Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilsborrow, Lancashire

Bilsborrow 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
HOLDEN146.8627125.34
HORNBY115.3922474.14
PENNINGTON83.9216264.90
BATESON73.4314546.88
WALKER62.94128.79
HILTON62.941285.59
BLACKBURN62.941278.02
MATHERS62.9412495.87
WILKINSON62.941219.27
KETTLEWELL52.4510793.65
COTTAM52.4510403.23
CROSS41.960828.49
HALL41.96086.66
TAYLOR31.47062.30
DOBSON31.470633.33
CHARNLEY31.4706315.79
BERRY20.980412.35
FRANCIS20.980416.46
ATKINSON20.980410.07
DEWHURST20.980482.64
BROWN20.98041.49
DYSON20.980430.26
KENNERLY20.98044,000.00
RICHMOND20.980444.74
PARKER10.49022.58
MAHONEY10.490245.87
SMITH10.49020.35
IRELAND10.490221.10
NEWTON10.49026.40
WILSON10.49021.07
LUPTON10.490268.03
COOPER10.49022.02
SALTER10.490221.41
PARR10.490219.61
BARTON10.49029.07
LIVESEY10.490250.00
CRANE10.490223.26
SPEAKMAN10.4902106.38
JENKINSON10.490228.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENNERLY0.202044000.0000
KETTLEWELL0.20204793.6508
BATESON0.20204546.8750
MATHERS0.20204495.8678
HORNBY0.20204474.1379
COTTAM0.20204403.2258
CHARNLEY0.20204315.7895
PENNINGTON0.20204264.9007
HOLDEN0.20204125.3357
SPEAKMAN0.20204106.3830
HILTON0.2020485.5920
DEWHURST0.2020482.6446
BLACKBURN0.2020478.0234
LUPTON0.2020468.0272
LIVESEY0.2020450.0000
MAHONEY0.2020445.8716
RICHMOND0.2020444.7427
DOBSON0.2020433.3333
DYSON0.2020430.2572
CROSS0.2020428.4900
JENKINSON0.2020428.0112
CRANE0.2020423.2558
SALTER0.2020421.4133
IRELAND0.2020421.0970
PARR0.2020419.6078
WILKINSON0.2020419.2740
FRANCIS0.2020416.4609
BERRY0.2020412.3533
ATKINSON0.2020410.0654
BARTON0.202049.0744
WALKER0.202048.7861
HALL0.202046.6644
NEWTON0.202046.3980
PARKER0.202042.5773
TAYLOR0.202042.2996
COOPER0.202042.0153
BROWN0.202041.4872
WILSON0.202041.0673
SMITH0.202040.3472

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 204 people called KENNERLY in Bilsborrow 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 4000.0000 in Bilsborrow means that 4000.0000% of the people in Bilsborrow on census day were called KENNERLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Bilsborrow means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENNERLY in Bilsborrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bilsborrow in 1881

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

ATKINSON (2)  BALSHAW (7)  BARTON (1)  BATESON (7)  BERRY (2)  BILSBORROW (5)  BLACKBURN (6)  BLEZARD (9)  BROWN (2)  CATTERALL (18)  CHARNLEY (3)  COOPER (1)  CORNTHWAITE (9)  COTTAM (5)  CRANE (1)  CROSS (4)  DEWHURST (2)  DOBSON (3)  DYSON (2)  FRANCIS (2)  HALL (4)  HILTON (6)  HOLDEN (14)  HORNBY (11)  HOTHERSALL (2)  IRELAND (1)  JENKINSON (1)  KELSALL (5)  KENNERLY (2)  KETTLEWELL (5)  LIVESEY (1)  LUPTON (1)  MAHONEY (1)  MATHERS (6)  MELLER OR MILLER (10)  MOULDSON (1)  NEWTON (1)  PARKER (1)  PARR (1)  PENNINGTON (8)  RICHMOND (2)  SALTER (1)  SMITH (1)  SPEAKMAN (1)  STIRZAKER (1)  SWARBRICK (8)  TARNEY (1)  TAYLOR (3)  WALKER (6)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (1)