1881 census place

Shelley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shelley, 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

58 surnames are listed for Shelley, Yorkshire, covering 900 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barden, with 64 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shelley

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	Barden	64	3.78%	989.18x
2	Lockwood	41	2.42%	109.66x
3	Blacker	40	2.36%	723.33x
4	Mosley	40	2.36%	250.94x
5	Armitage	37	2.19%	85.69x
6	Fitton	35	2.07%	183.82x
7	Lodge	35	2.07%	113.71x
8	Addy	34	2.01%	471.57x
9	Peace	33	1.95%	214.98x
10	Brook	31	1.83%	47.50x
11	Stringer	28	1.65%	83.04x
12	Kaye	27	1.59%	106.42x
13	Kilner	27	1.59%	381.36x
14	Townend	27	1.59%	186.34x
15	Goldthorp	24	1.42%	933.85x
16	Wortley	24	1.42%	467.84x
17	Emmott	21	1.24%	330.71x
18	Ramsden	21	1.24%	68.03x
19	Hoyle	19	1.12%	48.63x
20	Goldthorpe	18	1.06%	433.73x
21	Earnshaw	17	1.00%	81.22x
22	Sutcliff	15	0.890%	617.28x
23	Gaunt	14	0.830%	83.98x
24	Jaggar	14	0.830%	972.22x
25	Kenworthy	14	0.830%	124.22x
26	Silverwood	14	0.830%	386.74x
27	Copley	13	0.770%	99.16x
28	Nowell	13	0.770%	163.52x
29	Heeley	11	0.650%	147.65x
30	Mettrick	11	0.650%	1527.78x
31	Battye	10	0.590%	164.20x
32	Brownhill	10	0.590%	168.63x
33	Farrington	10	0.590%	68.73x
34	Thickett	9	0.530%	382.98x
35	Crosland	8	0.470%	130.51x
36	Rollinson	8	0.470%	87.53x
37	Auckland	7	0.410%	292.89x
38	Barrowclough	7	0.410%	233.33x
39	Jagger	7	0.410%	52.20x
40	Moxon	7	0.410%	73.76x
41	Bottrill	6	0.350%	298.51x
42	Hinchcliff	6	0.350%	300.00x
43	Matthewman	5	0.300%	155.28x
44	Womersley	5	0.300%	95.06x
45	Beddard	4	0.240%	191.39x
46	Monkhouse	4	0.240%	101.52x
47	Tilburn	4	0.240%	547.95x
48	Brownrigg	3	0.180%	136.99x
49	Grunwell	3	0.180%	416.67x
50	Harbour	3	0.180%	68.49x
51	Tunnacliffe	3	0.180%	555.56x
52	Hellawell	2	0.120%	72.46x
53	Ogram	2	0.120%	303.03x
54	Gawthorpe	1	0.060%	50.76x
55	Horncastle	1	0.060%	72.99x
56	Pyrah	1	0.060%	32.79x
57	Rusby	1	0.060%	54.05x
58	Trumble	1	0.060%	126.58x