1881 census place

Skelmanthorpe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Skelmanthorpe, 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

87 surnames are listed for Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire, covering 1,965 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lodge, with 142 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Skelmanthorpe

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	Lodge	142	4.54%	249.91x
2	Senior	140	4.48%	195.59x
3	Firth	107	3.42%	103.09x
4	Dyson	103	3.30%	101.76x
5	Fisher	101	3.23%	27.61x
6	Lawton	80	2.56%	99.32x
7	Tyas	63	2.02%	852.50x
8	Peel	59	1.89%	105.19x
9	Radley	56	1.79%	311.11x
10	Jebson	51	1.63%	2188.84x
11	Turton	51	1.63%	145.30x
12	Morley	50	1.60%	40.03x
13	Field	46	1.47%	29.58x
14	Lockwood	45	1.44%	65.20x
15	Hey	41	1.31%	148.12x
16	Hinchcliffe	40	1.28%	209.75x
17	Wadsworth	36	1.15%	82.61x
18	Dalton	34	1.09%	47.40x
19	Woodhead	32	1.02%	54.63x
20	Eastwood	29	0.930%	39.24x
21	Kaye	28	0.900%	59.79x
22	Appleyard	26	0.830%	91.00x
23	Moorhouse	26	0.830%	67.24x
24	Hinchcliff	25	0.800%	677.51x
25	Barraclough	24	0.770%	77.59x
26	Kilner	24	0.770%	183.77x
27	Earnshaw	23	0.740%	59.52x
28	Cockshaw	22	0.700%	1349.69x
29	Hobson	22	0.700%	27.14x
30	Littlewood	21	0.670%	52.14x
31	Pell	21	0.670%	119.73x
32	Gawthorpe	20	0.640%	550.96x
33	Wainwright	18	0.580%	27.22x
34	Frankland	17	0.540%	73.43x
35	Biltcliffe	16	0.510%	1203.01x
36	Addy	15	0.480%	112.78x
37	Micklethwaite	15	0.480%	358.00x
38	Dransfield	13	0.420%	118.29x
39	Flack	13	0.420%	59.06x
40	Heeley	13	0.420%	94.55x
41	Hepworth	12	0.380%	33.67x
42	Higson	11	0.350%	55.06x
43	Mathers	11	0.350%	59.11x
44	Crossland	10	0.320%	36.42x
45	Exley	10	0.320%	67.29x
46	Hampshire	10	0.320%	56.47x
47	Hellewell	10	0.320%	128.37x
48	Whitley	10	0.320%	39.08x
49	Alpin	9	0.290%	1034.48x
50	Dodson	9	0.290%	37.21x
51	Kendal	9	0.290%	73.83x
52	Tunnicliffe	9	0.290%	87.38x
53	Beevers	8	0.260%	101.39x
54	Dearnley	8	0.260%	142.86x
55	Hellawell	8	0.260%	157.17x
56	Tipler	8	0.260%	178.97x
57	Batley	7	0.220%	51.78x
58	Blacker	7	0.220%	68.49x
59	Gaukrodger	6	0.190%	352.94x
60	Moreley	6	0.190%	705.88x
61	Walshaw	6	0.190%	71.86x
62	Braddock	5	0.160%	56.12x
63	Dowse	5	0.160%	46.60x
64	Umpleby	5	0.160%	85.76x
65	Heely	4	0.130%	250.00x
66	Liles	4	0.130%	142.35x
67	Riseley	4	0.130%	151.52x
68	Rushforth	4	0.130%	40.32x
69	Whitlam	4	0.130%	153.26x
70	Akeroyd	3	0.100%	78.53x
71	Allenby	3	0.100%	67.42x
72	Cockcroft	3	0.100%	33.56x
73	Hush	3	0.100%	125.52x
74	Moorhead	3	0.100%	114.94x
75	Royston	3	0.100%	32.43x
76	Warham	3	0.100%	99.67x
77	Beanland	2	0.060%	31.20x
78	Hayley	2	0.060%	63.09x
79	Laundon	2	0.060%	147.06x
80	Morly	2	0.060%	192.31x
81	Risely	2	0.060%	178.57x
82	Roystone	2	0.060%	224.72x
83	Brathwaite	1	0.030%	178.57x
84	Scatchard	1	0.030%	48.54x
85	Skin	1	0.030%	151.52x
86	Tain	1	0.030%	200.00x
87	Thackrah	1	0.030%	36.10x