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 Cratchley, with 6 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
1801	Cratchley	6	0.010%	11.96x
1802	Cuckson	6	0.010%	7.68x
1803	Cuncliffe	6	0.010%	17.26x
1804	Dame	6	0.010%	67.26x
1805	Dilger	6	0.010%	22.16x
1806	Downend	6	0.010%	15.48x
1807	Dun	6	0.010%	6.00x
1808	Durnan	6	0.010%	32.50x
1809	Ekin	6	0.010%	17.89x
1810	Emanuel	6	0.010%	3.39x
1811	Evens	6	0.010%	2.48x
1812	Ezard	6	0.010%	9.20x
1813	Farmery	6	0.010%	3.64x
1814	Ferrett	6	0.010%	7.86x
1815	Ferriday	6	0.010%	7.77x
1816	Fiander	6	0.010%	11.47x
1817	Fitzsimmons	6	0.010%	2.66x
1818	Forman	6	0.010%	1.26x
1819	Forsdike	6	0.010%	11.40x
1820	Foss	6	0.010%	3.32x
1821	Friston	6	0.010%	21.66x
1822	Furnes	6	0.010%	50.00x
1823	Garry	6	0.010%	3.62x
1824	Gear	6	0.010%	1.74x
1825	Giddings	6	0.010%	1.43x
1826	Goadby	6	0.010%	11.54x
1827	Godson	6	0.010%	3.58x
1828	Goffin	6	0.010%	4.23x
1829	Goldstone	6	0.010%	3.89x
1830	Gollan	6	0.010%	8.99x
1831	Goodacre	6	0.010%	2.03x
1832	Grear	6	0.010%	14.23x
1833	Guilfoyle	6	0.010%	17.41x
1834	Habershon	6	0.010%	31.98x
1835	Haddington	6	0.010%	13.73x
1836	Hammer	6	0.010%	8.67x
1837	Hanby	6	0.010%	4.96x
1838	Hardwicke	6	0.010%	7.44x
1839	Hargreave	6	0.010%	5.12x
1840	Harmon	6	0.010%	5.12x
1841	Harrap	6	0.010%	9.37x
1842	Haygarth	6	0.010%	6.79x
1843	Hazelhurst	6	0.010%	8.48x
1844	Hazlehurst	6	0.010%	3.80x
1845	Heeson	6	0.010%	28.26x
1846	Heffron	6	0.010%	19.31x
1847	Hempsall	6	0.010%	10.54x
1848	Henstock	6	0.010%	5.34x
1849	Hickinson	6	0.010%	22.94x
1850	Hiley	6	0.010%	2.56x
1851	Hillaby	6	0.010%	24.69x
1852	Hollins	6	0.010%	1.24x
1853	Honeyball	6	0.010%	6.09x
1854	Horncastle	6	0.010%	8.02x
1855	Ironside	6	0.010%	1.89x
1856	Jeffryes	6	0.010%	27.08x
1857	Jermy	6	0.010%	4.51x
1858	Jolliffe	6	0.010%	1.45x
1859	Joynes	6	0.010%	3.74x
1860	Justice	6	0.010%	2.57x
1861	Keary	6	0.010%	10.95x
1862	Keddy	6	0.010%	21.91x
1863	Kelk	6	0.010%	7.06x
1864	Kempster	6	0.010%	1.86x
1865	Kernan	6	0.010%	11.54x
1866	Knowlson	6	0.010%	5.93x
1867	Lack	6	0.010%	1.91x
1868	Lavelle	6	0.010%	8.37x
1869	Leaman	6	0.010%	3.04x
1870	Lillywhite	6	0.010%	3.33x
1871	Loughlin	6	0.010%	4.00x
1872	Loughran	6	0.010%	6.37x
1873	Loukes	6	0.010%	25.66x
1874	Louth	6	0.010%	5.45x
1875	Lygo	6	0.010%	13.45x
1876	Mahon	6	0.010%	1.47x
1877	Malin	6	0.010%	1.96x
1878	Manton	6	0.010%	1.52x
1879	Margatroyd	6	0.010%	84.75x
1880	Maskery	6	0.010%	7.01x
1881	Mayland	6	0.010%	17.26x
1882	Mayse	6	0.010%	21.19x
1883	Merrell	6	0.010%	5.08x
1884	Metzger	6	0.010%	59.11x
1885	Mottershaw	6	0.010%	14.13x
1886	Mulholland	6	0.010%	1.75x
1887	Mullany	6	0.010%	7.96x
1888	Nayler	6	0.010%	7.74x
1889	Neuman	6	0.010%	42.37x
1890	Nevin	6	0.010%	3.24x
1891	Nunns	6	0.010%	4.80x
1892	Ogrady	6	0.010%	7.89x
1893	Packard	6	0.010%	6.39x
1894	Pettigrew	6	0.010%	1.34x
1895	Piercy	6	0.010%	1.81x
1896	Pipe	6	0.010%	1.47x
1897	Popple	6	0.010%	3.76x
1898	Rackham	6	0.010%	2.39x
1899	Rains	6	0.010%	3.83x
1900	Retson	6	0.010%	21.19x