Top surnames from the 1881 census in Anderton, Lancashire

Anderton 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
MORRIS329.816044.10
BROWN123.68105.58
SNAPE113.3742365.45
SUTTON103.067548.17
LOWE103.067540.92
SETTLE103.0675892.86
UNSWORTH103.0675266.67
JONES92.76072.44
ECCLESTON92.7607552.15
BERRY82.454030.92
HUNT82.454018.48
WILLIS82.454046.16
DAVIES72.14724.22
FISHER61.840515.72
BURROWS61.840542.05
FAIRHURST61.8405224.72
BLEASDALE61.8405600.00
BOOTH61.840518.66
TURNER51.53375.51
DICKINSON51.533735.92
CLARKE51.53377.57
HEALEY41.227075.05
LEE41.22707.51
BOARDMAN41.227076.48
MARSDEN41.227029.63
HARPER41.227019.17
SMITH41.22700.87
HARDMAN41.227060.98
KING41.22705.63
GREEN30.92023.27
DARBYSHIRE30.9202173.41
NORRIS30.920221.43
PILKINGTON30.920251.19
HOWARTH30.920219.14
KENNEDY20.613510.17
MOORE20.61353.07
KANE20.613576.05
DUCKWORTH20.613531.75
DEWHURST20.613551.68
GATES20.613539.60
MAYO10.306739.84
ADDIS10.306790.09
SANDERSON10.30677.42
CROOK10.306710.68
PEARCE10.30673.34
DURHAM10.306735.59
HOPE10.30679.02
BAIN10.306712.36
LAMBERT10.30675.62
GRAHAM10.30672.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SETTLE0.33326892.8571
BLEASDALE0.33326600.0000
ECCLESTON0.33326552.1472
HOYE0.33326434.7826
SNAPE0.33326365.4485
UNSWORTH0.33326266.6667
FAIRHURST0.33326224.7191
DARBYSHIRE0.33326173.4104
ADDIS0.3332690.0901
BOARDMAN0.3332676.4818
KANE0.3332676.0456
HEALEY0.3332675.0469
HARDMAN0.3332660.9756
DEWHURST0.3332651.6796
PILKINGTON0.3332651.1945
SUTTON0.3332648.1696
WILLIS0.3332646.1627
MORRIS0.3332644.0954
CORNER0.3332642.1941
BURROWS0.3332642.0463
LOWE0.3332640.9165
MAYO0.3332639.8406
GATES0.3332639.6040
DICKINSON0.3332635.9195
DURHAM0.3332635.5872
DUCKWORTH0.3332631.7460
BERRY0.3332630.9239
MARSDEN0.3332629.6296
NORRIS0.3332621.4286
CURRY0.3332621.4133
HARPER0.3332619.1663
HOWARTH0.3332619.1449
BOOTH0.3332618.6567
HUNT0.3332618.4758
DOWNING0.3332617.6367
FISHER0.3332615.7233
WORTHINGTON0.3332615.2905
RAE0.3332613.4590
BAIN0.3332612.3609
HOOD0.3332611.0865
CROOK0.3332610.6838
KENNEDY0.3332610.1729
HOPE0.333269.0171
WADE0.333267.6628
CLARKE0.333267.5689
LEE0.333267.5075
SANDERSON0.333267.4239
KING0.333265.6298
LAMBERT0.333265.6211
BROWN0.333265.5840

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 326 people called SETTLE in Anderton 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 892.8571 in Anderton means that 892.8571% of the people in Anderton on census day were called SETTLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SETTLE 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 SETTLE 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 SETTLE 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 SETTLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Anderton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SETTLE in Anderton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Anderton in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BAIN (1)  BAIN (LEE) (2)  BERRY (8)  BIRBECK (4)  BLEASDALE (6)  BOARDMAN (4)  BOOTH (6)  BROWN (12)  BURROWS (6)  KANE (2)  CATTERALL (8)  CLARKE (5)  CLAYTON (LOWE) (2)  CHARNOCK (8)  CORNER (1)  CROOK (1)  CURRY (1)  DAVIES (7)  DARBYSHIRE (3)  DEWHURST (2)  DICKINSON (5)  DOBBIE (3)  DOWNING (1)  DUCKWORTH (2)  DURHAM (1)  ECCLESTON (9)  ADDIS (1)  FAIRHURST (6)  FISHER (6)  GATES (2)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (3)  HARDMAN (4)  HARPER (4)  HEALEY (4)  HEARD (HOWARTH) (2)  HEATON (LOWE) (2)  HOOD (1)  HOPE (1)  HOWARTH (3)  HOYE (1)  HUNT (8)  JONES (9)  KENNEDY (2)  KING (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LEE (4)  LOUKINS (1)  LOWE (10)  MARSDEN (4)  MAYO (1)  MILES (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (32)  NORRIS (3)  PEARCE (1)  PENDLEBURY (10)  PILKINGTON (3)  POLLIT (1)  RAE (1)  ROSTRON (5)  SANDERSON (1)  SETTLE (10)  SMITH (4)  SNAPE (11)  SUTTON (10)  TURNER (5)  WATERWORTH (TURNER) (8)  WILSON (TURNER) (2)  UNSWORTH (10)  WADE (1)  WILLIS (8)  WORTHINGTON (1)