Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roughlee Booth, Lancashire

Roughlee Booth 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
HARGREAVES3410.5263252.60
HARTLEY226.8111108.70
JACKSON154.644016.62
SMITH134.02482.85
WILSON134.02488.76
GREEN123.715213.19
STARKIE103.0960970.87
SLATER92.786446.01
SUTCLIFFE82.476862.70
WADDINGTON82.4768152.38
HOLGATE72.1672261.19
CLARK72.16727.21
WOOD72.16726.80
ROBERTS72.16725.76
SAGAR61.8576458.02
PICKLES61.857691.46
BROUGHTON61.857699.67
DYSON61.857657.36
SIMPSON51.54808.85
SHAW51.54808.43
BOOTHMAN51.5480403.23
WATSON51.54806.67
HOGARTH51.5480234.74
STEWART51.54809.89
NUTTER51.5480203.25
BERRY41.238415.61
WHITHAM41.2384212.77
SHARP41.238414.86
CRABTREE41.238461.54
WHITAKER41.238443.86
HAWORTH30.928844.18
TATTERSALL30.928866.96
HAGUE30.928859.06
STEPHENSON30.928816.23
HUGHES30.92883.31
DUGDALE30.9288135.14
CALVERT30.928845.52
PATE30.9288223.88
ISHERWOOD30.928880.21
SPENCE30.928828.09
BOLTON20.619214.38
BOWKER20.619263.49
BIRCH20.619215.12
HOLDEN20.619211.31
ROBINSON20.61921.94
DUCKWORTH20.619232.05
WARD10.30961.42
DOWDEN10.3096140.85
WOODWORTH10.3096204.08
BROWN10.30960.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STARKIE0.32323970.8738
SAGAR0.32323458.0153
BOOTHMAN0.32323403.2258
BILSBOROUGH0.32323303.0303
HOLGATE0.32323261.1940
HARGREAVES0.32323252.6003
HOGARTH0.32323234.7418
PATE0.32323223.8806
WHITHAM0.32323212.7660
WOODWORTH0.32323204.0816
NUTTER0.32323203.2520
WADDINGTON0.32323152.3810
DOWDEN0.32323140.8451
DUGDALE0.32323135.1351
EDMUNDSON0.32323108.6957
HARTLEY0.32323108.6957
BROUGHTON0.3232399.6678
PICKLES0.3232391.4634
BRACEWELL0.3232386.2069
ISHERWOOD0.3232380.2139
TATTERSALL0.3232366.9643
BOWKER0.3232363.4921
SUTCLIFFE0.3232362.6959
CRABTREE0.3232361.5385
HAGUE0.3232359.0551
DYSON0.3232357.3614
SLATER0.3232346.0123
CALVERT0.3232345.5235
IBBOTSON0.3232345.0450
HAWORTH0.3232344.1826
WHITAKER0.3232343.8596
FRANKLAND0.3232341.8410
DUCKWORTH0.3232332.0513
SPENCE0.3232328.0899
JACKSON0.3232316.6168
FARRELL0.3232316.3132
STEPHENSON0.3232316.2338
BERRY0.3232315.6067
BIRCH0.3232315.1172
SHARP0.3232314.8588
BOLTON0.3232314.3781
GREEN0.3232313.1926
HOLDEN0.3232311.3058
CROSSLEY0.3232311.2740
STEWART0.323239.8932
SIMPSON0.323238.8511
WILSON0.323238.7631
SHAW0.323238.4274
WATT0.323238.0710
CLARK0.323237.2105

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 323 people called STARKIE in Roughlee Booth 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 970.8738 in Roughlee Booth means that 970.8738% of the people in Roughlee Booth on census day were called STARKIE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STARKIE 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 STARKIE 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 STARKIE 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 STARKIE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Roughlee Booth means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STARKIE in Roughlee Booth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roughlee Booth in 1881

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

BERRY (4)  BILSBOROUGH (1)  BIRCH (2)  BOARDWELL (4)  BOLTON (2)  BOWKER (2)  BRACEWELL (1)  BROUGHTON (6)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (1)  CALVERT (3)  CLARK (7)  CRABTREE (4)  CROSSLEY (1)  DOWDEN (1)  DUCKWORTH (2)  DUGDALE (3)  DYSON (6)  EDMUNDSON (1)  EMMOTT (3)  FARRELL (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  GELDARD (1)  GREEN (12)  HAGUE (3)  HARGREAVES (34)  HARTLEY (22)  HAWORTH (3)  HEARSUM (1)  HOGARTH (5)  HOLDEN (2)  HOLGATE (7)  HOLMES (1)  HUGHES (3)  IBBOTSON (1)  ISHERWOOD (3)  JACKSON (15)  BOOTHMAN (5)  MC KNIGHT (3)  NUTTER (5)  PATE (3)  PICKLES (6)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (2)  SAGAR (6)  SHARP (4)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (5)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (13)  SPENCE (3)  STARKIE (10)  STEPHENSON (3)  STEWART (5)  SUTCLIFFE (8)  TATTERSALL (3)  WADDINGTON (8)  WADKINSON (2)  WOODWORTH (1)  WALTON (1)  WARD (1)  WATSON (5)  WATT (1)  WHITAKER (4)  WHITHAM (4)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (13)  WOOD (7)