1881 census place

Ripon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ripon, 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

333 surnames are listed for Ripon, Yorkshire, covering 2,533 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Benson, with 76 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ripon

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	Benson	76	1.13%	41.74x
2	Metcalfe	65	0.970%	42.39x
3	Blackburn	47	0.700%	18.56x
4	Shepherd	44	0.660%	8.94x
5	Spence	42	0.630%	18.91x
6	Lickley	41	0.610%	1045.92x
7	Beckwith	35	0.520%	88.63x
8	Snowden	35	0.520%	58.52x
9	Walls	35	0.520%	43.33x
10	Horner	34	0.510%	26.60x
11	Pickersgill	31	0.460%	87.82x
12	Dalton	28	0.420%	18.16x
13	Kitchingman	27	0.400%	413.48x
14	Wray	26	0.390%	28.81x
15	Hardcastle	24	0.360%	40.43x
16	Adamson	23	0.340%	12.95x
17	Akers	23	0.340%	70.49x
18	Foxton	23	0.340%	202.64x
19	Orton	23	0.340%	36.44x
20	Calvert	22	0.330%	16.06x
21	Gatenby	22	0.330%	141.12x
22	Horsman	22	0.330%	93.62x
23	Harker	21	0.310%	29.70x
24	Smithson	21	0.310%	32.62x
25	Trees	21	0.310%	578.51x
26	Leeming	20	0.300%	48.08x
27	Prest	20	0.300%	96.29x
28	Render	20	0.300%	191.02x
29	Scanlon	20	0.300%	125.63x
30	Ellerker	19	0.280%	463.41x
31	Lofthouse	19	0.280%	37.98x
32	Lonsdale	19	0.280%	34.11x
33	Swales	19	0.280%	40.46x
34	Cass	18	0.270%	37.81x
35	Gregg	18	0.270%	38.08x
36	Hare	18	0.270%	17.37x
37	Masterman	18	0.270%	106.76x
38	Scaife	18	0.270%	60.44x
39	Bilton	17	0.250%	59.59x
40	Garbutt	17	0.250%	35.04x
41	Ashby	16	0.240%	14.20x
42	Hebden	16	0.240%	76.15x
43	Ingleby	16	0.240%	118.69x
44	Kitching	16	0.240%	41.08x
45	Marquis	16	0.240%	137.46x
46	Boddy	15	0.220%	40.32x
47	Pullen	15	0.220%	16.97x
48	Corker	14	0.210%	85.26x
49	Stork	14	0.210%	126.93x
50	Winterburn	14	0.210%	74.95x
51	Carling	13	0.190%	77.20x
52	Casling	13	0.190%	553.19x
53	Geldart	13	0.190%	122.87x
54	Pattison	13	0.190%	12.16x
55	Tutin	13	0.190%	321.78x
56	Barwick	12	0.180%	41.97x
57	Gowing	12	0.180%	72.68x
58	Grayson	12	0.180%	23.95x
59	Kearsley	12	0.180%	76.53x
60	Kirkley	12	0.180%	147.06x
61	Knaggs	12	0.180%	69.24x
62	Trueman	12	0.180%	25.97x
63	Askwith	11	0.160%	192.31x
64	Auton	11	0.160%	153.85x
65	Leckenby	11	0.160%	298.91x
66	Poulter	11	0.160%	22.03x
67	Sherwin	11	0.160%	30.43x
68	Tennant	11	0.160%	15.34x
69	Bulmer	10	0.150%	18.81x
70	Cockfield	10	0.150%	316.46x
71	Flinn	10	0.150%	24.66x
72	Hawley	10	0.150%	15.23x
73	Hullah	10	0.150%	105.37x
74	Imeson	10	0.150%	158.73x
75	Janson	10	0.150%	91.41x
76	Kipling	10	0.150%	62.46x
77	Maloney	10	0.150%	18.05x
78	Malthouse	10	0.150%	135.87x
79	Raper	10	0.150%	35.50x
80	Rumfitt	10	0.150%	495.05x
81	Umpleby	10	0.150%	79.74x
82	Winn	10	0.150%	15.33x
83	Burnley	9	0.130%	64.42x
84	Close	9	0.130%	15.36x
85	Craggs	9	0.130%	26.04x
86	Cuss	9	0.130%	112.36x
87	Forth	9	0.130%	54.51x
88	Linsley	9	0.130%	87.98x
89	Lowley	9	0.130%	647.48x
90	Marwood	9	0.130%	51.19x
91	Moorey	9	0.130%	131.96x
92	Muscroft	9	0.130%	135.54x
93	Paling	9	0.130%	59.56x
94	Pybus	9	0.130%	45.09x
95	Tinsley	9	0.130%	22.06x
96	Alves	8	0.120%	224.09x
97	Bake	8	0.120%	211.08x
98	Bellerby	8	0.120%	70.80x
99	Cartman	8	0.120%	162.93x
100	Darnton	8	0.120%	276.82x