Top surnames from the 1881 census in Henheads, Lancashire

Henheads 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
BARNES156.437853.48
ILLINGWORTH114.7210416.67
GREENWOOD114.721060.81
SEFTON104.29181,298.70
RAMSBOTTOM104.2918636.94
DIXON93.862735.25
WARBURTON83.4335139.13
LEE83.433521.01
DAVIDSON73.004335.73
SAGAR73.0043736.84
WALSH73.004356.45
HORNBY73.0043264.15
KNOWLES62.575148.23
ARTHUR62.5751118.11
HOLT62.575138.46
TURNER62.57519.25
ROTHWELL62.5751140.19
WHITTAKER62.575154.40
HAWORTH62.5751122.45
ENTWISTLE52.1459123.15
GINTY41.71674,000.00
PARKINSON41.716735.78
HANSON41.716753.19
HOYLE41.716774.35
RATCLIFFE41.716762.11
NUTTALL41.716768.14
HOLMAN31.287690.63
COCKERILL31.2876267.86
BOYSON31.28762,142.86
BANKS31.287625.10
BOOTH20.85848.70
EASTHAM20.8584168.07
RILEY20.858410.85
MILLER20.85844.80
KING20.85843.94
HOLDEN20.858415.67
CHEW20.8584169.49
WALL10.429212.27
SANDFORD10.429260.24
WORSLEY10.429249.02
HINDE10.4292103.09
CARR10.42925.95
DUCKWORTH10.429222.22
WHITWORTH10.429225.71
PARKER10.42922.26
HEAP10.429225.32
KETTLEWELL10.4292140.85
ELLIOT10.429216.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GINTY0.232334000.0000
BOYSON0.232332142.8571
SEFTON0.232331298.7013
SAGAR0.23233736.8421
RAMSBOTTOM0.23233636.9427
ILLINGWORTH0.23233416.6667
COCKERILL0.23233267.8571
HORNBY0.23233264.1509
CHEW0.23233169.4915
EASTHAM0.23233168.0672
KETTLEWELL0.23233140.8451
ROTHWELL0.23233140.1869
WARBURTON0.23233139.1304
ENTWISTLE0.23233123.1527
HAWORTH0.23233122.4490
ARTHUR0.23233118.1102
HINDE0.23233103.0928
HOLMAN0.2323390.6344
HOYLE0.2323374.3494
NUTTALL0.2323368.1431
RATCLIFFE0.2323362.1118
GREENWOOD0.2323360.8071
SANDFORD0.2323360.2410
WALSH0.2323356.4516
WHITTAKER0.2323354.3971
BARNES0.2323353.4759
HANSON0.2323353.1915
WORSLEY0.2323349.0196
KNOWLES0.2323348.2315
HOLT0.2323338.4615
PARKINSON0.2323335.7782
DAVIDSON0.2323335.7325
DIXON0.2323335.2526
WHITWORTH0.2323325.7069
HEAP0.2323325.3165
BANKS0.2323325.1046
DUCKWORTH0.2323322.2222
LEE0.2323321.0084
ELLIOT0.2323316.8350
HOLDEN0.2323315.6740
WALL0.2323312.2699
RILEY0.2323310.8519
TURNER0.232339.2507
BOOTH0.232338.7032
CARR0.232335.9488
MILLER0.232334.7973
KING0.232333.9386
PARKER0.232332.2563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called GINTY in Henheads 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 4000.0000 in Henheads means that 4000.0000% of the people in Henheads on census day were called GINTY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GINTY 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 GINTY 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 GINTY 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 GINTY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Henheads means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GINTY in Henheads than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Henheads in 1881

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

ARTHUR (6)  BANKS (3)  BARNES (15)  BIRTWHISTLE (3)  BOOTH (2)  BOYSON (3)  CARR (1)  CHEW (2)  COCKERILL (3)  DAVIDSON (7)  DIXON (9)  DUCKWORTH (1)  EASTHAM (2)  ELLIOT (1)  ENTWISTLE (5)  GELDSWORTH (1)  GREENWOOD (11)  HANSON (4)  HAWORTH (6)  HEAP (1)  HINDE (1)  HOLDEN (2)  HOLMAN (3)  HOLT (6)  HORNBY (7)  HOYLE (4)  ILLINGWORTH (11)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KING (2)  KNOWLES (6)  LABROW (5)  LEE (8)  GINTY (4)  MILLER (2)  NUTTALL (4)  PARKER (1)  PARKINSON (4)  RAMSBOTTOM (10)  RATCLIFFE (4)  RILEY (2)  ROSTHRON (6)  ROTHWELL (6)  SANDFORD (1)  SAGAR (7)  SEFTON (10)  TURNER (6)  WALL (1)  WALSH (7)  WARBURTON (8)  WHITTAKER (6)  WHITWORTH (1)  WORSLEY (1)