Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preesall With, Lancashire

Preesall With 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
CROSS384.481165.11
RONSON364.24534,285.71
PARKINSON333.891581.12
WHITESIDE323.7736474.07
SHEPHERD303.537748.28
BUTLER273.184032.66
PORTER252.948139.29
ATKINSON252.948130.27
HORNBY192.2406196.69
AINSWORTH192.2406113.16
DICKINSON172.004746.94
CARTER151.768910.54
SINGLETON151.768989.50
HODGKINSON141.650996.09
COOKSON141.6509140.00
COLLINSON131.5330130.65
FAIRCLOUGH131.5330146.89
HOLDEN131.533027.99
MELLING121.4151228.57
BENNETT121.41518.61
BRADSHAW121.415134.45
CROFT111.297254.92
HARRISON111.29725.84
STAFFORD101.179255.40
HARGREAVES101.179228.29
HASLAM91.061369.88
GARDNER91.061315.64
BRADLEY80.943411.75
BILLINGTON80.943486.86
WILKINSON80.94346.18
MYERSCOUGH80.9434634.92
THORNTON80.943418.76
KIRKHAM80.943467.62
WEBSTER80.943410.85
BROWN80.94341.43
MASON70.82556.14
HUNT70.82556.22
COWELL60.707549.42
SHAW60.70753.85
JOHNSON60.70752.11
REDMAN60.707553.76
DOBSON60.707516.04
BEESLEY60.707587.98
JOHNSTON60.70758.77
TILL50.589683.89
HARDMAN50.589629.31
HULL50.589628.22
BLACKBURN50.589615.64
ELLETSON50.58965,000.00
HIGGINSON50.589658.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLETSON0.858485000.0000
RONSON0.858484285.7143
TOULMIN0.85848810.8108
MYERSCOUGH0.85848634.9206
WHITESIDE0.85848474.0741
MELLING0.85848228.5714
HORNBY0.85848196.6874
HASLEM0.85848172.4138
FAIRCLOUGH0.85848146.8927
COOKSON0.85848140.0000
COLLINSON0.85848130.6533
AINSWORTH0.85848113.1626
SOUTHWARD0.85848112.3596
DODGSON0.8584897.0874
HODGKINSON0.8584896.0879
SINGLETON0.8584889.4988
BEESLEY0.8584887.9765
BILLINGTON0.8584886.8621
TILL0.8584883.8926
PARKINSON0.8584881.1209
CATON0.8584873.8916
HASLAM0.8584869.8758
KIRKHAM0.8584867.6247
CROSS0.8584865.1131
STRICKLAND0.8584859.1716
HIGGINSON0.8584858.8928
LEEMING0.8584857.1429
STAFFORD0.8584855.4017
CROFT0.8584854.9176
REDMAN0.8584853.7634
COWELL0.8584849.4234
SHEPHERD0.8584848.2781
DICKINSON0.8584846.9354
AINSCOUGH0.8584843.8596
PORTER0.8584839.2896
NEWSHAM0.8584837.7358
BRADSHAW0.8584834.4531
BUTLER0.8584832.6560
ATKINSON0.8584830.2663
HARDMAN0.8584829.3083
HARGREAVES0.8584828.2885
HULL0.8584828.2167
HOLDEN0.8584827.9871
SHORROCK0.8584823.9234
CHEW0.8584823.2019
COTTAM0.8584819.3798
THORNTON0.8584818.7617
CLARKSON0.8584817.7936
GREGSON0.8584817.0503
BAINBRIDGE0.8584816.7785

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 848 people called ELLETSON in Preesall With 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 5000.0000 in Preesall With means that 5000.0000% of the people in Preesall With on census day were called ELLETSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON 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 ELLETSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Preesall With means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLETSON in Preesall With than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preesall With in 1881

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

AINSCOUGH (1)  AINSWORTH (19)  AMBLER (1)  ANYON (16)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (25)  BAGOT (11)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BALL (1)  BARLOW (1)  BARTON (3)  BEESLEY (6)  BENNETT (12)  BURY (1)  BILLINGTON (8)  BISBROWN (7)  BLACKBURN (5)  BOOTH (2)  BRADLEY (8)  BRADSHAW (12)  BRECKELL (7)  BRIDGE (1)  BROWN (8)  BUTCHER (4)  BUTLER (27)  CARTER (15)  CATON (3)  CATTERALL (3)  CHEW (1)  CLARKSON (4)  COLLINSON (13)  COOKSON (14)  COTTAM (1)  COWELL (6)  CROFT (11)  CROSS (38)  CURTIS (2)  DANIEL (1)  DICKINSON (17)  DIXON (4)  DOBSON (6)  DODGSON (4)  ELLETSON (5)  FAIRCLOUGH (13)  FAIRCLOUTH (1)  FISHER (2)  GARDNER (9)  GAULTER (8)  GIBSON (2)  GREGSON (2)  HARDMAN (5)  HARGREAVES (10)  HARRISON (11)  HASLAM (9)  HASLEM (1)  HESLAM (1)  HIGGINSON (5)  HODGKINSON (14)  HODGSON (3)  HOLDEN (13)  HOOLE (1)  HORNBY (19)  HOUGHTON (1)  HULL (5)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUNT (7)  JEMSON (1)  JENKINSON (2)  JOHNSON (6)  JOHNSTON (6)  KIRKHAM (8)  LAWRENSON (18)  LEEMING (3)  MASON (7)  MATHER (3)  MELLING (12)  MILLER (2)  MYERSCOUGH (8)  NASH (1)  MC NEAL (3)  NEWSHAM (1)  NUTTALL (1)  OBERSBY (1)  PARKINSON (33)  POOLE (4)  PORTER (25)  PRESTON (1)  REDMAN (6)  RILEY (1)  RONSON (36)  ROSKELL (1)  RYDEARD (5)  SCOTT (1)  SHORROCK (1)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHERD (30)  SINGLETON (15)  SOUTHWARD (2)  STAFFORD (10)  STURZAKER (2)  STRICKLAND (4)  SUMNER (2)  SWARBRICK (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNTON (8)  TILL (5)  TOULMIN (3)  TURNER (4)  WALMSLEY (1)  WARBRICK (11)  WELLS (1)  WEBSTER (8)  WHITE (1)  WHITESIDE (32)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLACY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOODS (4)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (4)