Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winmarleigh, Lancashire

Winmarleigh 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
PARKINSON256.5617136.76
HOYLES184.72442,727.27
ROBINSON164.199513.17
DIXON153.937035.94
WHITTINGHAM143.6745487.80
HORNBY133.4121299.54
JENKINSON112.8871164.92
HARRISON112.887113.01
BAILEY82.099713.94
WALMSLEY82.0997101.52
WILDING82.0997178.57
HOLDING82.0997236.69
COTTAM82.0997344.83
BILSBOROUGH71.83731,794.87
PRESTON71.837336.78
WELLS71.837322.08
TOWERS61.5748136.05
SINGLETON61.574879.68
MOORE61.57487.88
BROWN61.57482.39
SMITH51.31230.93
CHEW51.3123257.73
FENTON51.312365.70
HAMPTON41.049966.45
COOK41.04995.29
WILKINSON41.04996.88
SHAW41.04995.72
DICKSON41.049928.35
THORNTON41.049920.88
LEACH41.049925.45
JOHNSON30.78742.34
BRAND30.787453.38
PROCTOR30.787432.05
CALVERT30.787438.61
LOOSE30.7874789.47
BAMBER30.7874102.04
CLARKSON30.787429.70
HASLAM20.524934.54
PEDDER20.5249149.25
WRIGHT20.52491.64
SLATER20.52498.67
SHARPLES20.524930.03
ROBERTS20.52491.40
PATTEN20.524983.68
DAVIS20.52492.39
BARRETT10.26253.91
PHIPPS10.262517.73
FISHER10.26252.24
EAVES10.262548.31
MALLEY10.262590.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOYLES0.383812727.2727
BILSBOROUGH0.383811794.8718
LOOSE0.38381789.4737
WHITTINGHAM0.38381487.8049
COTTAM0.38381344.8276
HALFACRE0.38381344.8276
HORNBY0.38381299.5392
CHEW0.38381257.7320
HOLDING0.38381236.6864
WILDING0.38381178.5714
JENKINSON0.38381164.9175
PEDDER0.38381149.2537
PARKINSON0.38381136.7615
TOWERS0.38381136.0544
EVA0.38381125.0000
BAMBER0.38381102.0408
WALMSLEY0.38381101.5228
MALLEY0.3838190.0901
PATTEN0.3838183.6820
SINGLETON0.3838179.6813
HAMPTON0.3838166.4452
FENTON0.3838165.7030
LANGHAM0.3838159.8802
RABY0.3838154.6448
BRAND0.3838153.3808
HAUGHTON0.3838151.5464
SAUL0.3838151.2821
EAVES0.3838148.3092
TOWNLEY0.3838141.6667
WICKHAM0.3838138.7597
CALVERT0.3838138.6100
WHITTINGTON0.3838137.3134
PRESTON0.3838136.7840
DIXON0.3838135.9368
HASLAM0.3838134.5423
PROCTOR0.3838132.0513
SHARPLES0.3838130.0300
CLARKSON0.3838129.7030
DICKSON0.3838128.3487
BIRKETT0.3838127.1739
LEACH0.3838125.4453
COWARD0.3838122.8833
WELLS0.3838122.0820
THORNTON0.3838120.8768
GREGSON0.3838118.9753
PHIPPS0.3838117.7305
BATTY0.3838117.1821
BAILEY0.3838113.9397
ROBINSON0.3838113.1709
HARRISON0.3838113.0070

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 381 people called HOYLES in Winmarleigh 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 2727.2727 in Winmarleigh means that 2727.2727% of the people in Winmarleigh on census day were called HOYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOYLES 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 HOYLES 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 HOYLES 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 HOYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Winmarleigh means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOYLES in Winmarleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winmarleigh in 1881

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

ARMITSTEAD (7)  BAILEY (8)  BAMBER (3)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (1)  BATTY (1)  BILSBOROUGH (7)  BIRKETT (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BRAMMALL (1)  BRAND (3)  BRIGHOUSE (1)  BROWN (6)  CALDERBANK (1)  CALVERT (3)  CANNCE (4)  CATTERALL (1)  CHEW (5)  CHIPPENDALE (16)  CLARKSON (3)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (4)  COTTAM (8)  COWARD (1)  DAGGER (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAY (1)  DIXON (15)  DICKSON (4)  DOBSON (1)  EAVES (1)  EVA (1)  FENTON (5)  FISHER (1)  GREGSON (1)  HALFACRE (1)  HAMPTON (4)  HARRISON (11)  HASLAM (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYES (1)  HELME (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLDING (8)  HOOLE (20)  HORNBY (13)  HAUGHTON (1)  HOWELL (1)  HOYLE (1)  HOYLES (18)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINSON (11)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (1)  LANGHAM (1)  LEACH (4)  LOVEWELL (1)  LOOSE (3)  MALLEY (1)  WHINNIE (1)  MOORE (6)  MORRISION (1)  NEALE (1)  PARKINSON (25)  PATTEN (2)  PEDDER (2)  PHIPPS (1)  PRESTON (7)  PROCTOR (3)  RABY (1)  RICHMAOND (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (16)  SAUL (1)  SHARPLES (2)  SHAW (4)  SINGLETON (6)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (5)  SMOKEHAM (1)  STEAD (1)  THORNTON (4)  TOWERS (6)  TOWNLEY (1)  WALMSLEY (8)  WELLS (7)  WHITTINGHAM (14)  WHITTINGTON (1)  WICKHAM (1)  WILDING (8)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (1)  WINMARLEIGH (1)  WRIGHT (2)