Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashton With Stodday, Lancashire

Ashton With Stodday 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
PARKINSON1611.7647245.40
LAMB118.0882153.42
HORNBY96.6176580.65
SHAW85.882432.03
RHODES85.8824126.78
WEBSTER53.676542.27
ROGERSON53.6765299.40
WALMSLEY53.6765177.94
SHEPHARD53.6765384.62
STARKIE42.9412909.09
FISHER42.941225.13
SMITH42.94122.08
SPEAKMAN42.9412634.92
MASON32.205916.40
REYNOLDS32.205925.47
HOUGHTON21.470642.11
HOLMES21.470612.08
STUART21.470661.54
DALZIEL10.7353166.67
JACKSON10.73532.63
ARMER10.7353588.24
HOPKINS10.735312.21
TALLON10.7353909.09
PYE10.735349.26
HAYWARD10.735317.24
MILLER10.73534.11
WILSON10.73531.60
BURRELL10.735356.50
SHARP10.73538.83
SUTTON10.735311.55
GREENWOOD10.73539.47
FIELDING10.735332.89
KETTLE10.735384.03
WELSH10.735318.59
BELL10.73533.91
SALSBURY10.7353454.55
TEASDALE10.735386.96
HERON10.735376.92
MORTON10.735313.76
GRANT10.73537.41
SOMMERS10.73531,111.11
LOYD10.7353188.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOMMERS0.141361111.1111
TALLON0.14136909.0909
STARKIE0.14136909.0909
SPEAKMAN0.14136634.9206
ARMER0.14136588.2353
HORNBY0.14136580.6452
SALSBURY0.14136454.5455
SHEPHARD0.14136384.6154
ROGERSON0.14136299.4012
PARKINSON0.14136245.3988
LOYD0.14136188.6792
WALMSLEY0.14136177.9359
DALZIEL0.14136166.6667
LAMB0.14136153.4170
RHODES0.14136126.7829
TEASDALE0.1413686.9565
KETTLE0.1413684.0336
HERON0.1413676.9231
STUART0.1413661.5385
BURRELL0.1413656.4972
PYE0.1413649.2611
WEBSTER0.1413642.2654
HOUGHTON0.1413642.1053
FIELDING0.1413632.8947
SHAW0.1413632.0256
REYNOLDS0.1413625.4669
FISHER0.1413625.1256
WELSH0.1413618.5874
HAYWARD0.1413617.2414
MASON0.1413616.4024
MORTON0.1413613.7552
HOPKINS0.1413612.2100
HOLMES0.1413612.0773
SUTTON0.1413611.5473
GREENWOOD0.141369.4697
SHARP0.141368.8261
GRANT0.141367.4074
MILLER0.141364.1102
BELL0.141363.9124
JACKSON0.141362.6309
SMITH0.141362.0831
WILSON0.141361.6010

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 136 people called SOMMERS in Ashton With Stodday 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 1111.1111 in Ashton With Stodday means that 1111.1111% of the people in Ashton With Stodday on census day were called SOMMERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOMMERS 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 SOMMERS 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 SOMMERS 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 SOMMERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Ashton With Stodday means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOMMERS in Ashton With Stodday than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashton With Stodday in 1881

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

ARMER (1)  BELL (1)  BURRELL (1)  CAWSON (3)  DALZIEL (1)  FIELDING (1)  FISHER (4)  GORNALL (2)  GRANT (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HERON (1)  HOLMES (2)  HOPKINS (1)  HORNBY (9)  HOUGHTON (2)  JACKSON (1)  KETTLE (1)  LAMB (11)  LAZONBY (1)  LOYD (1)  MACKERETH (5)  MASON (3)  MILLER (1)  MORTON (1)  PARKINSON (16)  PYE (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  RHODES (8)  ROGERSON (5)  SALSBURY (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (8)  SHEPHARD (5)  SMITH (4)  SPEAKMAN (4)  STARKIE (4)  STUART (2)  SOMMERS (1)  SUTTON (1)  TALLON (1)  TEASDALE (1)  WALMSLEY (5)  WELSH (1)  WEBSTER (5)  WILSON (1)  WOOF (1)