Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clayton Le Dale, Lancashire

Clayton Le Dale 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
BOLTON155.0847118.11
PRESTON134.406888.20
JACKSON113.728813.34
FORREST113.7288144.74
CRAVEN103.3898175.75
BRIGGS93.050856.18
ORMEROD93.0508381.36
HILTON93.050888.76
WHITTAKER82.711957.27
HARWOOD82.7119101.27
BIRKETT72.3729245.61
GREAVES72.372980.92
ECCLES72.3729148.31
JOHNSON72.37297.06
SINGLETON62.0339102.92
AINSWORTH62.0339102.74
OSWALD62.0339441.18
WILSON62.03394.43
SMITH51.69491.20
BARTON51.694931.37
BRODERICK51.6949510.20
CHEW41.3559266.67
WARD41.35596.21
FINCH41.355940.73
CONSTANTINE41.3559465.12
LUND41.3559125.00
WALMSLEY41.355965.57
WHALLEY41.355986.21
DOLPHIN41.3559363.64
HOLGATE31.0169122.45
DIXON31.01699.28
CHARNLEY31.0169218.98
CARTMELL31.0169508.47
CUTTLER31.01691,428.57
THORPE31.016925.73
MERCER20.678025.84
LAWSON20.678011.50
PARKER20.67803.56
CALDERWOOD20.6780188.68
MORRIS20.67803.05
KNOWLES20.678012.70
BURTON20.67807.96
TOMLINSON20.678014.71
MOFFATT20.6780105.26
COAR20.67802,500.00
ROBINSON20.67802.13
CAVE20.678047.28
GUY10.339015.48
WILKINSON10.33902.22
GILLAM10.339087.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COAR0.302952500.0000
CUTTLER0.302951428.5714
BRODERICK0.30295510.2041
CARTMELL0.30295508.4746
CONSTANTINE0.30295465.1163
OSWALD0.30295441.1765
ORMEROD0.30295381.3559
DOLPHIN0.30295363.6364
CHEW0.30295266.6667
BIRKETT0.30295245.6140
CHARNLEY0.30295218.9781
CALDERWOOD0.30295188.6792
CRAVEN0.30295175.7469
ECCLES0.30295148.3051
FORREST0.30295144.7368
LUND0.30295125.0000
HOLGATE0.30295122.4490
BOLTON0.30295118.1102
MOFFATT0.30295105.2632
SINGLETON0.30295102.9160
AINSWORTH0.30295102.7397
HARWOOD0.30295101.2658
HILTON0.3029588.7574
PRESTON0.3029588.1954
GILLAM0.3029587.7193
WHALLEY0.3029586.2069
CATLOW0.3029581.9672
GREAVES0.3029580.9249
WALMSLEY0.3029565.5738
WHITTAKER0.3029557.2656
BRIGGS0.3029556.1798
CAVE0.3029547.2813
TOPHAM0.3029546.2963
FINCH0.3029540.7332
BARTON0.3029531.3676
HORNBY0.3029529.7619
PILLING0.3029528.0899
ROGERSON0.3029527.5482
MERCER0.3029525.8398
THORPE0.3029525.7290
GUY0.3029515.4799
TOMLINSON0.3029514.7059
PROCTOR0.3029513.7931
JACKSON0.3029513.3430
TERRY0.3029513.2626
BEARD0.3029512.8700
KNOWLES0.3029512.6984
LAWSON0.3029511.5009
DIXON0.302959.2822
TOWNSEND0.302957.9808

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 295 people called COAR in Clayton Le Dale 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 2500.0000 in Clayton Le Dale means that 2500.0000% of the people in Clayton Le Dale on census day were called COAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COAR 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 COAR 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 COAR 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 COAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Clayton Le Dale means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COAR in Clayton Le Dale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clayton Le Dale in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (6)  BARTON (5)  BEARD (1)  BIRKETT (7)  BOLTON (15)  BRIGGS (9)  BRODERICK (5)  O'BRIAN (1)  BURTON (2)  CALDERWOOD (2)  COAR (2)  CARR (1)  CARTMELL (3)  CATLOW (1)  CATTERALL (5)  CAVE (2)  CHARNLEY (3)  CHEW (4)  CONSTANTINE (4)  COUNSELL (9)  CRAVEN (10)  CROASDALE (6)  CUTTLER (3)  DIXON (3)  DOLPHIN (4)  ECCLES (7)  FAIRER (1)  FINCH (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FORREST (11)  GILLAM (1)  GORDON (1)  GREAVES (7)  GUY (1)  HARWOOD (8)  HEWITT (1)  HILTON (9)  HITCHIN (5)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLGATE (3)  HORNBY (1)  HOWARD (1)  JACKSON (11)  JOHNSON (7)  KNOWLES (2)  LAWSON (2)  LEWIS (1)  LUND (4)  MERCER (2)  MOFFATT (2)  MORRIS (2)  NETHERCAT (1)  ORMEROD (9)  OSWALD (6)  PARKER (2)  PILLING (1)  PRESTON (13)  PROCTOR (1)  RAWCLIFFE (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROGERSON (1)  SEORAL (1)  SINGLETON (6)  SMITH (5)  TERRY (1)  THORPE (3)  TOMLINSON (2)  TOPHAM (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  WHALLEY (4)  WALMSLEY (4)  WARD (4)  WHITTAKER (8)  WHITEING (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (6)