Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodplumpton, Lancashire

Woodplumpton 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
SMITH514.11622.92
CROSS302.421335.19
ALMOND302.4213195.31
BILLINGTON302.4213222.88
MOON282.2599107.16
TURNER231.85636.67
THORNTON211.694933.71
WALMSLEY211.694981.90
CARTER201.61429.62
RIGBY201.614255.65
DICKINSON191.533535.91
MILLER181.45288.12
COOKSON171.3721116.36
WALLBANK171.3721441.56
HORNBY161.2914113.39
TAYLOR161.29142.02
SHORROCK151.2107245.50
PARKINSON151.210725.24
HARRISON151.21075.45
PROCTOR141.129945.98
HARGREAVES141.129927.11
WHALLEY131.049266.67
SHARPLES120.968555.40
DOBSON110.887820.13
BOLTON110.887820.62
HESKETH110.887892.75
WATSON100.80713.48
HASLAM100.807153.14
TUNSTALL100.8071151.98
ETHERINGTON100.8071106.95
CARLISLE100.8071153.37
BROWN90.72641.10
JACKSON90.72642.60
WARING90.726457.84
BIRCHALL90.726474.01
EAVES90.7264133.53
BEESLEY90.726490.36
DEWHURST90.726461.22
LINGARD80.6457101.78
PRESTON80.645712.93
LIVESEY80.645765.95
WILSON80.64571.41
KELLETT80.645774.21
VARLEY80.645747.00
MYERSCOUGH80.6457432.43
KIRBY70.565014.89
HOLDEN70.565010.31
ASHWORTH70.565014.16
HOUGHTON70.565016.17
HOLMES70.56504.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALLBANK1.241,239441.5584
MYERSCOUGH1.241,239432.4324
BRADE1.241,239309.2784
SERGENT1.241,239305.3435
SHORROCK1.241,239245.4992
BILLINGTON1.241,239222.8826
MILLING1.241,239212.7660
ALMOND1.241,239195.3125
HILLER1.241,239172.4138
CARLISLE1.241,239153.3742
TUNSTALL1.241,239151.9757
FINCHAM1.241,239144.0922
EAVES1.241,239133.5312
COOKSON1.241,239116.3587
TOWNSON1.241,239115.3846
FAIR1.241,239115.2074
HORNBY1.241,239113.3948
HELM1.241,239108.3032
MOON1.241,239107.1565
ETHERINGTON1.241,239106.9519
LINGARD1.241,239101.7812
HESKETH1.241,23992.7487
BEESLEY1.241,23990.3614
KITCHING1.241,23983.4492
WALMSLEY1.241,23981.9033
WIGNALL1.241,23978.9889
KELLETT1.241,23974.2115
BIRCHALL1.241,23974.0132
STANDEN1.241,23971.5308
WHALLEY1.241,23966.6667
LIVESEY1.241,23965.9522
BONNEY1.241,23964.3087
DEWHURST1.241,23961.2245
WARING1.241,23957.8406
RIGBY1.241,23955.6483
SHARPLES1.241,23955.4017
HASLAM1.241,23953.1350
BIBBY1.241,23952.3169
WAREING1.241,23949.8132
VARLEY1.241,23947.0035
PROCTOR1.241,23945.9770
BLUNDELL1.241,23941.1241
GASKELL1.241,23939.3701
BICKERTON1.241,23938.5356
PYE1.241,23937.7766
LUND1.241,23937.2578
ALSTON1.241,23937.1747
DICKINSON1.241,23935.9100
THRELFALL1.241,23935.5872
CROSS1.241,23935.1865

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,239 people called WALLBANK in Woodplumpton 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 441.5584 in Woodplumpton means that 441.5584% of the people in Woodplumpton on census day were called WALLBANK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALLBANK 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 WALLBANK 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 WALLBANK 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 WALLBANK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.24 in Woodplumpton means that you are 1.