BARLOW in the 1881 British Census
| Top UK Counties by Total Occurrances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Lancashire | 6940 | 0.2002 | 3.7073 |
| Cheshire | 1539 | 0.2386 | 4.4193 |
| Yorkshire | 1140 | 0.0394 | 0.7292 |
| Staffordshire | 1061 | 0.1076 | 1.9924 |
| London | 747 | 0.0256 | 0.4735 |
| Warwickshire | 545 | 0.0740 | 1.3698 |
| Nottinghamshire | 542 | 0.1376 | 2.5489 |
| Derbyshire | 427 | 0.0934 | 1.7289 |
| Surrey | 328 | 0.0230 | 0.4267 |
| Lincolnshire | 239 | 0.0512 | 0.9475 |
| Top UK Counties by Frequency/Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Cheshire | 1539 | 0.2386 | 4.4193 |
| Lancashire | 6940 | 0.2002 | 3.7073 |
| (Unknown) | 2 | 0.1786 | 3.3069 |
| Nottinghamshire | 542 | 0.1376 | 2.5489 |
| Staffordshire | 1061 | 0.1076 | 1.9924 |
| Buckinghamshire | 173 | 0.0980 | 1.8139 |
| Derbyshire | 427 | 0.0934 | 1.7289 |
| Berkshire | 184 | 0.0839 | 1.5538 |
| Rutland | 17 | 0.0793 | 1.4676 |
| Warwickshire | 545 | 0.0740 | 1.3698 |
| Top UK Towns by Total Occurrances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Manchester, Lancashire | 327 | 0.2098 | 3.8843 |
| Oldham, Lancashire | 315 | 0.2815 | 5.2135 |
| Bury, Lancashire | 270 | 0.6818 | 12.6264 |
| Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire | 270 | 0.2582 | 4.7814 |
| Salford, Lancashire | 246 | 0.2413 | 4.4681 |
| Aston, Warwickshire | 232 | 0.1144 | 2.1177 |
| Radcliffe, Lancashire | 198 | 1.1849 | 21.9425 |
| Pilkington, Lancashire | 194 | 1.4733 | 27.2824 |
| Hulme, Lancashire | 168 | 0.2321 | 4.2986 |
| Little Bolton, Lancashire | 165 | 0.3702 | 6.8554 |
| Top UK Towns by Frequency/Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Chadshunt, Warwickshire | 8 | 17.3913 | 322.5806 |
| Littleborough, Nottinghamshire | 10 | 15.6250 | 289.0173 |
| Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire | 25 | 12.0773 | 223.6136 |
| Madingley, Cambridgeshire | 24 | 10.1695 | 188.3830 |
| Plumbley, Cheshire | 26 | 7.1038 | 131.5789 |
| Ragnall, Nottinghamshire | 13 | 7.1038 | 131.5789 |
| Gayton, Cheshire | 15 | 6.9444 | 128.6449 |
| Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire | 9 | 6.8702 | 127.2984 |
| Ellesmere Criftins, Shropshire | 14 | 6.7961 | 125.8993 |
| Newton With Larton, Cheshire | 4 | 5.8824 | 108.9918 |
| Top Forenames for BARLOW | |
|---|---|
| Male | Female |
| John BARLOW William BARLOW James BARLOW Thomas BARLOW George BARLOW Joseph BARLOW Henry BARLOW Robert BARLOW Charles BARLOW Samuel BARLOW Alfred BARLOW Edward BARLOW Richard BARLOW Arthur BARLOW Walter BARLOW Frederick BARLOW Albert BARLOW Harry BARLOW Frank BARLOW Herbert BARLOW | Mary BARLOW Elizabeth BARLOW Sarah BARLOW Ann BARLOW Alice BARLOW Jane BARLOW Ellen BARLOW Annie BARLOW Hannah BARLOW Eliza BARLOW Emma BARLOW Margaret BARLOW Martha BARLOW Emily BARLOW Harriet BARLOW Ada BARLOW Edith BARLOW Catherine BARLOW Maria BARLOW Lucy BARLOW |
| Top Occupations for BARLOW |
|---|
| Scholar Cotton Weaver Coal Miner Housekeeper Dressmaker Annuitant Cotton Winder Labourer Ag Lab Domestic Servant Carter General Labourer Blacksmith Laundress Cotton Operative General Servant Charwoman Wife Silk Weaver Joiner Bricklayer Farm Labourer Carpenter Cotton Spinner No Occupation House Keeper Farmers Son Tailor Cotton Piecer None Stone Mason Farmers Wife Housewife Baker Butcher Clerk Cotton Reeler Grocer Agricultural Labourer Dress Maker Servant Infant Potter Errand Boy General Serv Warehouseman Draper Fustian Cutter General Laborer Pupil Teacher For more information on these occupations, see Work in 1881 |
Notes
County and town names are as used on the 1881 census, and may not necessarily correlate with modern names and borders. Where a Scottish county is now known by a significantly different name, the modern name is shown in brackets. Welsh counties are shown in both English and Welsh names.
The Total Occurrences tables show which counties and towns contained the highest number of people with the surname BARLOW. This is obviously biased towards counties and towns that have more people in them overall, but it does show where the majority of people called BARLOW lived at the time of the 1881 census.
The Frequency tables show which counties and towns had the highest proportion of people with the surname BARLOW. These are the places where you would be most likely to find someone called BARLOW, if you picked people at random from the population.
- The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1539 people called BARLOW in Cheshire 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 0.2386 in Cheshire means that 0.2386% of the people in Cheshire on census day were called BARLOW.
- The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARLOW 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 BARLOW a if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. If the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someoen called BARLOW here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and if 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 BARLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4.4193 in Cheshire means that you are 4.4193 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARLOW in Cheshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.
The maximum Index values tend to be higher for towns than counties, as a single extended family in a small town can comprise a significant proportion of the total population. For less common surnames, it's quite likely that all the residents of a small town who shared that name were related.
See the entry for BARLOW at American Surnames
