census records<\/a> this name was most common in Haworth, Keighley and Thornton, all in Bradford.<\/p>\nHAINSWORTH<\/strong>\nThis habitational name comes from the hamlet Hainworth, near Bradford.<\/p>\nHARDAKER<\/strong>\nHardakers pop up all over Yorkshire in the 1881 census, although Horton in Bradford, Idle, Leeds, Eccleshill and Yeadon are the main local hotspots.<\/p>\nHODGSON<\/strong>\nWidespread throughout the north of England, Hodgson comes from the Middle English personal name Hodge \u2013 itself a pet form of Roger.<\/p>\nKNAGGS<\/strong>\nKnaggs is a topographic surname for someone whose home was by or near a rugged hill or an outcrop.<\/p>\nLONGBOTTOM<\/strong>\nThis topographic name for someone who lived in a long valley is relatively common throughout the county.<\/p>\nLUMB<\/strong>\nThis habitational name is most commonly found in West Yorkshire and Lancashire.<\/p>\nMETCALFE<\/strong>\nYorkshire had over 5,500 Metcalfes in 1881.<\/p>\nNEWSUM<\/strong>\nIn the 1881 census this name crops up in the Rotherham registration district.<\/p>\nOGLEY<\/strong>\nThe surname Ogley can be found frequently in Barnsley, as well as wider Yorkshire.<\/p>\nOLDROYD<\/strong>\nOldroyd is a habitational name that derives from a number of places throughout the north of England.<\/p>\nPULLAN<\/strong>\nThis is the Yorkshire variant of Pullen, which was an occupational name for a horse-breeder or a nickname for someone frisky. It comes from the Old French word poulain meaning \u2018colt\u2019.<\/p>\nSPIVEY<\/strong>\nThis Yorkshire surname was originally a medieval nickname for someone who was blessed with business smarts.<\/p>\nSTANIFORTH<\/strong>\nThe late Sheffield historian David Hey once suggested that a farm named Stonyford in Ecclesfield could be the origin of this South Yorkshire surname.<\/p>\nSTEPHENSON<\/strong>\nAlthough found all over the UK, there are concentrations of Stephensons in County Durham and East Yorkshire.<\/p>\nWALKINGTON<\/strong>\nThis habitational name derives from a village in the East Riding that was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name \u2018Wachetone\u2019.<\/p>\nWILBURN<\/strong>\nMany Doncaster locals recorded in the 1881 census went by this toponymic surname, which is thought to be derived from Welbourn in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosemary Collins is the features editor for\u00a0<\/em>Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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