Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bulk, Lancashire

Bulk 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
ALSTON1210.25641,578.95
BROWN86.837610.37
DIXON86.837662.40
AINSWORTH65.1282258.62
FOX65.128255.25
IRVING65.1282229.89
PENNINGTON65.1282346.82
TOMLINSON65.1282111.11
HARDACRE54.27351,785.71
GARTH54.27351,923.08
EDMONDSON54.2735370.37
FISHER43.418829.22
IRELAND32.5641110.29
HODGSON32.564136.99
HUNTINGTON21.7094588.24
TEESDALE10.8547526.32
POTTER10.854713.18
WOOD10.85472.68
HUDSON10.854710.44
COTTAM10.8547140.85
WALMSLEY10.854741.32
HEWITT10.854717.54
BALL10.854710.35
SHARPLES10.854748.78
GREEN10.85473.03
CROW10.854756.50
WINCHESTER10.8547222.22
HOWSON10.8547136.99
CHARLESWORTH10.854766.23
HARRISON10.85473.85
PRESTON10.854717.12
MASON10.85476.36
CROFT10.854736.23
WILSON10.85471.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARTH0.121171923.0769
HARDACRE0.121171785.7143
ALSTON0.121171578.9474
HUNTINGTON0.12117588.2353
TEESDALE0.12117526.3158
EDMONDSON0.12117370.3704
PENNINGTON0.12117346.8208
AINSWORTH0.12117258.6207
IRVING0.12117229.8851
WINCHESTER0.12117222.2222
COTTAM0.12117140.8451
HOWSON0.12117136.9863
TOMLINSON0.12117111.1111
IRELAND0.12117110.2941
CHARLESWORTH0.1211766.2252
DIXON0.1211762.4025
CROW0.1211756.4972
FOX0.1211755.2486
SHARPLES0.1211748.7805
WALMSLEY0.1211741.3223
HODGSON0.1211736.9914
CROFT0.1211736.2319
FISHER0.1211729.2184
HEWITT0.1211717.5439
PRESTON0.1211717.1233
POTTER0.1211713.1752
HUDSON0.1211710.4384
BROWN0.1211710.3721
BALL0.1211710.3520
MASON0.121176.3573
HARRISON0.121173.8506
GREEN0.121173.0349
WOOD0.121172.6824
WILSON0.121171.8608

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called GARTH in Bulk 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 1923.0769 in Bulk means that 1923.0769% of the people in Bulk on census day were called GARTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARTH 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 GARTH 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 GARTH 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 GARTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Bulk means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARTH in Bulk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bulk in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (6)  ALSTON (12)  BALL (1)  BROWN (8)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  COTTAM (1)  COKSON (2)  CROFT (1)  CROW (1)  DIXON (8)  EDMONDSON (5)  FISHER (4)  FOX (6)  GARTH (5)  GREEN (1)  HARDACRE (5)  HARRISON (1)  HEWITT (1)  HODGSON (3)  HOWSON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNTINGTON (2)  IRELAND (3)  IRVING (6)  MASON (1)  PENNINGTON (6)  PHILOPSON (6)  POTTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  SHARPLES (1)  SWINDELLS (1)  TEESDALE (1)  TI... (1)  TOMLINSON (6)  WALBANK (1)  WALMSLEY (1)  WILLAN (1)  WILSON (1)  WINCHESTER (1)  WOOD (1)  WRANES (1)