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 Winkless, with 3 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
601	Winkless	3	0.020%	71.43x
602	Wistow	3	0.020%	87.46x
603	Allerton	2	0.010%	5.36x
604	Antcliffe	2	0.010%	24.15x
605	Askwith	2	0.010%	14.40x
606	Bairstow	2	0.010%	3.48x
607	Barradell	2	0.010%	20.28x
608	Beeley	2	0.010%	5.86x
609	Beevers	2	0.010%	4.85x
610	Benett	2	0.010%	15.42x
611	Blunn	2	0.010%	15.89x
612	Boaler	2	0.010%	23.98x
613	Bramah	2	0.010%	45.35x
614	Breakwell	2	0.010%	8.46x
615	Cadwallender	2	0.010%	70.67x
616	Carnelly	2	0.010%	41.75x
617	Carrison	2	0.010%	136.05x
618	Cawkwell	2	0.010%	10.43x
619	Chamber	2	0.010%	16.99x
620	Chesterfield	2	0.010%	13.30x
621	Clarence	2	0.010%	31.65x
622	Corbridge	2	0.010%	12.52x
623	Cowdery	2	0.010%	13.70x
624	Crowdy	2	0.010%	20.16x
625	Curzon	2	0.010%	6.25x
626	Darwent	2	0.010%	11.88x
627	Darwin	2	0.010%	6.43x
628	Dawton	2	0.010%	40.32x
629	Didsbury	2	0.010%	26.21x
630	Donson	2	0.010%	22.10x
631	Drinkell	2	0.010%	183.49x
632	Dunson	2	0.010%	114.94x
633	Elam	2	0.010%	9.11x
634	Emson	2	0.010%	12.44x
635	Erans	2	0.010%	204.08x
636	Evers	2	0.010%	7.68x
637	Farnel	2	0.010%	118.34x
638	Flute	2	0.010%	47.06x
639	Frane	2	0.010%	50.25x
640	Gabbitas	2	0.010%	17.48x
641	Gaven	2	0.010%	23.39x
642	Goucher	2	0.010%	20.96x
643	Gundry	2	0.010%	7.60x
644	Handson	2	0.010%	37.88x
645	Hazlehurst	2	0.010%	7.16x
646	Hollingshead	2	0.010%	10.52x
647	Ibbottson	2	0.010%	34.01x
648	Jelf	2	0.010%	19.01x
649	Kenneday	2	0.010%	33.06x
650	Kenton	2	0.010%	14.40x
651	Killner	2	0.010%	94.34x
652	Kitchingham	2	0.010%	33.39x
653	Lidster	2	0.010%	11.29x
654	Lighton	2	0.010%	14.98x
655	Lloyde	2	0.010%	23.98x
656	Makings	2	0.010%	43.20x
657	Murfin	2	0.010%	5.88x
658	Perfect	2	0.010%	5.47x
659	Pilley	2	0.010%	9.46x
660	Polden	2	0.010%	11.84x
661	Raybould	2	0.010%	4.06x
662	Reagan	2	0.010%	29.59x
663	Redmayne	2	0.010%	9.27x
664	Riddington	2	0.010%	14.50x
665	Sailes	2	0.010%	53.19x
666	Savery	2	0.010%	7.73x
667	Saxelby	2	0.010%	27.40x
668	Scotson	2	0.010%	11.44x
669	Sherburn	2	0.010%	16.31x
670	Simcox	2	0.010%	4.82x
671	Slinn	2	0.010%	7.81x
672	Standish	2	0.010%	6.29x
673	Sterland	2	0.010%	39.92x
674	Strike	2	0.010%	7.42x
675	Tarlton	2	0.010%	27.17x
676	Thickett	2	0.010%	8.82x
677	Tilbrook	2	0.010%	9.58x
678	Twiddy	2	0.010%	16.17x
679	Ulyett	2	0.010%	78.13x
680	Varlow	2	0.010%	22.25x
681	Vessey	2	0.010%	7.24x
682	Wallen	2	0.010%	10.40x
683	Waterfall	2	0.010%	7.42x
684	Winks	2	0.010%	13.01x
685	Acomb	1	0.010%	10.80x
686	Allam	1	0.010%	4.88x
687	Anelay	1	0.010%	39.06x
688	Asbery	1	0.010%	32.15x
689	Aspenall	1	0.010%	35.34x
690	Audas	1	0.010%	25.84x
691	Augus	1	0.010%	131.58x
692	Badley	1	0.010%	5.68x
693	Bannan	1	0.010%	8.42x
694	Beardshaw	1	0.010%	7.43x
695	Beavers	1	0.010%	9.08x
696	Beecher	1	0.010%	5.90x
697	Beeck	1	0.010%	185.19x
698	Beldon	1	0.010%	11.12x
699	Belk	1	0.010%	6.20x
700	Berley	1	0.010%	35.97x