1881 census place

Selby surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Selby, 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

317 surnames are listed for Selby, Yorkshire, covering 2,255 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Foster, with 84 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Selby

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	Foster	84	1.39%	10.38x
2	Dobson	58	0.960%	21.73x
3	Lowry	46	0.760%	188.37x
4	Firth	37	0.610%	18.41x
5	Flanagan	35	0.580%	73.82x
6	Appleyard	33	0.550%	59.66x
7	Morley	33	0.550%	13.65x
8	Townend	33	0.550%	63.71x
9	Swift	32	0.530%	17.13x
10	Lamb	31	0.510%	9.71x
11	Milner	30	0.500%	21.62x
12	Blythe	28	0.460%	60.92x
13	Eccles	27	0.450%	27.89x
14	Farley	26	0.430%	34.21x
15	Calvert	25	0.410%	20.26x
16	Lazenby	23	0.380%	80.39x
17	Vollans	23	0.380%	795.85x
18	Allerton	22	0.360%	158.96x
19	Hawcroft	22	0.360%	440.88x
20	Dodsworth	21	0.350%	83.17x
21	Holey	21	0.350%	532.99x
22	Allison	20	0.330%	11.63x
23	Abbey	19	0.310%	85.51x
24	Finnigan	19	0.310%	80.37x
25	Lowther	19	0.310%	51.42x
26	Bulmer	18	0.300%	37.59x
27	Clough	18	0.300%	13.33x
28	Varley	18	0.300%	21.65x
29	Hague	17	0.280%	17.87x
30	Winders	17	0.280%	297.20x
31	Horsefield	16	0.260%	152.67x
32	Lumley	16	0.260%	43.40x
33	Southwood	16	0.260%	91.01x
34	Hobman	15	0.250%	508.47x
35	Lofthouse	15	0.250%	33.28x
36	Precious	15	0.250%	119.33x
37	Walden	15	0.250%	33.86x
38	Backhouse	13	0.210%	28.86x
39	Braithwaite	13	0.210%	18.52x
40	Dilcock	13	0.210%	1130.43x
41	Howden	13	0.210%	42.39x
42	Twist	13	0.210%	43.45x
43	Campey	12	0.200%	385.85x
44	Liversidge	12	0.200%	78.90x
45	Lowery	12	0.200%	60.91x
46	Petty	12	0.200%	20.04x
47	Anson	11	0.180%	49.06x
48	Bywater	11	0.180%	36.11x
49	Cranswick	11	0.180%	273.63x
50	Crossland	11	0.180%	20.69x
51	Cryer	11	0.180%	33.04x
52	Dugdale	11	0.180%	26.40x
53	Glew	11	0.180%	82.77x
54	Huckle	11	0.180%	57.32x
55	Mullen	11	0.180%	19.02x
56	Queenan	11	0.180%	388.69x
57	Steels	11	0.180%	153.42x
58	Wales	11	0.180%	22.44x
59	Birmingham	10	0.170%	66.53x
60	Cuttle	10	0.170%	255.10x
61	Gledhill	10	0.170%	11.14x
62	Grogan	10	0.170%	45.29x
63	Kenny	10	0.170%	13.80x
64	Langham	10	0.170%	37.69x
65	Rimmington	10	0.170%	80.78x
66	Ruddy	10	0.170%	101.21x
67	Stickney	10	0.170%	854.70x
68	Woodall	10	0.170%	20.55x
69	Burk	9	0.150%	41.36x
70	Elsworth	9	0.150%	40.58x
71	Huggins	9	0.150%	17.68x
72	Kearney	9	0.150%	32.05x
73	Kettlewell	9	0.150%	48.47x
74	Shannon	9	0.150%	19.22x
75	Tiernan	9	0.150%	381.36x
76	Topping	9	0.150%	21.61x
77	Vanse	9	0.150%	459.18x
78	Acaster	8	0.130%	184.33x
79	Bevitt	8	0.130%	551.72x
80	Broadley	8	0.130%	19.54x
81	Burkett	8	0.130%	65.57x
82	Dunhill	8	0.130%	140.85x
83	Flannagan	8	0.130%	65.15x
84	Hardisty	8	0.130%	45.90x
85	Horseman	8	0.130%	74.56x
86	Jinks	8	0.130%	31.58x
87	Keough	8	0.130%	192.31x
88	Mulholland	8	0.130%	35.59x
89	Mulrooney	8	0.130%	225.35x
90	Nutt	8	0.130%	18.30x
91	Otley	8	0.130%	78.43x
92	Penrose	8	0.130%	34.44x
93	Pocklington	8	0.130%	92.06x
94	Redding	8	0.130%	31.41x
95	Seaman	8	0.130%	17.05x
96	Sugars	8	0.130%	255.59x
97	Biggin	7	0.120%	45.84x
98	Biscombe	7	0.120%	357.14x
99	Bissett	7	0.120%	48.68x
100	Brabbs	7	0.120%	333.33x