1881 census place

Wooldale surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wooldale, 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

143 surnames are listed for Wooldale, Yorkshire, covering 2,958 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brook, with 177 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wooldale

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	Brook	177	3.60%	93.50x
2	Booth	153	3.12%	31.59x
3	Hirst	142	2.89%	88.65x
4	Hinchliffe	98	2.00%	231.35x
5	Battye	89	1.81%	503.96x
6	Woodhead	82	1.67%	89.09x
7	Beaumont	79	1.61%	54.27x
8	Senior	73	1.49%	64.91x
9	Mellor	61	1.24%	35.27x
10	Bower	59	1.20%	65.60x
11	Sykes	57	1.16%	24.19x
12	Kaye	56	1.14%	76.11x
13	Bray	52	1.06%	31.50x
14	Ramsden	52	1.06%	58.08x
15	Charlesworth	50	1.02%	78.89x
16	Tinker	49	1.00%	197.50x
17	Sandford	47	0.960%	134.48x
18	Lockwood	45	0.920%	41.50x
19	Littlewood	42	0.860%	66.36x
20	Roebuck	41	0.840%	123.31x
21	Hoyle	40	0.810%	35.30x
22	Moorhouse	39	0.790%	64.19x
23	Castle	37	0.750%	37.93x
24	Morton	36	0.730%	13.72x
25	Beardsell	34	0.690%	689.66x
26	Beever	33	0.670%	405.90x
27	Eastwood	30	0.610%	25.84x
28	Swallow	30	0.610%	60.59x
29	Braithwaite	29	0.590%	50.90x
30	Sanderson	29	0.590%	14.30x
31	Wagstaff	28	0.570%	45.83x
32	Hebblethwaite	27	0.550%	331.29x
33	Wimpenny	27	0.550%	391.87x
34	Woodcock	27	0.550%	19.27x
35	Hampshire	26	0.530%	93.46x
36	Coldwell	24	0.490%	111.68x
37	Tyas	24	0.490%	206.72x
38	Heeley	23	0.470%	106.43x
39	Hobson	23	0.470%	18.06x
40	Armitage	22	0.450%	17.57x
41	Cuttell	22	0.450%	687.50x
42	Fitton	22	0.450%	39.84x
43	Mettrick	22	0.450%	1057.69x
44	Goldthorpe	21	0.430%	174.27x
45	Heap	21	0.430%	25.21x
46	Barrowclough	20	0.410%	230.15x
47	Dearnley	20	0.410%	227.27x
48	Hinchliff	20	0.410%	258.06x
49	Broadhead	19	0.390%	52.70x
50	Earnshaw	19	0.390%	31.30x
51	England	19	0.390%	18.78x
52	Thorp	19	0.390%	28.55x
53	Kenworthy	18	0.370%	55.08x
54	Batley	17	0.350%	80.00x
55	Crosland	17	0.350%	95.56x
56	Hinchcliffe	17	0.350%	56.72x
57	Oldroyd	17	0.350%	68.44x
58	Shore	17	0.350%	32.19x
59	Turton	17	0.350%	30.83x
60	Aspinall	15	0.310%	22.20x
61	Boothroyd	15	0.310%	59.15x
62	Alsop	14	0.290%	63.96x
63	Hollingworth	14	0.290%	35.30x
64	Kippax	14	0.290%	289.26x
65	Hampshaw	13	0.260%	909.09x
66	Hardcastle	13	0.260%	29.95x
67	Mallinson	13	0.260%	32.09x
68	Chatterton	12	0.240%	43.06x
69	Helliwell	12	0.240%	26.53x
70	Exley	11	0.220%	47.11x
71	Lindley	11	0.220%	22.67x
72	Moxon	11	0.220%	39.96x
73	Worsley	11	0.220%	25.64x
74	Ewart	10	0.200%	36.22x
75	Hayley	10	0.200%	200.80x
76	Balmforth	9	0.180%	48.41x
77	Goldthorp	9	0.180%	120.64x
78	Hey	9	0.180%	20.69x
79	Mallison	9	0.180%	178.22x
80	Rollinson	9	0.180%	33.98x
81	Silverwood	9	0.180%	85.63x
82	Thewlis	9	0.180%	82.80x
83	Cocking	8	0.160%	33.60x
84	Cooney	8	0.160%	39.25x
85	Duxbury	8	0.160%	24.28x
86	Hellawell	8	0.160%	100.00x
87	Kinder	8	0.160%	38.82x
88	Mcgee	8	0.160%	149.81x
89	Rowbottom	7	0.140%	23.92x
90	Swires	7	0.140%	318.18x
91	Wilshaw	7	0.140%	56.41x
92	Aspenall	6	0.120%	705.88x
93	Bloom	6	0.120%	36.19x
94	Dearing	6	0.120%	65.22x
95	Fallas	6	0.120%	176.99x
96	Greensmith	6	0.120%	45.52x
97	Hayle	6	0.120%	224.72x
98	Heald	6	0.120%	19.67x
99	Iveson	6	0.120%	42.95x
100	Morehouse	6	0.120%	243.90x