Top surnames from the 1881 census in Singleton, Lancashire

Singleton 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
JACKSON185.042018.04
CLARKE133.641517.97
PARKINSON133.641575.93
TAYLOR123.36135.26
WILKINSON102.801118.36
CHARNLEY102.8011602.41
BOND102.801152.91
BAMBER102.8011363.64
CARDWELL92.5210523.26
GARDINER82.240977.97
HASLEM82.24093,333.33
DALTON82.240997.68
DEWHURST71.9608165.09
KIRKHAM71.9608140.56
JOLLY71.9608138.34
WRIGHT61.68075.24
FOX61.680718.10
REEVES61.680741.04
HORN61.680773.98
PORTER61.680722.40
DIXON61.680715.34
GREENLEY51.40062,500.00
FAIRCLOUGH51.4006134.05
STEER51.4006119.90
WALTON51.400619.90
MOULDING41.1204465.12
ATKINSON41.120411.50
LAWSON41.120419.00
HODGSON41.120416.17
DANSON41.1204500.00
BAXTER41.120418.80
WOOD41.12043.52
BOWEN41.120427.10
HULL30.840340.21
HOPE30.840324.69
GODDARD30.840320.89
EDMUNDSON30.8403297.03
KELLETT30.840396.46
SHEPHERD30.840311.47
CLARK30.84032.80
LIVESEY30.840385.71
BUTLER20.56025.75
HARRISON20.56022.52
SINGLETON20.560228.33
MILLER20.56023.13
FISHER20.56024.79
WADE20.560214.00
STEPHENSON20.56029.79
NICKSON20.5602188.68
KILBURN10.280154.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HASLEM0.363573333.3333
GREENLEY0.363572500.0000
SEAMEN0.363571250.0000
CHARNLEY0.36357602.4096
CARDWELL0.36357523.2558
DANSON0.36357500.0000
MOULDING0.36357465.1163
BAMBER0.36357363.6364
BRADE0.36357357.1429
CRAIN0.36357303.0303
EDMUNDSON0.36357297.0297
LAKEY0.36357277.7778
MYERSCOUGH0.36357188.6792
NICKSON0.36357188.6792
DEWHURST0.36357165.0943
WHITEHORN0.36357144.9275
ROME0.36357142.8571
KIRKHAM0.36357140.5622
BARFIELD0.36357138.8889
CARTMELL0.36357138.8889
JOLLY0.36357138.3399
FAIRCLOUGH0.36357134.0483
STEER0.36357119.9041
DALTON0.3635797.6801
KELLETT0.3635796.4630
LIVESEY0.3635785.7143
STONER0.3635780.6452
GARDINER0.3635777.9727
PARKINSON0.3635775.9346
HORN0.3635773.9827
KILBURN0.3635754.3478
BOND0.3635752.9101
MELLING0.3635745.2489
LONGWORTH0.3635743.8596
WAREING0.3635743.2900
REEVES0.3635741.0397
HULL0.3635740.2145
SNAPE0.3635730.3951
SINGLETON0.3635728.3286
BOWEN0.3635727.1003
HOPE0.3635724.6914
HORNBY0.3635724.5700
MUNDAY0.3635723.9234
PORTER0.3635722.3964
GODDARD0.3635720.8914
WALTON0.3635719.8965
LAWSON0.3635719.0024
BAXTER0.3635718.7970
GALLAGHER0.3635718.4502
WILKINSON0.3635718.3554

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 357 people called HASLEM in Singleton 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 Singleton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Singleton on census day were called HASLEM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HASLEM 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 HASLEM 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 HASLEM 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 HASLEM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Singleton means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HASLEM in Singleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Singleton in 1881

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

ATKINSON (4)  BAGOT (4)  BAMBER (10)  BARFIELD (1)  BARLOW (1)  BAXTER (4)  BEESLY (5)  BLACKOE (11)  BOND (10)  BOWEN (4)  BRADE (1)  BROWNBILL (1)  BUTLER (2)  CAANE (1)  CARDWELL (9)  CARTMELL (1)  CHARNLEY (10)  CLARKE (13)  CLARK (3)  CLAYTON (1)  COOBAN (1)  COLINSON (1)  CRANE (1)  CRAIN (1)  CROP (1)  DAGGER (3)  DALTON (8)  DANSON (4)  DEWHURST (7)  DIXON (6)  EDMUNDSON (3)  FAIRCLOUGH (5)  FISHER (2)  FISHWICK (2)  FOX (6)  GALLAGHER (1)  GARDINER (8)  GODDARD (3)  GREENLEY (5)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (2)  HASLEM (8)  HODGSON (4)  HOPE (3)  HORN (6)  HORNBY (1)  HULL (3)  JACKSON (18)  JOLLY (7)  JONES (1)  KELLETT (3)  KERR (1)  KILBURN (1)  KIRBY (1)  KIRKHAM (7)  LAKEY (1)  LAWRENSON (6)  LAWSON (4)  LEACH (1)  LITTLEFAIR (7)  LIVESEY (3)  LONGWORTH (1)  MARTIN (1)  MELLING (1)  MILLER (2)  MOULDING (4)  MUNDAY (1)  MYERSCOUGH (1)  NICKSON (2)  PARKINSON (13)  PEARSON (1)  PORTER (6)  REEVES (6)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROME (1)  ROSKELE (1)  SEAMEN (1)  SHARPLES (1)  SHEPHERD (3)  SINGLETON (2)  SMITH (1)  SNAPE (1)  STEER (5)  STEPHENSON (2)  STONER (1)  SWARBRICK (1)  TAYLOR (12)  TWYNAM (1)  WADE (2)  WALTON (5)  WAREING (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHORN (1)  WILKINSON (10)  WILLAMM (1)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (6)