Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Heaton, Lancashire

Great Heaton 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
BROWN195.05327.67
JACKSON174.521316.18
CLARKSON153.9894150.45
HILTON143.7234108.28
HORROCKS123.1915259.74
STAFFORD123.1915150.00
SCHOFIELD102.659649.07
HOWARTH102.659655.34
BOARDMAN92.3936149.25
OGDEN92.393684.67
HALLAM82.1277114.12
EVANS82.12774.87
DAVENPORT82.1277112.36
WATSON71.86178.03
ASHWORTH71.861746.67
WALKER71.86175.56
LOMAX61.5957112.99
KIRKMAN61.5957250.00
MATHER61.595764.38
RICHARDSON61.59579.37
GLEDHILL61.5957107.53
BARLOW51.329824.63
BOOTH51.329813.48
PARKS51.3298127.88
CROWTHER51.329844.52
JAQUES51.3298179.86
OWEN51.329811.20
BENNETT51.32988.09
SMITH51.32980.94
WORTHINGTON41.063853.05
GIFFORD41.0638122.32
BENTLEY41.063825.16
THORP41.063878.43
HAYES41.063817.11
HARDMAN41.063852.91
MASON41.06387.91
ROYLE41.063880.81
BRIGGS41.063819.59
FIELDEN41.0638182.65
MORTON30.797914.93
MILLS30.79796.15
YATES30.797911.61
CHESTER20.531943.38
BUTTERWORTH20.531914.81
SANDIFORD20.5319198.02
HOLT20.53197.95
TAYLOR20.53190.83
HOWARD20.53195.42
WILSON20.53191.16
LEES20.531912.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINDERS0.38376277.7778
HORROCKS0.38376259.7403
KIRKMAN0.38376250.0000
SANDIFORD0.38376198.0198
PRESTWICH0.38376196.0784
FIELDEN0.38376182.6484
JAQUES0.38376179.8561
CLARKSON0.38376150.4514
STAFFORD0.38376150.0000
BOARDMAN0.38376149.2537
PARKS0.38376127.8772
GIFFORD0.38376122.3242
HALLAM0.38376114.1227
LOMAX0.38376112.9944
DAVENPORT0.38376112.3596
HENSHALL0.38376109.8901
HILTON0.38376108.2753
GLEDHILL0.38376107.5269
OGDEN0.3837684.6660
ROYLE0.3837680.8081
THORP0.3837678.4314
BALMER0.3837670.4225
LOYD0.3837667.5676
MATHER0.3837664.3777
HOWARTH0.3837655.3403
WORTHINGTON0.3837653.0504
HARDMAN0.3837652.9101
SCHOFIELD0.3837649.0677
ASHWORTH0.3837646.6667
CROWTHER0.3837644.5236
CHESTER0.3837643.3839
HITCHEN0.3837639.0625
HENSHAW0.3837631.2500
BENTLEY0.3837625.1572
BARLOW0.3837624.6305
CARSON0.3837624.1546
HARROP0.3837623.3645
BRIGGS0.3837619.5886
HAYES0.3837617.1086
JACKSON0.3837616.1781
STEPHEN0.3837615.1745
MORTON0.3837614.9254
BUTTERWORTH0.3837614.8148
DUCKWORTH0.3837613.7552
BOOTH0.3837613.4807
MARKS0.3837613.0039
HALLIDAY0.3837612.8700
LEES0.3837611.9976
YATES0.3837611.6099
OWEN0.3837611.2032

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 376 people called WINDERS in Great Heaton 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 277.7778 in Great Heaton means that 277.7778% of the people in Great Heaton on census day were called WINDERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINDERS 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 WINDERS 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 WINDERS 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 WINDERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Great Heaton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINDERS in Great Heaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Heaton in 1881

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

ALBESON (7)  ALLEN (1)  ASHWORTH (7)  BALMER (1)  BARLOW (5)  BENNETT (5)  BENTLEY (4)  BERRY (1)  BOARDMAN (9)  BOOTH (5)  BRIGGS (4)  BROWN (19)  BUTTERWORTH (2)  CARSON (1)  CARTER (1)  CHESTER (2)  CLARKSON (15)  CLEMANT (4)  CROWTHER (5)  DAVENPORT (8)  DAWNE (1)  DUCKWORTH (1)  EVANS (8)  FIELDEN (4)  FOULDING (1)  FOSTER (1)  GIFFORD (4)  GLEDHILL (6)  GOLDTHORP (4)  HATKIN (1)  HALL (1)  HALLAM (8)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARDMAN (4)  HARROP (1)  HARVEY (1)  HAYES (4)  HENSHALL (2)  HENSHAW (1)  HILTON (14)  HITCHEN (1)  HOLT (2)  HORROCKS (12)  HOWARD (2)  HOWARTH (10)  HUNTER (1)  JAQUES (5)  JACKSON (17)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KIRKMAN (6)  LAITHWAITE (5)  LANCASHIRE (2)  LEES (2)  LEWIS (1)  LOYD (1)  LOMAX (6)  LOYONS (1)  MARKS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (4)  MASSALL (1)  MATHER (6)  MC ELROY (3)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLS (3)  MORTON (3)  OGDEN (9)  OWEN (5)  PARKS (5)  PRESTWICH (1)  RATHTONE (1)  REIKLE (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROSS (1)  ROYLE (4)  SANDIFORD (2)  SCHOFIELD (10)  SLINDING (4)  SMITH (5)  STAFFORD (12)  STEPHEN (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORP (4)  TOOTILL (1)  WALKDEN (2)  WALKER (7)  WATSON (7)  WESTON (1)  WILSON (2)  WINDERS (1)  WINNERY (1)  WORTHINGTON (4)  YATES (3)  ZONDE (1)