Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bretherton, Lancashire

Bretherton 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
JACKSON415.799220.75
BAMFORD405.6577375.94
MEE324.5262594.80
CHADWICK294.101893.79
HARRISON263.677516.57
WILSON223.11176.78
WATKINSON223.1117265.70
TAYLOR202.82894.42
DITCHFIELD202.8289826.45
ALTY192.68741,461.54
NORRIS182.546059.27
BIBBY182.5460235.91
JUMP152.12161,239.67
WHALLEY131.8388116.80
BANKS131.838835.85
LEA121.697385.96
WATSON121.69737.32
HUNTER121.697316.53
CARR121.697323.52
ASHCROFT101.4144105.71
MONK101.414467.34
HOWARD101.414414.41
BAKER101.41446.46
FORSHAW91.2730189.47
HART81.131513.27
GREGSON81.131581.80
BARRON81.131573.06
ABBOT70.9901209.58
HOLT70.990114.79
EASTHAM70.9901193.91
GARDINER60.848729.53
ROBINSON60.84872.66
HODGES60.848728.94
BANNISTER60.848749.14
STEPHENSON60.848714.84
CROSS50.707210.28
SUMNER50.707243.67
BROWN50.70721.07
RUTTER50.707246.43
BRIDGE50.707234.92
DOBSON40.565812.82
WORTHINGTON40.565828.23
MARKLAND40.5658253.16
ROSCOE40.565891.12
PARKINSON30.42438.85
COWELL30.424329.64
HOLMES20.28292.32
SPENCER20.28293.10
SEDDON20.282917.41
COTTAM20.282946.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALTY0.717071461.5385
JUMP0.717071239.6694
DITCHFIELD0.71707826.4463
MEE0.71707594.7955
BAMFORD0.71707375.9398
WATKINSON0.71707265.7005
MARKLAND0.71707253.1646
BIBBY0.71707235.9109
ABBOT0.71707209.5808
EASTHAM0.71707193.9058
FORSHAW0.71707189.4737
DANDY0.71707152.6718
WHALLEY0.71707116.8014
ASHCROFT0.71707105.7082
CHADWICK0.7170793.7904
ROSCOE0.7170791.1162
LEA0.7170785.9599
GREGSON0.7170781.7996
BARRON0.7170773.0594
MONK0.7170767.3401
NORRIS0.7170759.2690
BANNISTER0.7170749.1400
COTTAM0.7170746.5116
RUTTER0.7170746.4253
SUMNER0.7170743.6681
BANKS0.7170735.8522
BRIDGE0.7170734.9162
COWELL0.7170729.6443
HESKETH0.7170729.5421
GARDINER0.7170729.5276
HODGES0.7170728.9436
WORTHINGTON0.7170728.2287
WIGNALL0.7170727.7008
CARR0.7170723.5202
TINSLEY0.7170723.3100
GORTON0.7170722.7790
JACKSON0.7170720.7511
MESSENGER0.7170718.3486
SEDDON0.7170717.4064
HARRISON0.7170716.5668
HUNTER0.7170716.5289
STEPHENSON0.7170714.8368
HOLT0.7170714.7898
HOWARD0.7170714.4134
BARROW0.7170713.3511
HART0.7170713.2670
DOBSON0.7170712.8246
GORE0.7170712.5313
CROSS0.7170710.2775
RIMMER0.717078.8574

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 707 people called ALTY in Bretherton 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 1461.5385 in Bretherton means that 1461.5385% of the people in Bretherton on census day were called ALTY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALTY 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 ALTY 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 ALTY 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 ALTY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Bretherton means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALTY in Bretherton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bretherton in 1881

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

ABBOT (7)  ALTY (19)  ARNOLD (1)  ASCROFT (4)  ASHCROFT (10)  BAKER (10)  BALSHAW (5)  BAMFORD (40)  BANKS (13)  BANNISTER (6)  BARKER (1)  BARRON (8)  BIBBY (18)  BRETHERTON (28)  BRIDGE (5)  BROWN (5)  BARROW (2)  BUTCHER (1)  CARR (12)  CARTER (1)  CAUNCE (10)  CHADWICK (29)  CLARKSON (1)  COULTON (1)  COTTAM (2)  COWELL (3)  COXHEAD (10)  CROOK (1)  CROSS (5)  CULSHAW (1)  DANDY (2)  DITCHFIELD (20)  DOBSON (4)  EASTHAM (7)  FORSHAW (9)  GARDINER (6)  GILL (1)  GLOVER (2)  GORE (1)  GORTON (1)  GREGSON (8)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (26)  HART (8)  HESKETH (2)  HODGES (6)  HOLMES (2)  HOLT (7)  HOWARD (10)  HOYLE (1)  HUNTER (12)  IDDON (17)  JACKSON (41)  JUMP (15)  LEA (12)  MARKLAND (4)  MEE (32)  MESSENGER (1)  MONK (10)  MORTON (1)  MOSS (1)  NORRIS (18)  PARKINSON (3)  PATTERSON (1)  PEEL (1)  PRESCOT (1)  RYDING (3)  RIMMER (1)  ROBINSON (6)  ROSCOE (4)  RUTTER (5)  SEDDON (2)  SHARP (1)  SHERLOCKER (1)  SMITH (1)  SNAILHAM (21)  SPENCER (2)  STEPHENSON (6)  SUMNER (5)  TAYLOR (20)  TINSLEY (1)  WHALLEY (13)  WARD (1)  WATKINSON (22)  WATSON (12)  WIGNALL (1)  WILSON (22)  WORTHINGTON (4)