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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Church Coniston, Lancashire

Church Coniston 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
BARROW363.7037174.84
COWARD363.7037323.16
TYSON303.0864236.78
NEWBY272.7778277.78
MASON272.777820.66
WALKER262.67497.99
DIXON262.674924.42
FLEMING232.366356.94
WILSON232.36635.15
KNIPE212.16051,458.33
SHAW202.057611.20
COOPER171.74907.19
PICKLES151.543275.95
BIRKETT141.4403149.25
THWAITES141.4403240.96
JACKSON131.33744.79
PATTINSON121.2346137.93
RIGG111.1317134.64
TURNBULL111.131726.85
LATHAM111.131755.58
BURNS101.028815.32
BROCKLEBANK101.0288421.94
WILKINSON101.02886.74
FORSYTH101.028848.22
HOGG90.925925.63
ATKINSON90.92599.51
HARRISON80.82303.71
BELL80.82304.38
ROBINSON80.82302.58
BRAITHWAITE80.823070.92
DUNN70.72028.66
HODGE70.720228.57
NICHOLSON70.720210.14
BAINBRIDGE70.720251.24
JOHNS70.720227.89
HEFFERAN70.72023,684.21
MULLEN60.617364.59
THOMPSON60.61732.06
DOVER60.6173136.99
HOGAN60.617361.41
RAVEN60.617373.53
COLLINGS60.617351.90
HOWELL60.617314.64
USHER60.617355.97
WOOLCOCK50.5144182.48
FURLONG50.5144147.49
WALLACE50.51447.51
HODGSON50.51447.42
CASSON50.514486.51
DENNY50.514461.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATHEN0.9797210000.0000
LEVISTON0.979724444.4444
HEFFERAN0.979723684.2105
BOUSE0.979722500.0000
SEBASTIAN0.979722000.0000
KNIPE0.979721458.3333
ROWAND0.97972476.1905
BORROW0.97972444.4444
MARA0.97972425.5319
BROCKLEBANK0.97972421.9409
COWARD0.97972323.1598
BAILIFF0.97972312.5000
NEWBY0.97972277.7778
THWAITES0.97972240.9639
TYSON0.97972236.7798
WOOLCOCK0.97972182.4818
BARROW0.97972174.8422
BIRKETT0.97972149.2537
FURLONG0.97972147.4926
GRAVE0.97972142.8571
PATTINSON0.97972137.9310
DOVER0.97972136.9863
RIGG0.97972134.6389
JAPP0.97972102.0408
STAMPER0.9797290.9091
CASSON0.9797286.5052
REDMOND0.9797284.5070
MAHER0.9797284.0336
PICKLES0.9797275.9494
RAVEN0.9797273.5294
HARLING0.9797271.7703
BRAITHWAITE0.9797270.9220
LAVERTY0.9797269.9301
ROLLS0.9797269.2841
CHARNLEY0.9797266.3717
MULLEN0.9797264.5856
HOGAN0.9797261.4125
DENNY0.9797261.1995
INMAN0.9797260.5144
AMY0.9797260.2410
SANDFORD0.9797257.8035
FLEMING0.9797256.9448
REDHEAD0.9797256.8182
USHER0.9797255.9701
LATHAM0.9797255.5836
COLLINGS0.9797251.9031
BAINBRIDGE0.9797251.2445
FORSYTH0.9797248.2160
DANSON0.9797246.0829
KIRKBY0.9797236.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 972 people called MATHEN in Church Coniston 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 10000.0000 in Church Coniston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Church Coniston on census day were called MATHEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATHEN 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 MATHEN 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 MATHEN 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 MATHEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Church Coniston means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATHEN in Church Coniston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Church Coniston in 1881

