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 Cantrell, with 27 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
601	Cantrell	27	0.030%	21.24x
602	Conroy	27	0.030%	3.95x
603	Cullen	27	0.030%	1.67x
604	Dodgson	27	0.030%	6.03x
605	Doyle	27	0.030%	1.20x
606	England	27	0.030%	1.42x
607	Hatfield	27	0.030%	4.11x
608	Hollingworth	27	0.030%	3.63x
609	Judge	27	0.030%	2.71x
610	Kilner	27	0.030%	7.01x
611	Mallinder	27	0.030%	28.49x
612	Nadin	27	0.030%	10.82x
613	Rippon	27	0.030%	8.42x
614	Roddis	27	0.030%	15.87x
615	Wass	27	0.030%	5.40x
616	Barkworth	26	0.030%	51.21x
617	Beardshaw	26	0.030%	34.21x
618	Beresford	26	0.030%	3.83x
619	Bolsover	26	0.030%	29.75x
620	Burch	26	0.030%	3.74x
621	Casey	26	0.030%	1.91x
622	Cocking	26	0.030%	5.82x
623	Crisp	26	0.030%	2.03x
624	Crooks	26	0.030%	3.66x
625	Dennis	26	0.030%	0.95x
626	Dore	26	0.030%	5.38x
627	Garratt	26	0.030%	2.78x
628	Goodinson	26	0.030%	50.30x
629	Grafton	26	0.030%	10.22x
630	Grundy	26	0.030%	1.38x
631	Hibbard	26	0.030%	9.66x
632	Hobbis	26	0.030%	32.13x
633	Jeffcock	26	0.030%	62.59x
634	Latham	26	0.030%	1.39x
635	Markham	26	0.030%	2.37x
636	Matthewman	26	0.030%	14.82x
637	Neal	26	0.030%	0.95x
638	Pemberton	26	0.030%	2.22x
639	Richmond	26	0.030%	1.29x
640	Seaman	26	0.030%	3.64x
641	Shirtcliffe	26	0.030%	44.70x
642	Singleton	26	0.030%	1.43x
643	Beadle	25	0.030%	3.86x
644	Berresford	25	0.030%	14.38x
645	Birtles	25	0.030%	7.82x
646	Broadhurst	25	0.030%	2.68x
647	Capper	25	0.030%	5.16x
648	Cowen	25	0.030%	4.94x
649	Daley	25	0.030%	2.31x
650	Farr	25	0.030%	1.83x
651	Fitzpatrick	25	0.030%	1.85x
652	Gascoigne	25	0.030%	5.90x
653	Gascoyne	25	0.030%	11.71x
654	Godbehere	25	0.030%	42.09x
655	Hessey	25	0.030%	27.45x
656	Keeton	25	0.030%	16.58x
657	Medley	25	0.030%	7.35x
658	Mullins	25	0.030%	2.84x
659	Raynes	25	0.030%	13.65x
660	Raynor	25	0.030%	3.91x
661	Rowbotham	25	0.030%	5.53x
662	Sawyer	25	0.030%	1.47x
663	Whitaker	25	0.030%	0.96x
664	Wildsmith	25	0.030%	12.73x
665	Allsop	24	0.030%	2.54x
666	Brooke	24	0.030%	1.75x
667	Cain	24	0.030%	1.25x
668	Camm	24	0.030%	8.12x
669	Daniel	24	0.030%	1.18x
670	Darling	24	0.030%	2.72x
671	Fenwick	24	0.030%	1.99x
672	Garnett	24	0.030%	2.10x
673	Gledhill	24	0.030%	1.76x
674	Gratton	24	0.030%	6.54x
675	Groves	24	0.030%	0.93x
676	Heeley	24	0.030%	5.92x
677	Hetherington	24	0.030%	2.07x
678	Hopkin	24	0.030%	3.37x
679	Hough	24	0.030%	1.51x
680	Keeling	24	0.030%	2.98x
681	Kitchen	24	0.030%	1.53x
682	Moorhouse	24	0.030%	2.10x
683	Peat	24	0.030%	3.26x
684	Peck	24	0.030%	1.54x
685	Petty	24	0.030%	2.63x
686	Quinn	24	0.030%	1.36x
687	Royle	24	0.030%	1.98x
688	Shearstone	24	0.030%	136.83x
689	Stanton	24	0.030%	1.31x
690	Swales	24	0.030%	3.72x
691	Talbot	24	0.030%	1.05x
692	Wagstaff	24	0.030%	2.09x
693	Birkinshaw	23	0.030%	13.32x
694	Bocking	23	0.030%	18.36x
695	Boot	23	0.030%	5.29x
696	Brittain	23	0.030%	3.23x
697	Burnand	23	0.030%	38.73x
698	Bussey	23	0.030%	7.36x
699	Crapper	23	0.030%	11.20x
700	Creswick	23	0.030%	24.11x