Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton In Preston, Lancashire

Broughton In Preston 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
WILSON294.873910.61
RHODES213.529476.00
POPE162.689178.01
PARKINSON162.689156.06
JACKSON142.35298.42
CORLESS142.3529838.32
SEED122.0168279.07
LEIGH101.680773.05
THORNTON101.680733.42
FORREST101.680765.19
NOBLET91.51264,090.91
SMITH91.51261.07
BAMBER91.5126196.08
SINGLETON91.512676.53
LEEMING91.5126243.90
PARKER91.51267.95
FAIRCLOUGH81.3445128.82
HARRISON81.34456.06
EDMONDSON81.3445116.28
DUCKWORTH81.344569.57
MERCER71.176544.84
RAYNOR71.1765169.90
WATERHOUSE71.176577.18
LOFTHOUSE71.1765158.01
BATESON71.1765188.17
DOBSON71.176526.67
BAILEY61.00846.69
TAYLOR61.00841.58
DICKINSON61.008423.61
ASHWORTH61.008425.27
MORRIS61.00844.53
ROGERSON61.008481.97
KELLETT61.0084115.83
SIMPSON61.00845.77
BARON61.008497.40
PROCTOR61.008441.04
HARDMAN50.840341.77
HURST50.840323.53
MOON50.840339.84
THOMPSON50.84032.81
RIGBY50.840328.97
BYERS50.8403161.81
CREIGHTON50.8403212.77
PHILLIPSON40.6723181.00
BILSBOROUGH40.6723645.16
HUNT40.67235.06
CLAYTON40.672312.36
NELSON40.672313.88
RAVENSCROFT40.6723198.02
YATES40.67239.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYN0.605955000.0000
NOBLET0.605954090.9091
BOGGAN0.60595909.0909
CORLESS0.60595838.3234
TOULMIN0.60595769.2308
BILSBOROUGH0.60595645.1613
LIVESAY0.60595540.5405
BROMWELL0.60595476.1905
SEED0.60595279.0698
LEEMING0.60595243.9024
DONOHOE0.60595243.9024
CREIGHTON0.60595212.7660
RAVENSCROFT0.60595198.0198
BAMBER0.60595196.0784
BREAKELL0.60595192.3077
BATESON0.60595188.1720
PHILLIPSON0.60595180.9955
RAYNOR0.60595169.9029
BYERS0.60595161.8123
LOFTHOUSE0.60595158.0135
WITHERINGTON0.60595151.5152
FAIRCLOUGH0.60595128.8245
BAILIE0.60595120.4819
EDMONDSON0.60595116.2791
KELLETT0.60595115.8301
MYERSCOUGH0.60595112.3596
THRELFALL0.60595111.1111
BARON0.6059597.4026
BLACKHURST0.6059596.1538
ROGERSON0.6059581.9672
POPE0.6059578.0107
WATERHOUSE0.6059577.1775
SINGLETON0.6059576.5306
RHODES0.6059576.0043
LEIGH0.6059573.0460
MOGG0.6059571.4286
DUCKWORTH0.6059569.5652
FORREST0.6059565.1890
HARKER0.6059563.8978
REEDER0.6059562.1118
PARKINSON0.6059556.0617
BILLINGHAM0.6059555.4017
BLEASDALE0.6059554.9451
BATTERSBY0.6059547.6190
HODKINSON0.6059547.6190
MERCER0.6059544.8430
HARDMAN0.6059541.7711
PROCTOR0.6059541.0397
RAINBOW0.6059540.4858
MOON0.6059539.8406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 595 people called BOYN in Broughton In Preston 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 5000.0000 in Broughton In Preston means that 5000.0000% of the people in Broughton In Preston on census day were called BOYN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYN 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 BOYN 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 BOYN 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 BOYN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Broughton In Preston means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYN in Broughton In Preston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton In Preston in 1881

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

ALLANBY (1)  ARCHER (3)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ASHWORTH (6)  BAILEY (6)  BAILIE (1)  BAMBER (9)  BARON (6)  BATESON (7)  BATTERSBY (2)  BYERS (5)  BENNETT (2)  BILLINGHAM (2)  BILLINGTON (DAVIS) (2)  BILSBOROUGH (4)  BLACKBURN (2)  BLACKHURST (1)  BLASAW (1)  BLEASDALE (1)  BOGGAN (1)  BOULTON (2)  BOWKER (1)  BOYN (1)  BROMWELL (1)  BREAKELL (1)  BRETHERTON (2)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (1)  CAPSTICK (1)  CORLESS (14)  CARR (1)  CARTER (2)  CHAWNS (6)  CLARKSON (3)  CLAYTON (4)  CLITHEROE (5)  COATES (2)  COCKSHOTT (1)  CORNTHWAITE (1)  COWARD (1)  MC CRABE (1)  CREIGHTON (5)  CROMPTON (3)  DAVALL (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (2)  DEWHURST (1)  DICKINSON (6)  DOBSON (7)  DONOHOE (2)  DUCKETT (1)  DUCKWORTH (8)  EASTHAM (1)  ECCLES (1)  EDMONDSON (8)  WARDEN (EDMONDSON) (4)  FAIRCLOUGH (8)  FISHER (1)  FORREST (10)  GARNER (3)  GAVIN (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILMORE (1)  GLOSSOP (1)  GORDON (1)  GORNALL (6)  GORST (1)  HALL (1)  HARDMAN (5)  HARKER (4)  HARRISON (8)  HAYES (1)  HESELTINE (1)  HESKETH (2)  HINDLE (1)  HODKINSON (2)  HOTHERSALL (7)  HUBBERSTEY (7)  HUDSON (1)  HUNT (4)  HUNTER (2)  HURST (5)  JACKSON (14)  KELLETT (6)  KIRKHAM (1)  KITCHING (1)  KNOWLES (3)  LAMB (1)  LANE (1)  LEIGH (10)  LEEMING (9)  LIVESAY (2)  LOFTHOUSE (7)  LOWE (2)  LYTHAM (4)  MARSDEN (1)  MELLOR (1)  MERCER (7)  METCALF (1)  MILLER (1)  MOGG (1)  MOON (5)  MOOR (1)  MOORHOUSE (2)  MORRIS (6)  MURPHY (1)  MYERSCOUGH (1)  NELSON (4)  NOBLET (9)  OSBORNG (1)  PARKER (9)  PARKINSON (16)  PHILLIPSON (4)  PICKERING (1)  POPE (16)  PROCTOR (6)  PYE (1)  RAINBOW (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RAVENSCROFT (4)  RAYNOR (7)  REEDER (1)  WRENNALL (1)  RHODES (21)  WIGGINS (RHODES) (2)  RICHMOND (1)  RIGBY (5)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERSON (6)  SEED (12)  SIMPSON (6)  SINGLETON (9)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (2)  STEWART (1)  SUTCLIFFE (1)  SWIFT (3)  TATTERSALL (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THEXTON (3)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNTON (10)  THRELFALL (3)  TOULMIN (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TURNER (1)  WALMSLEY (3)  WATERHOUSE (7)  WATKIN (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITESIDE (1)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WHITTLE (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (29)  WITHERINGTON (1)  WOODHEAD (3)  WORSWICK (1)  WRENOLDS (2)  YATES (4)