Top surnames from the 1881 census in Altham, Lancashire

Altham 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
METCALF399.8734487.50
PILKINGTON246.0759338.03
HAWORTH174.3038204.57
BRACEWELL153.79751,056.34
CRONSHAW123.03801,224.49
WALMSLEY112.7848134.64
THRELFALL112.7848614.53
PICKUP102.5316195.69
HOPE102.531674.40
HACKING82.0253427.81
CLEGG82.025359.48
MOORE82.025310.13
MARSLAND71.7722304.35
WHITAKER71.772262.72
LANCASTER71.772271.28
FIELDING71.772279.37
BRADSHAW71.772243.16
WALTON71.772225.18
MOORHOUSE71.7722143.15
DEAN71.772225.53
ELLISON71.772283.93
BOLTON61.519035.27
COCKBURN61.5190119.05
FARNWORTH61.5190295.57
YATES61.519022.10
INGHAM51.265850.92
WALLS51.2658105.26
GIBSON51.265810.43
CAMPBELL51.26587.48
BRIGGS51.265823.31
SMITH51.26580.90
BILLINGTON41.012793.24
WADDINGTON41.012762.31
BARBER30.759512.62
HOLGATE30.759591.46
HARTLEY30.759512.12
HEATON30.759531.75
BISHOP30.759510.87
ROBINSON30.75952.38
RAMSBOTTOM30.7595112.36
FRANKLAND30.7595102.39
GRAHAM20.50634.41
PEARSON20.50634.36
WILKINSON20.50633.32
HALLAM20.506327.17
RENDELL20.5063121.21
SHARP20.50636.08
HARDEN10.253264.52
RILEY10.25323.20
CRAWSHAW10.253232.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRONSHAW0.403951224.4898
BRACEWELL0.403951056.3380
THRELFALL0.40395614.5251
ROWAND0.40395588.2353
METCALF0.40395487.5000
HACKING0.40395427.8075
PILKINGTON0.40395338.0282
MARSLAND0.40395304.3478
FARNWORTH0.40395295.5665
LOUD0.40395277.7778
HAWORTH0.40395204.5728
PICKUP0.40395195.6947
MOORHOUSE0.40395143.1493
WALMSLEY0.40395134.6389
RENDELL0.40395121.2121
COCKBURN0.40395119.0476
RAMSBOTTOM0.40395112.3596
WALLS0.40395105.2632
FRANKLAND0.40395102.3891
BILLINGTON0.4039593.2401
HOLGATE0.4039591.4634
ELLISON0.4039583.9329
FIELDING0.4039579.3651
SEFTON0.4039576.9231
CARMAN0.4039576.3359
HOPE0.4039574.4048
BOOCOCK0.4039571.9424
LANCASTER0.4039571.2831
HARDEN0.4039564.5161
WHITAKER0.4039562.7240
WADDINGTON0.4039562.3053
CLEGG0.4039559.4796
BENTHAM0.4039555.2486
INGHAM0.4039550.9165
BRADSHAW0.4039543.1566
DARLINGTON0.4039537.3134
BOLTON0.4039535.2734
CRAWSHAW0.4039532.5733
HEATON0.4039531.7460
HALLAM0.4039527.1739
DEAN0.4039525.5288
WALTON0.4039525.1799
BRIGGS0.4039523.3100
YATES0.4039522.0994
ISHERWOOD0.4039521.8818
LAYCOCK0.4039518.4162
PRINGLE0.4039516.0772
BARBER0.4039512.6156
HARTLEY0.4039512.1163
BISHOP0.4039510.8696

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 395 people called CRONSHAW in Altham 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 1224.4898 in Altham means that 1224.4898% of the people in Altham on census day were called CRONSHAW.

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

All the surnames recorded in Altham in 1881

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

BARBER (3)  BARKER (1)  BARTERFIELD (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BILLINGTON (4)  BISHOP (3)  BOLCOCK (2)  BOLTON (6)  BOOCOCK (1)  BRACEWELL (15)  BRADSHAW (7)  BRIGGS (5)  BULCOCK (3)  CAMPBELL (5)  CARMAN (1)  CLEGG (8)  COCKBURN (6)  COWNLEY (2)  CRAWSHAW (1)  CROASDALE (3)  CRONSHAW (12)  CURTIS (1)  DARLINGTON (1)  DEAN (7)  DODDING (5)  DYSON (1)  ELLISON (7)  FARNWORTH (6)  FIELDING (7)  FRANKLAND (3)  GIBSON (5)  GRAHAM (2)  HACKING (8)  HALLAM (2)  HANWORTH (2)  HARDEN (1)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARTELY (3)  HARTLEY (3)  HAWORTH (17)  HEATON (3)  HOLGATE (3)  HOPE (10)  HOWARTH (1)  INGHAM (5)  ISHERWOOD (1)  JOHN (1)  KINGON (1)  LANCASTER (7)  LAYCOCK (1)  LOUD (1)  MARSLAND (7)  MAUDSLEY (5)  METCALF (39)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (8)  MOORHOUSE (7)  PEARSON (2)  PICKUP (10)  PILKINGTON (24)  PRINGLE (1)  RAMSBOTTOM (3)  RENDELL (2)  RAWCLIFFE (8)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROTHERA (1)  ROWAND (1)  SEFTON (1)  SHARP (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (5)  THRELFALL (11)  WADDINGTON (4)  WALL (1)  WALLS (5)  WALMSLEY (11)  WALNE (1)  WALSH (1)  WALTON (7)  WHITAKER (7)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILKINSON (2)  YATES (6)