Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cockerham, Lancashire

Cockerham 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
HORNBY434.8588426.59
GARDNER374.180861.58
ARMER323.61582,909.09
STANDEN323.6158641.28
PARKINSON252.824958.89
HAYES252.824945.43
WRIGHT252.82498.81
MASON202.259916.81
ROGERSON182.0339165.29
LAMB182.033938.55
PRESTON182.033940.71
LAWSON171.920932.59
CLARKSON171.920972.46
SIMPSON171.920910.98
BUTLER161.807918.54
WINDER151.6949258.18
PORTER151.694922.59
THORNTON131.468929.21
SMITH131.46891.04
WHITTAKER121.355928.63
PARKER101.12995.94
HOLMES101.12999.28
SINGLETON91.016951.46
HALL91.01693.46
TOMLINSON91.016922.05
IRELAND80.904038.95
CROSS70.791011.49
SALISBURY70.791079.64
WILSON70.79101.72
STAFFORD60.678031.86
LUPTON60.678093.75
HARDMAN50.565028.09
SHORROCK50.5650114.68
WILLIAMS50.56500.79
BOSTOCK50.565060.17
HUDSON50.56506.90
KIRKBY50.565099.80
BAMBER50.565073.21
COXON50.565073.96
MAKINSON50.5650197.63
VARLEY40.452032.89
HODGSON40.45206.52
ARMSTRONG40.45205.91
YATES40.45206.58
TOWERS40.452039.02
SHAW40.45202.46
JONES40.45200.40
MARSH40.45206.34
CORLESS40.4520160.64
FAIRCLOUGH40.452043.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMER0.898852909.0909
HESSELTINE0.898851000.0000
STANDEN0.89885641.2826
ARMAND0.89885454.5455
HORNBY0.89885426.5873
LOOSE0.89885340.9091
RONSON0.89885340.9091
GREG0.89885303.0303
SALSBURY0.89885275.8621
WINDER0.89885258.1756
MYERSCOUGH0.89885227.2727
BILSBOROUGH0.89885217.3913
MAKINSON0.89885197.6285
ROGERSON0.89885165.2893
CORLESS0.89885160.6426
HUNTINGTON0.89885116.7315
SHORROCK0.89885114.6789
EDMONSON0.89885105.2632
KIRKBY0.8988599.8004
GILLET0.8988598.0392
LUPTON0.8988593.7500
WHITBREAD0.8988584.9858
SALISBURY0.8988579.6359
BROOKFIELD0.8988578.7402
COXON0.8988573.9645
BAMBER0.8988573.2064
CLARKSON0.8988572.4638
RABY0.8988570.5882
KINNAIRD0.8988564.5161
ALTY0.8988561.7284
GARDNER0.8988561.5846
BOSTOCK0.8988560.1685
PARKINSON0.8988558.8928
ORMOND0.8988553.1915
SINGLETON0.8988551.4580
GARTH0.8988551.0204
HAYES0.8988545.4298
BONNEY0.8988545.0450
WIGNALL0.8988544.2478
FAIRCLOUGH0.8988543.3369
ISLES0.8988541.8410
PRESTON0.8988540.7148
TOWERS0.8988539.0244
IRELAND0.8988538.9484
LAMB0.8988538.5522
BLEASDALE0.8988536.9004
TOWNLEY0.8988535.8423
VARLEY0.8988532.8947
LAWSON0.8988532.5858
TILL0.8988532.1543

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 885 people called ARMER in Cockerham 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 2909.0909 in Cockerham means that 2909.0909% of the people in Cockerham on census day were called ARMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.89 in Cockerham means that you are 0.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMER in Cockerham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cockerham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ABRAM (1)  ALLINSON (4)  ALTY (1)  ARKWRIGHT (8)  ARMAND (1)  ARMER (32)  ARMSTRONG (4)  ATKINSON (1)  BALSHAW (6)  BAMBER (5)  BEESLEY (1)  BILSBOROUGH (2)  BILSBURROW (1)  BIRD (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLAND (3)  BLEASDALE (1)  BOND (3)  BOSSAL (1)  BOSTOCK (5)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRETHERTON (2)  BROCKFIELD (1)  BROOKFIELD (2)  BROCKBANK (6)  BROWN (3)  BONNEY (1)  BURROW (1)  BUTLER (16)  CORLESS (4)  CARTER (2)  CARTMEL (1)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHARNLEY (1)  CLARK (2)  CLARKSON (17)  COOKSON (1)  CORNTHWAITE (1)  COUPE (1)  COWPERTHWAITE (1)  COXON (5)  CROCKELL (10)  CROOK (2)  CROSKELL (6)  CROSS (7)  CRUMBLAND (1)  CURWEN (9)  DAVIES (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  EDMONSON (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (4)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (1)  FOX (1)  GARDNER (37)  GARTH (1)  GELDERT (1)  GILLET (1)  GORST (1)  GREENOPH (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GREG (1)  HALL (9)  HALLIDAY (1)  HAMER (1)  HARDING (1)  HARDMAN (5)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (2)  HAYES (25)  HEYS (1)  HESSELTINE (1)  HESLOP (1)  HODGSON (4)  HOLMES (10)  HOOLE (8)  HORNBY (43)  HAUGHTON (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOYLE (1)  HUDSON (5)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTINGTON (3)  IRELAND (8)  ISLES (1)  JACKSON (3)  JEMSON (5)  JENKINSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOLLYS (5)  JONES (4)  KAY (2)  KILSHAW (8)  KINNAIRD (1)  KIRKBY (5)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMB (18)  LAMBERT (1)  LAYTHAM (5)  LEWTY (10)  LAWSON (17)  LOOSE (3)  LUCAN (1)  LUPTON (6)  LYTHAM (9)  MACKRETH (8)  MACKERITH (4)  MAKINSON (5)  MARSH (4)  MARSHALL (2)  MASHITER (1)  MASON (20)  MILLER (3)  MOORE (1)  MURGATROYD (2)  MYERSCOUGH (3)  NEWBY (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIGHTINGALE (1)  NIXON (3)  ORMOND (1)  PARKER (10)  PARKINSON (25)  PEDDER (1)  PORTER (15)  POSTLETHWAITE (1)  PRESTON (18)  PROCTOR (3)  PYE (1)  RABY (3)  RICHMOND (1)  RILEY (2)  RODWELL (1)  ROGERSON (18)  RONSON (3)  RUSSELL (1)  SALSBURY (4)  SALISBURY (7)  SHORROCK (5)  SHAW (4)  SHENTY (4)  SIMPSON (17)  SINGLETON (9)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (13)  SPENCER (1)  STAFFORD (6)  STANDEN (32)  STIRZAKER (1)  STOREY (1)  SWARBRICK (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNTAM (1)  THORNTON (13)  TILL (2)  TOMLINSON (9)  TOPLEY (3)  TOWERS (4)  TOWNLEY (2)  TROUGHTON (1)  TURNER (2)  TYRER (1)  VARLEY (4)  WALMSLEY (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WAISTELL (1)  WHITTAKER (12)  WHITBREAD (3)  WIGNALL (2)  WILCOK (3)  WILCOCK (4)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLACY (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (7)  WINCHESTER (1)  WINDER (15)  WRIGHT (25)  YATES (4)