Top surnames from the 1881 census in Trawden, Lancashire

Trawden 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
HARTLEY1989.1286145.65
BLACKBURN1446.6390176.08
PICKLES1235.6708279.04
BANNISTER884.0572234.98
ROBINSON683.13519.83
WHITAKER622.8585101.19
BRACEWELL592.7201754.48
BOLTON542.489657.82
DRIVER452.0747111.97
PILLING442.0286168.13
ELLIS431.982513.65
RILEY401.844223.31
LAYCOCK401.8442134.23
SPENCER361.659818.18
WILKINSON361.659810.88
HEAP331.521489.67
CATLOW331.5214368.30
LEE291.33708.18
CRABTREE281.290964.10
HOPKINSON271.244876.14
SHAW241.10656.02
WADDINGTON241.106568.12
CHADWICK231.060424.25
TILLOTSON221.0143262.22
DEWHURST210.968281.59
MITCHELL200.92214.55
NELSON200.922119.04
WRIGHT190.87602.73
GREENWOOD190.876011.28
WATSON180.82993.58
HALSTEAD170.783894.18
HOLGATE170.783894.50
HARRISON160.73773.32
EDMONDSON160.737763.82
TATHAM140.6455191.26
FOULDS140.645595.43
WALLBANK140.6455207.72
WILSON140.64551.41
DIXON130.59945.47
FRANKLAND130.599480.90
BURROWS130.599413.69
GREEN120.55331.96
ALLISON120.553319.47
TAYLOR120.55330.87
REDMAN120.553342.03
MARSDEN110.507112.25
SCHOFIELD110.50719.36
STEPHENSON110.50718.87
GOTT110.5071117.15
HINDLE110.507136.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRACEWELL2.172,169754.4757
CATLOW2.172,169368.3036
PICKLES2.172,169279.0381
TILLOTSON2.172,169262.2169
BANNISTER2.172,169234.9800
WALLBANK2.172,169207.7151
TATHAM2.172,169191.2568
NORMINGTON2.172,169183.1502
COWGILL2.172,169183.1502
BLACKBURN2.172,169176.0822
BELLHOUSE2.172,169172.4138
PILLING2.172,169168.1314
HARTLEY2.172,169145.6525
BARRITT2.172,169141.0935
SWIRE2.172,169138.2488
LAYCOCK2.172,169134.2282
KINLEY2.172,169119.5219
GOTT2.172,169117.1459
RYCROFT2.172,169112.7214
DRIVER2.172,169111.9682
WHITAKER2.172,169101.1914
EDMUNDSON2.172,16997.5610
FOULDS2.172,16995.4329
HOLGATE2.172,16994.4969
HALSTEAD2.172,16994.1828
HEAP2.172,16989.6739
DEWHURST2.172,16981.5851
FRANKLAND2.172,16980.8961
HIGGIN2.172,16976.9231
HOPKINSON2.172,16976.1421
POUNDER2.172,16970.6215
WADDINGTON2.172,16968.1238
SAGAR2.172,16968.1044
UTTLEY2.172,16966.9216
CRABTREE2.172,16964.1026
EDMONDSON2.172,16963.8213
NUTTER2.172,16960.4961
BOLTON2.172,16957.8220
MATTOCK2.172,16953.2860
WATERWORTH2.172,16953.0223
NOEL2.172,16951.1073
REDMAN2.172,16942.0315
EMMETT2.172,16938.5463
HORSFALL2.172,16936.5798
HINDLE2.172,16936.0892
CHESTER2.172,16933.8728
TEMPEST2.172,16929.7030
CRAGG2.172,16929.0698
HEY2.172,16926.0281
TOPHAM2.172,16925.2366

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,169 people called BRACEWELL in Trawden 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 754.4757 in Trawden means that 754.4757% of the people in Trawden on census day were called BRACEWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRACEWELL 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 BRACEWELL 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 BRACEWELL 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 BRACEWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.17 in Trawden means that you are 2.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRACEWELL in Trawden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Trawden in 1881

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

ALDERSLEY (1)  ALLISON (12)  ATKINSON (9)  BAILEY (1)  BALDWIN (8)  BANCROFT (1)  BANNISTER (88)  BARRETT (2)  BARRITT (8)  BELLHOUSE (4)  BENSON (1)  BERTWISTLE (47)  BIRTWISTLE (22)  BLACKBURN (144)  BOLTON (54)  DIXON ((BOLTON)) (2)  BRACERFELT (2)  BRACEWELL (59)  BRADLEY (1)  BROWN (3)  BURROWS (13)  BURTON (4)  BUTERFIELD (1)  CATLOW (33)  CHADWICK (23)  CHESTER (9)  CLARK (1)  COWGILL (10)  COX (3)  CRABTREE (28)  CRAGG (4)  DAWSON (1)  DEWHURST (21)  DIXON (13)  DOBSON (1)  DRIVER (45)  DUCKWORTH (3)  DUERDEN (20)  EARNSHAW (1)  EASTWOOD (7)  EDMONDSON (16)  EDMUNDSON (6)  ELLIS (43)  EMMOTT (6)  EMMETT (7)  EMMOLL (2)  FOULDS (14)  FRANKLAND (13)  GIBSON (1)  GOUCH (4)  GOTT (11)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (12)  GREENALL (6)  GREENWOOD (19)  HALSTEAD (17)  HAMSWORTH (1)  HANNAH (1)  HARDACRE (2)  HARRISON (16)  HARTLEY (198)  HAWORTH (1)  HEY (5)  HESELTINE (10)  HEAP (33)  HEATON (3)  HEYWOOD (2)  HIGGINS (7)  HIGGIN (4)  HINDLE (11)  HOLGATE (17)  HOLMES (1)  HOPKINSON (27)  HORSEFIELD (3)  HORSFALL (8)  HUMFREY (1)  KITCHENER (10)  NOEL (3)  LAMPTOOTH (3)  LAYCOCK (40)  LEE (29)  MALLOCK (1)  MARSDEN (11)  MARSHALL (8)  MATTOCK (3)  KINLEY (3)  MITCHELL (20)  NELSON (20)  NICHOLSON (RILEY) (2)  NORMINGTON (10)  NULLER (1)  NUTTER (10)  PARKINSON (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEEL (2)  PICKLES (123)  PICKLES (STANSFIELD) (4)  PILLING (44)  POUNDER (5)  PRESTON (9)  QUINN (8)  RAMSDEN (1)  REDMAN (12)  RIDEHALGH (4)  RIDDIHOUGH (7)  RILEY (40)  ROBINSON (68)  RUSHTON (9)  RUSHWORTH (3)  RYCROFT (7)  SCHOFIELD (11)  SAGAR (6)  SHAW (24)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (1)  SNOWDEN (2)  SOWERBY (2)  SPENCER (36)  STANSFIELD (5)  STEPHENSON (11)  SUGDEN (1)  SUNDERLAND (2)  SWIRE (3)  TATHAM (14)  TAYLOR (12)  TAYLER (1)  TEILSON (1)  TEMPEST (3)  THORNTON (6)  TILARINGTON (5)  TILLOTSON (22)  TOPHAM (4)  TURNER (2)  UTTLEY (7)  VARLEY (7)  WADDINGTON (24)  WHALLEY (1)  WALLBANK (14)  WALTON (7)  WATERWORTH (5)  WATSON (18)  WAINMAN (1)  WHEATLEY (5)  WHITAKER (62)  WILKINSON (36)  WILSON (14)  WOBANK (3)  WOOD (10)  WRIGHT (19)