Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halton, Lancashire

Halton 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
BURROW273.6835536.78
BATESON253.4106544.66
TOWERS182.4557212.01
SHEPHERD162.182829.79
DOBSON141.910043.30
RICHMOND131.773580.95
PRESTON131.773535.51
HODGSON121.637123.62
JOHNSON111.50074.47
BURROWS111.500734.28
LAMBERT111.500727.49
LAWRENCE101.364321.01
MOORE101.36436.82
COOK101.36436.87
ADDISON101.364398.52
WALLING101.3643684.93
ROBINSON91.22783.85
SHARPLES91.227870.26
CROSSFIELD91.2278865.38
RONSON81.09141,095.89
COPSEY81.0914509.55
GREG81.09142,962.96
PROCTER81.091484.12
DIXON81.09149.96
HIRD81.0914141.34
MARSHALL81.09146.51
WILKINSON81.09147.15
PARKINSON81.091422.75
FRYER70.955051.47
PARKER70.95505.02
THORNTON70.955019.00
MASON70.95507.10
STOCKDALE70.9550122.59
SHUTTLEWORTH70.955080.55
BRUNTON70.9550121.53
WOODHOUSE70.955040.30
THOMPSON70.95503.19
NEWHOUSE70.9550886.08
DRAPER70.955040.53
HOLGATE70.9550115.13
MITTON70.9550325.58
MAWSON70.9550118.44
NIXON60.818626.87
SHAW60.81864.46
DANSON60.8186365.85
ATKINSON60.81868.40
MAY60.818612.86
TOWNSON60.8186194.81
ASKEW50.682160.39
WILSON50.68211.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FADER0.7373310000.0000
GREG0.737332962.9630
RONSON0.737331095.8904
GOTH0.73733909.0909
NEWHOUSE0.73733886.0759
CROSSFIELD0.73733865.3846
WALLING0.73733684.9315
PELTER0.73733588.2353
BATESON0.73733544.6623
BURROW0.73733536.7793
COPSEY0.73733509.5541
DANSON0.73733365.8537
MITTON0.73733325.5814
SLINGER0.73733225.2252
TOWERS0.73733212.0141
TOWNSON0.73733194.8052
ASPLIN0.73733178.5714
WAGGETT0.73733163.9344
TOWLER0.73733152.9052
HIRD0.73733141.3428
STOCKDALE0.73733122.5919
BRUNTON0.73733121.5278
MAWSON0.73733118.4433
HOLGATE0.73733115.1316
HAYTON0.73733111.4206
CLELAND0.73733103.0928
ARMFIELD0.7373399.0099
ADDISON0.7373398.5222
PROCTER0.7373384.1220
RICHMOND0.7373380.9465
SHUTTLEWORTH0.7373380.5524
DUGDALE0.7373379.2079
ERRINGTON0.7373373.3496
SHARPLES0.7373370.2576
SPEIGHT0.7373367.1141
TEASDALE0.7373364.4122
ASKEW0.7373360.3865
BENTHAM0.7373359.7015
BROCKLEBANK0.7373355.8659
BARNFIELD0.7373355.2486
HASTINGS0.7373353.5332
FRYER0.7373351.4706
NEWSHAM0.7373343.6681
DOBSON0.7373343.3034
DRAPER0.7373340.5327
WOODHOUSE0.7373340.2994
PEDDER0.7373338.9105
LOVERIDGE0.7373338.0228
MEADOWCROFT0.7373337.5940
HUTCHINGS0.7373336.2845

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 733 people called FADER in Halton 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 Halton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Halton on census day were called FADER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FADER 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 FADER 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 FADER 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 FADER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Halton means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FADER in Halton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Halton in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ADDISON (10)  AIREY (1)  AKRIGG (6)  ALDREN (6)  ALLERSTON (1)  ARMFIELD (1)  ASKEW (5)  ATKINSON (6)  AYRTON (6)  BOLDWIN (3)  BARKER (5)  BARNFIELD (1)  BARNSHAW (1)  BATESON (25)  BELL (1)  BENTHAM (2)  BERRY (1)  BIBBY (2)  BURCH (1)  BLAND (4)  BOWKER (1)  BRADLEY (3)  BROCKLEBANK (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUNTON (7)  BURROW (27)  BURROWS (11)  KEARNEY (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (3)  CLARKSON (1)  CLAYTON (1)  COLE (1)  COOK (10)  COPSEY (8)  CORNTHWAITE (6)  CRISP (2)  CROSSFIELD (9)  DANSON (6)  DAVENPORT (1)  DIXON (8)  DOBSON (14)  DOWBIGGIN (4)  DRAPER (7)  RONSON (DRAPER) (2)  DUGDALE (4)  DUNDERDALE (4)  EDMONDSON (1)  ERRINGTON (3)  ASPLIN (1)  FADER (1)  FARR (1)  FOSTER (4)  FOXCROFT (2)  FRYER (7)  GARDNER (1)  GARNETT (3)  GEDDES (1)  GOTH (3)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (5)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREG (8)  GUDGEON (1)  H...SON (2)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (3)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HASTINGS (5)  HAYTHORNTHWAITE (5)  HAYTON (4)  HIRD (8)  HEARSAM (2)  HELME (1)  HEWITT (1)  HIGHFI... (1)  HEBSON (1)  HODGSON (12)  HOLGATE (7)  HOLMES (1)  HORFIELD (10)  HOUGHTON (5)  HUTCHINGS (5)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (11)  KENDALL (4)  KIRKHAM (1)  KNOWLES (2)  LAMB (3)  LAMBERT (11)  LAURENCE (1)  LAWRENCE (10)  LODGE (4)  LONG (1)  LOVERIDGE (1)  MACGUFFOG (4)  MACKRETH (1)  MARSHALL (8)  MASHITER (1)  MASON (7)  MAWSON (7)  MAY (6)  MC BRIDE (6)  CLELAND (2)  MEADOWCROFT (1)  METCALFE (1)  MILLER (2)  MILNER (4)  MITTON (7)  MOORE (10)  MOUNT (1)  NEWHOUSE (7)  NEWSHAM (1)  NIXON (6)  NORMAN (1)  OHRR (1)  PARKER (7)  PARKINSON (8)  PARR (3)  PEARSON (1)  PEDDER (1)  PELTER (1)  PENNINGTON (1)  PLADDY (1)  PRESTON (13)  PROCTER (8)  PROCTOR (1)  ROWLINSON (3)  RICHMOND (13)  RIGBY (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROBSON (1)  RONSON (8)  SANDHAM (5)  SHARP (3)  SHARPLES (9)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHERD (16)  SHERSON (3)  SHUTTLEWORTH (7)  SLINGER (5)  SPEIGHT (4)  STOCKDALE (7)  SWINDLEHURST (1)  TEASDALE (4)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (7)  TODD (2)  TOWERS (18)  TOWLER (5)  TOWNSON (6)  WAGGETT (1)  WALKER (1)  WARDEN (1)  WAYLOR (1)  WALLING (10)  WHINRAY (2)  WHITAKER (1)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLAN (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (5)  WOODHOUSE (7)  YARLAND (1)