Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hoghton, Lancashire

Hoghton 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
CROOK424.8000167.13
LIVESEY303.4286350.06
FARNWORTH283.2000622.22
SHARPLES273.0857176.47
KING262.971413.63
BERRY192.171427.37
BALDWIN161.828642.88
HARRISON161.82868.24
THORNLEY141.6000144.18
FOWLER131.485726.02
PICKUP131.4857114.94
SEED131.4857205.70
WELCH121.371439.00
HODGSON121.371419.79
ASHWORTH111.257131.51
KITCHIN111.2571585.11
MILLER101.14296.39
MARSDEN101.142927.60
WRIGLEY101.142990.33
CHARNLEY101.1429245.70
WARD91.02864.71
MANN80.914317.36
DEWHURST80.914377.07
NEARY80.9143421.05
RIGBY80.914331.52
MOULDEN80.9143733.95
COTTRELL80.9143102.70
SLATER80.914315.10
THOMPSON70.80002.67
WHALLEY70.800050.84
WORDEN70.8000282.26
FAIRCLOUGH70.800076.67
SMITH70.80000.57
GEE70.800031.35
BARKER70.80006.11
WOODRUFF70.8000169.90
BUTCHER70.800018.99
WADDINGTON70.800049.26
SINGLETON60.685734.68
SUTTON60.685710.77
TURNER60.68572.46
MALLEY60.6857236.22
WADSWORTH60.685749.18
BOLTON60.685715.92
FAGAN60.6857143.88
WILDING60.685758.31
PHILLIPSON60.6857184.62
DUCKWORTH60.685735.48
SHORROCK60.6857138.89
CARLISLE60.6857130.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARGISON0.888751000.0000
MACMANUS0.88875909.0909
MOULDEN0.88875733.9450
FARNWORTH0.88875622.2222
SHORTT0.88875606.0606
KITCHIN0.88875585.1064
NEARY0.88875421.0526
NOBLETT0.88875357.1429
LIVESEY0.88875350.0583
ALTY0.88875312.5000
WORDEN0.88875282.2581
LOUD0.88875253.1646
CHARNLEY0.88875245.7002
MALLEY0.88875236.2205
SEED0.88875205.6962
PHILLIPSON0.88875184.6154
SHARPLES0.88875176.4706
WOODRUFF0.88875169.9029
CROOK0.88875167.1309
CROSLEY0.88875148.1481
THORNLEY0.88875144.1813
FAGAN0.88875143.8849
LEVENS0.88875142.8571
SHORROCK0.88875138.8889
CARLISLE0.88875130.1518
BLACKLEDGE0.88875127.1186
GAVAN0.88875120.4819
PICKUP0.88875114.9425
COTTRELL0.88875102.6958
WINDLE0.88875100.8065
BOOCOCK0.8887597.0874
WRIGLEY0.8887590.3342
SOUTHWORTH0.8887589.2857
DEWHURST0.8887577.0713
FAIRCLOUGH0.8887576.6703
HAYDOCK0.8887572.4638
COUPE0.8887565.4664
BRINDLE0.8887563.6943
WILDING0.8887558.3090
BEASLEY0.8887552.7426
WHALLEY0.8887550.8351
PALING0.8887550.7614
WADDINGTON0.8887549.2611
WADSWORTH0.8887549.1803
BALDWIN0.8887542.8839
WELCH0.8887538.9990
BATESON0.8887536.4964
DUCKWORTH0.8887535.4820
SINGLETON0.8887534.6821
RIDING0.8887533.8983

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 875 people called MARGISON in Hoghton 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 1000.0000 in Hoghton means that 1000.0000% of the people in Hoghton on census day were called MARGISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARGISON 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 MARGISON 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 MARGISON 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 MARGISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Hoghton means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARGISON in Hoghton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hoghton in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (4)  ALTY (5)  ANDERTON (2)  ASHTON (1)  ASHWORTH (11)  ASPIN (3)  ATHERTON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN (16)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (7)  BARLOW (3)  BARON (3)  BATESON (2)  BEACONSALL (2)  BEASLEY (5)  BENSON (3)  BERRY (19)  BLACKLIDGE (6)  BLACKLEDGE (3)  BOLTON (6)  BOOCOCK (3)  BRETHERTON (1)  BRIGGS (6)  BRINDLE (4)  BURTON (4)  BUTCHER (7)  CALDERBANK (6)  CALVERT (5)  CARDWELL (1)  CARLISLE (6)  CARTER (3)  CHADWICK (1)  CHARNLEY (10)  CHURCHAM (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COTTRELL (8)  COUPE (4)  COWBOURN (1)  CREWDSON (6)  CROOK (42)  CROSLEY (2)  CROSSLEY (2)  DAY (1)  DE HOGHTON (1)  DEARDEN (1)  DERBISHIRE (4)  DEWHURST (8)  DUCKWORTH (6)  DUNN (1)  AVES (2)  EDGAR (1)  FAGAN (6)  FAIRCLOUGH (7)  FARNWORTH (28)  FLETCHER (3)  FOWLER (13)  FURNELL (6)  GAVAN (1)  GEE (7)  GIFFORD (1)  GOODE (1)  GREENALL (2)  GREENWOOD (4)  GRIMSHAW (4)  GRISDALE (3)  HAYDOCK (2)  HARRISON (16)  HAWORTH (1)  HAYES (1)  HEYS (1)  HODGKINSON (1)  HODGSON (12)  HOLMES (2)  HORSEFIELD (2)  HUNTER (3)  JACKSON (1)  KAY (2)  KELLET (4)  KELLETT (1)  KILLWORTH (1)  KING (26)  KITCHIN (11)  KITCHEN (2)  KNOWLES (5)  KNOWELS (1)  LEVENS (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIVESEY (30)  LOCKE (1)  LOUD (2)  LUND (1)  MALLEY (6)  MANN (8)  MARGERISON (3)  MARGINSON (45)  MARGISON (4)  MARSDEN (10)  MARTIN (2)  MC DONALD (9)  MACMANUS (1)  MC MANUS (6)  MELLOR (1)  MILLER (10)  MITCHILL (4)  MORTON (1)  MOULDEN (8)  NEARY (8)  NEVILLE (1)  NOBLETT (3)  NOLAN (1)  PALING (1)  PARKER (5)  PATTEN (1)  PHILLIPSON (6)  PICKUP (13)  PORTER (6)  REDMAYNE (2)  RIDING (2)  RIGBY (8)  RIPLEY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RODEN (1)  SANDERS (1)  SEED (13)  SHARPLES (27)  SHORROCK (6)  SHORTT (2)  SINGLETON (6)  SLATER (8)  SLYMAN (3)  SMITH (7)  SMITHSON (2)  SNAPE (1)  SOUTHWORTH (4)  SPENCER (1)  SUMNER (3)  SUTTON (6)  SUTON (1)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNLEY (14)  TURNER (6)  WADILOVE (2)  WADDINGTON (7)  WADSWORTH (6)  WHALLEY (7)  WALMSLEY (5)  WARBRICK (6)  WARD (9)  WATKINS (1)  WATSON (2)  WELCH (12)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITFIELD (2)  WHITTLE (5)  WILDING (6)  WILSON (1)  WINDLE (5)  WOODRUFF (7)  WORDEN (7)  WORSLEY (2)  WRIGLEY (10)