1881 census place
Whiston surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Whiston, 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
85 surnames are listed for Whiston, Yorkshire, covering 433 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Roddis, with 35 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Whiston
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roddis | 35 | 1361.87x |
| 2 | Bartholomew | 30 | 265.96x |
| 3 | Foers | 28 | 5600.00x |
| 4 | Hague | 21 | 95.85x |
| 5 | Rotherham | 12 | 428.57x |
| 6 | Gelder | 11 | 284.97x |
| 7 | Abson | 10 | 625.00x |
| 8 | Band | 10 | 314.47x |
| 9 | Goucher | 10 | 1234.57x |
| 10 | Appleyard | 9 | 70.64x |
| 11 | Bassindale | 9 | 2045.45x |
| 12 | Belk | 9 | 652.17x |
| 13 | Bramhill | 9 | 1285.71x |
| 14 | Cutts | 9 | 82.19x |
| 15 | Windle | 8 | 101.27x |
| 16 | Charge | 7 | 564.52x |
| 17 | Favell | 7 | 378.38x |
| 18 | Rotherforth | 7 | 3500.00x |
| 19 | Yeadon | 7 | 183.25x |
| 20 | Gurnell | 6 | 1132.08x |
| 21 | Sargison | 6 | 1034.48x |
| 22 | Scurrah | 6 | 810.81x |
| 23 | Bottoms | 5 | 204.08x |
| 24 | Burbridge | 5 | 103.95x |
| 25 | Cockram | 5 | 105.93x |
| 26 | Coghlan | 5 | 194.55x |
| 27 | Goodworth | 5 | 632.91x |
| 28 | Laister | 5 | 510.20x |
| 29 | Leeman | 5 | 246.31x |
| 30 | Mellows | 5 | 208.33x |
| 31 | Padley | 5 | 133.69x |
| 32 | Poynter | 5 | 166.67x |
| 33 | Standley | 5 | 210.97x |
| 34 | Waide | 5 | 1428.57x |
| 35 | Woodger | 5 | 210.08x |
| 36 | Bonnett | 4 | 113.64x |
| 37 | Bunby | 4 | 1739.13x |
| 38 | Hawson | 4 | 317.46x |
| 39 | Mozley | 4 | 519.48x |
| 40 | Nadin | 4 | 106.10x |
| 41 | Pattrick | 4 | 384.62x |
| 42 | Rotherford | 4 | 2857.14x |
| 43 | Sayles | 4 | 193.24x |
| 44 | Spendlove | 4 | 186.92x |
| 45 | Aizlewood | 3 | 967.74x |
| 46 | Bilbrough | 3 | 270.27x |
| 47 | Birkhead | 3 | 166.67x |
| 48 | Darwent | 3 | 208.33x |
| 49 | Slator | 3 | 291.26x |
| 50 | Tilford | 3 | 461.54x |
| 51 | Worral | 3 | 254.24x |
| 52 | Wressell | 3 | 750.00x |
| 53 | Annison | 2 | 157.48x |
| 54 | Avill | 2 | 1000.00x |
| 55 | Bunnett | 2 | 181.82x |
| 56 | Elam | 2 | 106.95x |
| 57 | Haggard | 2 | 162.60x |
| 58 | Ogley | 2 | 139.86x |
| 59 | Parratt | 2 | 70.92x |
| 60 | Shirt | 2 | 63.69x |
| 61 | Styring | 2 | 240.96x |
| 62 | Bolger | 1 | 79.37x |
| 63 | Braithwait | 1 | 188.68x |
| 64 | Cavil | 1 | 200.00x |
| 65 | Dewick | 1 | 71.43x |
| 66 | Habbershaw | 1 | 250.00x |
| 67 | Hodnett | 1 | 83.33x |
| 68 | Inness | 1 | 93.46x |
| 69 | Jeavons | 1 | 27.62x |
| 70 | Lamin | 1 | 243.90x |
| 71 | Maleham | 1 | 322.58x |
| 72 | Mallender | 1 | 104.17x |
| 73 | Marples | 1 | 27.03x |
| 74 | Nettleship | 1 | 56.82x |
| 75 | Raftery | 1 | 123.46x |
| 76 | Rimington | 1 | 66.67x |
| 77 | Rowdon | 1 | 156.25x |
| 78 | Scothern | 1 | 76.34x |
| 79 | Smiles | 1 | 34.60x |
| 80 | Sorsby | 1 | 151.52x |
| 81 | Truelove | 1 | 40.82x |
| 82 | Usherwood | 1 | 66.23x |
| 83 | Vollans | 1 | 149.25x |
| 84 | Wainer | 1 | 163.93x |
| 85 | Yeardley | 1 | 68.03x |