Top surnames from the 1881 census in Billinge Higher End, Lancashire

Billinge Higher End 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
MELLING1329.40171,518.99
UNSWORTH543.8462334.57
RIGBY382.706693.30
HURST362.564171.80
BARTON342.421744.83
GASKELL302.1368208.48
PENNINGTON292.0655139.49
HILTON292.065560.09
TAYLOR271.92313.01
WINSTANLEY221.5670155.92
HILL221.56706.15
HEWITT211.495730.71
WILCOCK211.4957105.16
WILSON201.42453.10
PEET191.3533256.06
BALL181.282115.52
ANDERTON181.2821108.04
PETTY181.2821129.50
HITCHEN171.2108177.82
ROBY171.2108500.00
BEESLEY171.2108150.71
MATHER161.139645.96
FAIRHURST161.1396139.13
WOODS161.139618.07
MOYERS161.13964,705.88
GEE151.068441.86
HEATON151.068444.64
MAKIN140.9972116.09
ASHURST130.9259261.57
SUMNER130.925957.19
HALLIWELL130.925983.44
SWIFT120.854727.68
WHITTLE120.854739.23
ATHERTON120.854747.54
NICHOLSON110.783511.03
BOARDMAN110.783548.82
DOWNHAM110.7835275.00
LIPTROT110.7835395.68
HAMPSON100.712339.53
MILLER90.64103.58
BARKER90.64104.90
HART90.64107.52
SMITH90.64100.45
BERRY80.56987.18
FAIRCLOUGH70.498647.78
GRIMSHAW70.498629.85
MAKINSON70.4986174.13
ROTHWELL70.498627.12
DEAN70.49867.18
LOWE70.49866.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOYERS1.401,4044705.8824
CLISHAM1.401,4041904.7619
MELLING1.401,4041518.9873
HOOTEN1.401,4041428.5714
ROBY1.401,404500.0000
GERMAIN1.401,404403.2258
LIPTROT1.401,404395.6835
UNSWORTH1.401,404334.5725
DOWNHAM1.401,404275.0000
ASHURST1.401,404261.5694
PEET1.401,404256.0647
GROUNDS1.401,404210.9705
GASKELL1.401,404208.4781
ACKERS1.401,404200.8032
HITCHEN1.401,404177.8243
CRANK1.401,404174.8252
MAKINSON1.401,404174.1294
WINSTANLEY1.401,404155.9178
BEESLEY1.401,404150.7092
PENNINGTON1.401,404139.4901
FAIRHURST1.401,404139.1304
PETTY1.401,404129.4964
MINTON1.401,404126.3158
MAKIN1.401,404116.0862
ANDERTON1.401,404108.0432
WILCOCK1.401,404105.1577
RIGBY1.401,40493.2973
HADEN1.401,40489.2857
EASTHAM1.401,40483.6820
HALLIWELL1.401,40483.4403
TICKLE1.401,40479.6178
SIMM1.401,40473.6648
HURST1.401,40471.7990
HUXLEY1.401,40463.2911
HILTON1.401,40460.0912
SUMNER1.401,40457.1931
RANDELL1.401,40457.0776
HEYES1.401,40455.1978
BOARDMAN1.401,40448.8238
FAIRCLOUGH1.401,40447.7816
ATHERTON1.401,40447.5436
MATHER1.401,40445.9638
BARTON1.401,40444.8253
HEATON1.401,40444.6429
GEE1.401,40441.8644
LEATHER1.401,40441.7101
HALSALL1.401,40440.5405
HAMPSON1.401,40439.5257
WHITTLE1.401,40439.2285
CLIFF1.401,40432.5998

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,404 people called MOYERS in Billinge Higher End 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 4705.8824 in Billinge Higher End means that 4705.8824% of the people in Billinge Higher End on census day were called MOYERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOYERS 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 MOYERS 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 MOYERS 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 MOYERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.40 in Billinge Higher End means that you are 1.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOYERS in Billinge Higher End than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Billinge Higher End in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ACKERS (5)  ALKER (8)  ANDERTON (18)  ARHALL (9)  ASHCROFT (2)  ASCROFT (20)  ASHALL (18)  ASHTON (5)  ASHURST (13)  ATHERTON (12)  ATHERTOR (1)  BALDWIN (5)  BALL (18)  BALMER (1)  BARKER (9)  BARRET (1)  BARTON (34)  BEESLEY (17)  HODSON (BEESLEY) (2)  BERRY (8)  BIRCH (2)  BOARDMAN (11)  BRADLEY (5)  BREAKELL (1)  BRIDGE (1)  BROWN (2)  BRUNCHETT (3)  CADMAN (1)  CAIN (1)  CALDWELL (1)  CARR (1)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CHEETHAM (4)  CLIFF (4)  CLISHAM (4)  COOK (1)  CHARNOCK (4)  COULSHED (7)  COXHEAD (8)  CRANK (5)  CROOK (1)  CUNLIFFE (5)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DEAN (7)  DERBYSHIRE (2)  DOWNHAM (11)  EASTHAM (6)  ELLIS (3)  ELLISON (7)  EVANS (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (7)  FAIRHURST (16)  FARRIMOND (1)  FILDES (2)  FISHWICK (11)  LOW (FISHWICK) (2)  FORSTER (1)  FRYER (1)  GASKELL (30)  GEE (15)  GERMAIN (5)  GLOVER (6)  GOLDING (1)  GREEN (5)  GREENOUGH (1)  GRIMSHAW (7)  GROUNDS (5)  HALEWOOD (10)  HALLEWELL (2)  HALLIWELL (13)  HALSALL (3)  HAMPSON (10)  HARRIS (4)  HART (9)  HATCH (2)  HADEN (4)  HEYES (6)  HEATON (15)  HIGHTON (9)  HEWITT (21)  HILL (22)  HILTON (29)  HITCHEN (17)  HODSON (2)  HOLLAND (3)  HORAN (1)  HORROCKS (5)  HOOTEN (3)  HOUGHTON (1)  HURST (36)  IRELAND (1)  JACKSON (4)  LAITHWAITE (11)  LEATHER (4)  LEA (1)  LIMM (9)  LINDSAY (4)  LIPTROT (11)  LOWE (7)  LUCAS (2)  LYON (4)  LYTHGOE (4)  MAKEN (4)  MAKIN (14)  MAKINSON (7)  MARKLETON (5)  MARSH (6)  MATHER (16)  MELLING (132)  MERCER (1)  MIDDLEHURST (9)  MILLER (9)  MINTON (6)  MOYERS (16)  NICHOLSON (11)  ORMANDY (6)  HUXLEY (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PEET (19)  PENNINGTON (29)  PETTY (18)  RANDALL (2)  RANDELL (5)  RIGBY (38)  ROBINSON (6)  ROBY (17)  ROSCOE (1)  ROTHWELL (7)  SALMON (1)  SUNNER (5)  SEPHTON (1)  SILCOCK (19)  SIMM (4)  SIM (1)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHERN (2)  SPEIGHT (2)  SUMNER (13)  SWIFT (12)  TABERNER (5)  TAYLOR (27)  THOMAS (1)  TICKLE (5)  TOMLINSON (1)  TURTON (1)  UNSWORTH (54)  WHALLEY (3)  WALSH (1)  WARREN (4)  WEST (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITTLE (12)  WILCOCK (21)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (20)  WINSTANLEY (22)  WINSTANLY (12)  WISWICK (2)  WOODS (16)  WORSLEY (1)