1881 census place

Sheffield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sheffield, 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

3,659 surnames are listed for Sheffield, Yorkshire, covering 73,172 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Sheffield

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
1001	Madin	15	0.020%	18.89x
1002	Marston	15	0.020%	1.75x
1003	Moulson	15	0.020%	8.26x
1004	Mullin	15	0.020%	3.63x
1005	Nell	15	0.020%	20.92x
1006	Popplewell	15	0.020%	4.97x
1007	Porton	15	0.020%	33.16x
1008	Ridal	15	0.020%	43.53x
1009	Rimington	15	0.020%	15.09x
1010	Sawtell	15	0.020%	22.06x
1011	Seagrave	15	0.020%	12.19x
1012	Strutt	15	0.020%	5.23x
1013	Summerfield	15	0.020%	2.51x
1014	Swindell	15	0.020%	6.74x
1015	Thorp	15	0.020%	1.20x
1016	Topham	15	0.020%	2.23x
1017	Utley	15	0.020%	9.89x
1018	Wales	15	0.020%	2.01x
1019	Waterfall	15	0.020%	9.85x
1020	Wilcox	15	0.020%	0.86x
1021	Willmott	15	0.020%	2.60x
1022	Barraclough	14	0.020%	1.53x
1023	Boldy	14	0.020%	73.38x
1024	Bott	14	0.020%	1.93x
1025	Boucher	14	0.020%	2.88x
1026	Bryars	14	0.020%	71.07x
1027	Carlin	14	0.020%	2.99x
1028	Carson	14	0.020%	1.38x
1029	Clinton	14	0.020%	3.96x
1030	Coggin	14	0.020%	16.73x
1031	Cooley	14	0.020%	5.93x
1032	Coyle	14	0.020%	2.24x
1033	Crow	14	0.020%	1.01x
1034	Curley	14	0.020%	4.37x
1035	Cusick	14	0.020%	13.19x
1036	Cutler	14	0.020%	1.22x
1037	Fellows	14	0.020%	1.12x
1038	Finn	14	0.020%	1.66x
1039	Flinn	14	0.020%	2.52x
1040	Foulstone	14	0.020%	27.74x
1041	Gannon	14	0.020%	3.51x
1042	Glynn	14	0.020%	3.44x
1043	Godley	14	0.020%	4.82x
1044	Hammerton	14	0.020%	5.85x
1045	Hare	14	0.020%	0.98x
1046	Hipkiss	14	0.020%	7.83x
1047	Holmshaw	14	0.020%	79.82x
1048	Hornsey	14	0.020%	6.92x
1049	Keenan	14	0.020%	1.79x
1050	Laughton	14	0.020%	3.12x
1051	Leavesley	14	0.020%	20.13x
1052	Lofthouse	14	0.020%	2.04x
1053	Milward	14	0.020%	3.28x
1054	Mirfin	14	0.020%	15.85x
1055	Norcliffe	14	0.020%	16.08x
1056	Oconnor	14	0.020%	2.66x
1057	Olivant	14	0.020%	17.23x
1058	Paget	14	0.020%	2.85x
1059	Pegg	14	0.020%	1.55x
1060	Pound	14	0.020%	3.19x
1061	Quirk	14	0.020%	3.19x
1062	Ritson	14	0.020%	3.78x
1063	Rodley	14	0.020%	19.03x
1064	Rusling	14	0.020%	19.20x
1065	Sargent	14	0.020%	0.99x
1066	Saxby	14	0.020%	3.21x
1067	Scorah	14	0.020%	23.94x
1068	Sparling	14	0.020%	11.69x
1069	Tanfield	14	0.020%	22.86x
1070	Tinker	14	0.020%	3.01x
1071	Valentine	14	0.020%	1.18x
1072	Wain	14	0.020%	1.81x
1073	Wheldon	14	0.020%	9.08x
1074	Whitlock	14	0.020%	2.55x
1075	Widdowson	14	0.020%	2.86x
1076	Witham	14	0.020%	3.79x
1077	York	14	0.020%	1.15x
1078	Bainbridge	13	0.010%	1.00x
1079	Bean	13	0.010%	1.09x
1080	Brears	13	0.010%	21.02x
1081	Brierley	13	0.010%	0.79x
1082	Brunt	13	0.010%	2.05x
1083	Burgon	13	0.010%	10.83x
1084	Burkett	13	0.010%	6.99x
1085	Byrne	13	0.010%	1.01x
1086	Calton	13	0.010%	11.27x
1087	Codd	13	0.010%	3.29x
1088	Colk	13	0.010%	67.08x
1089	Corbridge	13	0.010%	14.42x
1090	Eckhardt	13	0.010%	96.01x
1091	Elshaw	13	0.010%	45.42x
1092	Foulds	13	0.010%	2.09x
1093	Frankish	13	0.010%	8.19x
1094	Garfitt	13	0.010%	23.87x
1095	Gelder	13	0.010%	5.09x
1096	Gott	13	0.010%	3.26x
1097	Gower	13	0.010%	1.34x
1098	Hampshire	13	0.010%	2.49x
1099	Hannan	13	0.010%	4.44x
1100	Hasland	13	0.010%	132.11x