Austwick	7	0.110%	131.83x
93	Cartner	7	0.110%	126.35x
94	Cawthorne	7	0.110%	40.89x
95	Clewes	7	0.110%	77.09x
96	Cockcroft	7	0.110%	39.24x
97	Cornforth	7	0.110%	49.09x
98	Coultas	7	0.110%	56.22x
99	Dearlove	7	0.110%	52.36x
100	Dodgson	7	0.110%	23.10x