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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 Westerby, with 6 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Westerby6188.68x
102Ainley525.72x
103Beall572.99x
104Brammall5139.28x
105Crowshaw5151.52x
106Donkersley5181.82x
107Meller560.02x
108Redfearn534.39x
109Stirk554.17x
110Burtt4100.76x
111Crosley452.91x
112Dearsley488.11x
113Mate4132.45x
114Scholefield428.51x
115Winship439.72x
116Askham331.38x
117Beirne3258.62x
118Duckenfield3111.52x
119Greenoff3209.79x
120Imeson365.08x
121Reyner3111.11x
122Wilman330.24x
123Bashforth256.18x
124Burdge278.74x
125Thwaite218.07x
126Witworth2131.58x
127Wyke241.32x
128Balk1169.49x
129Beardsall122.03x
130Brinley163.69x
131Dufton111.31x
132Gambles113.62x
133Hinchcliff117.24x
134Hollinsworth144.25x
135Horgan134.48x
136Ibberson113.62x
137Marking1126.58x
138Micklethwaite115.17x
139Netherwood117.64x
140Nobles128.09x
141Rigley114.88x
142Thistlewaite164.10x
143Woolsey116.95x