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALLBANK in Woodplumpton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodplumpton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ALMOND (30)  ALSTON (3)  ANDERSON (1)  ASHTON (1)  ASHWORTH (7)  ATHERTON (1)  BAILEY (4)  BALDERSTON (1)  BALL (1)  BAMBER (2)  BARRON (5)  BEESLEY (9)  BASTION (2)  BENNETT (1)  BENNY (1)  BIBBY (7)  BICKERTON (2)  BILLINGTON (30)  BIRCHALL (9)  BIRKETT (1)  BLUNDELL (6)  BLYTHE (1)  BOLTON (11)  BRADE (3)  BREAKELL (1)  BRAMLEY (3)  BROMLEY (1)  BROWN (9)  BONNEY (2)  BUTLER (7)  BYRNS (1)  CALDERBANK (6)  CARLISLE (10)  CARTER (20)  CASS (1)  CATTERALL (55)  CLARKE (6)  CLAYTON (5)  CLEGG (2)  CONNOR (1)  COOKSON (17)  COOPER (1)  COULTHURST (3)  COUPE (1)  COWELL (1)  COWPERTHWAITE (1)  COXHEAD (7)  CRANE (2)  CROFT (7)  CROMPTON (6)  CROOK (2)  CROSS (30)  DAGGER (1)  DAVIS (6)  DEVAVEY (1)  DEWHURST (9)  DICKINSON (19)  DOBSON (11)  EAVES (9)  ECCLES (4)  EDLESTON (1)  EDMONDSON (2)  EMERY (1)  ETHERINGTON (10)  ETHRINGTON (7)  ETTERINGTON (3)  EUXTON (3)  FAIR (5)  FAIRCLOUGH (2)  FAZACKERLEY (3)  FINCHAM (5)  FINDLEY (1)  FISHER (4)  FISHWICK (2)  FLETCHER (2)  FLINTOFF (2)  FORD (2)  FOSTER (7)  GASKELL (5)  GODFREY (1)  GODKIN (1)  GORNALL (11)  GREGSON (1)  HALL (4)  HALLIDAY (1)  HARDMAN (3)  HARGREAVES (14)  HARRISON (15)  HASLEM (1)  HASLAM (10)  HAYSON (1)  HAYTHORNTHWAITE (2)  HELM (6)  HENRY (3)  HESKETH (11)  HESSON (1)  HILLER (3)  HINDLE (6)  HODGSON (2)  HODSON (1)  HOGG (4)  HOLDEN (7)  HOLLINGHURST (1)  HOLMES (7)  HOOLE (2)  HORGAN (1)  HORNBY (16)  HOTHERSALL (2)  HOUGHTON (7)  HUDSON (1)  IBISON (6)  IDDON (1)  EMBRY (1)  IRELAND (2)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KAY (2)  KELLETT (8)  KELLET (2)  KENYON (1)  KIRBY (7)  KIRKHAM (2)  KITCHEN (5)  KITCHING (6)  KNOWLES (5)  LANGTREE (6)  LEYLAND (1)  LINGARD (8)  LIVESEY (8)  LONGWORTH (1)  LUND (5)  MALONE (1)  MARGERISON (7)  MARTLAND (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MASON (2)  MCDONALD (1)  MC CLELLAN (2)  MELLING (2)  MERCER (5)  MILLING (2)  MILLER (18)  MITCHELL (2)  MOON (28)  MOSSOP (3)  MYERSCOUGH (8)  PARK (2)  PARKINSON (15)  PARR (4)  PENDLEBURY (2)  PICKRING (1)  PICKUP (4)  PLATT (5)  PORTER (7)  PRESTON (8)  PROCTOR (14)  PYE (7)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RAWCLIFFE (4)  RAWLINSON (3)  RYDING (2)  RIGBY (20)  ROBINSON (2)  ROGERSON (1)  ROSKILL (2)  ROE (6)  RUSS (1)  ROSSAL (1)  RUSHTON (6)  SALTHOUSE (1)  SANDERSON (7)  SERGENT (4)  SAWYER (3)  SHARPLES (12)  SHORROCK (15)  SIDGREAVES (4)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (1)  SLATTERY (1)  SMALLEY (1)  SMITH (51)  STANDEN (5)  STEVENSON (1)  SUMNER (1)  SWAN (2)  TATE (2)  TATTERSALL (5)  TAYLOR (16)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNTON (21)  THRELFALL (2)  THROWER (1)  TOWNSON (6)  TUNSTALL (10)  TURNER (23)  TUSON (6)  VARLEY (8)  VICKERS (1)  WHALLEY (13)  WALLBANK (17)  WALMSLEY (21)  WARD (6)  WAREING (4)  WARING (9)  WATSON (10)  WEENNALL (8)  WAINMAN (1)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITTINGHAM (3)  WIGNALL (5)  WILDING (4)  WILSON (8)  WOODS (1)  WOOLHOUSE (1)