1881 census place

Rotherham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rotherham, 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

837 surnames are listed for Rotherham, Yorkshire, covering 6,170 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Drabble, with 15 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rotherham

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	Drabble	15	0.090%	27.61x
102	Easton	15	0.090%	6.06x
103	Gilberthorpe	15	0.090%	220.26x
104	Globe	15	0.090%	482.32x
105	Levick	15	0.090%	66.96x
106	Lunn	15	0.090%	7.10x
107	Morriss	15	0.090%	15.07x
108	Muscroft	15	0.090%	92.99x
109	Simmonite	15	0.090%	111.44x
110	Smalley	15	0.090%	10.16x
111	Trayford	15	0.090%	451.81x
112	Trickett	15	0.090%	21.17x
113	Wadkin	15	0.090%	157.23x
114	Waring	15	0.090%	7.32x
115	Boulton	14	0.090%	4.76x
116	Downs	14	0.090%	4.82x
117	Godley	14	0.090%	27.22x
118	Gutteridge	14	0.090%	16.88x
119	Hird	14	0.090%	11.12x
120	Leadbeater	14	0.090%	20.87x
121	Makin	14	0.090%	9.99x
122	Milns	14	0.090%	173.70x
123	Peace	14	0.090%	9.46x
124	Poucher	14	0.090%	145.08x
125	Shephard	14	0.090%	8.94x
126	Stock	14	0.090%	6.89x
127	Townend	14	0.090%	10.02x
128	Woolhouse	14	0.090%	39.23x
129	Battersby	13	0.080%	11.28x
130	Beech	13	0.080%	5.39x
131	Bingley	13	0.080%	29.27x
132	Breckin	13	0.080%	361.11x
133	Garratt	13	0.080%	7.85x
134	Grafton	13	0.080%	28.84x
135	Hargate	13	0.080%	213.11x
136	Hawley	13	0.080%	8.15x
137	Leng	13	0.080%	28.53x
138	Lintin	13	0.080%	314.01x
139	Parks	13	0.080%	7.66x
140	Ripley	13	0.080%	12.06x
141	Spittlehouse	13	0.080%	94.68x
142	Tattershall	13	0.080%	148.23x
143	Temperton	13	0.080%	86.44x
144	Unwin	13	0.080%	8.02x
145	Watkin	13	0.080%	9.10x
146	Wildsmith	13	0.080%	37.39x
147	Woollen	13	0.080%	81.97x
148	Birks	12	0.070%	11.09x
149	Bletcher	12	0.070%	159.57x
150	Byrne	12	0.070%	5.27x
151	Cormack	12	0.070%	9.73x
152	Coward	12	0.070%	6.41x
153	Davy	12	0.070%	5.96x
154	Dudley	12	0.070%	4.90x
155	Flintham	12	0.070%	94.94x
156	Goldsbrough	12	0.070%	56.76x
157	Kesteven	12	0.070%	289.86x
158	Ling	12	0.070%	7.78x
159	Norburn	12	0.070%	95.77x
160	Poulton	12	0.070%	9.16x
161	Rands	12	0.070%	25.11x
162	Stenton	12	0.070%	40.19x
163	Boden	11	0.070%	8.32x
164	Boler	11	0.070%	120.22x
165	Brazier	11	0.070%	7.19x
166	Cottam	11	0.070%	11.08x
167	Cundell	11	0.070%	78.57x
168	Emerson	11	0.070%	9.73x
169	Hobkinson	11	0.070%	310.73x
170	Jeffcock	11	0.070%	149.46x
171	Jessop	11	0.070%	5.68x
172	Roebuck	11	0.070%	9.95x
173	Taffinder	11	0.070%	480.35x
174	Temple	11	0.070%	5.13x
175	Albiston	10	0.060%	74.29x
176	Barras	10	0.060%	31.48x
177	Bartholomew	10	0.060%	7.57x
178	Benn	10	0.060%	10.76x
179	Catley	10	0.060%	28.54x
180	Cawood	10	0.060%	25.88x
181	Gillam	10	0.060%	15.90x
182	Goldsborough	10	0.060%	80.13x
183	Groutage	10	0.060%	316.46x
184	Hotchin	10	0.060%	122.40x
185	Longthorn	10	0.060%	101.42x
186	Marcroft	10	0.060%	62.42x
187	Moxon	10	0.060%	10.93x
188	Neill	10	0.060%	9.25x
189	Odlin	10	0.060%	151.75x
190	Oxborough	10	0.060%	87.80x
191	Pitts	10	0.060%	5.97x
192	Sides	10	0.060%	68.97x
193	Slattery	10	0.060%	35.56x
194	Sleight	10	0.060%	29.59x
195	Worth	10	0.060%	6.82x
196	Arden	9	0.060%	22.94x
197	Beckitt	9	0.060%	51.28x
198	Birley	9	0.060%	36.14x
199	Blackett	9	0.060%	14.44x
200	Brooksbank	9	0.060%	16.85x