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

ALCOCK (2)  ATKINSON (9)  BALIFF (1)  BAILIFF (1)  BAINES (4)  BAINBRIDGE (7)  BARNES (1)  BARNETT (1)  BARRON (2)  BEEVER (1)  BELL (8)  BIRKETT (14)  BIRKET (9)  BLAKE (1)  BLACK (1)  BLENDON (1)  BOWNESS (20)  BOWNASS (5)  BOUSE (4)  BRADBURY (1)  BRAITHWAITE (8)  BROCKLEBANK (10)  BROOK (1)  BROCKBANK (2)  BROWN (1)  BROWN (TYSON) (6)  BRUNTON (2)  MELLON (BRUNTON) (4)  BURNS (10)  BARROW (36)  BORROW (4)  BURROWS (1)  CAIN (1)  CAIRENS (1)  CARTER (1)  CASSON (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHARNLEY (3)  CLARE (1)  CLARK (2)  CLOUDSDALE (3)  COATES (2)  COOPER (17)  COWARD (36)  CRAGHILL (3)  CURWEN (1)  DANSON (1)  DAWSON (3)  DENNY (5)  DIXON (26)  DORAN (1)  DOVE (4)  DOVER (6)  DUNN (7)  AMY (1)  EDWARD (2)  FLEMING (23)  FORSYTH (10)  FOX (1)  FURLONG (5)  GALLOWAY (4)  GIBSON (1)  GILBANK (4)  GOOD (1)  GRAHAM (3)  GRAVE (2)  GREGG (1)  GRIGG (1)  GRISEDALE (1)  GUDGEON (1)  HALLETT (1)  HAMER (1)  HAMILTON (2)  HARKER (2)  HARLING (3)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (8)  HEFFERAN (7)  HELLEM (6)  HENNESEY (1)  HERRING (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HODGE (7)  HODGSON (5)  HOGAN (6)  HOGG (9)  HOUSBY (1)  HOWELL (6)  HUTCHINSON (1)  INMAN (4)  IRWIN (1)  J...SON (2)  JACKSON (13)  JEFFERSON (1)  JEFFERY (3)  JOHNS (7)  KELSHAW (2)  KENDALL (4)  KIRBY (2)  KIRKBY (2)  KNIPE (21)  MITCHELL (KNIPE) (2)  LAMB (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LARKIN (2)  LATHAM (11)  LAVERTY (1)  LEECH (1)  LEVISTON (4)  LEWTHWAITE (2)  LEWTHWATE (1)  MANDALL (14)  MANSFIELD (1)  MARA (4)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (27)  MATHEN (4)  COLLINGS (6)  MILFULL (6)  MILLIGAN (4)  MITCHELL (2)  MOSSOP (14)  MULLEN (6)  MURPHY (2)  MAHER (3)  MARR (4)  O NEIL (2)  NEWBY (27)  NICHOLSON (7)  OLDFIELD (2)  PALIN (1)  PARK (4)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (4)  PATTINSON (12)  PEARSON (3)  PEPPER (4)  PICKLES (15)  PICTHALL (3)  POOLE (3)  POSTLETHWAITE (WALLACE) (2)  PRINCE (2)  PROCTOR (1)  RAWLINSHAW (2)  RAVEN (6)  REDHEAD (3)  REDMOND (3)  RENTON (1)  RIGG (11)  ROBINSON (8)  ROUTLEDGE (3)  ROWAND (2)  ROLLS (3)  SANDFORD (4)  SEBASTIAN (1)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (20)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHUTTLECOCK (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (3)  SILVER (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SPEDDING (3)  SPELLAMS (1)  SPENCER (2)  STAMPER (2)  STEPHENS (4)  TAAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (6)  THWAITES (14)  THWAITE (4)  TODD (3)  TOWNSON (1)  TURNBULL (11)  TWIGG (1)  TYSON (30)  ULLOCK (1)  USHER (6)  VAUGHAN (1)  WALKER (26)  WALLACE (5)  WALTON (1)  WATTS (2)  WHINFIELD (1)  WOOLCOCK (5)  WILKINSON (10)  WILLS (1)  WILON (4)  WILSON (23)  WOOD (3)  JAPP (1)