Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carleton, Lancashire

Carleton 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
PARKINSON266.8966143.81
SANDERSON225.8355141.30
HODGKINSON153.9788231.48
COOKSON153.9788337.08
HALL123.183010.82
CARTER123.183018.96
GREGSON123.1830229.89
WADE112.917872.90
WARING102.6525210.97
BANKS102.652551.71
WILSON92.38735.20
ATKINSON82.122021.79
CLARKSON82.122080.00
WALMSLEY71.856889.74
IRELAND71.856880.00
BAMBER71.8568240.55
SINGLETON71.856893.96
POOLE61.591533.04
LINGARD61.5915251.05
DEWHURST61.5915134.23
LAWSON61.591526.99
HULL51.326363.45
DOBSON51.326330.07
RABY41.0610220.99
STRICKLAND41.0610132.89
TRICKETT41.0610243.90
LANCASTER41.061042.69
CARR30.795811.03
BIBBY30.795873.71
WHITESIDE30.7958100.00
CLEGG30.795823.36
GARDNER30.795811.72
FLETCHER20.53054.65
THOMPSON20.53051.77
DANIEL20.530524.01
PRESTON20.530510.62
MARKS20.530525.94
CARTMELL20.5305263.16
BROWN20.53050.80
JACKSON20.53051.90
WESTBY20.5305476.19
AINSWORTH10.265313.39
LAMB10.26535.03
FENTON10.265313.28
SLATER10.26534.38
BLACKBURN10.26537.04
WILLIAMS10.26530.37
COLLINSON10.265322.62
ASPINALL10.265319.27
CHADWICK10.26536.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WESTBY0.38377476.1905
COOKSON0.38377337.0787
CARTMELL0.38377263.1579
LINGARD0.38377251.0460
TRICKETT0.38377243.9024
BAMBER0.38377240.5498
HODGKINSON0.38377231.4815
GREGSON0.38377229.8851
RABY0.38377220.9945
WARING0.38377210.9705
PARKINSON0.38377143.8053
SANDERSON0.38377141.2974
DEWHURST0.38377134.2282
STRICKLAND0.38377132.8904
WHITESIDE0.38377100.0000
SINGLETON0.3837793.9597
WALMSLEY0.3837789.7436
IRELAND0.3837780.0000
CLARKSON0.3837780.0000
BIBBY0.3837773.7101
WADE0.3837772.8960
HULL0.3837763.4518
BANKS0.3837751.7063
LANCASTER0.3837742.6894
BAGSHAW0.3837733.2226
POOLE0.3837733.0396
DOBSON0.3837730.0661
LAWSON0.3837726.9906
MARKS0.3837725.9403
DANIEL0.3837724.0096
CLEGG0.3837723.3645
HORNBY0.3837723.3100
COLLINSON0.3837722.6244
ANDERTON0.3837722.3714
ATKINSON0.3837721.7865
ASPINALL0.3837719.2678
KIRKHAM0.3837719.0114
CARTER0.3837718.9633
HASLAM0.3837717.4520
DUCKWORTH0.3837713.7174
AINSWORTH0.3837713.3869
FENTON0.3837713.2802
GARDNER0.3837711.7233
CARR0.3837711.0294
HALL0.3837710.8196
PRESTON0.3837710.6213
FINCH0.383777.9681
BLACKBURN0.383777.0373
FLEMING0.383776.3816
CHADWICK0.383776.0643

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 377 people called WESTBY in Carleton 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 476.1905 in Carleton means that 476.1905% of the people in Carleton on census day were called WESTBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WESTBY 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 WESTBY 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 WESTBY 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 WESTBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Carleton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WESTBY in Carleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carleton in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ALKER (3)  ANDERTON (1)  ASPINALL (1)  ATKINSON (8)  BAGSHAW (1)  BAMBER (7)  BANKS (10)  BATIMAN (3)  BIBBY (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BROWN (2)  BRYNING (5)  CARR (3)  CARTER (12)  CARTMELL (2)  CHADWICK (1)  CLARKSON (8)  CLEGG (3)  COLLINSON (1)  COOKSON (15)  CURWIN (1)  CURWEN (1)  DAGGER (8)  DANIEL (2)  DEVONPORT (1)  DEWHURST (6)  DIGGLE (1)  DOBSON (5)  DUCKWORTH (1)  EASTWELL (1)  FENTON (1)  FEILDING (7)  FINCH (1)  FLEMING (1)  FLETCHER (2)  GARDNER (3)  GREENALL (3)  GREGSON (12)  HALL (12)  HASLAM (1)  HODGKINSON (15)  HORNBY (1)  HULL (5)  IBISON (5)  IRELAND (7)  JACKSON (2)  KILSHAW (1)  KIRKHAM (1)  LAMB (1)  LANCASTER (4)  LAWRENSON (9)  LAWSON (6)  LINGARD (6)  MARKS (2)  PARKINSON (26)  POOLE (6)  PRESTON (2)  RABY (4)  RAWCLIFFE (1)  ROSKELL (10)  SANDERSON (22)  SINGLETON (7)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  STRICKLAND (4)  SWARBRICK (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TORKINGTON (7)  TRICKETT (4)  WADE (11)  WALMSLEY (7)  WARD (1)  WARING (10)  WESTHEAD (9)  WESTBY (2)  WHITESIDE (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (9)