Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sefton, Lancashire

Sefton 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
ALMOND164.1667336.13
QUICK153.9063348.84
MEADOWS133.3854242.09
RIMMER123.1250195.76
HARRISON112.864612.90
GODFREY102.604287.80
RUSHTON102.6042126.26
SPENCER92.343825.67
SMITH92.34381.66
WHARTON92.3438167.29
MARTIN92.34389.51
BERRY92.343829.54
BELL82.083311.09
SAMPLES71.82296,363.64
OLIVER71.822925.56
CATTRELL61.56256,000.00
WRIGHT61.56254.87
CLAYTON61.562528.74
HESKETH51.3021136.24
ROTHWELL51.302170.82
SWIFT51.302142.16
SUMNER51.302180.39
BEESLEY41.0417129.45
MORAN41.041756.90
ATHERTON41.041757.97
SEPHTON41.0417400.00
PRESCOTT41.041773.80
WULFF41.04176,666.67
PARR41.041741.71
HARTLEY41.041716.62
GRAY41.04177.30
LITHERLAND30.7813344.83
PRICE30.78134.46
DARWIN30.7813410.96
RICE30.781325.17
WOOD30.78132.45
GORE20.520846.08
BOLLARD20.5208434.78
WALSH20.52089.78
WOODS20.52088.26
JOHNSON20.52081.55
FAULKNER20.520819.21
ELLENS20.52081,666.67
BIRCH20.520812.71
TATTERSALL20.520837.52
MOLYNEUX20.520868.26
JACKSON20.52081.86
FARRELLY20.5208952.38
WELDING20.5208769.23
ROSE20.52087.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WULFF0.383846666.6667
SAMPLES0.383846363.6364
CATTRELL0.383846000.0000
ELLENS0.383841666.6667
GOULBOURNE0.383841666.6667
SHEVLIN0.383841111.1111
FARRELLY0.38384952.3810
CRILLY0.38384909.0909
WELDING0.38384769.2308
CASSADY0.38384666.6667
BOLLARD0.38384434.7826
DARWIN0.38384410.9589
SEPHTON0.38384400.0000
CANTON0.38384384.6154
QUICK0.38384348.8372
LITHERLAND0.38384344.8276
ALMOND0.38384336.1345
FINEGAN0.38384303.0303
MEADOWS0.38384242.0857
RIMMER0.38384195.7586
WHARTON0.38384167.2862
HESKETH0.38384136.2398
GEORGESON0.38384129.8701
BEESLEY0.38384129.4498
RUSHTON0.38384126.2626
ROOKS0.38384120.4819
GODFREY0.3838487.7963
SUMNER0.3838480.3859
PRESCOTT0.3838473.8007
ROTHWELL0.3838470.8215
MOLYNEUX0.3838468.2594
ATHERTON0.3838457.9710
MORAN0.3838456.8990
ROURKE0.3838452.9101
GORE0.3838446.0829
SWIFT0.3838442.1585
PARR0.3838441.7101
BRISCOE0.3838440.4858
RIDING0.3838438.6100
TATTERSALL0.3838437.5235
BERRY0.3838429.5372
CLAYTON0.3838428.7356
SPENCER0.3838425.6703
OLIVER0.3838425.5568
RICE0.3838425.1678
HALLIWELL0.3838423.4742
GRACE0.3838419.4553
FAULKNER0.3838419.2123
CHEETHAM0.3838416.8350
HARTLEY0.3838416.6182

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 384 people called WULFF in Sefton 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 6666.6667 in Sefton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Sefton on census day were called WULFF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WULFF 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 WULFF 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 WULFF 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 WULFF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Sefton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WULFF in Sefton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sefton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ALMOND (16)  ARNARD (1)  ATHERTON (4)  BEESLEY (4)  BELL (8)  BENNETT (1)  BERRY (9)  BIRCH (2)  BOLLARD (2)  BRADY (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BURGESS (1)  CANTON (1)  CASSADY (1)  CATTRELL (6)  CHEETAM (4)  CHEETHAM (1)  CLAYTON (6)  COLLENS (1)  CRILLY (2)  CROSS (1)  CROSS (MOLYNEUX) (6)  DARWIN (3)  DODD (1)  ELLENS (2)  EVANS (1)  FARRELLY (2)  FAULKNER (2)  FINEGAN (1)  FURGISSON (1)  GEORGESON (1)  GODFREY (10)  GORE (2)  GOLBOURNE (3)  GOULBOURNE (1)  GRACE (1)  GRAY (4)  HALLIWELL (1)  O'HARE (1)  HARRISON (11)  HARTLEY (4)  HEATON (1)  HESKETH (5)  HORLEY (6)  JACKSON (2)  JAWSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  O'KEEFE (1)  KENNERLEY (3)  LEDSON (5)  LITHERLAND (3)  MARTIN (9)  MATTHEWS (1)  MC ALISTER (3)  MC DONALD (2)  MC GARRITY (1)  MC GINITY (6)  MC ELROY (1)  MC AVOY (1)  MEADOWS (13)  MOLYNEUX (2)  MORAN (4)  MORRY (1)  MOSS (1)  MUSKER (11)  OLIVER (7)  ORMESHER (2)  PARKER (1)  PARR (4)  PINNINGTON (6)  PRESCOTT (4)  PRICE (3)  QUICK (15)  RICE (3)  RIDING (1)  MC RAILEY (1)  RIMMER (12)  ROOKS (1)  ROSE (2)  ROSS (1)  ROTHWELL (5)  ROURKE (1)  ROUGHLEY (3)  RUSHTON (10)  SAMPLES (7)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SEPHTON (4)  SHACKLADY (1)  SHAW (1)  SHEVLIN (1)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (9)  STORRIE (7)  SUMNER (5)  SWIFT (5)  TALBOT (1)  TATTERSALL (2)  TUFFT (1)  WALSH (2)  WHARTON (9)  WELDING (2)  WILLACY (2)  WILSON (1)  WULFF (4)  WOODS (2)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (6)