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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Westerby	6	0.120%	188.68x
102	Ainley	5	0.100%	25.72x
103	Beall	5	0.100%	72.99x
104	Brammall	5	0.100%	139.28x
105	Crowshaw	5	0.100%	151.52x
106	Donkersley	5	0.100%	181.82x
107	Meller	5	0.100%	60.02x
108	Redfearn	5	0.100%	34.39x
109	Stirk	5	0.100%	54.17x
110	Burtt	4	0.080%	100.76x
111	Crosley	4	0.080%	52.91x
112	Dearsley	4	0.080%	88.11x
113	Mate	4	0.080%	132.45x
114	Scholefield	4	0.080%	28.51x
115	Winship	4	0.080%	39.72x
116	Askham	3	0.060%	31.38x
117	Beirne	3	0.060%	258.62x
118	Duckenfield	3	0.060%	111.52x
119	Greenoff	3	0.060%	209.79x
120	Imeson	3	0.060%	65.08x
121	Reyner	3	0.060%	111.11x
122	Wilman	3	0.060%	30.24x
123	Bashforth	2	0.040%	56.18x
124	Burdge	2	0.040%	78.74x
125	Thwaite	2	0.040%	18.07x
126	Witworth	2	0.040%	131.58x
127	Wyke	2	0.040%	41.32x
128	Balk	1	0.020%	169.49x
129	Beardsall	1	0.020%	22.03x
130	Brinley	1	0.020%	63.69x
131	Dufton	1	0.020%	11.31x
132	Gambles	1	0.020%	13.62x
133	Hinchcliff	1	0.020%	17.24x
134	Hollinsworth	1	0.020%	44.25x
135	Horgan	1	0.020%	34.48x
136	Ibberson	1	0.020%	13.62x
137	Marking	1	0.020%	126.58x
138	Micklethwaite	1	0.020%	15.17x
139	Netherwood	1	0.020%	17.64x
140	Nobles	1	0.020%	28.09x
141	Rigley	1	0.020%	14.88x
142	Thistlewaite	1	0.020%	64.10x
143	Woolsey	1	0.020%	16.95x