Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alkrington, Lancashire

Alkrington 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
MILLS225.789544.64
WOLSTENHOLME174.4737561.06
TAYLOR143.68425.76
PARTINGTON123.1579222.63
HOYLE123.1579136.83
HALL102.63168.95
WHITWORTH102.6316157.48
JACKSON92.36848.47
CLEGG92.368469.55
WRIGLEY82.1053166.32
STOTT82.105367.40
GREENHALGH82.1053102.83
WOOD82.10536.61
LEAR71.8421315.32
DAWSON71.842116.71
HUDDLESTON71.8421660.38
STANDRING71.8421630.63
TURNER61.57895.67
ANDERSON61.57897.99
HILTON61.578945.94
JAMESON61.5789142.52
HOLLAND61.578922.18
WILKINSON61.578910.35
STANSFIELD61.5789102.21
LEES61.578935.61
COUPE61.5789226.42
BRADBURY51.315845.54
BAMFORD51.315887.41
MOORS51.3158531.91
HEYWOOD51.315866.14
CHEETHAM41.052668.03
HOLT41.052615.72
FOGG41.0526181.00
WHITTON41.0526171.67
RODGERS41.052638.46
DEARDEN41.0526107.24
JAQUES41.0526142.35
BESWICK41.0526107.82
BARLOW30.789514.62
BRICKLEY30.7895967.74
KERSHAW30.789524.47
BENSON30.789529.13
SANDIFORD30.7895294.12
CHADWICK30.789518.05
LANDON30.7895416.67
ROGERS20.52634.05
WILSON20.52631.15
HEWSON20.526364.52
WEBB20.52633.88
CORDON20.5263425.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRICKLEY0.38380967.7419
HUDDLESTON0.38380660.3774
STANDRING0.38380630.6306
HASTY0.38380625.0000
WOLSTENHOLME0.38380561.0561
MOORS0.38380531.9149
CORDON0.38380425.5319
LANDON0.38380416.6667
MATTS0.38380400.0000
LEAR0.38380315.3153
SANDIFORD0.38380294.1176
BLANE0.38380273.9726
COUPE0.38380226.4151
PARTINGTON0.38380222.6345
FOGG0.38380180.9955
WHITTON0.38380171.6738
WRIGLEY0.38380166.3202
WHITWORTH0.38380157.4803
JAMESON0.38380142.5178
JAQUES0.38380142.3488
HOYLE0.38380136.8301
BESWICK0.38380107.8167
DEARDEN0.38380107.2386
GREENHALGH0.38380102.8278
STANSFIELD0.38380102.2147
WALLWORK0.3838090.4977
BAMFORD0.3838087.4126
CLEGG0.3838069.5518
CHEETHAM0.3838068.0272
STOTT0.3838067.3968
HEYWOOD0.3838066.1376
HEWSON0.3838064.5161
SANKEY0.3838063.6943
BATLEY0.3838060.9756
CARDWELL0.3838054.6448
LEADBETTER0.3838050.7614
THORNLEY0.3838047.3934
HILTON0.3838045.9418
BRADBURY0.3838045.5373
MILLS0.3838044.6429
ROYLE0.3838040.0000
RODGERS0.3838038.4615
DEAKIN0.3838038.0952
LEES0.3838035.6083
MAKIN0.3838030.6748
BENSON0.3838029.1262
KERSHAW0.3838024.4698
DALEY0.3838022.3714
HOLLAND0.3838022.1811
POWER0.3838019.6464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 380 people called BRICKLEY in Alkrington 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 967.7419 in Alkrington means that 967.7419% of the people in Alkrington on census day were called BRICKLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRICKLEY 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 BRICKLEY 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 BRICKLEY 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 BRICKLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Alkrington means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRICKLEY in Alkrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alkrington in 1881

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

ANDERSON (6)  ASHTON (2)  BAMFORD (5)  BARLOW (3)  BATLEY (1)  BENSON (3)  BESWICK (4)  BLANE (2)  BRADBURY (5)  BRADFORD (1)  BRADY (1)  BRICKLEY (3)  CARDWELL (1)  CHADWICK (3)  CHEETHAM (4)  CLEGG (9)  CORDON (2)  COUPE (6)  DALEY (1)  DAWSON (7)  DEAKIN (2)  DEARDEN (4)  DIXON (1)  FANNAN (1)  FLEMING (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FOGG (4)  FOSTER (1)  GARTSIDE (2)  GLESON (1)  GREENHALGH (8)  HALL (10)  HART (1)  HASTY (1)  HAWORTH (1)  HEATON (1)  HEWSON (2)  HEYWOOD (5)  HILL (1)  HILTON (6)  HODSON (1)  HOLLAND (6)  HOLT (4)  HOYLE (12)  HUDDLESTON (7)  JAQUES (4)  JACKSON (9)  JAMES (1)  JAMESON (6)  JOLLEYS (1)  JONES (1)  KERSHAW (3)  LEAR (7)  LANCASHIRE (3)  LANDON (3)  LEADBETTER (1)  LEES (6)  LYONS (1)  MAKIN (1)  MATTS (1)  COLLINGE (2)  METCALFE (1)  MILLS (22)  MOORS (5)  MOSS (1)  PARKINSON (2)  PARTINGTON (12)  PEARSON (1)  POWER (1)  PRESCOTT (1)  RAMSBOTTEM (1)  RHODES (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RODGERS (4)  ROGERS (2)  ROYLE (2)  SANDIFORD (3)  SANKEY (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMETHURST (4)  SMITH (1)  STANDRING (7)  STANSFIELD (6)  STOTT (8)  TAYLOR (14)  THORNLEY (2)  TURNER (6)  VENABLES (1)  VICKERS (1)  WADE (2)  WHALLEY (1)  WALLWORK (2)  WALMSLEY (1)  WEBB (2)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITTON (4)  WHITWORTH (10)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (2)  WOLSTENHOLME (17)  WOOD (8)  WRIGLEY (8)