1881 census place

Thornton In Bradford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Thornton In Bradford, 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

274 surnames are listed for Thornton In Bradford, Yorkshire, covering 6,029 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robinson, with 398 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Thornton In Bradford

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	Robinson	398	4.13%	12.95x
2	Foster	174	1.81%	13.50x
3	Craven	153	1.59%	82.24x
4	Mitchell	149	1.55%	7.62x
5	Drake	147	1.53%	52.36x
6	Ackroyd	146	1.52%	162.10x
7	Greenwood	130	1.35%	17.37x
8	Ingham	127	1.32%	52.99x
9	Jowett	109	1.13%	103.78x
10	Feather	108	1.12%	218.93x
11	Pickles	104	1.08%	53.10x
12	Sutcliffe	100	1.04%	26.27x
13	Robertshaw	98	1.02%	124.41x
14	Holmes	89	0.920%	7.58x
15	Illingworth	83	0.860%	76.10x
16	Butterfield	81	0.840%	62.90x
17	Binns	80	0.830%	50.09x
18	Horsfall	74	0.770%	76.15x
19	Sugden	74	0.770%	66.40x
20	Tidswell	73	0.760%	316.02x
21	Bairstow	70	0.730%	206.37x
22	Dobson	70	0.730%	16.47x
23	Spencer	70	0.730%	7.96x
24	Hainsworth	69	0.720%	112.62x
25	Shackleton	69	0.720%	63.61x
26	Hey	67	0.700%	78.48x
27	Briggs	65	0.670%	12.42x
28	Whitaker	63	0.650%	23.14x
29	Jennings	62	0.640%	12.69x
30	Leach	60	0.620%	15.09x
31	Knapton	59	0.610%	210.49x
32	Hartley	58	0.600%	9.60x
33	Brooksbank	56	0.580%	177.55x
34	Bentham	55	0.570%	124.86x
35	Bancroft	54	0.560%	57.83x
36	Rushworth	54	0.560%	67.77x
37	Whalley	54	0.560%	35.60x
38	Crabtree	53	0.550%	27.31x
39	Pollard	53	0.550%	15.08x
40	Downs	51	0.530%	29.76x
41	Redman	47	0.490%	37.05x
42	Sunderland	47	0.490%	42.50x
43	Priestley	46	0.480%	28.21x
44	Waddington	45	0.470%	28.75x
45	Crossley	44	0.460%	16.63x
46	Northrop	42	0.440%	274.69x
47	Broadhead	40	0.420%	56.53x
48	Driver	39	0.400%	21.84x
49	Bower	37	0.380%	20.96x
50	Charnock	37	0.380%	80.40x
51	Heap	37	0.380%	22.63x
52	Varley	32	0.330%	24.17x
53	Lingard	31	0.320%	50.70x
54	Holdsworth	30	0.310%	18.48x
55	Moorhouse	30	0.310%	25.16x
56	Catherall	29	0.300%	164.49x
57	Longbottom	29	0.300%	33.84x
58	Haggas	28	0.290%	317.46x
59	Maud	28	0.290%	129.09x
60	Wilman	28	0.290%	143.81x
61	Ogden	27	0.280%	9.91x
62	Pullan	27	0.280%	71.05x
63	Helliwell	26	0.270%	29.29x
64	Ballinger	24	0.250%	78.59x
65	Fielding	24	0.250%	11.16x
66	Clough	23	0.240%	10.69x
67	Hoyle	23	0.240%	10.34x
68	Saville	23	0.240%	26.28x
69	Ramsden	22	0.230%	12.52x
70	Earnshaw	21	0.220%	17.62x
71	Ellison	21	0.220%	10.32x
72	Rushforth	21	0.220%	68.63x
73	Southwell	21	0.220%	34.79x
74	Farnell	20	0.210%	56.66x
75	Farrar	20	0.210%	15.57x
76	Fearnley	20	0.210%	34.13x
77	Hird	20	0.210%	26.89x
78	Stansfield	20	0.210%	13.44x
79	Stow	20	0.210%	47.01x
80	Brearley	19	0.200%	31.56x
81	Rusby	19	0.200%	180.61x
82	Bartle	18	0.190%	31.71x
83	Cockroft	18	0.190%	44.18x
84	Dalby	18	0.190%	23.07x
85	Rawson	18	0.190%	17.11x
86	Watmuff	18	0.190%	420.56x
87	Cawthra	17	0.180%	170.34x
88	Garth	17	0.180%	79.55x
89	Holroyd	17	0.180%	15.86x
90	Wolstenholme	17	0.180%	22.10x
91	Dennison	16	0.170%	21.48x
92	Midgley	16	0.170%	12.39x
93	Benn	14	0.150%	25.50x
94	Dracup	14	0.150%	145.53x
95	Appleyard	13	0.130%	14.75x
96	Laycock	13	0.130%	9.82x
97	Thwaites	13	0.130%	22.58x
98	Ambler	12	0.120%	14.10x
99	Ashcroft	12	0.120%	9.31x
100	Brigg	12	0.120%	79.00x