Top surnames from the 1881 census in Parbold, Lancashire

Parbold 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
MOLYNEUX203.7175486.62
HALTON173.1599825.24
THOMPSON162.97409.93
ELLISON152.7881132.04
MARSDEN152.788167.33
AINSCOUGH122.2305827.59
ATHERTON112.0446113.75
LANGTON112.0446257.61
BENTHAM112.0446447.15
CARTMELL112.04461,018.52
SWIFT101.858760.17
WHITTLE101.858785.32
WALSH101.858734.92
TYLER101.858762.97
EDGAR101.8587120.77
CLAYTON91.672930.77
RIGBY91.672957.66
FOWLE91.6729676.69
SPENCER91.672918.32
HART81.487017.43
HUNTER81.487014.48
COWLEY81.487080.89
MYERS71.301149.89
MASON71.30119.68
TAYLOR71.30112.03
HIGHAM71.3011127.74
ROBINSON71.30114.08
GREEN71.30114.62
ABRAM61.1152310.88
SELLARS61.1152179.64
ECCLES61.115269.69
HIGHFIELD61.1152400.00
LINDSAY61.115234.21
BRADLEY61.115213.89
IRELAND61.115248.04
WILLIAMS61.11521.55
ORRELL61.1152300.00
SPEAKMAN61.1152242.92
BARTON61.115220.64
COOMBS50.929454.95
PARKER50.92944.89
MORRIS50.92944.18
MONK50.929444.25
PARR40.743529.76
HIGGINSON40.743574.21
BURGESS40.743510.71
JACKMAN40.743580.00
BALDWIN40.743517.44
WHALLEY40.743547.23
BLACKBURN40.743519.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCCARRY0.5453810000.0000
CARTMELL0.545381018.5185
AINSCOUGH0.54538827.5862
HALTON0.54538825.2427
FOWLE0.54538676.6917
GREG0.54538500.0000
MOLYNEUX0.54538486.6180
BENTHAM0.54538447.1545
DOONAN0.54538434.7826
HIGHFIELD0.54538400.0000
CAVES0.54538333.3333
ABRAM0.54538310.8808
ORRELL0.54538300.0000
LANGTON0.54538257.6112
SPEAKMAN0.54538242.9150
ALTY0.54538202.0202
LIPTROT0.54538188.6792
SELLARS0.54538179.6407
MCCORMICK0.54538169.4915
ELLISON0.54538132.0423
HIGHAM0.54538127.7372
EDGAR0.54538120.7729
ATHERTON0.54538113.7539
EAVES0.54538102.3891
CLOKE0.5453895.2381
WHITTLE0.5453885.3242
HILES0.5453881.9672
COWLEY0.5453880.8898
DONELLY0.5453880.6452
JACKMAN0.5453880.0000
HIGGINSON0.5453874.2115
RYLEY0.5453871.9424
STRINGFELLOW0.5453871.4286
ECCLES0.5453869.6864
MARSDEN0.5453867.3250
RADCLIFFE0.5453864.0000
TYLER0.5453862.9723
SWIFT0.5453860.1685
RIGBY0.5453857.6553
GIBBON0.5453855.0459
COOMBS0.5453854.9451
GILLETT0.5453852.8169
MYERS0.5453849.8931
IRELAND0.5453848.0384
WILDING0.5453847.3934
WHALLEY0.5453847.2255
MONK0.5453844.2478
BAXENDALE0.5453836.4964
WALSH0.5453834.9162
LINDSAY0.5453834.2075

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 538 people called MCCARRY in Parbold 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 Parbold means that 10000.0000% of the people in Parbold on census day were called MCCARRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCCARRY 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 MCCARRY 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 MCCARRY 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 MCCARRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Parbold means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCCARRY in Parbold than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Parbold in 1881

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

ABRAM (6)  AINSCOUGH (12)  ALTY (2)  ANJIOR (1)  ATHERTON (11)  BALDWIN (4)  BAMBER (1)  BARRONES (1)  BARTON (6)  BAZELEY (14)  BAXENDALE (1)  BEASELY (7)  BENTHAM (11)  BIMPSON (3)  BLACKBURN (4)  BRADLEY (6)  BURGESS (4)  CARTMELL (11)  CATTERALL (5)  CAVES (1)  CLAYTON (9)  CLOKE (1)  CUBBIN (4)  COOMBS (5)  MCCORMICK (1)  COWLEY (8)  HESKETH (COWLEY) (6)  CULSHAW (9)  DOONAN (1)  DONELLY (1)  EASTWOOD (2)  EAVES (3)  ECCLES (6)  EDGAR (10)  ELLISON (15)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FOSTER (2)  FOWLE (9)  GARRATY (1)  GIBBON (3)  GILL (1)  GILLETT (3)  GREEN (7)  GREG (1)  HALTON (17)  HAMER (1)  HAMPSON (3)  HART (8)  HAYES (2)  HEILD (1)  HEWITT (1)  HIGGINSON (4)  HIGHAM (7)  HIGHFIELD (6)  HILES (1)  HILTON (1)  HORNBY (1)  HUNTER (8)  IRELAND (6)  JACKMAN (4)  KEALLEHER (1)  KELLY (1)  KIRBY (1)  LANGTON (11)  LAWSON (1)  LINDSAY (6)  LIPTROT (2)  LYTHGOE (1)  MARSDEN (15)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MASON (7)  MATHER (3)  MCCARRY (1)  MC LOUGHLINE (1)  MOLYNEUX (20)  MONK (5)  MORRIS (5)  MUSKER (3)  MYERS (7)  ORRELL (6)  PARKER (5)  PARR (4)  PLATT (1)  POWELL (1)  PRESTMAN (1)  RADCLIFFE (4)  REID (3)  RIGBY (9)  RYLEY (1)  ROBINSON (7)  SCREATON (1)  SELLARS (6)  SPEAKMAN (6)  SPENCER (9)  STANLEY (1)  STRINGFELLOW (1)  SWIFT (10)  TASKER (1)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (16)  TURNER (2)  TYLER (10)  WALKER (3)  WHALLEY (4)  WALLACE (3)  WALSH (10)  WATSON (1)  WHITTLE (10)  WILDING (3)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILSON (2)