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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Altcar, Lancashire

Altcar 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
DICKINSON437.8182183.06
BURGESS356.363691.62
HOUGHTON234.1818119.67
SUTTON213.818259.97
RIMMER193.4545216.40
ROBINSON173.09099.69
PRESCOTT142.5455180.41
SPENCER132.363625.89
RAINFORD122.1818754.72
FORMBY112.00001,746.03
MADDOCKS101.8182297.62
HOWARD101.818218.53
ACKERS91.6364918.37
BALL71.272715.41
HOLCROFT71.2727588.24
BAILEY71.27278.45
LEA71.272764.46
DEAN71.272718.33
THOMAS71.27273.08
NORRIS71.272729.64
WARNER61.090929.93
BROOKS50.90919.30
TOWNSEND50.909121.40
BATEMAN50.909135.19
MERCER50.909134.65
PICKLE50.90915,000.00
HUGHES40.72732.60
WINROW40.7273547.95
ROTHERHAM40.7273360.36
BOND40.727313.74
PENNINGTON40.727349.14
BRINDLE40.7273101.27
CAIN30.545526.27
SMITH30.54550.39
BRADSHAW30.545513.28
PRICE30.54553.12
BROOKES30.545523.22
MARSHALL30.54553.25
WALSH30.545510.25
MORLEY30.545513.64
TAYLOR30.54550.85
PREECE20.363622.35
COWAN20.363617.83
WHITEFORD20.3636136.99
JUMP20.3636212.77
GREEN20.36361.29
WHARTON20.363625.97
HOPKINS20.36366.04
GUY10.18188.31
GRAYSON10.181824.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HISS0.5555010000.0000
PICKLE0.555505000.0000
FORMBY0.555501746.0317
ACKERS0.55550918.3673
RAINFORD0.55550754.7170
HOLCROFT0.55550588.2353
WINROW0.55550547.9452
FLANERY0.55550500.0000
ROTHERHAM0.55550360.3604
KERNEY0.55550322.5806
MADDOCKS0.55550297.6190
SEGAR0.55550270.2703
HIGGENS0.55550243.9024
RIMMER0.55550216.4009
JUMP0.55550212.7660
TYRE0.55550204.0816
DICKINSON0.55550183.0566
PRESCOTT0.55550180.4124
JENNING0.55550175.4386
LINCH0.55550161.2903
LOCKET0.55550158.7302
WOOLSEY0.55550151.5152
WHITEFORD0.55550136.9863
HOUGHTON0.55550119.6670
DOBBIN0.55550116.2791
BRINDLE0.55550101.2658
DARWIN0.5555095.2381
BOLAND0.5555092.5926
BURGESS0.5555091.6230
HOWLEY0.5555084.0336
LEA0.5555064.4567
SUTTON0.5555059.9657
SEFTON0.5555055.2486
PENNINGTON0.5555049.1400
TYRER0.5555041.1523
MUTCH0.5555040.6504
BATEMAN0.5555035.1865
MERCER0.5555034.6500
HALSALL0.5555034.4828
WARNER0.5555029.9252
NORRIS0.5555029.6359
RIDING0.5555026.9542
CAIN0.5555026.2697
WHARTON0.5555025.9740
SPENCER0.5555025.8913
GRAYSON0.5555024.3902
BROOKES0.5555023.2198
PREECE0.5555022.3464
TOWNSEND0.5555021.4041
WALDRON0.5555020.6612

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 550 people called HISS in Altcar 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 10000.0000 in Altcar means that 10000.0000% of the people in Altcar on census day were called HISS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HISS 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 HISS 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 HISS 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 HISS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Altcar means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HISS in Altcar than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Altcar in 1881

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

AINDOW (1)  ACKERS (9)  ACHERS (1)  ASHTON (1)  BAILEY (7)  BALL (7)  BALSHAW (24)  BARTON (1)  BATEMAN (5)  BEVIKE (1)  BOLAND (1)  BOND (4)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRINDLE (4)  BROOKS (5)  BROOKES (3)  BURGESS (35)  BURNETT (1)  CAEY (1)  CAIN (3)  KERNEY (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CORCHORAN (2)  COWAN (2)  CULLHAW (1)  DARWIN (1)  DEAN (7)  DICKINSON (43)  DICKENSON (1)  DOBBIN (1)  ECCLES (1)  FLANERY (1)  FOGGINS (7)  FORMBY (11)  GERRORD (1)  GOULBOURN (21)  GRAYSON (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFIN (1)  GUY (1)  HALDROSS (1)  HALSALL (1)  HARRISON (1)  HASKAYNE (7)  HEATON (1)  HENRY (1)  HIGGENS (1)  HYAM (1)  HILTON (1)  HISS (1)  HOLCROFT (7)  HOPKINS (2)  HORROCKS (1)  HOUGHTON (23)  HOWARD (10)  HOWLEY (1)  HUGHES (4)  JENNING (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JUMP (2)  KELLY (1)  KILVINGTON (6)  LATHERBARROW (1)  LEA (7)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKET (1)  LINCH (1)  MACKRAL (1)  MADDOCKS (10)  MAGGIN (1)  MAIRDSLEY (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MAWDERLEY (1)  MAWDESLEY (4)  MAWDSLEY (1)  MCKIRNELL (1)  MEALH (1)  MERCER (5)  MORLEY (3)  MUTCH (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORRIS (7)  NUTTY (1)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (1)  PENNINGTON (4)  PHRELFALL (2)  PHULFALL (4)  PICKLE (5)  PICTOW (1)  PIMBLEY (5)  PIMLLEY (1)  PLATMAN (13)  PREECE (2)  PRESCOTT (14)  PRICE (3)  RAINFORD (12)  REGAN (1)  RIDING (1)  RIMMER (19)  ROBINSON (17)  ROTHERHAM (4)  RUNEMEN (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SAWYER (1)  SCARESBRICK (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEGAR (1)  SEFTON (1)  SMITH (3)  SPENCER (13)  STOPPORTH (1)  SUTTON (21)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (7)  TOWNSEND (5)  TRISTRAM (1)  TUDOUR (1)  TYRE (1)  TYRER (1)  UTLAY (1)  WALDRON (1)  WALSH (3)  WARNER (6)  WATHINSON (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHARTON (2)  WHITEFORD (2)  WINROW (4)  WOOLSEY (1)  WORBUY (1)