1881 census place

Thornhill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Thornhill, 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

268 surnames are listed for Thornhill, Yorkshire, covering 4,273 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fisher, with 146 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Thornhill

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	Fisher	146	1.73%	14.77x
2	Wilcock	115	1.36%	95.73x
3	Scargill	95	1.12%	685.92x
4	Brook	91	1.08%	27.94x
5	Senior	91	1.08%	47.03x
6	Sykes	90	1.07%	22.20x
7	Armitage	80	0.950%	37.13x
8	Firth	75	0.890%	26.73x
9	Sheard	69	0.820%	89.18x
10	Oates	67	0.790%	50.90x
11	Oldroyd	66	0.780%	154.46x
12	Pickles	63	0.750%	36.70x
13	Brooke	60	0.710%	47.68x
14	Blackburn	59	0.700%	18.53x
15	Halstead	57	0.670%	81.09x
16	Kilburn	56	0.660%	128.68x
17	Summerscales	56	0.660%	551.72x
18	Lightowler	54	0.640%	271.90x
19	Dunford	52	0.620%	101.80x
20	Hinchcliffe	52	0.620%	100.85x
21	Kaye	48	0.570%	37.92x
22	Hardcastle	47	0.560%	62.95x
23	Milner	46	0.540%	23.75x
24	Walshaw	46	0.540%	203.90x
25	Asquith	45	0.530%	91.06x
26	Parkin	43	0.510%	18.93x
27	Ramsden	43	0.510%	27.92x
28	Hampshire	42	0.500%	87.76x
29	Hepworth	42	0.500%	43.60x
30	Peace	42	0.500%	54.84x
31	Lodge	41	0.490%	26.70x
32	Milnes	41	0.490%	54.97x
33	Heaton	39	0.460%	19.30x
34	Croft	38	0.450%	19.04x
35	Jessop	38	0.450%	37.90x
36	Clarkson	36	0.430%	16.08x
37	Wilby	36	0.430%	72.64x
38	Noble	35	0.410%	9.98x
39	Crossley	33	0.390%	14.23x
40	Hirst	33	0.390%	11.98x
41	Laycock	33	0.390%	28.43x
42	Blakeley	32	0.380%	91.43x
43	Swift	32	0.380%	12.27x
44	Bedford	31	0.370%	15.47x
45	Swallow	31	0.370%	36.39x
46	Micklethwaite	29	0.340%	255.73x
47	Rowley	28	0.330%	12.62x
48	Broadhead	27	0.320%	43.53x
49	Fenton	27	0.320%	16.01x
50	Lockwood	27	0.320%	14.47x
51	Fearnley	25	0.300%	48.68x
52	Denton	24	0.280%	15.46x
53	Ingham	24	0.280%	11.42x
54	Benson	23	0.270%	10.04x
55	Longbottom	23	0.270%	30.62x
56	Barstow	22	0.260%	150.58x
57	Bottom	22	0.260%	97.60x
58	Gooder	22	0.260%	229.41x
59	Adamson	21	0.250%	9.40x
60	Driver	21	0.250%	13.42x
61	Hobson	21	0.250%	9.58x
62	Beatson	20	0.240%	126.58x
63	Grason	20	0.240%	823.05x
64	Pickard	20	0.240%	16.98x
65	Sowerby	20	0.240%	43.91x
66	Markham	19	0.220%	18.90x
67	Grace	18	0.210%	15.91x
68	Blacker	17	0.200%	61.57x
69	Brier	17	0.200%	121.26x
70	Charlesworth	17	0.200%	15.59x
71	Hallas	17	0.200%	53.95x
72	Kilner	17	0.200%	48.15x
73	Megson	17	0.200%	123.73x
74	Whiteley	17	0.200%	11.20x
75	Auty	16	0.190%	56.50x
76	Dewhirst	16	0.190%	39.89x
77	Grayson	16	0.190%	25.39x
78	Henshall	16	0.190%	39.04x
79	Newsome	16	0.190%	26.35x
80	Tolson	16	0.190%	66.50x
81	Boothroyd	15	0.180%	34.38x
82	Cowling	15	0.180%	20.18x
83	Garforth	15	0.180%	63.40x
84	Hatfield	15	0.180%	24.90x
85	Heeley	14	0.170%	37.65x
86	Hinchcliff	14	0.170%	140.28x
87	Holdsworth	14	0.170%	9.84x
88	Ledgard	14	0.170%	107.94x
89	Lumb	14	0.170%	17.56x
90	Bryne	13	0.150%	97.23x
91	Goldthorpe	13	0.150%	62.71x
92	Kitson	13	0.150%	19.26x
93	Man	13	0.150%	84.25x
94	Millward	13	0.150%	13.70x
95	Speight	13	0.150%	18.94x
96	Thornes	13	0.150%	188.95x
97	Bateson	12	0.140%	22.70x
98	Crummack	12	0.140%	662.98x
99	Farnhill	12	0.140%	242.92x
100	Pinfield	12	0.140%	158.10x