Top surnames from the 1881 census in Houghton Middleton, Lancashire

Houghton Middleton 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
HOWARD229.090992.63
ROWLES114.54551,028.04
APPLETON104.1322263.85
DARBYSHIRE93.7190703.13
GRICE93.7190360.00
STANIER83.30582,666.67
JOHNSON83.30589.84
HIGHAM83.3058323.89
HEWITT83.305867.85
ELLISON83.3058156.56
PLATT72.8926109.20
COMBER72.8926864.20
JACKSON62.47938.87
MASSEY62.479396.93
RYDER52.0661119.33
ANDREWS52.066121.56
DICKENSON52.0661136.24
CROFT52.066187.41
SMITH52.06611.46
WARBURTON41.652967.00
DEAN41.652923.81
HOLT41.652924.69
HATTON41.652984.21
GIBBINS41.6529216.22
JEFFS41.6529211.64
YOUD41.65291,333.33
PATTINSON31.2397138.25
KNOWLES31.239723.22
GREEN31.23974.40
SWINTON31.2397600.00
COOK31.23976.24
SILVESTER20.8264106.95
WRIGHT20.82642.58
UNSWORTH20.826471.94
SOUTHERN20.826489.69
SAVAGE20.826421.51
BOWLES20.826450.51
THOMPSON20.82642.76
BARNES10.41323.43
RICHARDSON10.41322.43
THOMLINSON10.4132227.27
COOPER10.41321.70
COLLIER10.413212.36
BROWN10.41320.63
ATHERTON10.413222.99
HURST10.413211.57
POWER10.413230.86
NESTER10.41322,000.00
HAGAN10.413282.64
CHARLES10.413220.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANIER0.242422666.6667
NESTER0.242422000.0000
YOUD0.242421333.3333
ROWLES0.242421028.0374
COMBER0.24242864.1975
DARBYSHIRE0.24242703.1250
SWINTON0.24242600.0000
GRICE0.24242360.0000
HIGHAM0.24242323.8866
APPLETON0.24242263.8522
THOMLINSON0.24242227.2727
GIBBINS0.24242216.2162
JEFFS0.24242211.6402
ELLISON0.24242156.5558
PATTINSON0.24242138.2488
DICKENSON0.24242136.2398
RYDER0.24242119.3317
BURK0.24242114.9425
PLATT0.24242109.2044
SILVESTER0.24242106.9519
MASSEY0.2424296.9305
HOWARD0.2424292.6316
SOUTHERN0.2424289.6861
CROFT0.2424287.4126
HATTON0.2424284.2105
HAGAN0.2424282.6446
UNSWORTH0.2424271.9424
HEWITT0.2424267.8541
WARBURTON0.2424267.0017
WHITTINGHAM0.2424254.9451
BOWLES0.2424250.5051
POWER0.2424230.8642
HOLT0.2424224.6914
DEAN0.2424223.8095
KNOWLES0.2424223.2198
ATHERTON0.2424222.9885
ANDREWS0.2424221.5610
SAVAGE0.2424221.5054
STEAD0.2424220.2020
CHARLES0.2424220.0000
DENNIS0.2424213.9665
COLLIER0.2424212.3609
HURST0.2424211.5741
JOHNSON0.242429.8389
JORDAN0.242429.3545
JACKSON0.242428.8718
COOK0.242426.2409
GREEN0.242424.4021
BARNES0.242423.4329
THOMPSON0.242422.7586

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 242 people called STANIER in Houghton Middleton 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 2666.6667 in Houghton Middleton means that 2666.6667% of the people in Houghton Middleton on census day were called STANIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STANIER 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 STANIER 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 STANIER 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 STANIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Houghton Middleton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STANIER in Houghton Middleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Houghton Middleton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  APPLETON (10)  ATHERTON (1)  BARNES (1)  BURK (1)  BOWLES (2)  BROWN (1)  CHARLES (1)  COLBOURNE (5)  COLLIER (1)  COMBER (7)  COOK (3)  COOPER (1)  CROFT (5)  DEAN (4)  DENNIS (1)  DARBYSHIRE (9)  DICKENSON (5)  ELLISON (8)  FARRAL (1)  FEWSTER (1)  GIBBINS (4)  JORDAN (1)  MC GOWAN (1)  GREEN (3)  GRICE (9)  HAGAN (1)  HATTON (4)  HEWITT (8)  HIGHAM (8)  HOLT (4)  HOWARD (22)  MC HUGH (1)  HURST (1)  JACKSON (6)  JEFFS (4)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (1)  KNOWLES (3)  LUTEY (1)  MASSEY (6)  MC GRATH (2)  NESTER (1)  PATTINSON (3)  PLATT (7)  POWER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RYDER (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLES (11)  SAVAGE (2)  SILVESTER (2)  SMITH (5)  SOUTHERN (2)  STANIER (8)  STEAD (1)  SWINTON (3)  THOMPSON (2)  THOMLINSON (1)  UNSWORTH (2)  WARBURTON (4)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUD (4)  YOUDS (2)