1881 census place

Skipton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Skipton, 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

395 surnames are listed for Skipton, Yorkshire, covering 3,816 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gill, with 91 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Skipton

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	Gill	91	1.00%	14.12x
2	Thornton	78	0.860%	17.03x
3	Hartley	73	0.800%	12.79x
4	Atkinson	65	0.710%	7.33x
5	Hargreaves	64	0.700%	16.85x
6	Horner	57	0.630%	32.87x
7	Preston	56	0.610%	12.31x
8	Chew	51	0.560%	110.08x
9	Edmondson	50	0.550%	47.49x
10	Varley	48	0.530%	38.34x
11	Barrett	47	0.520%	7.68x
12	Boothman	43	0.470%	123.24x
13	Emmott	43	0.470%	125.77x
14	Cowman	42	0.460%	549.74x
15	Baxter	40	0.440%	7.37x
16	Ingham	39	0.430%	17.21x
17	Ellison	38	0.420%	19.75x
18	Phillip	38	0.420%	82.13x
19	Jolly	37	0.410%	28.65x
20	Metcalfe	37	0.410%	17.79x
21	Whitaker	36	0.400%	13.99x
22	Windle	35	0.380%	67.76x
23	Beck	33	0.360%	15.49x
24	Laycock	33	0.360%	26.36x
25	Lister	33	0.360%	12.71x
26	Ayrton	31	0.340%	206.67x
27	Hardisty	31	0.340%	118.10x
28	Moorby	31	0.340%	245.64x
29	Shuttleworth	31	0.340%	28.69x
30	Wade	31	0.340%	8.50x
31	Reeder	29	0.320%	117.41x
32	Stott	28	0.310%	9.84x
33	Alderson	27	0.300%	21.36x
34	Myers	27	0.300%	11.36x
35	Hird	26	0.290%	36.98x
36	Calvert	24	0.260%	12.92x
37	Platt	24	0.260%	9.95x
38	Tillotson	24	0.260%	68.12x
39	Oldfield	23	0.250%	15.28x
40	Binns	22	0.240%	14.57x
41	Chester	22	0.240%	19.72x
42	Whittam	22	0.240%	65.81x
43	Longthorn	21	0.230%	381.13x
44	Aldridge	20	0.220%	11.32x
45	Garnett	20	0.220%	17.68x
46	Holdsworth	20	0.220%	13.03x
47	Whittingham	20	0.220%	29.20x
48	Maudsley	19	0.210%	73.47x
49	Anderton	18	0.200%	16.65x
50	Fawcett	18	0.200%	10.22x
51	Gregson	18	0.200%	14.28x
52	Ideson	18	0.200%	469.97x
53	Kendall	18	0.200%	9.18x
54	Stockdale	18	0.200%	25.38x
55	Cardus	17	0.190%	353.43x
56	Cason	16	0.180%	156.56x
57	Demaine	16	0.180%	200.00x
58	Fishwick	16	0.180%	35.20x
59	Hardcastle	16	0.180%	19.87x
60	Lund	16	0.180%	16.21x
61	Nutter	16	0.180%	23.05x
62	Reader	16	0.180%	20.35x
63	Ryder	16	0.180%	10.14x
64	Stirk	16	0.180%	93.40x
65	Unwin	16	0.180%	17.67x
66	Birdsall	15	0.160%	90.31x
67	Dewhurst	15	0.160%	13.87x
68	Hawkswell	15	0.160%	354.61x
69	Holgate	15	0.160%	19.85x
70	Joy	15	0.160%	19.57x
71	Mattock	15	0.160%	63.45x
72	Overend	15	0.160%	55.35x
73	Patchett	15	0.160%	34.34x
74	Airey	14	0.150%	20.21x
75	Moorhouse	14	0.150%	12.42x
76	Speight	14	0.150%	18.91x
77	Tempest	14	0.150%	33.02x
78	Waddington	14	0.150%	9.46x
79	Whalley	14	0.150%	9.76x
80	Backhouse	13	0.140%	19.16x
81	Birkett	13	0.140%	14.79x
82	Culshaw	13	0.140%	37.72x
83	Dodgson	13	0.140%	29.37x
84	Garwood	13	0.140%	29.17x
85	Hardaker	13	0.140%	41.34x
86	Hillary	13	0.140%	86.67x
87	Summersgill	13	0.140%	109.34x
88	Tatham	13	0.140%	42.28x
89	Wigan	13	0.140%	206.35x
90	Armistead	12	0.130%	70.71x
91	Brumfitt	12	0.130%	394.74x
92	Cockshott	12	0.130%	71.99x
93	Core	12	0.130%	93.02x
94	Hannan	12	0.130%	41.44x
95	Hodkinson	12	0.130%	18.66x
96	Lowcock	12	0.130%	102.21x
97	Paley	12	0.130%	55.17x
98	Wear	12	0.130%	42.06x
99	Astin	11	0.120%	41.62x
100	Cornthwaite	11	0.120%	70.33x