Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wennington, Lancashire

Wennington 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
BURROW107.87401,149.43
MIDDLETON86.2992119.94
JACKSON64.724416.91
SHIRES64.72441,714.29
ROBINSON53.937012.35
HODGSON53.937056.82
NEWTON53.937051.39
FISHER43.149626.92
CARTER43.149618.76
HALL43.149610.71
TRAVIS43.1496268.46
BRAMWELL32.3622416.67
STOTT32.362275.57
WILCOCK32.3622165.75
WORTHINGTON32.3622117.65
WATTS32.362228.17
KENDAL32.3622600.00
SHAW21.57488.57
HUCK21.57481,538.46
IRELAND21.574867.80
SCAIFE21.5748357.14
LISTER21.574855.25
TAYLOR21.57482.46
SAUNDERS21.574817.17
TALBOT10.787431.65
ALLEN10.78744.17
WILDMAN10.7874128.21
WALKER10.78742.35
CLARK10.78742.62
TOWNSON10.7874188.68
KELLETT10.787490.91
PARKER10.78744.14
EYRE10.787465.79
TURNBULL10.787418.69
JOHNSON10.78742.34
BAILEY10.78745.23
HUTCHINGS10.787441.84
DAVIES10.78741.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHIRES0.131271714.2857
HUCK0.131271538.4615
BURROW0.131271149.4253
KENDAL0.13127600.0000
BRAMWELL0.13127416.6667
SCAIFE0.13127357.1429
TRAVIS0.13127268.4564
TOWNSON0.13127188.6792
WILCOCK0.13127165.7459
WILDMAN0.13127128.2051
MIDDLETON0.13127119.9400
WORTHINGTON0.13127117.6471
KELLETT0.1312790.9091
STOTT0.1312775.5668
IRELAND0.1312767.7966
EYRE0.1312765.7895
HODGSON0.1312756.8182
LISTER0.1312755.2486
NEWTON0.1312751.3875
HUTCHINGS0.1312741.8410
TALBOT0.1312731.6456
WATTS0.1312728.1690
FISHER0.1312726.9179
CARTER0.1312718.7617
TURNBULL0.1312718.6916
SAUNDERS0.1312717.1674
JACKSON0.1312716.9062
ROBINSON0.1312712.3487
HALL0.1312710.7066
SHAW0.131278.5727
BAILEY0.131275.2274
ALLEN0.131274.1684
PARKER0.131274.1408
CLARK0.131272.6199
TAYLOR0.131272.4624
WALKER0.131272.3524
JOHNSON0.131272.3436
DAVIES0.131271.5480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called SHIRES in Wennington 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 1714.2857 in Wennington means that 1714.2857% of the people in Wennington on census day were called SHIRES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHIRES 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 SHIRES 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 SHIRES 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 SHIRES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Wennington means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHIRES in Wennington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wennington in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BARGH (8)  BIGLAND (1)  BLEZARD (1)  BRAMWELL (3)  BURROW (10)  CARTER (4)  CLARK (1)  CRUNDELL (3)  DAVIES (1)  EYRE (1)  FISHER (4)  GIBBYARD (1)  HALL (4)  HENDRIC (4)  HODGSON (5)  HUCK (2)  HUTCHINGS (1)  IRELAND (2)  JACKSON (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KELLETT (1)  KENDAL (3)  LISTER (2)  LAIDLOW (1)  MIDDLETON (8)  NEWTON (5)  NUSAUS (1)  PARKER (1)  ROBINSON (5)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCAIFE (2)  SHAW (2)  SHIRES (6)  STOTT (3)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TOWNSON (1)  TRAVIS (4)  TURNBULL (1)  WALKER (1)  WATTS (3)  WILCOCK (3)  WILDMAN (1)  WORTHINGTON (3)