1881 census place

Sowerby In Halifax surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sowerby In Halifax, 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

258 surnames are listed for Sowerby In Halifax, Yorkshire, covering 5,978 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 297 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sowerby In Halifax

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	Greenwood	297	3.14%	40.40x
2	Sutcliffe	292	3.08%	78.10x
3	Mitchell	228	2.41%	11.87x
4	Hellowell	168	1.77%	1826.09x
5	Lumb	166	1.75%	185.77x
6	Broadbent	161	1.70%	79.30x
7	Helliwell	150	1.58%	172.00x
8	Whiteley	142	1.50%	83.50x
9	Hitchen	124	1.31%	192.40x
10	Nicholl	111	1.17%	224.24x
11	Howarth	105	1.11%	23.08x
12	Crowther	103	1.09%	36.45x
13	Crossley	98	1.04%	37.71x
14	Pickles	97	1.02%	50.42x
15	Siddall	97	1.02%	139.81x
16	Clegg	84	0.890%	26.06x
17	Wilcock	84	0.890%	62.40x
18	Hanson	78	0.820%	25.53x
19	Kershaw	78	0.820%	25.55x
20	Cockroft	77	0.810%	192.40x
21	Standeven	76	0.800%	897.28x
22	Whitworth	76	0.800%	48.06x
23	Barraclough	69	0.730%	73.65x
24	Wilde	69	0.730%	50.07x
25	Riley	66	0.700%	8.81x
26	Farrar	65	0.690%	51.51x
27	Whitaker	65	0.690%	24.31x
28	Hoyle	61	0.640%	27.92x
29	Dewhirst	60	0.630%	133.48x
30	Barrett	59	0.620%	9.28x
31	Berry	55	0.580%	7.32x
32	Crabtree	55	0.580%	28.85x
33	Wild	50	0.530%	12.96x
34	Ackroyd	49	0.520%	55.39x
35	Law	49	0.520%	11.44x
36	Stott	49	0.520%	16.57x
37	Culpan	48	0.510%	419.58x
38	Stansfield	48	0.510%	32.84x
39	Clayton	47	0.500%	9.13x
40	Hartley	47	0.500%	7.92x
41	Butterworth	45	0.480%	13.24x
42	Naylor	44	0.460%	12.33x
43	Heap	43	0.450%	26.77x
44	Uttley	42	0.440%	92.02x
45	Bottomley	40	0.420%	25.38x
46	Rushworth	40	0.420%	51.11x
47	Sunderland	39	0.410%	35.90x
48	Speak	38	0.400%	115.36x
49	Eastwood	37	0.390%	16.53x
50	Firth	37	0.390%	11.77x
51	Heron	36	0.380%	39.66x
52	Meadowcroft	36	0.380%	104.68x
53	Binns	34	0.360%	21.67x
54	Wolfenden	34	0.360%	76.84x
55	Thorp	33	0.350%	25.72x
56	Stocks	30	0.320%	29.12x
57	Normanton	29	0.310%	193.59x
58	Radcliffe	29	0.310%	26.37x
59	Longbottom	28	0.300%	33.27x
60	Halstead	27	0.290%	34.28x
61	Ingham	27	0.290%	11.47x
62	Cropley	26	0.270%	172.41x
63	Oldfield	26	0.270%	16.62x
64	Waddington	25	0.260%	16.26x
65	Ainley	24	0.250%	64.02x
66	Robertshaw	24	0.250%	31.02x
67	Brearley	23	0.240%	38.89x
68	Cheetham	23	0.240%	15.70x
69	Frankland	22	0.230%	31.37x
70	Priestley	22	0.230%	13.73x
71	Gledhill	21	0.220%	14.95x
72	Whitley	21	0.220%	27.10x
73	Midgley	20	0.210%	15.77x
74	Teal	20	0.210%	55.40x
75	Norcliffe	19	0.200%	212.53x
76	Townend	19	0.200%	23.45x
77	Wadsworth	19	0.200%	14.39x
78	Jowett	18	0.190%	17.45x
79	Gaukroger	17	0.180%	174.00x
80	Highley	16	0.170%	105.26x
81	Fitton	15	0.160%	14.09x
82	Holroyd	15	0.160%	14.25x
83	Newell	15	0.160%	10.03x
84	Southwell	15	0.160%	25.30x
85	Burbury	14	0.150%	421.69x
86	Emmett	14	0.150%	17.67x
87	Haley	14	0.150%	12.41x
88	Holroyde	14	0.150%	259.26x
89	Milnes	14	0.150%	16.75x
90	Worsick	14	0.150%	349.13x
91	Alderson	13	0.140%	9.90x
92	Bancroft	13	0.140%	14.17x
93	Dugdale	13	0.140%	19.94x
94	Judson	13	0.140%	30.06x
95	Leah	13	0.140%	38.76x
96	Lindley	13	0.140%	13.89x
97	Maude	13	0.140%	36.14x
98	Rawnsley	13	0.140%	42.02x
99	Seed	13	0.140%	19.01x
100	Shackleton	13	0.140%	12.20x