1881 census place

Wakefield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wakefield, 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

1,157 surnames are listed for Wakefield, Yorkshire, covering 10,688 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crown, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wakefield

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
701	Crown	3	0.010%	10.99x
702	Crutchley	3	0.010%	4.97x
703	Cullan	3	0.010%	24.06x
704	Dealtry	3	0.010%	37.08x
705	Depledge	3	0.010%	8.49x
706	Dewick	3	0.010%	13.48x
707	Duncalf	3	0.010%	13.39x
708	Eacott	3	0.010%	12.59x
709	Elkin	3	0.010%	6.63x
710	Etchell	3	0.010%	49.92x
711	Evens	3	0.010%	5.14x
712	Evers	3	0.010%	8.46x
713	Faraday	3	0.010%	29.10x
714	Fieldsend	3	0.010%	7.96x
715	Fowlie	3	0.010%	9.25x
716	Frail	3	0.010%	25.27x
717	Gadsden	3	0.010%	10.39x
718	Gooderham	3	0.010%	7.87x
719	Grahame	3	0.010%	5.16x
720	Gurling	3	0.010%	39.27x
721	Hallas	3	0.010%	3.62x
722	Hardwicke	3	0.010%	15.43x
723	Harrap	3	0.010%	19.44x
724	Hauxwell	3	0.010%	22.85x
725	Hemmingway	3	0.010%	8.89x
726	Hemsworth	3	0.010%	8.71x
727	Heppinstall	3	0.010%	53.19x
728	Hinchliff	3	0.010%	8.55x
729	Hircock	3	0.010%	61.22x
730	Holberry	3	0.010%	43.48x
731	Houldsworth	3	0.010%	6.78x
732	Howcroft	3	0.010%	4.26x
733	Jewel	3	0.010%	17.89x
734	Lassey	3	0.010%	15.86x
735	Leeman	3	0.010%	9.25x
736	Liddington	3	0.010%	10.37x
737	Livesay	3	0.010%	21.98x
738	Locker	3	0.010%	5.40x
739	Longmuir	3	0.010%	7.27x
740	Lorraine	3	0.010%	29.94x
741	Mcintyre	3	0.010%	6.74x
742	Medd	3	0.010%	7.47x
743	Nester	3	0.010%	59.52x
744	Nunns	3	0.010%	9.96x
745	Ohare	3	0.010%	5.50x
746	Otty	3	0.010%	26.25x
747	Paver	3	0.010%	14.81x
748	Peaker	3	0.010%	13.00x
749	Philps	3	0.010%	10.93x
750	Quarmby	3	0.010%	5.10x
751	Raines	3	0.010%	6.70x
752	Ramsbotham	3	0.010%	30.86x
753	Randal	3	0.010%	15.79x
754	Rennard	3	0.010%	23.92x
755	Roodhouse	3	0.010%	37.45x
756	Satchwell	3	0.010%	8.92x
757	Sigley	3	0.010%	15.73x
758	Spares	3	0.010%	312.50x
759	Spur	3	0.010%	34.56x
760	Sydney	3	0.010%	17.50x
761	Tingle	3	0.010%	4.23x
762	Tuke	3	0.010%	10.26x
763	Unthank	3	0.010%	16.30x
764	Vause	3	0.010%	8.75x
765	Wallon	3	0.010%	84.27x
766	Westmoreland	3	0.010%	8.41x
767	Womersley	3	0.010%	4.35x
768	Yarrow	3	0.010%	6.92x
769	Yeamans	3	0.010%	405.41x
770	Arnell	2	0.010%	7.15x
771	Athey	2	0.010%	7.68x
772	Bagguley	2	0.010%	12.89x
773	Bake	2	0.010%	15.95x
774	Barstow	2	0.010%	5.20x
775	Basely	2	0.010%	42.83x
776	Blakeborough	2	0.010%	11.28x
777	Blane	2	0.010%	4.66x
778	Blew	2	0.010%	22.83x
779	Bolan	2	0.010%	9.73x
780	Bonnington	2	0.010%	12.42x
781	Bowering	2	0.010%	6.84x
782	Bunt	2	0.010%	5.09x
783	Caines	2	0.010%	4.48x
784	Cantrill	2	0.010%	6.64x
785	Chisman	2	0.010%	13.97x
786	Cockhill	2	0.010%	18.98x
787	Cockin	2	0.010%	7.81x
788	Colbridge	2	0.010%	21.74x
789	Commons	2	0.010%	12.08x
790	Cressey	2	0.010%	6.75x
791	Cudworth	2	0.010%	6.14x
792	Curzon	2	0.010%	4.59x
793	Darnbrough	2	0.010%	12.77x
794	Deaville	2	0.010%	5.72x
795	Delany	2	0.010%	5.47x
796	Dewsnap	2	0.010%	5.96x
797	Dickers	2	0.010%	49.02x
798	Dutch	2	0.010%	7.79x
799	Edson	2	0.010%	7.91x
800	Ellerby	2	0.010%	5.48x