1881 census place

Rothwell surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rothwell, 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

218 surnames are listed for Rothwell, Yorkshire, covering 2,439 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ward, with 170 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rothwell

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	Ward	170	2.91%	13.31x
2	Dobson	88	1.51%	34.12x
3	Blackburn	84	1.44%	38.10x
4	Lunn	75	1.28%	99.13x
5	Bedford	55	0.940%	39.64x
6	Sidebottom	42	0.720%	125.22x
7	Wormald	38	0.650%	143.45x
8	Caley	36	0.620%	158.94x
9	Ely	36	0.620%	117.07x
10	Hopton	36	0.620%	222.36x
11	Hirst	35	0.600%	18.35x
12	Sheldon	35	0.600%	39.36x
13	Gillings	34	0.580%	246.73x
14	Gomersall	33	0.560%	231.90x
15	Bulmer	32	0.550%	69.16x
16	Dacre	32	0.550%	424.40x
17	Handforth	32	0.550%	663.90x
18	Tiffany	31	0.530%	436.01x
19	Bramley	28	0.480%	52.45x
20	Ramsden	28	0.480%	26.26x
21	Butterfield	27	0.460%	34.55x
22	Batty	26	0.440%	29.10x
23	Copley	26	0.440%	57.42x
24	Westmoreland	26	0.440%	276.89x
25	Blakey	25	0.430%	53.30x
26	Illingworth	24	0.410%	36.27x
27	Stead	24	0.410%	20.07x
28	Ambler	23	0.390%	44.56x
29	Nickolson	22	0.380%	357.72x
30	Kilburn	21	0.360%	69.70x
31	Goodall	19	0.330%	15.17x
32	Cromack	18	0.310%	243.24x
33	Kendrew	18	0.310%	251.75x
34	Longbottom	18	0.310%	34.62x
35	Nunns	18	0.310%	226.99x
36	Burnell	17	0.290%	48.50x
37	Flower	17	0.290%	29.77x
38	Varley	17	0.290%	21.16x
39	Collinson	16	0.270%	23.31x
40	Rathmell	16	0.270%	484.85x
41	Ripley	16	0.270%	41.43x
42	Crossland	15	0.260%	29.19x
43	Hollings	15	0.260%	68.31x
44	Speight	15	0.260%	31.57x
45	Hick	14	0.240%	51.40x
46	Nickols	14	0.240%	180.65x
47	Seanor	14	0.240%	921.05x
48	Turton	14	0.240%	21.32x
49	Whiteley	14	0.240%	13.33x
50	Bellwood	13	0.220%	106.04x
51	Cripps	13	0.220%	22.87x
52	Knee	13	0.220%	143.81x
53	Wiles	13	0.220%	25.66x
54	Benton	12	0.210%	19.82x
55	Kettlewell	12	0.210%	66.89x
56	Pickersgill	12	0.210%	39.05x
57	Standage	12	0.210%	338.03x
58	Verity	12	0.210%	48.17x
59	Beckwith	11	0.190%	32.00x
60	Cooling	11	0.190%	55.78x
61	Fieldhouse	11	0.190%	39.34x
62	Lumb	11	0.190%	19.93x
63	Shires	11	0.190%	67.73x
64	Smithson	11	0.190%	19.63x
65	Tailor	11	0.190%	107.74x
66	Archdale	10	0.170%	375.94x
67	Blakeley	10	0.170%	41.27x
68	Ducker	10	0.170%	72.83x
69	Hallas	10	0.170%	45.85x
70	Idle	10	0.170%	108.70x
71	Newbold	10	0.170%	23.45x
72	Townend	10	0.170%	19.98x
73	Worth	10	0.170%	19.04x
74	Clapham	9	0.150%	17.86x
75	Curtiss	9	0.150%	101.12x
76	Durham	9	0.150%	17.87x
77	Hainsworth	9	0.150%	24.21x
78	Kirkby	9	0.150%	27.18x
79	Rider	9	0.150%	15.80x
80	Scargill	9	0.150%	93.85x
81	Sherman	9	0.150%	27.25x
82	Shillito	9	0.150%	63.83x
83	Akers	8	0.140%	28.16x
84	Arundale	8	0.140%	145.19x
85	Barras	8	0.140%	70.30x
86	Bullas	8	0.140%	144.40x
87	Buttery	8	0.140%	35.60x
88	Calverley	8	0.140%	64.62x
89	Goldthorpe	8	0.140%	55.75x
90	Maundrill	8	0.140%	761.90x
91	Speak	8	0.140%	39.33x
92	Stainer	8	0.140%	64.72x
93	Westerman	8	0.140%	41.78x
94	Bery	7	0.120%	460.53x
95	Blakley	7	0.120%	149.89x
96	Cartman	7	0.120%	163.55x
97	Cockerham	7	0.120%	128.44x
98	Gaines	7	0.120%	66.54x
99	Hinchliff	7	0.120%	75.84x
100	Horsman	7	0.120%	34.21x