Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hale, Lancashire

Hale 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
ROBERTS223.846210.22
YATES172.972043.25
WOODWARD152.622453.15
BARBER152.622443.57
TURTON132.2727202.18
NAYLOR122.097955.66
DIXON122.097919.15
TRAVIS111.9231163.93
MOSS111.923131.21
WOOD91.57344.94
PENDLETON91.5734426.54
SUTTON81.398621.97
HANKINSON81.3986425.53
WHITFIELD81.398670.05
STONEHOUSE81.3986320.00
WEBB81.398610.32
TURNER71.22384.40
WITTER71.22381,206.90
JONES71.22381.08
STYLES71.2238115.89
HIGGINS71.223824.20
GARNETT61.049084.51
HURST61.049029.37
GRIFFITH61.049032.21
DEAN61.049015.11
ROWE61.049018.47
RICHARDSON61.04906.16
MOODY50.874133.47
STEWART50.87415.59
CHADWICK50.874119.98
TAYLOR50.87411.37
MATHER50.874135.26
HOUGHTON50.874125.01
SMITH50.87410.62
LUDDEN50.87417,142.86
LEADBETTER50.8741168.92
MASON50.87416.50
JOYNSON50.8741375.94
SMART40.699315.36
IRELAND40.699330.12
ALLEN40.69933.70
MEALY40.69932,000.00
MADDOCK40.699376.48
ELLIS40.69934.82
GORTON40.6993112.68
ASHTON40.699314.28
MERCER40.699326.65
GREEN40.69932.48
TATTERSALL40.699350.38
WILLIAMS40.69930.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUDDEN0.575727142.8571
MEALY0.575722000.0000
DARKS0.575721428.5714
WITTER0.575721206.8966
OSBURN0.57572555.5556
BARDON0.57572454.5455
PENDLETON0.57572426.5403
HANKINSON0.57572425.5319
JOYNSON0.57572375.9398
STONEHOUSE0.57572320.0000
LAYLAND0.57572267.8571
BARKLEY0.57572266.6667
BORN0.57572243.9024
TURTON0.57572202.1773
LEADBETTER0.57572168.9189
TRAVIS0.57572163.9344
SIMES0.57572151.5152
STYLES0.57572115.8940
GORTON0.57572112.6761
DELANY0.57572106.3830
FEENEY0.57572103.0928
LOFTUS0.5757296.1538
GARNETT0.5757284.5070
MADDOCK0.5757276.4818
WHITFIELD0.5757270.0525
NICKSON0.5757258.8235
NAYLOR0.5757255.6586
WOODWARD0.5757253.1538
RAVENSCROFT0.5757251.5464
ROOK0.5757251.1509
TATTERSALL0.5757250.3778
MAHER0.5757247.6190
FRAZER0.5757245.1467
BARBER0.5757243.5667
YATES0.5757243.2460
GRACE0.5757239.1645
CHARNLEY0.5757237.5940
MATHER0.5757235.2609
LONDON0.5757235.0877
CLAY0.5757234.0716
ROW0.5757234.0136
MOODY0.5757233.4672
HAGUE0.5757233.3333
BIBBY0.5757232.3625
GRIFFITH0.5757232.2061
MOSS0.5757231.2057
MARTINDALE0.5757230.4878
RADLEY0.5757230.3951
THORBURN0.5757230.3030
IRELAND0.5757230.1205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 572 people called LUDDEN in Hale 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 7142.8571 in Hale means that 7142.8571% of the people in Hale on census day were called LUDDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUDDEN 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 LUDDEN 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 LUDDEN 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 LUDDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Hale means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUDDEN in Hale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hale in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ASHTON (4)  BAILEY (1)  BAMFORD (1)  BANKS (1)  BARBER (15)  BARKLEY (2)  BARDON (1)  BELL (1)  BIBBY (2)  BLACKBURNE (3)  BLENKHORN (1)  BRAZANDALE (1)  BRIDGETOWER (1)  BROWN (1)  BRYAN (2)  BORN (1)  BARROW (1)  CADDOCK (1)  CAIN (1)  CAMPLING (3)  CARTER (3)  CATTRALL (7)  CHADWICK (5)  CHARNLEY (1)  CHESTER (2)  CLARE (1)  CLAY (4)  COOK (1)  DANIELS (1)  DANRIELS (1)  DARKS (1)  DEAN (6)  DELANY (1)  DIXON (12)  DUNBAVIN (2)  DWERRHOUSE (3)  DWERRYHOUSE (2)  EDGINTON (1)  ELLIS (4)  FEENEY (2)  FYLDES (2)  FLYNN (1)  FORD (2)  FRAZER (2)  FRYER (2)  GARNETT (6)  GERRARD (1)  GINNELLEY (9)  GORTON (4)  GRACE (3)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFITH (6)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAGUE (3)  HANKINSON (8)  HARRISON (1)  HART (1)  HAYNES (1)  HELSBY (2)  HIGGINS (7)  HEIGHWAY (1)  HITCHMOUGH (32)  HICHMOUGH (1)  HULME (1)  HOSKER (1)  HOUGHTON (5)  HOWARD (3)  HUGHES (3)  HULSE (1)  HUNT (1)  HURST (6)  IRELAND (4)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (7)  JOYNSON (5)  KENNY (1)  KNOWLES (2)  MC COUGH (1)  LAIRD (1)  LAVEROCK (1)  LAW (2)  LEABETTER (1)  LEADBETTER (5)  LEE (1)  LEOMAND (1)  LAYLAND (3)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLE (1)  LOFTUS (3)  LONDON (1)  LUDDEN (5)  LUDDON (1)  MADDOCK (4)  MALONE (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MASON (5)  MATHER (5)  MC BLIMONT (1)  MC MASTER (2)  MEALY (4)  MERCER (4)  MEWBURN (2)  MILLS (3)  MOODY (5)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOSS (11)  MAHER (1)  NAYLOR (12)  NICKSON (1)  OSBURN (1)  PARR (2)  PATTERSON (1)  PENDLETON (9)  PENK (4)  PERCY (1)  PARREY (1)  PHILIPS (1)  POWELL (1)  POWER (1)  PRESCOT (1)  PRICE (2)  RAVENSCROFT (1)  ROWLINSON (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDER (1)  RADLEY (1)  RIGBY (3)  ROBERTS (22)  ROOK (2)  ROWE (6)  ROW (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SALE (1)  SALTER (1)  SIMES (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (5)  STANETT (1)  STEWART (5)  STONEHOUSE (8)  STYLES (7)  SUTTON (8)  TATTERSALL (4)  TAYLOR (5)  THORBURN (1)  THORPE (3)  TIDDY (1)  TRAVIS (11)  TURNER (7)  TURTON (13)  VARNDELL (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (8)  WHITFIELD (8)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WINSTANLEY (1)  WITTER (7)  WOOD (9)  WOODS (1)  WOODWARD (15)  YATES (17)