Top surnames from the 1881 census in Warton, Lancashire

Warton 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
RICHARDSON379.250054.34
HOGARTH174.2500643.94
WHITESIDE174.2500534.59
ARCHER143.500084.64
FENTON143.5000175.44
BONNEY123.00001,200.00
SINGLETON123.0000151.71
EASTHAM112.7500539.22
HANKINSON112.7500839.69
SCOTT102.50009.88
DICKINSON102.500058.55
TOWNSEND102.500058.86
COOKSON102.5000211.86
FISHER102.500021.36
PARKINSON92.250046.90
HARDMAN92.2500111.80
TOMLINSON92.250048.78
WRIGHT82.00006.23
SNAPE71.7500189.70
WHALLEY71.7500111.11
BALL61.500018.16
GILLETT61.5000142.18
ROBINSON61.50004.70
ECCLES61.500093.75
BENSON61.500055.30
SMITH51.25000.89
HODGSON51.250018.04
SILVESTER41.0000129.45
WILSON41.00002.18
DODGSON41.0000206.19
WORTHINGTON30.750037.41
BILLINGTON30.750068.97
HARGREAVES30.750018.00
FLETCHER30.75006.57
JOHN30.750020.75
CLIFTON30.750053.00
SIMPSON20.50002.86
BRAMWELL20.500088.50
CROSS20.50007.26
HALL20.50001.70
MOON20.500023.70
CARR20.50006.93
HORNBY20.500043.86
RIMMER20.500031.30
CLAXTON10.250039.53
LEWIS10.25000.95
BANES10.2500243.90
HALLIDAY10.250012.09
NELSON10.25005.16
BACOT10.25003,333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BACOT0.404003333.3333
BONNEY0.404001200.0000
HANKINSON0.40400839.6947
HOGARTH0.40400643.9394
EASTHAM0.40400539.2157
WHITESIDE0.40400534.5912
BANES0.40400243.9024
COOKSON0.40400211.8644
DODGSON0.40400206.1856
SNAPE0.40400189.7019
FENTON0.40400175.4386
SINGLETON0.40400151.7067
GILLETT0.40400142.1801
SILVESTER0.40400129.4498
WEEDEN0.40400120.4819
BICKERSTAFF0.40400119.0476
HARDMAN0.40400111.8012
WHALLEY0.40400111.1111
ECCLES0.4040093.7500
BRAMWELL0.4040088.4956
ARCHER0.4040084.6433
BILLINGTON0.4040068.9655
TOWNSEND0.4040058.8582
DICKINSON0.4040058.5480
BENSON0.4040055.2995
RICHARDSON0.4040054.3398
CLIFTON0.4040053.0035
TOMLINSON0.4040048.7805
PARKINSON0.4040046.8994
HORNBY0.4040043.8596
CLAXTON0.4040039.5257
CRAGG0.4040039.3701
WORTHINGTON0.4040037.4065
DUGDALE0.4040036.3636
RIMMER0.4040031.2989
FAIRCLOUGH0.4040023.9808
MOON0.4040023.6967
FISHER0.4040021.3584
JOHN0.4040020.7469
BALL0.4040018.1598
HODGSON0.4040018.0375
HARGREAVES0.4040017.9964
BAMFORD0.4040016.6113
SEDDON0.4040015.3846
HALLIDAY0.4040012.0919
SCOTT0.404009.8804
HILTON0.404007.2727
CROSS0.404007.2648
CARR0.404006.9300
FLETCHER0.404006.5703

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 400 people called BACOT in Warton 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 Warton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Warton on census day were called BACOT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BACOT 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 BACOT 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 BACOT 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 BACOT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Warton means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BACOT in Warton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Warton in 1881

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

ADNITT (1)  ARCHER (14)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASCROFT (1)  BACOT (1)  BANES (1)  BALL (6)  BAMFORD (1)  BEGLY (1)  BENSON (6)  BICKERSTAFF (1)  BILLINGTON (3)  BLUNDLE (2)  BOND (1)  BRAMWELL (2)  BRECKELL (7)  BONNEY (12)  CARR (2)  CARTER (1)  CLAXTON (1)  CLIFTON (3)  COOKSON (10)  CRAGG (1)  CROSS (2)  DAGGER (2)  DICKINSON (10)  DODGSON (4)  DUGDALE (1)  EASTHAM (11)  ECCLES (6)  FAIRCLOUGH (1)  FENTON (14)  FISHER (10)  FLETCHER (3)  GILLETT (6)  GORNALL (7)  GRADWEL (1)  HALL (2)  HALLIDAY (1)  HANKINSON (11)  HARDMAN (9)  HARGREAVES (3)  HIBBUT (1)  HILTON (1)  HODGSON (5)  HOGARTH (17)  HORNBY (2)  HOUGLE (1)  HUENZFELLOW (1)  JOHN (3)  LEWIS (1)  LUNNER (2)  MOON (2)  NELSON (1)  PARKINSON (9)  PENSWICK (1)  POSTLEWHITE (3)  PRESTON (1)  RALTON (2)  RAWCLIFFE (9)  RICHARDSON (37)  RYDING (3)  RIMMER (2)  ROBINSON (6)  SALTHOUSE (3)  SCOTT (10)  SEDDON (1)  SILVESTER (4)  SIMPSON (2)  SINGLETON (12)  SMITH (5)  SNAPE (7)  STERZAKER (1)  SWINDLEHURST (1)  TOMLINSON (9)  TOWNSEND (10)  WHALLEY (7)  WEEDEN (1)  WHITESIDE (17)  WILDGOOSSE (1)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (1)  WORTHINGTON (3)  WRIGHT (8)