Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cronton, Lancashire

Cronton 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
GLOVER6213.2479310.78
HOUGHTON306.4103183.49
LEATHER224.7009687.50
TAYLOR214.48727.02
SMITH153.20512.27
ATHERTON112.3504130.80
IRELAND112.3504101.29
HODGKINSON112.3504136.82
RIGBY112.350481.00
LOWE112.350431.36
ROBINSON102.13686.70
WAREING91.9231297.03
WRIGHT81.70945.33
SPARKS71.495799.01
MERRICK61.2821172.91
FRANCE61.282184.27
RADLEY61.2821222.22
CARRICK51.0684148.37
OLDFIELD51.068464.68
RIDING51.0684158.73
ALMOND51.068486.21
WORRALL40.854767.23
ABBOTT40.854719.38
WILKINSON40.85475.60
HARLOW40.8547156.25
MANIFOLD40.8547784.31
KNOWLES40.854716.01
COOK40.85474.30
CRITCHLEY30.641071.94
WILCOCK30.641045.05
ROTHERHAM30.6410319.15
HAMLIN30.6410220.59
RIMMER30.641040.16
MADDOCK30.641070.09
BRIDGE30.641031.65
HARRISON20.42741.93
BRADSHAW20.427410.41
BENTLEY20.427410.10
ROBERTS20.42741.14
BALDWIN20.427410.03
FALKNER20.4274125.79
LONGTON20.4274303.03
DONALDSON20.427414.98
BOOTH20.42744.33
PALMER20.42743.63
MERCER20.427416.29
COWLEY20.427423.23
WATKIN20.427448.78
HENSHAW10.213725.06
QUINN10.213711.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESCH0.474685000.0000
BUROW0.474683333.3333
MANIFOLD0.47468784.3137
LEATHER0.47468687.5000
ROTHERHAM0.47468319.1489
GLOVER0.47468310.7769
LONGTON0.47468303.0303
WAREING0.47468297.0297
CORN0.47468285.7143
COAKLEY0.47468263.1579
RADLEY0.47468222.2222
HAMLIN0.47468220.5882
SPENSER0.47468217.3913
HOUGHTON0.47468183.4862
MERRICK0.47468172.9107
EDWARDSON0.47468172.4138
RIDING0.47468158.7302
HARLOW0.47468156.2500
CARRICK0.47468148.3680
HODGKINSON0.47468136.8159
ATHERTON0.47468130.7967
FALKNER0.47468125.7862
IRELAND0.47468101.2891
SPARKS0.4746899.0099
DUCKER0.4746890.9091
ALMOND0.4746886.2069
FRANCE0.4746884.2697
RIGBY0.4746881.0015
CRITCHLEY0.4746871.9424
MADDOCK0.4746870.0935
WORRALL0.4746867.2269
OLDFIELD0.4746864.6831
HEAPS0.4746849.0196
WATKIN0.4746848.7805
WILCOCK0.4746845.0450
COYNE0.4746840.3226
RIMMER0.4746840.1606
BRIDGE0.4746831.6456
DARLINGTON0.4746831.4465
LOWE0.4746831.3569
BAGLEY0.4746828.9017
HEWSON0.4746826.1780
HENSHAW0.4746825.0627
COWLEY0.4746823.2288
SOUTHERN0.4746823.1481
QUIN0.4746819.9601
ABBOTT0.4746819.3798
MERCER0.4746816.2866
KNOWLES0.4746816.0064
DONALDSON0.4746814.9813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 468 people called BESCH in Cronton 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 5000.0000 in Cronton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Cronton on census day were called BESCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESCH 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 BESCH 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 BESCH 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 BESCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Cronton means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESCH in Cronton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cronton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (4)  ALLENS (1)  ALMOND (5)  APPLETON (1)  ATHERTON (11)  BAGLEY (1)  BALDWIN (2)  BAR... (5)  BATE (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BESCH (1)  BOOTH (2)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRIDGE (3)  BRONULOW (1)  BARROW (1)  BUROW (1)  CARRICK (5)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  COAKLEY (1)  CONNOR (1)  COOK (4)  CORN (1)  COWLEY (2)  COYNE (1)  CRITCHLEY (3)  CRITETILEY (1)  DARLINGTON (1)  DAVIS (1)  DICKENSON (1)  DIVERRYHOUSE (2)  DODD (1)  DONALDSON (2)  DUCKER (1)  DINNELL (1)  EDWARDSON (1)  FALKNER (2)  FISHER (1)  FRANCE (6)  GLOVER (62)  GLOVERS (1)  HALL (1)  HAMBLETTE (2)  HAMLIN (3)  HANCKEL (6)  HARLOW (4)  HARPER (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (2)  HATTON (1)  HEAPS (1)  HENSHAW (1)  HESKETTS (9)  HEWSON (1)  HILL (1)  HISKETTE (1)  HODGKINSON (11)  HOUGHTON (30)  HOWARD (1)  IRELAND (11)  JONES (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KERSHAW (1)  KILVINGTON (2)  KNOWLES (4)  LOUGTON (7)  LEATHER (22)  LEE (1)  LONGTON (2)  LOUGRIL (1)  LOWE (11)  MADDOCK (3)  MANIFOLD (4)  MERCER (2)  MERRICK (6)  NOCTURN (1)  OLDFIELD (5)  PALMER (2)  PICKERING (1)  PLATT (1)  PYE (1)  QUINN (1)  QUIN (1)  RIDING (5)  RADLEY (6)  RIGBY (11)  RIMMER (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (10)  ROTHERHAM (3)  RYLANCE (12)  CHARROCK (3)  SMITH (15)  SOUTHERN (1)  SPARKS (7)  SPENSER (1)  STEIMAN (1)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (21)  TOMLINSON (1)  TRAPWELL (3)  VICKERSTAFF (6)  VINNET (1)  WALTON (1)  WARBUTON (2)  WAREING (9)  WATKIN (2)  WEBB (1)  WELSH (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WILCOCK (3)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOODS (1)  WADHAM (1)  WORRALL (4)  WRIGHT (8)