1881 census place

Tankersley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tankersley, 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

100 surnames are listed for Tankersley, Yorkshire, covering 752 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hague, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tankersley

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	Hague	37	1.71%	109.02x
2	Barraclough	22	1.02%	103.00x
3	Bramley	20	0.930%	101.52x
4	Kaye	19	0.880%	58.75x
5	Lakin	19	0.880%	150.32x
6	Copley	18	0.830%	107.72x
7	Hoyland	18	0.830%	224.44x
8	Edgar	17	0.790%	51.16x
9	Burkinshaw	16	0.740%	374.71x
10	Jessop	16	0.740%	62.45x
11	Littlewood	16	0.740%	57.53x
12	Askham	14	0.650%	333.33x
13	Watkinson	14	0.650%	55.38x
14	Renshaw	13	0.600%	63.69x
15	Speight	13	0.600%	74.12x
16	Buswell	11	0.510%	173.78x
17	Dransfield	11	0.510%	144.93x
18	Ellaway	11	0.510%	575.92x
19	Goulding	11	0.510%	52.18x
20	Sellars	11	0.510%	82.21x
21	Wootton	11	0.510%	56.15x
22	Bassinder	10	0.460%	6666.67x
23	Dowson	10	0.460%	84.75x
24	Millward	10	0.460%	41.27x
25	Moreland	10	0.460%	210.08x
26	Webbe	10	0.460%	628.93x
27	Camplin	9	0.420%	420.56x
28	Longbottom	9	0.420%	46.90x
29	Malyan	9	0.420%	1636.36x
30	Parratt	9	0.420%	205.95x
31	Poxton	9	0.420%	1551.72x
32	Wildman	9	0.420%	68.23x
33	Bidwell	8	0.370%	150.94x
34	Braham	8	0.370%	273.97x
35	Keddy	8	0.370%	1250.00x
36	Loughlin	8	0.370%	227.27x
37	Wordsworth	8	0.370%	152.09x
38	Bamforth	7	0.320%	72.77x
39	Barstow	7	0.320%	187.67x
40	Boothroyd	7	0.320%	62.78x
41	Coulston	7	0.320%	316.74x
42	Coy	7	0.320%	103.86x
43	Crick	7	0.320%	54.22x
44	Hemingway	7	0.320%	48.41x
45	Murfitt	7	0.320%	261.19x
46	Royston	7	0.320%	109.72x
47	Sansam	7	0.320%	2121.21x
48	Toone	7	0.320%	133.84x
49	Wigfield	7	0.320%	391.06x
50	Yeardley	7	0.320%	308.37x
51	Basnett	6	0.280%	223.05x
52	Crookes	6	0.280%	63.69x
53	Deardon	6	0.280%	681.82x
54	Heeley	6	0.280%	63.16x
55	Holling	6	0.280%	275.23x
56	Kilbride	6	0.280%	275.23x
57	Kinch	6	0.280%	141.84x
58	Meads	6	0.280%	85.35x
59	Mews	6	0.280%	451.13x
60	Patman	6	0.280%	232.56x
61	Rawlin	6	0.280%	588.24x
62	Wroe	6	0.280%	67.49x
63	Beardshall	5	0.230%	609.76x
64	Belk	5	0.230%	234.74x
65	Hellewell	5	0.230%	92.94x
66	Hopcraft	5	0.230%	256.41x
67	Leverington	5	0.230%	320.51x
68	Moulder	5	0.230%	128.87x
69	Strother	5	0.230%	279.33x
70	Woffinden	5	0.230%	526.32x
71	Brigstock	4	0.190%	392.16x
72	Browes	4	0.190%	769.23x
73	Chapel	4	0.190%	144.40x
74	Moulson	4	0.190%	94.12x
75	Mullarky	4	0.190%	869.57x
76	Pounder	4	0.190%	56.74x
77	Stinson	4	0.190%	171.67x
78	Ellam	3	0.140%	55.25x
79	Gillis	3	0.140%	69.28x
80	Ibbertson	3	0.140%	410.96x
81	Lax	3	0.140%	72.64x
82	Westmorland	3	0.140%	110.70x
83	Burgon	2	0.090%	71.17x
84	Farrand	2	0.090%	46.19x
85	Garret	2	0.090%	72.46x
86	Hargate	2	0.090%	246.91x
87	Mangham	2	0.090%	126.58x
88	Wigginton	2	0.090%	82.99x
89	Bavin	1	0.050%	46.51x
90	Belgrove	1	0.050%	136.99x
91	Burdekin	1	0.050%	57.47x
92	Gouldthorpe	1	0.050%	140.85x
93	Haye	1	0.050%	81.30x
94	Liversidge	1	0.050%	18.42x
95	Magan	1	0.050%	138.89x
96	Navin	1	0.050%	93.46x
97	Piggot	1	0.050%	49.75x
98	Plackett	1	0.050%	38.91x
99	Reeson	1	0.050%	47.62x
100	Tordoff	1	0.050%	19.65x