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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Claife, Lancashire

Claife 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
COWARD244.3478379.15
ATKINSON213.804339.06
WALKER203.623210.82
DIXON193.442031.42
GARNETT173.0797248.18
CLARK162.89869.64
SATTERTHWAITE142.53621,473.68
JACKSON142.53629.08
BLACK132.355136.37
TAYLOR132.35513.68
CHAPMAN122.173915.31
PRESTON111.992839.90
HARTLEY101.811628.90
ASKEW91.6304144.46
STOTT91.630452.20
ROGERSON81.4493117.82
SIMPSON81.44938.29
LUCAS71.268127.43
LONGMIRE71.26811,666.67
HODGSON71.268118.30
WOODBURN61.0870342.86
DUGDALE61.0870157.89
NEWBY61.0870108.70
FORREST61.087042.16
ISHERWOOD50.905878.25
COOKSON50.905876.80
STALKER50.9058183.82
KENDALL50.905842.09
WEARING50.9058295.86
BYERS40.7246139.86
CROSSLEY40.724626.40
LOGAN40.724630.56
OGDEN40.724625.62
WHALLEY40.724646.03
ELLWOOD40.7246130.72
PICKARD40.724651.95
BAINES40.724637.84
FAWCETT30.543528.12
GREGG30.543577.12
FORSYTH30.543525.47
MILLIGAN30.543546.15
POSTLETHWAITE30.5435142.86
WADE30.543513.58
HOLT30.54358.12
NICHOLSON20.36235.10
AGAR20.362393.90
WILLOW20.36231,111.11
SMITH20.36230.26
KNIPE20.3623243.90
HALL20.36231.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVISTON0.555524000.0000
LONGMIRE0.555521666.6667
SATTERTHWAITE0.555521473.6842
WILLOW0.555521111.1111
COWARD0.55552379.1469
WOODBURN0.55552342.8571
BAYLIFF0.55552303.0303
WEARING0.55552295.8580
GARNETT0.55552248.1752
KNIPE0.55552243.9024
STALKER0.55552183.8235
WOODEND0.55552178.5714
SOUTHWARD0.55552172.4138
WILLISON0.55552172.4138
HADWIN0.55552161.2903
DUGDALE0.55552157.8947
ASKEW0.55552144.4623
POSTLETHWAITE0.55552142.8571
BYERS0.55552139.8601
ELLWOOD0.55552130.7190
ROGERSON0.55552117.8203
NEWBY0.55552108.6957
BLUE0.55552105.2632
AGAR0.5555293.8967
CREIGHTON0.5555291.7431
PAISLEY0.5555281.3008
ISHERWOOD0.5555278.2473
GREGG0.5555277.1208
COOKSON0.5555276.8049
STOTT0.5555252.2042
PICKARD0.5555251.9481
CALDERWOOD0.5555250.5051
KENDAL0.5555246.5116
MILLIGAN0.5555246.1538
WHALLEY0.5555246.0299
FORREST0.5555242.1644
KENDALL0.5555242.0875
PRESTON0.5555239.8984
HOLME0.5555239.0625
ATKINSON0.5555239.0625
BAINES0.5555237.8430
BLACK0.5555236.3738
DIXON0.5555231.4153
LOGAN0.5555230.5577
HARTLEY0.5555228.9017
TOWNLEY0.5555228.7356
FAWCETT0.5555228.1162
LUCAS0.5555227.4295
CROSSLEY0.5555226.4026
AITCHISON0.5555225.8398

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 552 people called LEVISTON in Claife 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 4000.0000 in Claife means that 4000.0000% of the people in Claife on census day were called LEVISTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEVISTON 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 LEVISTON 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 LEVISTON 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 LEVISTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Claife means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEVISTON in Claife than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Claife in 1881

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

AGAR (2)  AIREY (7)  ANDERSON (1)  ASKEW (9)  ATKIN (1)  ATKINSON (21)  AITCHINSON (1)  AITCHISON (AITCHINSON) (10)  AITCHISON (1)  BAYLIFF (1)  BAINES (4)  BASSINDALE (1)  BATTERSBY (1)  BYERS (4)  BELL (1)  BIRKET (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BAISBROWN (1)  BLACK (13)  BLEARS (5)  BLUE (1)  BORWICK (2)  BOSWICK (1)  BROCKBANK (10)  BARROW (2)  CALDERWOOD (1)  CHAPMAN (12)  CHRISTOPHERSON (5)  CLARK (16)  COLLINSON (1)  COOKSON (5)  COWARD (24)  CREWDSON (7)  CREIGHTON (2)  CROSSLEY (4)  DENNISON (1)  DIXON (19)  DUGDALE (6)  ELLWOOD (4)  EVANS (2)  FAWCETT (3)  FELL (1)  FILDES (9)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (1)  FORREST (6)  FORSYTH (3)  FOXCROFT (4)  FRANKLY (1)  GARDENER (1)  GARNETT (17)  GIBSON (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENBANK (1)  GREGG (3)  HACKERBY (1)  HADWIN (1)  HAGLY (1)  HALL (2)  HARESNAPE (2)  HARPER (1)  HARTLEY (10)  HAWES (1)  HAWKRIGG (4)  HEWITSON (1)  HODGSON (7)  HOLME (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (3)  HUNTER (2)  IRLAM (1)  ISHERWOOD (5)  JACKSON (14)  JOHNSON (1)  KABLES (2)  KENDALL (5)  KENDAL (1)  KNIPE (2)  LAMB (2)  LANGSTRETH (1)  LEVISTON (2)  LOGAN (4)  LONGMIRE (7)  LUCAS (7)  LUND (1)  MARSDEN (1)  MILLIGAN (3)  MILLS (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NEWBY (6)  NICHOLSON (2)  NOBLE (1)  OGDEN (4)  OVEREND (1)  PAISLEY (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEACH (1)  PICKARD (4)  POSTLETHWAITE (3)  PRESTON (11)  RATSON (1)  RAWNSLEY (3)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERSON (8)  SANDFORD (1)  SATTERTHWAITE (14)  SEWELL (1)  SIMPSON (8)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWARD (2)  STALKER (5)  STOTT (9)  SWAINSON (16)  SWINDLEHURST (1)  SIRED (2)  TAYLOR (13)  TEASDALE (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (9)  THOMAS (1)  THORNTON (1)  THRING (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNLEY (1)  WADE (3)  WALKER (20)  WHALLEY (4)  WEARING (5)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLISON (2)  WILLOW (2)  WISE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODBURN (6)  WOODEND (1)  WRIGHT (2)