Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clayton Le Woods, Lancashire

Clayton Le Woods 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
HOUGHTON268.0247229.68
CROOK185.5556193.55
WALMSLEY134.0123194.03
HIGHAM123.7037363.64
ECCLES113.3951212.36
BLOGG113.39511,833.33
WAREING103.0864476.19
FORSHAW92.7778412.84
TAYLOR92.77784.34
SMITH82.46911.75
ALSUP82.469140,000.00
BLACKBURN72.160557.28
BARON72.1605208.96
BEATSON72.16051,147.54
BARROW61.851987.46
SHORROCK61.8519375.00
FARRINGTON61.8519215.83
BRINDLE61.8519258.62
WARTON51.5432892.86
PRIOR51.543266.67
CROZIER51.5432328.95
NELSON41.234625.49
PEARSON41.234610.63
GOULDING30.925994.94
LIVESEY30.925994.64
LEIGH30.925940.21
CRAVEN30.925948.00
RENWICK30.9259135.75
COOKSON20.617352.36
MEALY20.61731,818.18
CARNE20.6173222.22
WILLIAMS20.61730.86
KENNY20.617351.55
BALDWIN20.617314.48
HEYS20.617384.39
STOCKS20.617356.66
COOK20.61733.11
MATHER20.617324.91
WHITTLE20.617328.33
MOON20.617329.28
HAYES20.61739.93
DEWHURST20.617351.95
PARKINSON10.30866.44
BARLOW10.30865.71
TALBOTT10.3086135.14
ALLISON10.308610.86
SHARP10.30863.70
DAVIES10.30860.61
HUTCHINGS10.308616.42
TRAVIS10.308626.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALSUP0.3232440000.0000
BLOGG0.323241833.3333
MEALY0.323241818.1818
BEATSON0.323241147.5410
CUSSON0.323241111.1111
WARTON0.32324892.8571
WAREING0.32324476.1905
FORSHAW0.32324412.8440
SHORROCK0.32324375.0000
HIGHAM0.32324363.6364
CROZIER0.32324328.9474
BRINDLE0.32324258.6207
JEBB0.32324250.0000
HOUGHTON0.32324229.6820
CARNE0.32324222.2222
FARRINGTON0.32324215.8273
ECCLES0.32324212.3552
BARON0.32324208.9552
WALMSLEY0.32324194.0299
CROOK0.32324193.5484
RENWICK0.32324135.7466
TALBOTT0.32324135.1351
BUTTLER0.32324102.0408
GOULDING0.3232494.9367
LIVESEY0.3232494.6372
BARROW0.3232487.4636
MADEN0.3232484.7458
HEYS0.3232484.3882
PRIOR0.3232466.6667
COLLIN0.3232459.1716
BLACKBURN0.3232457.2831
STOCKS0.3232456.6572
COOKSON0.3232452.3560
DEWHURST0.3232451.9481
KENNY0.3232451.5464
CRAVEN0.3232448.0000
LEIGH0.3232440.2145
MOON0.3232429.2826
WHITTLE0.3232428.3286
DOWLING0.3232427.8552
TRAVIS0.3232426.3158
NELSON0.3232425.4939
MATHER0.3232424.9066
RIMMER0.3232419.3424
SHARPLES0.3232417.6678
HUTCHINGS0.3232416.4204
BALDWIN0.3232414.4823
ALLISON0.3232410.8578
PEARSON0.3232410.6270
HAYES0.323249.9256

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 324 people called ALSUP in Clayton Le Woods 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 40000.0000 in Clayton Le Woods means that 40000.0000% of the people in Clayton Le Woods on census day were called ALSUP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALSUP 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 ALSUP 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 ALSUP 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 ALSUP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Clayton Le Woods means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALSUP in Clayton Le Woods than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clayton Le Woods in 1881

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

ALLISON (1)  ALSUP (8)  BALDWIN (2)  BARLOW (1)  BARON (7)  BEATSON (7)  BEARDWOOD (8)  BLACKBURN (7)  BLOGG (11)  BRINDLE (6)  O'BRIEN (1)  BARROW (6)  BUTTLER (1)  CARNE (2)  COLLIN (1)  CONNOLEY (1)  COOK (2)  COOKSON (2)  CUSSON (1)  CRAVEN (3)  CROOK (18)  CROZIER (5)  DAVIES (1)  DEWHURST (2)  DOWLING (1)  ECCLES (11)  ELLEY (2)  FARRINGTON (6)  FLYN (2)  FORSHAW (9)  GARSTANG (3)  GOULDING (3)  HEYS (2)  HAYES (2)  HIGHAM (12)  HOLDERUP (2)  HOUGHTON (26)  HUBBERSTY (2)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JEBB (1)  KENNY (2)  KETCHELL (7)  KNIGHT (1)  LEIGH (3)  LIVESEY (3)  LOWCOCK (4)  MADEN (1)  MATHER (2)  MEALY (2)  MOON (2)  MOUNTY (1)  MOURAN (1)  NELSON (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PEARSON (4)  PRIOR (5)  RENWICK (3)  RYDING (2)  RIMMER (1)  SANDWILL (1)  SCOTSON (3)  SHARP (1)  SHARPLES (1)  SHORROCK (6)  SMITH (8)  SPENCER (1)  STOCKS (2)  SWARBRICK (3)  TALBOTT (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TRAVIS (1)  TUSON (5)  WALMSLEY (13)  WARBRICK (10)  WAREING (10)  WEBSTER (1)  WARTON (5)  WHITTLE (2)  WILLIAMS (2)