Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longton, Lancashire

Longton 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
HARRISON765.216223.50
BAMBER543.7062480.43
CARR473.225844.70
WILSON463.15726.87
HIGHAM422.8826282.83
WIGNALL302.0590403.23
RIDING291.9904295.32
MAYOR281.9218439.56
JOHNSON261.78455.31
SUMNER261.7845110.22
PARKER251.71599.02
WALTON241.647223.40
TAYLOR241.64722.58
WILDING221.5100128.43
KNOWLES201.372725.70
NELSON191.304026.92
COX191.30408.60
SHORROCK191.3040264.26
CROSS191.304018.95
FAIRHURST151.0295125.73
BONNEY151.0295410.96
WHITTLE151.029547.24
BRIGGS151.029518.96
WILKINSON140.96096.30
MOSS140.960915.59
WEBSTER140.960911.05
HART140.960911.26
BOLTON130.892220.72
BAMFORD130.892259.28
BOND130.892216.86
SUTTON120.823612.94
BALL120.82369.97
BUCK110.755035.22
PRITT110.75501,208.79
MARSDEN100.686316.58
SOUTHWORTH100.6863134.05
THOMPSON100.68632.29
COOKSON100.686358.21
ROBINSON100.68632.15
BANKS100.686313.38
STRICKLAND100.686386.06
HODGE90.617724.51
HARTLEY90.61779.86
ABBOTT90.617714.01
NIGHTINGALE90.617736.66
HOLT80.54918.20
STEPHENSON80.54919.60
FIDDLER80.5491253.97
WILKINS80.549112.42
TOPPING80.549179.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GENSON1.461,4573333.3333
PRITT1.461,4571208.7912
CONAWAY1.461,457588.2353
BAMBER1.461,457480.4270
MAYOR1.461,457439.5604
BONNEY1.461,457410.9589
WIGNALL1.461,457403.2258
SCARLET1.461,457400.0000
RIDING1.461,457295.3157
HIGHAM1.461,457282.8283
BLACKHURST1.461,457274.5098
SHORROCK1.461,457264.2559
FIDDLER1.461,457253.9683
ALTY1.461,457187.2659
LISHMAN1.461,457167.7852
BREAKELL1.461,457157.4803
HEWARD1.461,457142.8571
SOUTHWORTH1.461,457134.0483
WILDING1.461,457128.4297
FAIRHURST1.461,457125.7334
SUMNER1.461,457110.2162
SERGEANT1.461,45786.4553
STRICKLAND1.461,45786.0585
TOPPING1.461,45779.7607
SCARLETT1.461,45760.7287
BAMFORD1.461,45759.2795
COOKSON1.461,45758.2072
HACKING1.461,45757.9710
PHILLIPSON1.461,45755.4529
BANISTER1.461,45749.4234
WHITTLE1.461,45747.2441
CARR1.461,45744.7023
BIBBY1.461,45744.5010
ABBOT1.461,45743.6047
WAREING1.461,45742.3729
DITCHFIELD1.461,45740.1606
NIGHTINGALE1.461,45736.6599
SIMM1.461,45735.4610
BUCK1.461,45735.2225
PYE1.461,45732.1248
ALSTON1.461,45731.6122
HOGARTH1.461,45731.2175
HOUGH1.461,45727.9107
SINGLETON1.461,45727.7778
NELSON1.461,45726.9236
KNOWLES1.461,45725.7036
HODGE1.461,45724.5098
HINDLE1.461,45724.4260
HARRISON1.461,45723.4989
WALTON1.461,45723.4032

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,457 people called GENSON in Longton 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 3333.3333 in Longton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Longton on census day were called GENSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GENSON 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 GENSON 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 GENSON 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 GENSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.46 in Longton means that you are 1.