1881 census place

Shelf surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shelf, 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

79 surnames are listed for Shelf, Yorkshire, covering 1,438 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jagger, with 156 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shelf

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	Jagger	156	5.64%	712.33x
2	Woodhead	126	4.56%	243.10x
3	Sharp	104	3.76%	45.14x
4	Barraclough	88	3.18%	321.52x
5	Holdsworth	36	1.30%	77.29x
6	Thorp	36	1.30%	96.05x
7	Bottomley	35	1.27%	76.02x
8	Hanson	35	1.27%	39.22x
9	Tordoff	35	1.27%	536.81x
10	Brook	34	1.23%	31.89x
11	Longbottom	33	1.19%	134.20x
12	Holroyd	30	1.09%	97.56x
13	Crowther	28	1.01%	33.92x
14	Farrar	26	0.940%	70.54x
15	Murgatroyd	26	0.940%	125.18x
16	Petty	26	0.940%	94.99x
17	Pinder	26	0.940%	78.05x
18	Terry	26	0.940%	36.79x
19	Asquith	25	0.900%	154.51x
20	Bartle	25	0.900%	153.47x
21	Bateman	22	0.800%	30.80x
22	Stead	22	0.800%	38.90x
23	Milnes	20	0.720%	81.93x
24	Kellett	19	0.690%	79.00x
25	Benn	18	0.650%	114.29x
26	Oates	16	0.580%	37.13x
27	Cockroft	15	0.540%	128.31x
28	Lightowler	15	0.540%	230.77x
29	Pickles	15	0.540%	26.70x
30	Sugden	14	0.510%	43.79x
31	Haley	13	0.470%	39.45x
32	Parish	13	0.470%	30.47x
33	Parrish	12	0.430%	124.10x
34	Robertshaw	12	0.430%	53.10x
35	Tatham	12	0.430%	128.62x
36	Conroy	11	0.400%	53.63x
37	Hainsworth	11	0.400%	62.57x
38	Tetley	11	0.400%	99.01x
39	Dewhirst	10	0.360%	76.16x
40	Halstead	10	0.360%	43.46x
41	Keighley	10	0.360%	67.66x
42	Boocock	9	0.330%	92.31x
43	Chatburn	9	0.330%	271.90x
44	Oddy	9	0.330%	52.94x
45	Tempest	9	0.330%	69.93x
46	Ainley	8	0.290%	73.06x
47	Glendenning	8	0.290%	201.51x
48	Milnthorpe	8	0.290%	1951.22x
49	Bairstow	7	0.250%	71.94x
50	Baistow	7	0.250%	777.78x
51	Northend	7	0.250%	909.09x
52	Bowling	6	0.220%	58.77x
53	Brear	6	0.220%	144.58x
54	Crapper	6	0.220%	97.40x
55	Helliwell	6	0.220%	23.56x
56	Sherwin	6	0.220%	40.32x
57	Birtwhistle	5	0.180%	163.40x
58	Hardisty	5	0.180%	62.74x
59	Harrisson	5	0.180%	113.90x
60	Mounsey	5	0.180%	63.05x
61	Hansen	4	0.140%	78.74x
62	Rowcroft	4	0.140%	229.89x
63	Swithenbank	4	0.140%	113.31x
64	Todkill	4	0.140%	1176.47x
65	Wyrill	4	0.140%	377.36x
66	Blakeborough	3	0.110%	135.75x
67	Carrier	3	0.110%	67.26x
68	Flather	3	0.110%	136.36x
69	Gomersal	3	0.110%	153.85x
70	Hellewell	3	0.110%	43.48x
71	Newbould	3	0.110%	47.24x
72	Bradstreet	2	0.070%	194.17x
73	Durrans	2	0.070%	75.19x
74	Eastbury	2	0.070%	232.56x
75	Hemmingway	2	0.070%	47.62x
76	Corp	1	0.040%	32.57x
77	Mccabe	1	0.040%	37.04x
78	Merrall	1	0.040%	48.31x
79	Wheelwright	1	0.040%	25.58x