Top surnames from the 1881 census in Briercliffe Cum, Lancashire

Briercliffe Cum 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
EDMONDSON685.9182512.05
NUTTALL585.0479200.21
GREENWOOD534.612759.40
LEAVER443.8294593.79
HALSTEAD363.1332376.57
ATKINSON342.959130.38
TAYLOR322.78504.36
JACKSON312.69809.65
PICKLES312.6980132.76
SMITH302.61101.85
THORNTON262.262845.01
SHACKLETON242.0888185.61
SUTCLIFFE221.914748.48
NUTTER211.8277239.73
FOSTER181.566611.72
WHITAKER181.566655.45
DENT181.566682.23
PROCTOR171.479560.20
WEST161.392514.46
BARKER161.392510.64
BRIERLEY151.305573.49
BANKS141.218523.75
CATLOW131.1314273.68
HARTLEY131.131418.05
PARKER131.13145.95
LAYCOCK121.044476.00
HEAP121.044461.57
HUDSON110.957411.69
MASON110.95747.12
SIMPSON100.87034.98
BIRKETT100.870390.17
GIVEN100.87031,052.63
BLACKBURN90.783320.78
WHITEHEAD90.783311.59
HARGREAVES90.783318.79
BROWN80.69631.06
CUNLIFFE80.696355.91
RAWSON80.696363.80
WATSON80.69633.00
ROBERTSHAW70.609274.55
BANNISTER60.522230.24
LATHAM60.522225.65
LEE60.52223.20
HIGGIN60.5222218.18
BALDWIN60.522212.25
WILKINSON60.52223.42
BRADSHAW60.522212.71
THOMSON60.52223.91
HAWORTH50.435220.69
HEYS40.348147.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARKEN1.151,1493000.0000
GIVEN1.151,1491052.6316
LEAVER1.151,149593.7922
EDMONDSON1.151,149512.0482
HALSTEAD1.151,149376.5690
CATLOW1.151,149273.6842
NUTTER1.151,149239.7260
HIGGIN1.151,149218.1818
NUTTALL1.151,149200.2071
SHACKLETON1.151,149185.6148
BARROWS1.151,149138.8889
PICKLES1.151,149132.7623
HARGRAVES1.151,14999.5025
IVESON1.151,14991.7431
BIRKETT1.151,14990.1713
DENT1.151,14982.2293
LAYCOCK1.151,14975.9975
ROBERTSHAW1.151,14974.5474
BRIERLEY1.151,14973.4934
RAWSON1.151,14963.7959
HEAP1.151,14961.5700
PROCTOR1.151,14960.1983
GREENWOOD1.151,14959.3971
CUNLIFFE1.151,14955.9050
WHITAKER1.151,14955.4529
SUTCLIFFE1.151,14948.4795
HEYS1.151,14947.6758
THORNTON1.151,14945.0061
SWAINE1.151,14939.6040
ORMEROD1.151,14932.6442
ATKINSON1.151,14930.3816
BANNISTER1.151,14930.2419
HIGSON1.151,14927.2109
LATHAM1.151,14925.6520
HARKER1.151,14924.7934
BANKS1.151,14923.7530
BLACKBURN1.151,14920.7756
HAWORTH1.151,14920.6868
HARGREAVES1.151,14918.7931
HARTLEY1.151,14918.0530
EASTWOOD1.151,14914.7221
WEST1.151,14914.4639
CRABTREE1.151,14912.9646
BRADSHAW1.151,14912.7146
HINDLE1.151,14912.3916
BALDWIN1.151,14912.2474
FOSTER1.151,14911.7165
HUDSON1.151,14911.6922
CROWTHER1.151,14911.6618
WHITEHEAD1.151,14911.5890

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,149 people called HARKEN in Briercliffe Cum 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 3000.0000 in Briercliffe Cum means that 3000.0000% of the people in Briercliffe Cum on census day were called HARKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARKEN 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 HARKEN 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 HARKEN 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 HARKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.15 in Briercliffe Cum means that you are 1.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARKEN in Briercliffe Cum than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Briercliffe Cum in 1881

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

ALDERSLEY (1)  ALTHAM (2)  ATKINSON (34)  BALDWIN (6)  BANKS (14)  BANNISTER (6)  BARKER (16)  BERRY (1)  BIRKETT (10)  BLACKBURN (9)  BRADSHAW (6)  BRIERLEY (15)  BROCKBANK (5)  BROWN (8)  BARROWS (4)  BURROWS (4)  CARDWELL (1)  CATLOW (13)  CLARK (1)  CLOUGH (1)  COCKCROFT (1)  COWTON (1)  COCK (1)  CRABTREE (3)  CROWTHER (4)  CUNLIFFE (8)  CORRIN (9)  DENT (18)  DUERDEN (23)  EASTON (1)  EASTWOOD (4)  EDMONDSON (68)  ELLENOR (2)  ELLIOT (2)  EMMOTT (14)  FOSTER (18)  GIVEN (10)  JORDAN (1)  GRAY (1)  GREENWOOD (53)  HELLIWELL (1)  HALSTEAD (36)  HARGREAVES (9)  HARGRAVES (4)  HARKER (3)  HARKEN (3)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (13)  HAWORTH (5)  HEYS (4)  HEAP (12)  HIGSON (2)  HIGGIN (6)  HIGO (1)  HINDLE (2)  HODGSON (2)  HOGA (1)  HOLT (2)  HOWORTH (1)  HUDSON (11)  HIRST (1)  IVESON (3)  JACKSON (31)  JOBLING (6)  JONES (1)  KIPPAX (44)  LATHAM (6)  LAW (1)  LAYCOCK (12)  LEE (6)  LEAVER (44)  LOYND (1)  MASON (11)  MATTOOK (2)  COLLINGE (4)  GINLEY (1)  METCALFE (2)  MINNALLY (1)  MOORE (1)  MOYLES (1)  NUTTALL (58)  NUTTER (21)  OMEROD (1)  ORMEROD (3)  PARKER (13)  PICKLES (31)  PRESTON (3)  PROCTOR (17)  RAWSON (8)  RILY (1)  ROBERTSHAW (7)  ROBINSON (3)  RAWSTHORN (4)  SHACKLETON (24)  SHOESMITH (10)  SIMPSON (10)  SMITH (30)  SPENCER (1)  STAMWORTH (7)  STANWORTH (35)  STUTTARD (4)  SUTCLIFFE (22)  SWAINE (2)  TAYLOR (32)  THOMAS (2)  THOMSON (6)  THORNBER (3)  THORNTON (26)  TIPLADY (2)  WALTON (4)  WATSON (8)  WEST (16)  WHITAKER (18)  WHITTAKER (3)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKINSON (6)