Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aldcliffe, Lancashire

Aldcliffe is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
HUNTINGTON1212.76604,444.44
ASKEW77.4468660.38
WILSON77.446816.22
FOX77.446880.18
DOWNHAM66.38302,222.22
GARDNER55.319178.37
WALKER55.319115.89
SHACKLETON55.3191471.70
HOLLINGWORTH33.1915394.74
BROUGH22.1277173.91
FRANKLAND22.1277285.71
DAWSON22.127719.31
BUTLER11.063810.91
WOOD11.06383.34
ETHERTON11.06381,666.67
PROCTOR11.063843.29
DEARDEN11.0638108.70
KEEN11.063853.19
CROFT11.063845.05
STRETCH11.0638476.19
NEWSHAM11.0638344.83
CORLESS11.0638384.62
HAYES11.063817.09
BAINES11.063855.56
WILDMAN11.0638175.44
DODGSON11.0638217.39
NAPIER11.0638131.58
DAVIS11.06384.84
HOUGHTON11.063830.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUNTINGTON0.09944444.4444
DOWNHAM0.09942222.2222
ETHERTON0.09941666.6667
ASKEW0.0994660.3774
STRETCH0.0994476.1905
SHACKLETON0.0994471.6981
HOLLINGWORTH0.0994394.7368
CORLESS0.0994384.6154
NEWSHAM0.0994344.8276
FRANKLAND0.0994285.7143
DODGSON0.0994217.3913
WILDMAN0.0994175.4386
BROUGH0.0994173.9130
NAPIER0.0994131.5789
DEARDEN0.0994108.6957
FOX0.099480.1833
GARDNER0.099478.3699
BAINES0.099455.5556
KEEN0.099453.1915
CROFT0.099445.0450
PROCTOR0.099443.2900
HOUGHTON0.099430.4878
DAWSON0.099419.3050
HAYES0.099417.0940
WILSON0.099416.2150
WALKER0.099415.8881
BUTLER0.099410.9051
DAVIS0.09944.8403
WOOD0.09943.3389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 94 people called HUNTINGTON in Aldcliffe at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4444.4444 in Aldcliffe means that 4444.4444% of the people in Aldcliffe on census day were called HUNTINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUNTINGTON in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called HUNTINGTON as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called HUNTINGTON here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called HUNTINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Aldcliffe means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUNTINGTON in Aldcliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aldcliffe in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AIREY (4)  ARKWRIGHT (3)  ASKEW (7)  BAINES (1)  BROUGH (2)  BUTLER (1)  CORLESS (1)  CROFT (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (2)  DEARDEN (1)  DODGSON (1)  DOWNHAM (6)  ETHERTON (1)  FOX (7)  FRANKLAND (2)  GARDNER (5)  GORNALL (2)  HAYES (1)  HOLLINGWORTH (3)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUNTINGTON (12)  KEEN (1)  MORPHET (4)  NAPIER (1)  NEWSHAM (1)  PROCTOR (1)  SHACKLETON (5)  STRETCH (1)  WALKER (5)  WILDMAN (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (1)  WOOF (1)