Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elswick, Lancashire

Elswick 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
PARKINSON228.9431186.44
HOUGHTON166.5041186.05
THOMPSON156.097620.36
HORNBY145.6911500.00
BRADSHAW83.252079.21
PARK83.2520104.99
ATKINSON72.845529.22
DAVIES72.84555.59
HUDSON72.845534.76
COOPER72.845511.70
MILLER72.845515.90
HULL72.8455136.19
HALL62.43908.29
WHALLEY62.4390155.04
PARKER52.032510.69
SMITH52.03251.44
LAWSON52.032534.48
DOBSON52.032546.08
SUMNER41.6260100.50
PRESTON41.626032.55
BROWN41.62602.47
MILNER41.626070.92
HOYLES41.6260952.38
HOWARD41.626016.57
BRADLEY31.219515.19
BAMBER31.2195157.89
HESKETH31.2195127.66
ROBINSON31.21953.82
NEWSHAM20.8130259.74
WAREING20.8130125.79
LINGARD20.8130128.21
WHITEHEAD20.813012.03
BILLINGTON20.813074.91
HODGKINSON20.813047.28
LEACH20.813019.70
WILDING10.406534.60
HODGSON10.40655.87
KING10.40651.87
WARD10.40651.86
GALLAGHER10.406526.74
JOLLY10.406528.65
PORTER10.40655.42
WRIGHT10.40651.27
COLLISON10.406599.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOYLES0.25246952.3810
HORNBY0.25246500.0000
NEWSHAM0.25246259.7403
PARKINSON0.25246186.4407
HOUGHTON0.25246186.0465
BAMBER0.25246157.8947
WHALLEY0.25246155.0388
HULL0.25246136.1868
LINGARD0.25246128.2051
HESKETH0.25246127.6596
WAREING0.25246125.7862
PARK0.25246104.9869
SUMNER0.25246100.5025
COLLISON0.2524699.0099
BRADSHAW0.2524679.2079
BILLINGTON0.2524674.9064
MILNER0.2524670.9220
HODGKINSON0.2524647.2813
DOBSON0.2524646.0829
HUDSON0.2524634.7567
WILDING0.2524634.6021
LAWSON0.2524634.4828
PRESTON0.2524632.5468
ATKINSON0.2524629.2154
JOLLY0.2524628.6533
GALLAGHER0.2524626.7380
THOMPSON0.2524620.3555
LEACH0.2524619.7044
HOWARD0.2524616.5700
MILLER0.2524615.9019
BRADLEY0.2524615.1899
WHITEHEAD0.2524612.0265
COOPER0.2524611.6979
PARKER0.2524610.6860
HALL0.252468.2907
HODGSON0.252465.8651
DAVIES0.252465.5942
PORTER0.252465.4171
ROBINSON0.252463.8246
BROWN0.252462.4667
KING0.252461.8653
WARD0.252461.8608
SMITH0.252461.4395
WRIGHT0.252461.2671

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 246 people called HOYLES in Elswick 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 952.3810 in Elswick means that 952.3810% of the people in Elswick on census day were called HOYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOYLES 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 HOYLES 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 HOYLES 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 HOYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Elswick means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOYLES in Elswick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elswick in 1881

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

ATKINSON (7)  BAMBER (3)  BILLINGTON (2)  BIRKET (2)  BRADLEY (3)  BRADSHAW (8)  BROWN (4)  O'BRIEN (1)  BULLAN (7)  COOPER (7)  COLLISON (1)  DAVIES (7)  DOBSON (5)  GALLAGHER (1)  GELDART (1)  GUMM OR GUNM (2)  HALL (6)  HESKETH (3)  HODGKINSON (2)  HODGSON (1)  HORNBY (14)  HOUGHTON (16)  HOWARD (4)  HOYLES (4)  HUDSON (7)  HULL (7)  JOLLY (1)  KING (1)  LAWSON (5)  LEACH (2)  LINGARD (2)  MILLER (7)  MILNER (4)  NEWSHAM (2)  PARK (8)  PARKER (5)  PARKINSON (22)  PORTER (1)  PRESTON (4)  ROBINSON (3)  SMITH (5)  SUMNER (4)  SWARBRICK (8)  THOMPSON (15)  TUSON (2)  WHALLEY (6)  WARD (1)  WAREING (2)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITTINGHAM OR WHITTINGHOUS (6)  WILDING (1)  WILLACY (1)  WRIGHT (1)