Top surnames from the 1881 census in Charnock Richard, Lancashire

Charnock Richard 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
YATES273.941657.35
JONES263.79563.35
HOLMES223.211726.37
CORNER182.6277361.45
MAKINSON162.3358816.33
SHARRATT142.0438660.38
CORNWELL142.0438354.43
WILSON131.89784.13
MASON121.751813.03
GOULDING121.7518179.37
SHARPLES101.459983.54
WIGNALL101.4599285.71
BERRY101.459918.40
HOLDING101.4599164.74
WHITTLE101.459967.02
JACKSON91.31394.70
MOSS91.313921.32
RAVENSCROFT91.3139386.27
WALCH81.1679761.90
HARRISON81.16795.26
RIDING81.1679173.16
STRINGFELLOW81.1679449.44
ASHCROFT71.021976.34
COLLIER71.021930.57
WOODS71.021916.21
HEAPS71.0219234.90
FOWLER71.021917.89
WAINWRIGHT71.021948.31
WINSTANLEY71.0219101.74
MORRIS71.02194.59
HAYDOCK71.0219324.07
LUCAS71.021922.10
BARROW71.021948.24
PARSON60.8759195.44
BLACKBURN60.875923.23
TAYLOR60.87591.37
BARKER60.87596.69
PRIESTLEY60.875951.77
FERRIER60.8759150.75
EDWARDS60.87593.14
DUCKWORTH50.729937.76
FRANCE50.729947.98
CARTER50.72994.35
ALTY50.7299396.83
CHADWICK50.729916.69
VICKERS50.729928.43
MAYOR50.7299167.22
HAYHURST40.5839133.78
LANG40.583926.20
ASTLEY40.583988.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAKINSON0.69685816.3265
WALCH0.69685761.9048
SHARRATT0.69685660.3774
ANTON0.69685483.8710
STRINGFELLOW0.69685449.4382
ALTY0.69685396.8254
RAVENSCROFT0.69685386.2661
CORNER0.69685361.4458
CASBURN0.69685357.1429
CORNWELL0.69685354.4304
HAYDOCK0.69685324.0741
WIGNALL0.69685285.7143
HEAPS0.69685234.8993
PARSON0.69685195.4397
GOULDING0.69685179.3722
RIDING0.69685173.1602
MAYOR0.69685167.2241
HOLDING0.69685164.7446
ALISON0.69685161.2903
FERRIER0.69685150.7538
HAYHURST0.69685133.7793
WINSTANLEY0.69685101.7442
ASTLEY0.6968588.1057
SHARPLES0.6968583.5422
ASHCROFT0.6968576.3359
FOY0.6968570.6714
WHITTLE0.6968567.0241
HANKEY0.6968561.3497
SKIDMORE0.6968559.6421
YATES0.6968557.3492
HALLIWELL0.6968552.6316
PRIESTLEY0.6968551.7688
WAINWRIGHT0.6968548.3092
BARROW0.6968548.2426
FRANCE0.6968547.9846
RAMSBOTTOM0.6968543.1965
DUCKWORTH0.6968537.7644
SIMM0.6968537.7358
COCKER0.6968535.5872
COLLIER0.6968530.5677
RUTTER0.6968528.7632
VICKERS0.6968528.4252
HOLMES0.6968526.3726
LANG0.6968526.1952
ROSCOE0.6968523.5294
BLACKBURN0.6968523.2288
LUCAS0.6968522.1029
GADD0.6968521.9298
MOSS0.6968521.3169
BERRY0.6968518.3993

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 685 people called MAKINSON in Charnock Richard 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 816.3265 in Charnock Richard means that 816.3265% of the people in Charnock Richard on census day were called MAKINSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAKINSON 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 MAKINSON 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 MAKINSON 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 MAKINSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Charnock Richard means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAKINSON in Charnock Richard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Charnock Richard in 1881

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

ACASTER (1)  ALISON (2)  ALTY (5)  ANTON (3)  ASHCROFT (7)  ASTLEY (4)  BARKER (6)  BERRY (10)  BLACKBURN (6)  BLACKLIDGE (4)  BRETHERTON (3)  BRIERS (8)  BROOKS (2)  BARROW (7)  BUSSBY (7)  CALDERBANK (12)  CARTER (5)  CASBURN (1)  CAUNCE (7)  CHADWICK (5)  CLITHEROE (7)  CUBBIN (7)  COCKER (2)  COLLIER (7)  CHARNOCK (2)  CORNER (18)  CORNWELL (14)  CRICHLEY (7)  CROMPTON (2)  CROSSLEY (1)  CULSHAW (7)  CUTHWAITE (4)  DUCKWORTH (5)  DUNDERDALE (9)  EDGERLEY (10)  EDGERTY (1)  EDWARDS (6)  FERRIER (6)  FISHWICK (2)  FOWLER (7)  FOY (4)  FRANCE (5)  GARDERNER (1)  GADD (1)  GILL (1)  GOULDING (12)  GREAVES (2)  GREEN (4)  HAYDOCK (7)  HALE (3)  HALLIWELL (4)  HANKEY (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAYHURST (4)  HEAPS (7)  HEARZ... (2)  HOLDING (10)  HOLMES (22)  IDDON (22)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (26)  KENT (1)  LANG (4)  LOWE (1)  LUCAS (7)  MAKINSON (16)  MASON (12)  MORRIS (7)  MOSCROP (7)  MOSS (9)  MAYOR (5)  NELSON (4)  NIXON (1)  PARSON (6)  PENDLEBURY (5)  PLATT (3)  PRESCOT (4)  PRIESTLEY (6)  RAMSBOTTOM (2)  RAVENSCROFT (9)  WRENNALL (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (3)  RIDING (8)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERS (1)  ROSBOTTOM (2)  ROSCOE (1)  ROSCRODT (4)  RUTTER (3)  SHARPLES (10)  SHAW (1)  SHARRATT (14)  SIMM (1)  SKIDMORE (3)  SMETHURST (4)  STRINGFELLOW (8)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (1)  TRAVIS (1)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (5)  WAINWRIGHT (7)  WALSH (3)  WALCH (8)  WARNER (1)  WATSON (1)  WELCH (1)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITTLE (10)  WIGNALL (10)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (13)  WINSTANEY (2)  WINSTANLEY (7)  WOODS (7)  YATES (27)  YOUNG (2)