1881 census place

Wadsworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wadsworth, 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

102 surnames are listed for Wadsworth, Yorkshire, covering 2,958 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 618 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wadsworth

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	618	13.12%	168.88x
2	Sutcliffe	217	4.61%	116.59x
3	Pickles	162	3.44%	169.17x
4	Crabtree	158	3.35%	166.51x
5	Redman	125	2.65%	201.55x
6	Ashworth	104	2.21%	55.32x
7	Helliwell	101	2.14%	232.67x
8	Harwood	87	1.85%	68.96x
9	Stansfield	84	1.78%	115.46x
10	Wadsworth	68	1.44%	103.49x
11	Horsfall	63	1.34%	132.58x
12	Ingham	51	1.08%	43.52x
13	Shackleton	51	1.08%	96.15x
14	Newell	49	1.04%	65.82x
15	Wilcock	49	1.04%	73.12x
16	Crossley	48	1.02%	37.11x
17	Sunderland	48	1.02%	88.76x
18	Bancroft	47	1.00%	102.93x
19	Dewhirst	46	0.980%	205.63x
20	Eastwood	45	0.960%	40.38x
21	Lord	42	0.890%	19.33x
22	Cockcroft	40	0.850%	296.74x
23	Rawson	37	0.790%	71.94x
24	Robertshaw	37	0.790%	96.05x
25	Uttley	33	0.700%	145.25x
26	Varley	33	0.700%	50.97x
27	Farrar	26	0.550%	41.39x
28	Cotton	25	0.530%	22.23x
29	Southwell	25	0.530%	84.69x
30	Hoyle	22	0.470%	20.23x
31	Midgley	19	0.400%	30.09x
32	Sowden	18	0.380%	67.57x
33	Widdup	18	0.380%	328.47x
34	Cockroft	17	0.360%	85.34x
35	Binns	16	0.340%	20.49x
36	Tatham	15	0.320%	94.28x
37	Whitham	15	0.320%	54.76x
38	Brearley	13	0.280%	44.16x
39	Dewhurst	12	0.250%	21.46x
40	Dugdale	12	0.250%	36.99x
41	Grave	11	0.230%	162.48x
42	Hellewell	11	0.230%	93.62x
43	Patchett	10	0.210%	44.27x
44	Seal	10	0.210%	29.42x
45	Astin	9	0.190%	65.84x
46	Bentham	9	0.190%	41.78x
47	Charnley	9	0.190%	41.06x
48	Goldie	9	0.190%	30.69x
49	Maude	9	0.190%	50.25x
50	Dempsey	8	0.170%	27.07x
51	Marsland	8	0.170%	29.13x
52	Nutter	8	0.170%	22.28x
53	Sheard	8	0.170%	18.54x
54	Barritt	6	0.130%	48.70x
55	Bunney	6	0.130%	56.66x
56	Summerton	6	0.130%	88.11x
57	Thornber	6	0.130%	51.95x
58	Whitely	6	0.130%	60.12x
59	Boocock	5	0.110%	30.10x
60	Constantine	5	0.110%	36.52x
61	Slee	5	0.110%	27.19x
62	Stleger	5	0.110%	442.48x
63	Wolfenden	5	0.110%	22.70x
64	Akroyd	4	0.080%	45.56x
65	Berkley	4	0.080%	62.60x
66	Boggis	4	0.080%	61.16x
67	Gillibrand	4	0.080%	41.80x
68	Haggas	4	0.080%	92.81x
69	Patman	4	0.080%	71.05x
70	Rily	4	0.080%	189.57x
71	Bloomer	3	0.060%	21.26x
72	Feather	3	0.060%	12.44x
73	Hartly	3	0.060%	80.43x
74	Marshell	3	0.060%	60.00x
75	Peckover	3	0.060%	78.13x
76	Scot	3	0.060%	57.80x
77	Toothill	3	0.060%	50.34x
78	Trewartha	3	0.060%	232.56x
79	Wheelhouse	3	0.060%	28.17x
80	Chatburn	2	0.040%	35.40x
81	Coup	2	0.040%	59.35x
82	Foxcroft	2	0.040%	28.69x
83	Moorehouse	2	0.040%	59.17x
84	Newel	2	0.040%	198.02x
85	Sager	2	0.040%	29.50x
86	Stell	2	0.040%	26.70x
87	Suthers	2	0.040%	36.50x
88	Swart	2	0.040%	350.88x
89	Throup	2	0.040%	57.80x
90	Bedward	1	0.020%	40.49x
91	Birtwhistle	1	0.020%	19.19x
92	Blagbrough	1	0.020%	46.30x
93	Fawthrop	1	0.020%	26.60x
94	Gaukrodger	1	0.020%	39.06x
95	Lowis	1	0.020%	17.04x
96	Morritt	1	0.020%	24.75x
97	Pascall	1	0.020%	18.59x
98	Perrigo	1	0.020%	104.17x
99	Rafter	1	0.020%	32.79x
100	Vittle	1	0.020%	200.00x