Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thurnham, Lancashire

Thurnham 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
LAMB488.9888170.39
WILKINSON305.618036.81
PORTER213.932652.41
FISHER213.932633.60
SHAW203.745320.39
HOUGHTON173.183591.10
PARKINSON152.809058.57
ROBINSON142.62178.22
WHITESIDE132.4345305.88
ARMSTRONG132.434531.85
MARSH122.247231.50
HORNBY112.0599180.92
BLEASDALE112.0599670.73
HOLMES101.872715.38
JACKSON91.68546.03
REDMAN91.6854128.02
CARTMELL81.4981747.66
WILDING81.4981127.39
NEWSHAM81.4981479.04
NICHOLSON71.310918.45
RIDING71.3109194.44
CATON71.3109273.44
ARMER71.31091,060.61
DIXON71.310911.97
GERRARD61.123687.98
BARNES61.12369.33
HARPER61.123617.55
ELLIS61.12367.74
HAMER61.123660.00
HAYES61.123618.07
RICHARDSON50.93635.50
BLACKBURN50.936324.84
STREET40.749132.08
GARDNER40.749111.03
WINDER40.7491113.96
GRIME30.5618107.14
PROCTER30.561843.29
WOODS30.56188.91
MILLER30.56183.14
THRELFALL30.5618123.97
GREENWOOD30.56187.23
WRIGHT30.56181.75
ATKINSON20.37453.85
ROGERSON20.374530.44
BOYD20.374510.68
GRIFFIN20.37457.96
ROBSON20.37455.69
DANSON20.3745168.07
RUSHTON20.374518.17
HILBERT20.3745769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GABBETT0.535341666.6667
ARMER0.535341060.6061
HILBERT0.53534769.2308
CARTMELL0.53534747.6636
BLEASDALE0.53534670.7317
NEWSHAM0.53534479.0419
LUBY0.53534434.7826
WHITESIDE0.53534305.8824
CATON0.53534273.4375
RIDING0.53534194.4444
HORNBY0.53534180.9211
LAMB0.53534170.3940
DANSON0.53534168.0672
REDMAN0.53534128.0228
WILDING0.53534127.3885
THRELFALL0.53534123.9669
WINDER0.53534113.9601
GRIME0.53534107.1429
HOUGHTON0.5353491.1040
GERRARD0.5353487.9765
CADDY0.5353465.7895
DILWORTH0.5353464.9351
HAMER0.5353460.0000
PARKINSON0.5353458.5709
MERRITT0.5353453.3333
PORTER0.5353452.4083
PROCTER0.5353443.2900
ROBERT0.5353438.3142
WILKINSON0.5353436.8143
PERKIN0.5353434.7222
FISHER0.5353433.6000
STREET0.5353432.0770
ARMSTRONG0.5353431.8471
COUCH0.5353431.5457
MARSH0.5353431.5043
ROGERSON0.5353430.4414
BATESON0.5353429.9401
BEADLE0.5353426.6667
BLACKBURN0.5353424.8385
PATTINSON0.5353420.9205
SHAW0.5353420.3894
BIRCHALL0.5353419.0840
NICHOLSON0.5353418.4502
RUSHTON0.5353418.1653
HAYES0.5353418.0668
HARPER0.5353417.5490
JUDGE0.5353417.3010
HOLMES0.5353415.3775
PROCTOR0.5353415.2323
CHARLESWORTH0.5353414.5138

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called GABBETT in Thurnham 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 1666.6667 in Thurnham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Thurnham on census day were called GABBETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GABBETT 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 GABBETT 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 GABBETT 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 GABBETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Thurnham means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GABBETT in Thurnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thurnham in 1881

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

APPLEBY (1)  ARKWRIGHT (4)  ARMER (7)  ARMSTRONG (13)  ASPEY (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BARLOW (1)  BARNES (6)  BATESON (1)  BEADLE (1)  BIRCHALL (1)  BIRCHELL (4)  BLACKBURN (5)  BLEASDALE (11)  BOYD (2)  BRAID (1)  BRETHERTON (1)  CADDY (1)  CARR (1)  CARTMELL (8)  CATON (7)  CATTERALL (1)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  CORBISHLEY (7)  COUCH (1)  CROMBLEHOLME (4)  CUNLIFF (1)  CURWEN (11)  DACRE (1)  DANSON (2)  DILWORTH (1)  DIXON (7)  DAWLING (1)  ELLIS (6)  FISHER (21)  GABBETT (1)  GARDNER (4)  GERRARD (6)  GLANT (4)  GORNALL (5)  GREENALL (1)  GREENEP (8)  GREENWOOD (3)  GRIFFIN (2)  GRIME (3)  GROTTON (1)  HAME (1)  HAMER (6)  HARNING (2)  HARPER (6)  HARRINSON (1)  HAYES (6)  HEARN (1)  HEATON (1)  HILBERT (2)  HOLMES (10)  HORNBY (11)  HOUGHTON (17)  HOULGRAVE (2)  JACKSON (9)  JUDGE (1)  LAMB (48)  LARWANCE (1)  LUTY (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LISTER (1)  LUBY (1)  MERRITT (2)  MARSH (12)  MC LEOD (3)  MILLER (3)  MOLSLAND (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NEWSHAM (8)  NICHOLSON (7)  PARKINSON (15)  PATTINSON (1)  PERKIN (1)  PORTER (21)  POSTWORTH (1)  PRESTON (1)  PROCTER (3)  PROCTOR (2)  REDMAN (9)  RICHARDSON (5)  RICHMOND (1)  RIDING (7)  ROBERT (1)  ROBINSON (14)  ROBSON (2)  ROGERSON (2)  RUSHTON (2)  SAYCL (1)  SHAW (20)  SHELDRAKE (1)  SINGLETON (1)  SKINNER (1)  STREET (4)  THORNTON (2)  THRELFALL (3)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITESIDE (13)  WILDING (8)  WILKINSON (30)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINDER (4)  WOODS (3)  WRIGHT (3)