Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melling, Lancashire

Melling 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
ANDERTON313.8653325.63
BROWN192.36913.59
SMITH141.74561.24
POPE131.620947.03
RAWLINSON121.4963125.52
CALDWELL121.496395.62
JUMP121.4963869.57
TAYLOR121.49632.34
GORE121.4963132.60
CROSS111.371619.93
HESKETH111.3716143.23
SUMNER111.371684.68
ROSE111.371618.49
STRICKLAND111.3716171.88
GREEN101.24694.43
SPENCER101.246913.66
WRIGHT101.24693.89
BALDWIN101.246929.24
WEBSTER101.246914.34
TYRER91.1222254.24
HALTON91.1222293.16
KENNY91.122293.75
HULME80.997546.65
SHAW80.99755.43
LOVELADY70.87281,014.49
BALL70.872810.57
WILCOCK70.872861.35
BOYLE70.872833.64
HARVEY70.87288.17
PHILLIPS70.87284.88
KELLY70.87287.97
OWEN70.87287.35
BRADLEY70.872810.87
HIGHAM60.748173.44
KING60.74813.43
LYON60.748135.69
RALSTON60.7481222.22
SOUTHWARD60.7481357.14
BEEDLE60.7481582.52
LLOYD60.74816.41
GLOVER60.748117.55
PENNINGTON60.748150.55
RIMMER50.623439.03
BENNETT50.62343.79
HURST50.623417.46
EATON50.623422.27
NORRIS50.623414.51
WAREING50.623496.15
PEMBERTON50.623449.07
DAWSON50.62345.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOREN0.808022000.0000
HOLLINGHURST0.808021333.3333
LOVELADY0.808021014.4928
JUMP0.80802869.5652
OYLER0.80802740.7407
BEEDLE0.80802582.5243
HECKFORD0.80802476.1905
DONACHIE0.80802388.3495
SOUTHWARD0.80802357.1429
ANDERTON0.80802325.6303
HALTON0.80802293.1596
TYRER0.80802254.2373
RALSTON0.80802222.2222
STRICKLAND0.80802171.8750
HESKETH0.80802143.2292
BEWLEY0.80802140.1869
GLAZEBROOK0.80802138.8889
GORE0.80802132.5967
RAWLINSON0.80802125.5230
SHARROCK0.80802120.0000
BENNION0.80802110.4972
GILLON0.8080297.5610
WAREING0.8080296.1538
CALDWELL0.8080295.6175
KENNY0.8080293.7500
VOCE0.8080292.5926
SUMNER0.8080284.6805
LAUGHTON0.8080276.9231
HIGHAM0.8080273.4394
HALSALL0.8080270.9220
EARLY0.8080267.1141
ELLISTON0.8080264.5161
WILCOCK0.8080261.3497
FIDDLER0.8080257.8035
KEARNEY0.8080253.7634
PENNINGTON0.8080250.5476
DALY0.8080250.5051
PEMBERTON0.8080249.0677
CAWLEY0.8080247.0588
POPE0.8080247.0333
BULLEN0.8080247.0035
TASKER0.8080246.8933
HULME0.8080246.6472
CROPPER0.8080241.4079
ROSCOE0.8080240.1606
RIMMER0.8080239.0320
FARRER0.8080237.6648
ASTLEY0.8080237.5940
LYON0.8080235.6930
PENDLETON0.8080233.7838

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 802 people called DOREN in Melling 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 2000.0000 in Melling means that 2000.0000% of the people in Melling on census day were called DOREN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOREN 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 DOREN 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 DOREN 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 DOREN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Melling means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOREN in Melling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Melling in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDERTON (31)  APPLETON (1)  ASHCROFT (1)  ASPINALL (3)  ASTLEY (2)  BALDWIN (10)  BALL (7)  BANNISTER (3)  BARNES (2)  BARTON (2)  BEEDLE (6)  BELL (3)  BENNETT (5)  BENNION (2)  BEWLEY (3)  BURKE (1)  BLUNDELL (3)  BOLTON (2)  BOYLE (7)  BRADLEY (7)  BRAHANEY (1)  BROWNBILL (11)  BRIDGE (4)  BROMILOW (1)  BROWN (19)  BULLEN (4)  BUNDELL (1)  CAINE (1)  CAIN (1)  CARNEY (2)  KEARNEY (2)  CALDWELL (12)  CARTER (2)  CHADWICK (4)  CHEETHAM (3)  CLARKE (1)  CORCORAN (1)  CAWLEY (2)  CHARNOCK (9)  CROPPER (2)  CROSS (11)  CUERDEN (3)  CULSHAW (4)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  DALY (4)  DAVIES (2)  DAWSON (5)  DEWHURST (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DONACHIE (4)  DOREN (1)  DUNN (1)  EARLY (2)  EATON (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLISTON (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (1)  FARRER (2)  FARRELL (1)  FARRINGTON (2)  FAWCETT (1)  FERNEVAL (1)  FERSHAW (1)  FIDDLER (1)  GARNETT (2)  GILLON (2)  GLAZEBROOK (2)  GLOVER (6)  GORE (12)  GOWLETT (1)  GREEN (10)  GREGSON (1)  GUY (3)  HALE (4)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HALSALL (3)  HALTON (9)  HANDMAN (4)  HAMPSON (1)  HARDMAN (1)  HARRISON (2)  HART (3)  HARVEY (7)  MAC HEEL (1)  HEARSNIP (1)  HEATON (2)  HECKFORD (2)  HESKETH (11)  HUYTON (18)  HIGHAM (6)  HOLDING (1)  HOLLINGHURST (4)  HULME (8)  HOPKINS (2)  HORSHAW (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOW (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHREYS (2)  HUMPHREY (2)  HURST (5)  JACKSON (2)  JUMP (12)  KEAYS (1)  KELLY (7)  KENNEDY (4)  KENNY (9)  KENNEY (1)  KING (6)  KIRBY (3)  LATHOM (2)  LAUGHTON (3)  LEDSON (11)  LEONARD (1)  LLOYD (6)  LOFTUS (1)  LOVELADY (7)  LUCAS (2)  LYON (6)  MACNEELE (1)  MC GUIRE (6)  MARTIN (1)  MASSAM (11)  MATHESON (1)  MAWDSLEY (1)  MC COVOY (1)  O DONNELL (2)  MC MANN (1)  MERCER (3)  MORAN (2)  MURPHY (2)  MURRAY (2)  NAYLOR (1)  NOLAN (1)  NORRIS (5)  OGDEN (1)  ORRELL (1)  OSBORNE (1)  OWEN (7)  OYLER (2)  PEMBERTON (5)  PENDLETON (1)  PENNINGTON (6)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  PLUMBLEY (3)  POLLOCK (3)  POPE (13)  POTTER (1)  POULTER (1)  PRESCOT (8)  PRICE (5)  RALSTON (6)  RAWLINSON (12)  REEVES (3)  REGAN (1)  RIMMER (5)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERSON (1)  ROSCOE (2)  ROSE (11)  RAWSTHORNE (1)  ROTHWELL (4)  SANDBACH (1)  SERGEANT (1)  SCHOFIELD (5)  SHACKLADY (1)  SHACRLADY (3)  SHARROCK (3)  SHAW (8)  SILCOCK (5)  SILVESTER (1)  SMITH (14)  SNAKE (1)  SOUTHWARD (6)  SPENCER (10)  STEPHENS (1)  STEPHENSON (3)  STOCKDALE (2)  STOPFORTH (9)  STRICKLAND (11)  SUMNER (11)  SUMMERSTONE (1)  SWIFT (2)  TASKER (4)  TAYLOR (12)  TEVEDDELL (1)  TEVENDALE (2)  TURMEY (1)  TYRER (9)  VOCE (1)  WHALLEY (2)  WAREING (5)  WASHINGTON (1)  WEBSTER (10)  WESTON (3)  WHELAN (1)  WHITEKER (1)  WILCOCK (7)  WILKINSON (2)  WINSTANLEY (1)  WOODS (1)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WRIGHT (10)  YATES (3)