Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chipping, Lancashire

Chipping 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
SEED989.92911,374.47
BLEASDALE414.15401,353.14
MERCER363.6474139.00
PROCTER363.6474281.03
HOYLE323.2421140.47
ROBINSON313.14089.85
WOODS272.735643.38
WALMSLEY272.7356132.22
ELLISON252.5329119.90
PARKINSON242.431650.70
WILSON212.12774.63
BAINES171.722489.95
CHARNLEY171.7224370.37
WALLBANK161.6211521.17
MARSH151.519821.30
ECCLES151.519895.00
KENYON141.418467.93
DILWORTH141.4184492.96
WILKINSON141.41849.29
MARTIN131.31715.35
COUPE121.2158174.17
SLATER121.215820.08
BERRY111.114514.04
SMITH101.01320.72
KAY101.013219.50
HOLDEN90.911916.65
FINCH90.911927.39
CROSS90.911913.25
DEWHURST80.810568.32
HODKINSON80.8105114.78
HANDLEY80.810548.02
PYE80.810554.20
ISHERWOOD70.709261.30
PROCTOR70.709228.85
BLAND70.709234.20
LOFTHOUSE70.709295.24
ROGERSON70.709257.66
TIMBRELL70.7092429.45
BOLTON70.709216.47
PATCHETT70.7092147.99
NUTTALL70.709228.12
RICHARDSON70.70924.17
PRESTON70.709214.20
RHODES60.607913.09
HARGREAVES60.607914.58
HOWSON60.607997.40
ELWOOD50.5066273.22
PARKER50.50662.66
COUP50.5066704.23
TWEEDY50.5066247.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEED0.999871374.4741
BLEASDALE0.999871353.1353
COUP0.99987704.2254
WALLBANK0.99987521.1726
DILWORTH0.99987492.9577
TIMBRELL0.99987429.4479
CHARNLEY0.99987370.3704
PROCTER0.99987281.0304
CLARSON0.99987277.7778
ELWOOD0.99987273.2240
TWEEDY0.99987247.5248
COUPE0.99987174.1655
PATCHETT0.99987147.9915
CUTTLER0.99987142.8571
BRIDE0.99987140.8451
HOYLE0.99987140.4741
MERCER0.99987138.9961
WALMSLEY0.99987132.2233
ELLISON0.99987119.9041
HODKINSON0.99987114.7776
HOWSON0.9998797.4026
LOFTHOUSE0.9998795.2381
ECCLES0.9998794.9968
BAINES0.9998789.9471
WORDEN0.9998771.6846
DEWHURST0.9998768.3177
KENYON0.9998767.9282
NEWSHAM0.9998764.7249
ISHERWOOD0.9998761.2960
ROGERSON0.9998757.6606
PYE0.9998754.2005
PARKINSON0.9998750.6971
BARON0.9998748.9237
HANDLEY0.9998748.0192
WAREING0.9998746.8750
HAZLEWOOD0.9998744.8430
WOODS0.9998743.3805
WINDLE0.9998735.7143
MALLEY0.9998734.9650
BLAND0.9998734.1964
COTTAM0.9998733.3333
PROCTOR0.9998728.8541
NUTTALL0.9998728.1237
FINCH0.9998727.3889
SINGLETON0.9998725.6279
PINDER0.9998725.2313
FOY0.9998724.5399
HEAPS0.9998723.2558
MAYOR0.9998723.2019
MARSH0.9998721.3038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 987 people called SEED in Chipping 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 1374.4741 in Chipping means that 1374.4741% of the people in Chipping on census day were called SEED.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEED 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 SEED 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 SEED 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 SEED here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Chipping means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEED in Chipping than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chipping in 1881

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

ALSTON (1)  ASHWORTH (2)  ASTLEY (1)  BAINES (17)  BARON (5)  BARTON (3)  BATISON (1)  BEARDSWORTH (2)  BERRY (11)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAND (7)  BLEASDALE (41)  BLEZARD (18)  BOLTON (7)  BRENNAND (3)  BRETHERTON (8)  BRIDE (1)  CARTER (1)  CHARNLEY (17)  CHESTER (1)  CLARSON (1)  CLEGG (1)  CLIFTON (2)  COOPER (3)  CHARNOCK (1)  COTTAM (2)  COTTON (2)  COULTHURST (14)  COUP (5)  COUPE (12)  CROSS (9)  CUTTLER (1)  CUTLER (1)  DALY (1)  DELGRYSE (1)  DEVLIN (1)  DEWHURST (8)  DILWORTH (14)  DIXON (1)  ECCLES (15)  ELLISON (25)  ELWOOD (5)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FINCH (9)  FOY (2)  GABBET (1)  GANTLEY (1)  GARDNER (3)  GATES (1)  GORST (1)  HALL (3)  HANDLEY (8)  O HARA (1)  HARGREAVES (6)  HARKER (2)  HAZLEWOOD (1)  HEAPS (1)  HELNM (1)  HODKINSON (8)  HODGSON (3)  HOLDEN (9)  HOTHERSALL (2)  HOWSON (6)  HOYLE (32)  IBISON (2)  ISHERWOOD (7)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (4)  KAY (10)  KEIFF (3)  KEIGHLEY (3)  KENDALL (2)  KENYON (14)  KIRKBRIGHT (1)  LATHAM (1)  LEECH (2)  LEECE (18)  LOFTHOUSE (7)  MALLEY (1)  MARSDEN (4)  MARSH (15)  MARTIN (13)  MARYOR (1)  MERCER (36)  MAYOR (1)  NEWSHAM (2)  SEED (NEWSHAM) (2)  NICHOLSON (3)  NORRIS (1)  NUTTALL (7)  PARKER (5)  PARKINSON (24)  PATCHETT (7)  PINDER (3)  PRESTON (7)  PROCTER (36)  PROCTOR (7)  PYE (8)  RAY (1)  RHODES (6)  RICHARDSON (7)  RIDEAL (3)  RIGBY (1)  RILEY (2)  ROBINSON (31)  ROGERSON (7)  SERGEANT (1)  SCHOLES (1)  SEED (98)  SHARP (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SINGLETON (5)  SLATER (12)  SMITH (10)  SMITHIES (1)  STANDRY (2)  SUTTON (4)  TOMMAS (1)  TIMBRELL (7)  TOMLINSON (4)  TWEEDY (5)  WALLBANK (16)  WALBANK (12)  WALMSLEY (27)  WALNE (12)  WAREING (3)  WATSON (3)  WILMON (1)  WILKINSON (14)  WILSON (21)  WINDLE (2)  WOOD (2)  WOODS (27)  WORDEN (2)