1881 census place

Wombwell surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wombwell, 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

393 surnames are listed for Wombwell, Yorkshire, covering 2,972 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crossley, with 43 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wombwell

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	Crossley	43	0.510%	18.56x
2	Firth	42	0.500%	14.98x
3	Swift	41	0.490%	15.73x
4	Hague	40	0.470%	30.13x
5	Parkin	40	0.470%	17.62x
6	Hirst	36	0.430%	13.07x
7	Blackburn	35	0.410%	11.00x
8	Batty	31	0.370%	24.03x
9	Guest	31	0.370%	17.19x
10	Lockwood	30	0.360%	16.09x
11	Utley	30	0.360%	215.83x
12	Cusworth	29	0.340%	233.87x
13	Sidebottom	29	0.340%	59.89x
14	Jenkinson	28	0.330%	18.94x
15	Senior	27	0.320%	13.96x
16	Foulstone	25	0.300%	541.13x
17	Dabbs	24	0.280%	132.23x
18	Hickling	23	0.270%	50.78x
19	Radford	23	0.270%	14.37x
20	Turton	22	0.260%	23.20x
21	Littlewood	21	0.250%	19.30x
22	Woffinden	21	0.250%	564.52x
23	Heathcote	20	0.240%	29.35x
24	Milner	20	0.240%	10.33x
25	Townend	20	0.240%	27.67x
26	Womersley	20	0.240%	76.31x
27	Gawthorpe	19	0.230%	193.68x
28	Hinchcliffe	19	0.230%	36.88x
29	Rothery	19	0.230%	61.05x
30	Thickett	19	0.230%	162.12x
31	Wainwright	19	0.230%	10.64x
32	Elliss	18	0.210%	65.17x
33	Hunsley	17	0.200%	291.60x
34	Stanger	17	0.200%	80.00x
35	Stenton	17	0.200%	110.03x
36	Washington	17	0.200%	39.94x
37	Brooke	16	0.190%	12.72x
38	Lindley	16	0.190%	19.18x
39	Linley	16	0.190%	53.24x
40	Neville	16	0.190%	15.95x
41	Wroe	16	0.190%	46.00x
42	Oxley	15	0.180%	12.69x
43	Atkin	14	0.170%	12.41x
44	Crofts	14	0.170%	20.52x
45	Crossland	14	0.170%	18.87x
46	Scargill	14	0.170%	101.16x
47	Drury	13	0.150%	9.70x
48	Grayson	13	0.150%	20.64x
49	Nortcliffe	13	0.150%	479.70x
50	Pease	13	0.150%	40.71x
51	Sellars	13	0.150%	24.84x
52	Smales	13	0.150%	58.24x
53	Stones	13	0.150%	12.95x
54	Whitlam	13	0.150%	184.40x
55	Bretton	12	0.140%	217.39x
56	Frankland	12	0.140%	19.19x
57	Longbottom	12	0.140%	15.99x
58	Rawson	12	0.140%	13.02x
59	Sands	12	0.140%	12.69x
60	Beevors	11	0.130%	277.08x
61	Birkinshaw	11	0.130%	69.58x
62	Crooks	11	0.130%	16.90x
63	Dukes	11	0.130%	35.26x
64	Gaunt	11	0.130%	13.24x
65	Gower	11	0.130%	12.42x
66	Greenoff	11	0.130%	448.98x
67	Hinchcliff	11	0.130%	110.22x
68	Housley	11	0.130%	53.61x
69	Jepson	11	0.130%	13.32x
70	Smeaton	11	0.130%	46.35x
71	Swallow	11	0.130%	12.92x
72	Winder	11	0.130%	19.85x
73	Beevers	10	0.120%	46.93x
74	Burkinshaw	10	0.120%	59.84x
75	Jessop	10	0.120%	9.98x
76	Kenworthy	10	0.120%	17.80x
77	Mokes	10	0.120%	632.91x
78	Moreton	10	0.120%	15.83x
79	Morriss	10	0.120%	19.42x
80	Nettleton	10	0.120%	27.57x
81	Rowbottom	10	0.120%	19.88x
82	Scanlan	10	0.120%	52.63x
83	Stothard	10	0.120%	53.50x
84	Tissington	10	0.120%	165.02x
85	Whittlestone	10	0.120%	602.41x
86	Allott	9	0.110%	29.67x
87	Bowskill	9	0.110%	112.78x
88	Brunt	9	0.110%	15.48x
89	Casson	9	0.110%	17.94x
90	Copley	9	0.110%	13.77x
91	Dakin	9	0.110%	14.87x
92	Dexter	9	0.110%	14.51x
93	Dook	9	0.110%	389.61x
94	Hargate	9	0.110%	284.81x
95	Langton	9	0.110%	13.44x
96	Lax	9	0.110%	55.73x
97	Ledger	9	0.110%	15.59x
98	Meakin	9	0.110%	13.68x
99	Neath	9	0.110%	84.51x
100	Oldknow	9	0.110%	180.36x