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GENSON in Longton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (9)  ABBOT (3)  ALMOND (1)  ALSTON (3)  ALTY (5)  APELTON (1)  ASPINALL (1)  ATHERTON (1)  ATKINS (2)  BALL (12)  BALSHAW (2)  BAMBER (54)  BAMFORD (13)  BANKS (10)  BANNISTER (3)  BANISTER (3)  BATESON (1)  BEARDSWORTH (15)  BENNETT (2)  BENSON (2)  BENTHAM (1)  BERRY (2)  BIBBY (7)  BIMSON (1)  BLACKHURST (7)  BOLTON (13)  BOND (13)  BRADDOCK (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BREAKELL (2)  BREATHERTON (2)  BRIGGS (15)  BRIDGE (1)  BROOKFIELD (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUNTON (2)  BUCK (11)  BONNEY (15)  BARROW (1)  BURSCOUGH (1)  CADDICK (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARR (47)  CAUNCE (5)  CHAWICK (9)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHARNY (5)  CLAYTON (2)  CLITHEROE (8)  CUBBIN (1)  CONAWAY (2)  COOKSON (10)  COTTOM (1)  COTTAM (2)  COX (19)  COXHEAD (5)  CROOK (1)  CROSS (19)  CRUMSTY (1)  CUNLIFFE (1)  DAUD (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEACON (3)  DIMOCK (DIMMOCK) (8)  DITCHFIELD (2)  DOBSON (6)  O'DONOGHUE (1)  ECCLES (1)  EVANS (1)  FAIRHURST (15)  FARNWORTH (1)  FARRCLOUGH (1)  FIDDLER (8)  FISHER (4)  FOWLER (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  GARDENER (4)  GARNER (6)  GILL (2)  GORDEN (1)  GREENUP (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  HACKING (4)  HOUGH ((HAGLE)) (18)  HALE (1)  HAMAN (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (76)  HART (14)  HARTLEY (9)  HAWKINS (5)  HAWKSWORTH (1)  HESKETH (3)  HEWARD (4)  HEWITSON (7)  HIGHAM (42)  HINDLE (5)  HODGE (9)  HOGARTH (3)  HOLBROOK (1)  HOLDEN (2)  HALLIS (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (8)  HOMLY (1)  HOSKER (20)  HOUGH (7)  HOUGHTON (3)  HUNT (3)  HUNTER (6)  IDDON (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAGGER (1)  GENSON (2)  JERVIS (2)  JENKINS (2)  JOHNSON (26)  JOYCE (1)  KING (4)  KNOWLES (20)  LAGGION (1)  LARVON (1)  LATHAM (4)  LATHOM (3)  LEACH (1)  LAY (1)  LEIGH (3)  LISHMAN (5)  LENNON (1)  LENORD (1)  LLOYD (1)  LYON (1)  MACINN (1)  MADEURE (1)  MAGUIRE (1)  MC MAHON (2)  MARSDEN (10)  MARTIN (2)  MAUDSLEY (7)  MAWDSLEY (8)  MC GUFFOG (1)  MORAN (1)  MORGAN (5)  MOSS (14)  MULLIN (1)  MURPHY (7)  MAYOR (28)  NELSON (19)  NIGHTINGALE (9)  NIXON (1)  NORRIS (1)  PARK (1)  PARKER (25)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPSON (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKERING (3)  PRITT (11)  PYE (7)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RAWCLIFFE (23)  RIDING (29)  RIGBY (4)  REOCH (1)  ROBINSON (10)  ROSCOE (1)  SALISBURY (1)  SERGEANT (6)  SCARBOURGH (1)  SCARLET (3)  SCARLETT (3)  SEDDON (3)  SHARPLES (3)  SHORROCK (19)  SIMMONDS (1)  SIMM (2)  SINGLETON (8)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (7)  SNAILAM (5)  SNAILHAM (5)  SNALIAM (2)  SNAPE (2)  SOUTHWORTH (10)  SPENCER (1)  STANSFIELD (4)  STEPHENSON (8)  STRICKLAND (10)  SUMNER (26)  SUTTON (12)  TAYLOR (24)  TEVER (3)  THOMPSON (10)  TOMLINSON (3)  TOPPING (8)  TUSON (17)  WALKER (1)  WALMOLEY (2)  WALMSLEY (6)  WALSH (5)  WALTON (24)  WARING (4)  WAREING (4)  WEBSTER (14)  WHIP (3)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITTLE (15)  WIGNALL (30)  WILD OR WILDING (2)  WILDING (22)  WILKINS (8)  WILKINSON (14)  WILSON (46)  WORSLEY (2)  WRIGHT (7)