Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mitton Henthorn, Lancashire

Mitton Henthorn 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
YEOMAN79.58901,521.74
SELLERS79.58901,250.00
HARRISON68.219237.04
BANKS56.8493133.69
BRIGGS45.4795101.01
SMITH34.10962.91
DUGDALE34.1096600.00
DOLPHIN34.10961,111.11
TOMKINS34.1096394.74
WARBURTON34.1096166.67
BRAITHWAITE22.7397235.29
HICK22.7397588.24
TURNER11.36994.92
IZZARD11.3699454.55
HAYWARD11.369932.15
ROBINSON11.36994.30
NORTON11.369941.15
MASON11.369910.18
ROBERTS11.36993.64
DUCKWORTH11.369970.92
MORSS11.369910,000.00
BURTON11.369916.08
LAWSON11.369923.26
BLUNT11.3699169.49
SPENCE11.369941.49
HEATON11.369957.14
SCOTT11.36995.41
FITZGERALD11.369978.13
PARKER11.36997.20
DORKIN11.36993,333.33
MCQUIRK11.369910,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORSS0.077310000.0000
MCQUIRK0.077310000.0000
DORKIN0.07733333.3333
YEOMAN0.07731521.7391
SELLERS0.07731250.0000
DOLPHIN0.07731111.1111
DUGDALE0.0773600.0000
HICK0.0773588.2353
IZZARD0.0773454.5455
TOMKINS0.0773394.7368
BRAITHWAITE0.0773235.2941
BLUNT0.0773169.4915
WARBURTON0.0773166.6667
BANKS0.0773133.6898
BRIGGS0.0773101.0101
FITZGERALD0.077378.1250
DUCKWORTH0.077370.9220
HEATON0.077357.1429
SPENCE0.077341.4938
NORTON0.077341.1523
HARRISON0.077337.0370
HAYWARD0.077332.1543
LAWSON0.077323.2558
BURTON0.077316.0772
MASON0.077310.1833
PARKER0.07737.2046
SCOTT0.07735.4142
TURNER0.07734.9213
ROBINSON0.07734.2955
ROBERTS0.07733.6417
SMITH0.07732.9106

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 73 people called MORSS in Mitton Henthorn 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 10000.0000 in Mitton Henthorn means that 10000.0000% of the people in Mitton Henthorn on census day were called MORSS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORSS 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 MORSS 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 MORSS 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 MORSS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Mitton Henthorn means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORSS in Mitton Henthorn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mitton Henthorn in 1881

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

BANKS (5)  BLUNT (1)  BONEHAM (1)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  BRIGGS (4)  BURTON (1)  DEFT (1)  DOLPHIN (3)  DORKIN (1)  DUCKWORTH (1)  DUGDALE (3)  EMBLEY (1)  FITZGERALD (1)  GUINNESS (1)  HARRISON (6)  HAYWARD (1)  HEATON (1)  HICK (2)  IZZARD (1)  GENNOE (1)  LAWSON (1)  MASON (1)  MCQUIRK (1)  MORSS (1)  NAIRNE (1)  NORTON (1)  PARKER (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELLERS (7)  SMITH (3)  SPENCE (1)  TOMKINS (3)  TURNER (1)  WARBURTON (3)  YEOMAN (7)