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 Ellerton, with 2 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
801	Ellerton	2	0.010%	4.98x
802	Fallan	2	0.010%	14.04x
803	Feather	2	0.010%	1.76x
804	Fellingham	2	0.010%	11.33x
805	Fells	2	0.010%	8.70x
806	Flannagan	2	0.010%	4.43x
807	Flatman	2	0.010%	5.86x
808	Foran	2	0.010%	20.73x
809	Fosbrook	2	0.010%	23.04x
810	Foxall	2	0.010%	3.18x
811	Freckleton	2	0.010%	19.82x
812	Garrity	2	0.010%	5.05x
813	Gawthorp	2	0.010%	18.33x
814	Gibling	2	0.010%	19.67x
815	Grainge	2	0.010%	12.25x
816	Hamshaw	2	0.010%	17.84x
817	Hartas	2	0.010%	35.97x
818	Haugh	2	0.010%	6.07x
819	Highley	2	0.010%	5.60x
820	Hinchcliff	2	0.010%	7.61x
821	Hodgett	2	0.010%	9.91x
822	Hold	2	0.010%	12.84x
823	Hooson	2	0.010%	4.61x
824	Horseman	2	0.010%	5.08x
825	Hugh	2	0.010%	3.40x
826	Hullah	2	0.010%	6.37x
827	Ibbertson	2	0.010%	26.70x
828	Ingleby	2	0.010%	4.48x
829	Keaney	2	0.010%	36.90x
830	Kellard	2	0.010%	16.34x
831	Kilroy	2	0.010%	5.30x
832	Kitchenman	2	0.010%	29.94x
833	Leckey	2	0.010%	141.84x
834	Leddington	2	0.010%	29.28x
835	Levick	2	0.010%	6.56x
836	Lions	2	0.010%	64.10x
837	Liversedge	2	0.010%	4.93x
838	Mappin	2	0.010%	12.71x
839	Masterson	2	0.010%	4.29x
840	Mattison	2	0.010%	5.63x
841	Maud	2	0.010%	4.00x
842	Mcdermot	2	0.010%	15.14x
843	Mcdowell	2	0.010%	14.34x
844	Millwood	2	0.010%	6.46x
845	Monkman	2	0.010%	5.00x
846	Muff	2	0.010%	7.66x
847	Mullan	2	0.010%	4.96x
848	Mulroy	2	0.010%	11.04x
849	Muncey	2	0.010%	9.49x
850	Oldershaw	2	0.010%	6.49x
851	Osbourn	2	0.010%	5.67x
852	Pickels	2	0.010%	39.68x
853	Radwell	2	0.010%	11.00x
854	Roystone	2	0.010%	31.70x
855	Sandal	2	0.010%	54.95x
856	Scarth	2	0.010%	5.12x
857	Sewards	2	0.010%	17.17x
858	Slapp	2	0.010%	27.51x
859	Smailes	2	0.010%	6.17x
860	Smither	2	0.010%	8.09x
861	Stainthorpe	2	0.010%	7.45x
862	Staney	2	0.010%	116.96x
863	Statter	2	0.010%	33.67x
864	Straton	2	0.010%	26.18x
865	Summerson	2	0.010%	10.21x
866	Symon	2	0.010%	5.38x
867	Throp	2	0.010%	11.93x
868	Tidswell	2	0.010%	3.75x
869	Tiffin	2	0.010%	5.07x
870	Tissington	2	0.010%	12.54x
871	Townhill	2	0.010%	21.05x
872	Tydeman	2	0.010%	10.53x
873	Vickars	2	0.010%	28.99x
874	Voce	2	0.010%	6.70x
875	Vollans	2	0.010%	18.85x
876	Wetherill	2	0.010%	6.81x
877	Whiston	2	0.010%	3.46x
878	Whitly	2	0.010%	29.63x
879	Wildsmith	2	0.010%	4.22x
880	Willman	2	0.010%	11.42x
881	Wilman	2	0.010%	4.46x
882	Akam	1	0.000%	12.95x
883	Aked	1	0.000%	4.49x
884	Albright	1	0.000%	11.92x
885	Arundale	1	0.000%	4.78x
886	Athorn	1	0.000%	14.64x
887	Aydon	1	0.000%	19.53x
888	Bach	1	0.000%	4.06x
889	Badley	1	0.000%	4.17x
890	Barmby	1	0.000%	7.57x
891	Bastian	1	0.000%	8.17x
892	Battey	1	0.000%	4.66x
893	Baum	1	0.000%	2.91x
894	Baxby	1	0.000%	27.47x
895	Beacher	1	0.000%	6.12x
896	Beaham	1	0.000%	54.05x
897	Berrey	1	0.000%	9.77x
898	Berrie	1	0.000%	5.78x
899	Bilney	1	0.000%	12.03x
900	Bircham	1	0.000%	4.68x