1881 census place

Sherburn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sherburn, 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

140 surnames are listed for Sherburn, Yorkshire, covering 830 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hey, with 52 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sherburn

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	Hey	52	2.19%	246.80x
2	Wrigglesworth	46	1.93%	757.83x
3	Hawley	30	1.26%	129.03x
4	Longfield	27	1.13%	1189.43x
5	Wainwright	24	1.01%	47.69x
6	Addey	17	0.710%	1338.58x
7	Lightfoot	17	0.710%	51.38x
8	Broomhead	16	0.670%	150.38x
9	Hick	16	0.670%	144.40x
10	Spaven	15	0.630%	1190.48x
11	Harland	14	0.590%	70.60x
12	Turpin	14	0.590%	109.63x
13	Backhouse	13	0.550%	73.40x
14	Clabby	13	0.550%	2280.70x
15	Ambler	11	0.460%	52.38x
16	Horsley	11	0.460%	49.46x
17	Owston	11	0.460%	696.20x
18	Pegg	11	0.460%	47.11x
19	Lolley	10	0.420%	1562.50x
20	Marston	10	0.420%	45.15x
21	Birdsall	9	0.380%	207.37x
22	Clancy	9	0.380%	129.87x
23	Dennison	9	0.380%	48.94x
24	Durkin	9	0.380%	86.71x
25	Levitt	9	0.380%	113.35x
26	Mountain	9	0.380%	53.32x
27	Bulmer	8	0.340%	42.49x
28	Crean	8	0.340%	1012.66x
29	Currey	8	0.340%	163.60x
30	Kellington	8	0.340%	1290.32x
31	Paver	8	0.340%	368.66x
32	Richer	8	0.340%	233.24x
33	Sellers	8	0.340%	43.74x
34	Shee	8	0.340%	465.12x
35	Sissons	8	0.340%	108.99x
36	Speck	8	0.340%	189.13x
37	Tindall	8	0.340%	55.56x
38	Battle	7	0.290%	96.02x
39	Bielby	7	0.290%	187.67x
40	Buttery	7	0.290%	76.59x
41	Cover	7	0.290%	372.34x
42	Jakeman	7	0.290%	106.22x
43	Pargeter	7	0.290%	205.88x
44	Standidge	7	0.290%	1129.03x
45	Wallbank	7	0.290%	94.72x
46	Wrightson	7	0.290%	101.74x
47	Binning	6	0.250%	178.57x
48	Bogg	6	0.250%	178.04x
49	Coultas	6	0.250%	126.32x
50	Drewry	6	0.250%	169.01x
51	Helm	6	0.250%	56.44x
52	Lenox	6	0.250%	1052.63x
53	Pinkney	6	0.250%	64.31x
54	Rispin	6	0.250%	405.41x
55	Cockram	5	0.210%	62.03x
56	Cromack	5	0.210%	166.11x
57	Culkin	5	0.210%	666.67x
58	Eshelby	5	0.210%	384.62x
59	Gowlett	5	0.210%	335.57x
60	Howcroft	5	0.210%	66.23x
61	Monkman	5	0.210%	116.82x
62	Osburn	5	0.210%	657.89x
63	Sedman	5	0.210%	183.82x
64	Allanson	4	0.170%	85.84x
65	Bickerdike	4	0.170%	93.68x
66	Brabbs	4	0.170%	481.93x
67	Calam	4	0.170%	370.37x
68	Cockerham	4	0.170%	180.18x
69	Falkingham	4	0.170%	155.04x
70	Forge	4	0.170%	187.79x
71	Godson	4	0.170%	92.38x
72	Hepton	4	0.170%	185.19x
73	Hugill	4	0.170%	67.00x
74	Medd	4	0.170%	93.02x
75	Megginson	4	0.170%	370.37x
76	Britain	3	0.130%	212.77x
77	Duggleby	3	0.130%	214.29x
78	Ginley	3	0.130%	576.92x
79	Gravenell	3	0.130%	2307.69x
80	Middlebrough	3	0.130%	535.71x
81	Parrett	3	0.130%	62.11x
82	Pincher	3	0.130%	140.85x
83	Puckering	3	0.130%	215.83x
84	Raftery	3	0.130%	217.39x
85	Rishworth	3	0.130%	201.34x
86	Steels	3	0.130%	106.38x
87	Woodger	3	0.130%	73.89x
88	Burtoft	2	0.080%	555.56x
89	Fewster	2	0.080%	47.51x
90	Heptonstall	2	0.080%	89.29x
91	Hinchliff	2	0.080%	53.19x
92	Hullah	2	0.080%	59.52x
93	Jenkyn	2	0.080%	170.94x
94	Lamplough	2	0.080%	128.21x
95	Oxtoby	2	0.080%	70.18x
96	Parnaby	2	0.080%	73.26x
97	Poppleton	2	0.080%	47.96x
98	Puckrin	2	0.080%	689.66x
99	Purdon	2	0.080%	45.35x
100	Render	2	0.080%	53.91x