Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rivington, Lancashire

Rivington 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
MORRIS175.136023.07
TOWLER123.6254810.81
TAYLOR123.62545.67
MILLER113.323318.57
BERRY103.021138.08
HOLT103.021145.13
LEE103.021118.49
MARSDEN92.719065.65
GERRARD92.7190212.77
AINSWORTH82.4169121.95
BROGDEN82.4169733.95
DENT82.4169126.78
WATERWORTH82.4169555.56
WOODS72.114833.54
KERSHAW72.114865.54
SMITH61.81271.28
HEATON61.812775.76
HALLIWELL61.8127163.49
FOSTER61.812713.56
JOHNSON51.51064.50
ROBINSON51.51064.74
BATESON51.5106241.55
JONES51.51061.33
WILDING41.2085102.83
HOWARTH41.208525.14
HERBERT41.208532.34
BRADSHAW41.208529.43
THORNLEY41.2085108.99
STURGES41.2085506.33
THOMPSON30.90633.03
HAYHURST30.9063206.90
BROWNLOW30.9063300.00
RITSON30.9063225.56
FLETCHER30.90637.94
BROWN30.90631.37
HURD30.9063202.70
WALSH30.906317.03
DICKINSON20.604214.14
NUTTALL20.604223.95
GARLICK20.604268.73
FORSHAW20.604290.09
ASHWORTH20.604215.14
WINDER20.604292.17
WHITTLE20.604227.74
CROMPTON20.604235.91
WHITEHEAD20.60428.94
ROBERTS20.60421.61
MATTINSON20.6042338.98
RIGBY20.604220.83
LIPTROT10.3021153.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHELTON0.333311428.5714
MCAVOY0.333311000.0000
TOWLER0.33331810.8108
BROGDEN0.33331733.9450
WATERWORTH0.33331555.5556
STURGES0.33331506.3291
MATTINSON0.33331338.9831
BROWNLOW0.33331300.0000
BATESON0.33331241.5459
RITSON0.33331225.5639
GERRARD0.33331212.7660
PRENDERGAST0.33331212.7660
HAYHURST0.33331206.8966
HURD0.33331202.7027
HALLIWELL0.33331163.4877
LIPTROT0.33331153.8462
DENT0.33331126.7829
AINSWORTH0.33331121.9512
THORNLEY0.33331108.9918
WILDING0.33331102.8278
WINDER0.3333192.1659
FORSHAW0.3333190.0901
LIVSEY0.3333185.4701
HEATON0.3333175.7576
GARLICK0.3333168.7285
MARSDEN0.3333165.6455
KERSHAW0.3333165.5431
WINDLE0.3333153.1915
HIGSON0.3333147.1698
PURVES0.3333146.2963
HOLT0.3333145.1264
BERRY0.3333138.0807
PLUMB0.3333137.3134
LINTON0.3333136.7647
CROMPTON0.3333135.9066
WOODS0.3333133.5410
HERBERT0.3333132.3363
BRADSHAW0.3333129.4334
BIBBY0.3333128.0112
WHITTLE0.3333127.7393
HOWARTH0.3333125.1414
NUTTALL0.3333123.9521
MORRIS0.3333123.0727
RIGBY0.3333120.8333
ROACH0.3333120.5339
MILLER0.3333118.5748
LEE0.3333118.4877
RYDER0.3333117.4520
FITZGERALD0.3333117.2712
WALSH0.3333117.0261

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 331 people called WHELTON in Rivington 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 1428.5714 in Rivington means that 1428.5714% of the people in Rivington on census day were called WHELTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHELTON 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 WHELTON 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 WHELTON 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 WHELTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Rivington means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHELTON in Rivington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rivington in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (8)  AULSEBROOK (4)  ASHTON (1)  ASHWORTH (2)  BALL (1)  BATESON (5)  BERRY (10)  BIBBY (1)  BRADSHAW (4)  BROGDEN (8)  BROWN (3)  BROWNLOW (3)  CARGEN (1)  CHARLTON (1)  CLEOBURY (1)  CROMPTON (2)  DENT (8)  DICKINSON (2)  EATOCK (3)  FIELDING (1)  FISHER (1)  FITZGERALD (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FORSHAW (2)  FOSTER (6)  FRYER (1)  GARLICK (2)  GERRARD (9)  GREENBANK (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  HALL (1)  HALLIWELL (6)  HARRINGTON (1)  HAYHURST (3)  HURD (3)  HEATON (6)  HENLIG (1)  HERBERT (4)  HIGSON (1)  HARRAN (6)  HOLT (10)  HOWARTH (4)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (5)  KERSHAW (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LEE (10)  LINTON (1)  LIPTROT (1)  LIVSEY (1)  MARSDEN (9)  MATTINSON (2)  MCAVOY (1)  MILLER (11)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (17)  NUTTALL (2)  PENBERSTEY (1)  PETTY (WALSH) (2)  PLUMB (1)  POTTS (1)  PRENDERGAST (1)  PURVES (1)  RALPHES (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RYDER (1)  RIGBY (2)  RITSON (3)  ROACH (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (5)  SALTHOUSE (2)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKELHORN (1)  SMALLPAGE (1)  SMITH (6)  SMITHELLS (6)  SPAUL (1)  STRUTT (3)  STURGES (4)  TAYLOR (12)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNLEY (4)  TOWLER (12)  UPWARD (1)  WALSH (3)  WATERWORTH (8)  WHELTON (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITTLE (2)  WILDING (4)  WILSON (1)  WINDER (2)  WINDLE (1)  WOODS (7)  WOODHOUSE (1)  YATES (1)