Top surnames from the 1881 census in Catterall, Lancashire

Catterall 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
PARKER203.262617.15
RAWLINSON142.2838191.52
SMITH132.12071.50
DICKINSON121.957645.84
IRELAND121.957684.33
JACKSON121.95767.00
COUP111.79452,500.00
COLLINSON101.6313139.08
KIBBLE101.6313543.48
HINDLE91.4682104.53
WILSON91.46823.20
WHITESIDE91.4682184.43
BIRCHALL91.4682149.75
HOUGH81.305175.83
PEDDER81.3051372.09
ALLISON81.305145.92
FISHER81.305111.15
CORLESS81.3051462.43
CHRISTIAN71.1419115.13
SPENCER71.141912.51
SALISBURY71.1419114.94
CROFT71.141948.34
RIDGE71.1419163.17
CLARKSON71.141943.08
MELVILLE71.1419108.19
BATTERSBY60.9788138.57
NICHOLSON60.978813.77
THOMPSON60.97883.27
ALMOND60.978878.95
JENKINSON60.978855.92
NIXON60.978832.14
SOUTHWARD60.9788468.75
BENSON60.978836.10
KENDAL50.8157209.21
ROBINSON50.81572.56
WARD50.81573.73
CLEGG50.815723.96
BILLINGTON50.815775.08
SIMPSON50.81574.66
GROWDEN50.81575,555.56
HOYLE50.815735.34
NICKSON50.8157274.73
NAUGHTON50.8157406.50
DODGSON40.6525134.23
ACTON40.6525112.68
WILDING40.652555.48
LINGARD40.6525102.83
HALL40.65252.22
HUTTER40.65254,000.00
PARK40.652521.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FRYSON0.6161310000.0000
GROWDEN0.616135555.5556
HUTTER0.616134000.0000
COUP0.616132500.0000
HOLLINGHURST0.616131739.1304
KIBBLE0.61613543.4783
SOUTHWARD0.61613468.7500
CORLESS0.61613462.4277
NAUGHTON0.61613406.5041
PEDDER0.61613372.0930
NICKSON0.61613274.7253
KENDAL0.61613209.2050
SAWER0.61613208.3333
RAWLINSON0.61613191.5185
WHITESIDE0.61613184.4262
RICHIE0.61613172.4138
RIDGE0.61613163.1702
BILSBOROUGH0.61613158.7302
BOULDING0.61613153.8462
BIRCHALL0.61613149.7504
COLLINSON0.61613139.0821
BATTERSBY0.61613138.5681
DODGSON0.61613134.2282
RODGERSON0.61613131.5789
CHRISTIAN0.61613115.1316
SALISBURY0.61613114.9425
ACTON0.61613112.6761
MALLEY0.61613112.3596
MELVILLE0.61613108.1917
HINDLE0.61613104.5296
CROZIER0.61613104.1667
LINGARD0.61613102.8278
RABY0.61613102.0408
BRAILSFORD0.6161392.5926
IRELAND0.6161384.3289
ALMOND0.6161378.9474
HOUGH0.6161375.8294
BILLINGTON0.6161375.0751
STEIN0.6161368.9655
HESKETH0.6161368.1431
SEED0.6161367.7201
ETHERINGTON0.6161364.9351
FAIRCLOUGH0.6161362.5000
MOORES0.6161359.1716
MOULD0.6161357.1429
JENKINSON0.6161355.9180
WILDING0.6161355.4785
WEARING0.6161353.4759
SNAPE0.6161353.0973
ORTON0.6161352.0833

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 613 people called FRYSON in Catterall 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 10000.0000 in Catterall means that 10000.0000% of the people in Catterall on census day were called FRYSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FRYSON 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 FRYSON 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 FRYSON 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 FRYSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Catterall means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FRYSON in Catterall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Catterall in 1881

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

ACTON (4)  ALLISON (8)  ALMOND (6)  ALSTON (1)  ASHTON (3)  ATKINSON (1)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BAGOT (3)  BALL (3)  BARBER (1)  BARWER (1)  BATTERSBY (6)  BENSON (6)  BILLINGTON (5)  BILSBOROUGH (1)  BIRCHALL (9)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOND (1)  BOULDING (1)  BOYS (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRAILSFORD (2)  BUCK (2)  BULLOUGH (3)  BURROWS (2)  BUTLER (3)  BYRNE (2)  CORLESS (8)  CHEETHAM (3)  CHRISTIAN (7)  CLARKSON (7)  CLEGG (5)  COLLINSON (10)  COOK (2)  COOKSON (1)  COUP (11)  COWPERTHWAITE (4)  CRANE (1)  CROCKER (1)  CROFT (7)  CROSS (1)  CROZIER (3)  DAVIES (3)  DICKINSON (12)  DICKSON (4)  DOBSON (1)  DODGSON (4)  DUNDERDALE (1)  EDMONDSON (2)  ETHERINGTON (3)  FAIRCLOUGH (4)  FENTON (1)  FIELDING (2)  FISHER (8)  FRYSON (1)  GARNETT (1)  GORNALL (6)  GORST (1)  GREY (3)  GREEN (3)  GRIMBALDESTON (10)  GRIME (1)  GROWDEN (5)  HALL (4)  HARRISON (4)  HESKETH (4)  HEWITSON (2)  HINDLE (9)  HODSKINSON (4)  HOLLINGHURST (4)  HORNER (1)  HOTHERSALL (2)  HOUGH (8)  HOYLE (5)  HUTTER (4)  IRELAND (12)  JACKSON (12)  JENKINSON (6)  KIBBLE (10)  KELSALL (9)  KENDAL (5)  LANG (3)  LEACH (1)  LEWIS (2)  LEWTAS (1)  LIMSON (1)  LINGARD (4)  LUND (3)  MABLESTON (1)  MACGEEVER (5)  MALLEY (2)  MARSDEN (2)  NAUGHTON (5)  MELVILLE (7)  METCALF (2)  MILLER (1)  MOORES (3)  MOULD (3)  O'NEAL (1)  NEIL (1)  NICHOLSON (6)  NIXON (6)  NICKSON (5)  ORTON (3)  OSBORNE (2)  PARK (4)  PARKER (20)  PARKINSON (1)  PEDDER (8)  PICKTHALL (2)  PROCTOR (1)  RABY (3)  RAWCLIFFE (5)  RAWLINSON (14)  REDMAN (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDGE (7)  RICHIE (1)  ROBINSON (5)  RODGERSON (1)  ROSSALL (1)  SAILSBURY (11)  SALISBURY (7)  SANDERSON (2)  SAWER (1)  SCAMBLER (1)  SEED (3)  SHARPLES (3)  SIMPSON (5)  SINGLETON (1)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (13)  SNAPE (3)  SOUTHWARD (6)  SPEIGHT (1)  SPENCER (7)  STEIN (1)  STANDING (2)  STEWART (3)  STIRZACRE (3)  STURZAKER (6)  STONES (2)  THOMPSON (6)  TOPHAM (1)  TOPPING (1)  TOWNLEY (1)  WALKER (1)  WALSH (1)  WARD (5)  WEARING (1)  WHITESIDE (9)  WILDING (4)  WILKINSON (3)  WILSON (9)  WINDER (2)  WINSTANLEY (2)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODRUFF (1)  WRIGHT (3)