Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bispham, Lancashire

Bispham 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
HARRISON165.694025.65
ECCLES165.6940355.56
HANKIN144.98221,627.91
HALTON134.62631,214.95
EDGAR124.2705277.14
CHRISTOPHER113.9146666.67
FORSHAW113.9146582.01
HUNTER103.558734.65
HEATON103.5587148.81
AINSCOUGH82.84701,052.63
WELCH82.847080.97
ASHCROFT72.4911186.17
HOLMES72.491120.46
CARTER72.491114.84
SWIFT72.491180.65
DOBSON72.491156.50
BARRON62.1352137.93
STRINGFELLOW51.7794684.93
WATKINSON51.7794151.98
KNOWLES51.779433.31
NORRIS51.779441.43
BLACKBURN51.779447.21
CLARKE51.77948.78
MONK51.779484.75
LEIGH51.779477.28
THOMPSON41.42354.75
CLAYTON41.423526.18
HAWKIN41.4235655.74
TRANTER31.0676144.93
MACINTYRE31.0676428.57
BRIDGE31.067652.72
SOUTHWORTH31.0676208.33
ENTWISTLE31.067661.35
HESKETH20.711774.35
RICHARDSON20.71174.18
CONNOLY10.3559263.16
GOODMAN10.355912.20
FARIS10.35592,000.00
WOLSEY10.3559526.32
LEYLAND10.355958.14
WARING10.355928.33
JORDISON10.3559555.56
ALTY10.3559192.31
HIGHAM10.355934.97
SMITH10.35590.25
BUTLER10.35593.65
FARRINGTON10.355941.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARIS0.282812000.0000
HANKIN0.282811627.9070
HALTON0.282811214.9533
AINSCOUGH0.282811052.6316
STRINGFELLOW0.28281684.9315
CHRISTOPHER0.28281666.6667
HAWKIN0.28281655.7377
FORSHAW0.28281582.0106
JORDISON0.28281555.5556
WOLSEY0.28281526.3158
MACINTYRE0.28281428.5714
ECCLES0.28281355.5556
EDGAR0.28281277.1363
CONNOLY0.28281263.1579
SOUTHWORTH0.28281208.3333
ALTY0.28281192.3077
ASHCROFT0.28281186.1702
WATKINSON0.28281151.9757
HEATON0.28281148.8095
TRANTER0.28281144.9275
BARRON0.28281137.9310
MONK0.2828184.7458
WELCH0.2828180.9717
SWIFT0.2828180.6452
LEIGH0.2828177.2798
HESKETH0.2828174.3494
ENTWISTLE0.2828161.3497
LEYLAND0.2828158.1395
DOBSON0.2828156.4972
BRIDGE0.2828152.7241
BLACKBURN0.2828147.2144
FARRINGTON0.2828141.4938
NORRIS0.2828141.4250
HIGHAM0.2828134.9650
HUNTER0.2828134.6500
KNOWLES0.2828133.3111
WARING0.2828128.3286
CLAYTON0.2828126.1780
HARRISON0.2828125.6492
HOLMES0.2828120.4559
CARTER0.2828114.8399
GOODMAN0.2828112.1951
CLARKE0.282818.7812
THOMPSON0.282814.7517
RICHARDSON0.282814.1815
BUTLER0.282813.6496
SMITH0.282810.2520

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 281 people called FARIS in Bispham 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 2000.0000 in Bispham means that 2000.0000% of the people in Bispham on census day were called FARIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARIS 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 FARIS 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 FARIS 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 FARIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bispham means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARIS in Bispham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bispham in 1881

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

AINSCOUGH (8)  ALTY (1)  ASHCROFT (7)  BARRON (6)  BIMPSON (2)  BLACKBURN (5)  BOARDMAN (HEATON) (2)  BRIDGE (3)  BUTLER (1)  CARTER (7)  CHRISTOPHER (11)  CLARKE (5)  CLAYTON (4)  CONNOLY (1)  CULSHAW (1)  DOBSON (7)  ECCLES (16)  EDGAR (12)  ENTWISTLE (3)  FARIS (1)  FARRINGTON (1)  FAYAKERLEY (11)  FORSHAW (11)  GOODMAN (1)  HALTON (13)  HANKIN (14)  HARRISON (16)  HAWKIN (4)  HEATON (10)  HESKETH (2)  HIGHAM (1)  HOLMES (7)  HUNTER (10)  JORDISON (1)  KNOWLES (5)  LEIGH (5)  LEYLAND (1)  MACINTYRE (3)  MONK (5)  MUSKER (1)  NORRIS (5)  WRENNALL (5)  RICHARDSON (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWORTH (3)  STRINGFELLOW (5)  SWIFT (7)  THOMPSON (4)  TRANTER (3)  WARING (1)  WATKINSON (5)  WELCH (8)  WESTHEAD (6)  WOLSEY (1)