Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forton, Lancashire

Forton 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
HALL183.025210.28
SIMPSON162.689115.37
ROBINSON142.35297.38
WHITESIDE142.3529295.36
KIRBY132.184957.57
HOLLAND122.016828.33
COTTAM122.0168331.49
RAWLINSON111.8487155.15
BIRKETT111.8487191.64
HARRISON111.84878.33
HUNTINGTON111.8487635.84
HOUGHTON111.848752.91
BELL101.68078.94
PROCTOR101.680768.40
KAY101.680732.35
CARTMELL101.6807833.33
RONSON91.51261,525.42
PETERS81.344538.33
FAIRCLOUGH71.1765112.72
HORNBY71.1765103.24
GIBSON71.17659.69
HUTCHINSON71.176520.71
SHEPPERD71.1765271.32
GARDNER71.176517.33
STEWART71.17657.52
SMITH71.17650.83
LUND61.008493.02
DIXON61.00849.20
GERRARD61.008478.95
CROSS61.008414.65
SHAW61.00845.49
LANGLEY61.008445.94
WHITEHEAD50.840312.43
BRADLEY50.840310.47
PARKER50.84034.42
ECCLES50.840352.52
GREGSON50.840360.75
GREGG50.8403119.33
RICHMOND50.840338.34
BUTLER40.67236.90
RICHARDSON40.67233.95
BARROW40.672331.72
HOWSON40.6723107.82
SAUL40.6723131.58
WOODS40.672310.66
BOWMAN40.672325.74
RIGG40.672380.00
TOWNLEY40.6723106.67
FISHER40.67235.74
DOBSON30.504211.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RONSON0.605951525.4237
CARTMELL0.60595833.3333
HUNTINGTON0.60595635.8382
COTTAM0.60595331.4917
WHITESIDE0.60595295.3586
SHEPPERD0.60595271.3178
BIRKETT0.60595191.6376
REDSHAW0.60595169.4915
SOUTHWARD0.60595160.0000
RAWLINSON0.60595155.1481
ROOSE0.60595140.8451
SAUL0.60595131.5789
GREGG0.60595119.3317
FAIRCLOUGH0.60595112.7214
HOWSON0.60595107.8167
NEWSHAM0.60595107.5269
ARMSTEAD0.60595107.5269
TOWNLEY0.60595106.6667
HORNBY0.60595103.2448
PEDDER0.6059595.6938
LUND0.6059593.0233
RIGG0.6059580.0000
GERRARD0.6059578.9474
VERITY0.6059578.7402
WINDER0.6059576.7263
PROCTOR0.6059568.3995
PRICKETT0.6059561.7284
GREGSON0.6059560.7533
KIRBY0.6059557.5731
KEW0.6059557.1429
BLEASDALE0.6059554.9451
HOUGHTON0.6059552.9101
ECCLES0.6059552.5210
FARRER0.6059550.7614
TOPHAM0.6059545.9770
LANGLEY0.6059545.9418
RICHMOND0.6059538.3436
PETERS0.6059538.3325
HEY0.6059537.9507
MAHON0.6059537.8788
WISEMAN0.6059536.7197
CATON0.6059535.0877
BROTHERTON0.6059533.0033
CARLTON0.6059532.7869
KAY0.6059532.3520
BARROW0.6059531.7209
HOLLAND0.6059528.3286
GARDENER0.6059528.0899
BOWMAN0.6059525.7400
WALMSLEY0.6059524.3704

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 595 people called RONSON in Forton 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 1525.4237 in Forton means that 1525.4237% of the people in Forton on census day were called RONSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RONSON 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 RONSON 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 RONSON 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 RONSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Forton means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RONSON in Forton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forton in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  ARMSTEAD (1)  BELL (10)  BERNHEIM (1)  BICKERDYKE (1)  BILSBORROW (1)  BIRKETT (11)  BLACKLIN (3)  BLACOW (3)  BLEASDALE (1)  BLEZARD (4)  BOWMAN (4)  BRADLEY (5)  BROCKHOLES (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROCK (1)  BROCKBANK (27)  BROTHERTON (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BUDD (1)  BARROW (4)  BUTLER (4)  BUTTERWICK (1)  CARTER (1)  CARTMELL (10)  CATON (1)  CARLTON (1)  CLARKSON (3)  KEW (1)  CORBISHLEY (1)  COTTAM (12)  COWSON (2)  CREGG (1)  CROSS (6)  DAVIES (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (6)  DOBSON (3)  ECCLES (5)  ESCOLANE (5)  FAIRCLOUGH (7)  FARRER (2)  FAWCETT (2)  FISHER (4)  FRANCE (2)  GARDENER (3)  GARDNER (7)  GERRARD (6)  GIBSON (7)  GORST (10)  GREY (2)  GREENAP (1)  GREGSON (5)  GREGG (5)  GRIGGS (1)  HALL (18)  HAMILTON (1)  HARRISON (11)  HEY (2)  HAYES (1)  HEATON (2)  HENRY (1)  HODGKINSON (1)  HOLLAND (12)  HORNBY (7)  HOUGHTON (11)  HOWSON (4)  HUDSON (2)  HUNTINGTEN (1)  HUNTINGTON (11)  HUTCHINSON (7)  IDDON (7)  JACKSON (1)  KAY (10)  KELLET (1)  KIRBY (13)  LAMB (1)  LANCASTER (3)  LANGLEY (6)  LAWRENSON (9)  LEE (1)  LUND (6)  LUPTON (1)  LYTHAM (7)  MAHON (1)  MARGINSON (1)  DONALD (1)  MUCALT (3)  MURGATROYD (2)  MURGATROYDE (1)  NEWSHAM (2)  ORR (2)  ORMERWOOD (1)  PARKER (5)  PARKINSON (2)  PARR (3)  PEDDER (2)  PENNINGTON (2)  PETERS (8)  POOLE (2)  PRICKETT (1)  PROCTOR (10)  RAWLINSON (11)  REDSHAW (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  RICHMOND (5)  RIGG (4)  ROBINSON (14)  RONSON (9)  ROOSE (1)  ROWLEY (1)  SALMON (1)  SAUL (4)  SEED (1)  SHAW (6)  SHEPPERD (7)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SIMPSON (16)  SMALLEY (1)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHWARD (2)  SPEDDY (3)  STANLEY (1)  STEWART (7)  STIBBS (1)  SWARBRICK (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TRELFALL (2)  TOPHAM (2)  TOWNLEY (4)  TUCKER (1)  VERITY (2)  VERNON (2)  WALMSLEY (3)  WARDLEY (1)  WESTWORTH (2)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WHITESIDE (14)  WITTINGHAM (8)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINDER (3)  WISEMAN (3)  WITHERS (2)  WOODS (4)  WRIGHT (2)  YATES (1)