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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chatburn, Lancashire

Chatburn 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
TOMLINSON344.398495.37
DRIVER293.7516202.51
TATTERSALL273.4929251.63
WILSON222.84616.20
HARGREAVES212.716765.18
FRANKLAND192.4580331.59
BRIGGS192.458045.26
WIGNALL182.3286455.70
JACKSON141.81116.48
WATSON131.68187.25
GREEN131.68185.97
HUDSON121.552418.96
DUCKWORTH121.552480.32
TAYLOR121.55242.43
HARTLEY111.423022.70
LAWSON111.423024.14
ROBINSON101.29374.06
CLARK101.29374.30
DICKINSON91.164327.26
NUTTER91.1643152.80
THOMPSON91.16433.89
WILKINSON91.16437.63
ISHERWOOD91.1643100.67
CALVERLEY81.0349487.80
MANNING81.034932.55
BATTERSBY81.0349146.52
MONK70.905643.10
KILLINGBECK70.90561,228.07
COTTON70.905637.94
SOUTHWORTH70.9056176.77
ILLINGWORTH70.905680.00
ALSTON70.9056138.89
LEE60.77624.75
BROWN60.77621.18
CUNLIFFE60.776262.31
WILDMAN60.7762127.12
BARTON60.776214.37
WHEELER60.776212.86
SALTER60.776233.94
EDMONDSON60.776267.19
LUND50.646859.74
EDLESTON50.64681,190.48
ASHLEY50.646838.67
HARRIS50.64682.55
HALL50.64682.20
PARKINSON50.646813.48
WALMSLEY50.646831.25
HAYHURST50.6468147.93
WHITTAKER50.646813.66
SUTCLIFFE50.646816.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITSEY0.777731428.5714
KILLINGBECK0.777731228.0702
EDLESTON0.777731190.4762
LOYND0.77773612.2449
MOREHOUSE0.77773512.8205
CALVERLEY0.77773487.8049
WIGNALL0.77773455.6962
FRANKLAND0.77773331.5881
TATTERSALL0.77773251.6309
DRIVER0.77773202.5140
SOUTHWORTH0.77773176.7677
NUTTER0.77773152.8014
HAYHURST0.77773147.9290
DEMAINE0.77773147.0588
BATTERSBY0.77773146.5201
BOLD0.77773140.1869
ALSTON0.77773138.8889
WILDMAN0.77773127.1186
ISHERWOOD0.77773100.6711
TOMLINSON0.7777395.3717
DUCKWORTH0.7777380.3213
ILLINGWORTH0.7777380.0000
CHORLTON0.7777379.6813
EDMONDSON0.7777367.1892
TAPLEY0.7777367.1141
JEFFS0.7777366.1157
HARGREAVES0.7777365.1769
HOLGATE0.7777362.4025
CUNLIFFE0.7777362.3053
LUND0.7777359.7372
RAMSBOTTOM0.7777357.4713
SMALLEY0.7777357.2246
THORNLEY0.7777346.6200
BRIGGS0.7777345.2596
MONK0.7777343.1034
COTTAM0.7777342.5532
CLAMP0.7777342.3729
LEEMING0.7777341.7537
ASHLEY0.7777338.6698
COTTON0.7777337.9404
JENKS0.7777337.8788
SALTER0.7777333.9367
MANNING0.7777332.5468
SAGAR0.7777331.8471
WALMSLEY0.7777331.2500
TOWNSON0.7777330.8642
GARLICK0.7777329.3686
HOLME0.7777327.9330
DICKINSON0.7777327.2645
LAWSON0.7777324.1387

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 773 people called WHITSEY in Chatburn 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 1428.5714 in Chatburn means that 1428.5714% of the people in Chatburn on census day were called WHITSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITSEY 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 WHITSEY 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 WHITSEY 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 WHITSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Chatburn means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITSEY in Chatburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chatburn in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  ALSTON (7)  ALTHAM (1)  ASHLEY (5)  ATKINSON (3)  BAYNTON (1)  BALDWIN (2)  BARTON (6)  BATTERSBY (8)  BEIGHTON (1)  BIRD (1)  BLACKBURN (2)  BLEZARD (1)  BOLD (3)  BRIGGS (19)  BROWN (6)  BRYAN (1)  BULCOCK (5)  CALVERLY (1)  CALVERLEY (8)  CARR (1)  CHADWICK (2)  CHAMBERLEN (2)  CHORLTON (2)  CHATBURN (43)  CLAMP (1)  CLARK (10)  COCKSHUTT (8)  CONNER (1)  COTTAM (2)  COTTON (7)  COULTHERD (8)  CROASDALE (9)  CROUCHLEY (1)  CUNLIFFE (6)  DAVIES (1)  DEMAINE (1)  DICKINSON (9)  DIXON (3)  DOIG (1)  DRIVER (29)  DUCKWORTH (12)  DUTTON (1)  DUXBURY (1)  EASTWOOD (1)  EDLESTON (5)  EDMONDSON (6)  ELLEL (7)  ELLISON (1)  ENGLAND (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FRANKLAND (19)  GARNER (1)  GARLICK (2)  GREEN (13)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALL (5)  HANSON (2)  HARGREAVES (21)  HARRIS (5)  HARTLEY (11)  HAYHURST (5)  HEATON (JEFFS) (2)  HIGHTON (7)  HOLGATE (4)  HOLME (1)  HOWARD (3)  HUDSON (12)  HUNTER (1)  ILLINGWORTH (7)  INGRAM (1)  ISHERWOOD (9)  JACKSON (14)  JEFFS (4)  SPENCER (JEFFS) (2)  JENKS (1)  KILLINGBECK (7)  KNIGHT (3)  LAVENDER (1)  LAWSON (11)  LEE (6)  LEEMING (2)  LOYND (3)  LUND (5)  MANNING (8)  MARSDEN (1)  METCALFE (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MONK (7)  MOREHOUSE (2)  MORRIS (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NUTTALL (1)  NUTTER (9)  ODDIE (12)  ORRISS (1)  PARKER (2)  PARKINGTON (5)  PARKINSON (5)  PIERCE (2)  PERRY (1)  PINDER (1)  POLLARD (4)  RAMSBOTTOM (3)  RIDEHOUGH (2)  ROBINSON (10)  SALTER (6)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SAGAR (1)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SLEADING (3)  SMALLEY (4)  SOUTHWORTH (7)  SPENCER (3)  SUTCLIFFE (5)  TAPLEY (1)  TATTERSALL (27)  TAYLOR (12)  THOMPSON (9)  THORNLEY (4)  TOMLINSON (34)  TOWNSON (1)  VEEVERS (17)  WALMSLEY (5)  WARDLE (2)  WATSON (13)  WHEELER (6)  WHITTAKER (5)  WHITSEY (3)  WIGNALL (18)  WILDMAN (6)  WILKINSON (9)  WILSON (22)  WOODCOCK (1)  WAITE (2)