1881 census place

Soothill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Soothill, 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

350 surnames are listed for Soothill, Yorkshire, covering 5,775 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Senior, with 448 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Soothill

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	Senior	448	4.28%	187.03x
2	Hemingway	131	1.25%	186.93x
3	Newsome	127	1.21%	168.93x
4	Tolson	125	1.20%	419.74x
5	Sykes	114	1.09%	22.72x
6	Brooke	111	1.06%	71.26x
7	Exley	86	0.820%	172.97x
8	Garforth	76	0.730%	259.39x
9	Rigg	73	0.700%	83.03x
10	Firth	71	0.680%	20.44x
11	Hirst	68	0.650%	19.93x
12	Armitage	64	0.610%	24.00x
13	Oldroyd	63	0.600%	119.09x
14	Kilburn	62	0.590%	115.07x
15	Day	60	0.570%	6.09x
16	Field	60	0.570%	11.53x
17	Preston	60	0.570%	11.49x
18	Squires	58	0.550%	39.17x
19	Kitson	57	0.550%	68.21x
20	Lumb	57	0.550%	57.74x
21	Spedding	57	0.550%	175.93x
22	Buckley	55	0.530%	9.66x
23	Croft	50	0.480%	20.24x
24	Blakeley	49	0.470%	113.09x
25	Dransfield	49	0.470%	133.26x
26	Lister	49	0.470%	16.44x
27	Jennings	48	0.460%	9.05x
28	Summerscales	47	0.450%	373.91x
29	Clegg	45	0.430%	12.64x
30	Stocks	45	0.430%	39.54x
31	Tong	44	0.420%	119.21x
32	Briggs	43	0.410%	7.57x
33	Overend	43	0.410%	138.22x
34	Asquith	41	0.390%	67.02x
35	Bentley	41	0.390%	9.27x
36	Ramsden	41	0.390%	21.50x
37	Windle	41	0.390%	69.15x
38	Dews	40	0.380%	165.56x
39	Beaumont	39	0.370%	12.58x
40	Lodge	39	0.370%	20.51x
41	Machell	39	0.370%	297.94x
42	Dunford	38	0.360%	60.09x
43	Butterfield	36	0.340%	25.76x
44	Jessop	36	0.340%	29.00x
45	Lockwood	34	0.330%	14.72x
46	Pickles	34	0.330%	16.00x
47	Pollitt	32	0.310%	39.66x
48	Whitaker	32	0.310%	10.83x
49	Heaton	31	0.300%	12.39x
50	Sheard	31	0.300%	32.37x
51	Barraclough	30	0.290%	28.99x
52	Illingworth	30	0.290%	25.35x
53	Rayner	30	0.290%	11.50x
54	Goodall	29	0.280%	12.95x
55	Hanson	29	0.280%	8.59x
56	Speight	29	0.280%	34.12x
57	Stansfield	27	0.260%	16.72x
58	Terry	27	0.260%	10.10x
59	Wilman	27	0.260%	127.84x
60	Brearey	26	0.250%	817.61x
61	Collier	26	0.250%	7.44x
62	France	26	0.250%	16.35x
63	Stubley	26	0.250%	137.35x
64	Whitworth	26	0.250%	14.88x
65	Auty	25	0.240%	71.31x
66	Ruddlesden	25	0.240%	778.82x
67	Crossley	24	0.230%	8.36x
68	Longbottom	24	0.230%	25.81x
69	Mortimer	24	0.230%	10.98x
70	Stead	24	0.230%	11.22x
71	Idle	23	0.220%	139.82x
72	Allatt	22	0.210%	184.72x
73	Fell	21	0.200%	14.30x
74	Hepworth	21	0.200%	17.61x
75	Peace	21	0.200%	22.15x
76	Shackleton	21	0.200%	17.84x
77	Wadsworth	21	0.200%	14.40x
78	Burnley	20	0.190%	91.95x
79	Farrar	20	0.190%	14.35x
80	Wormald	20	0.190%	42.21x
81	Binns	19	0.180%	10.96x
82	Brearley	19	0.180%	29.08x
83	Roebuck	19	0.180%	26.83x
84	Atack	18	0.170%	119.05x
85	Ely	18	0.170%	32.73x
86	Gledhill	18	0.170%	11.60x
87	Jubb	18	0.170%	34.39x
88	Audsley	17	0.160%	147.57x
89	Crossland	17	0.160%	18.50x
90	Spurr	17	0.160%	38.92x
91	Wilby	17	0.160%	27.71x
92	Milnes	16	0.150%	17.33x
93	Pickard	16	0.150%	10.97x
94	Pickersgill	16	0.150%	29.11x
95	Swithenbank	16	0.150%	119.94x
96	Thornes	16	0.150%	187.79x
97	Aveyard	15	0.140%	125.21x
98	Byram	15	0.140%	198.94x
99	Cawthorn	15	0.140%	76.18x
100	Leadbeater	15	0.140%	34.90x