Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cuerdon, Lancashire

Cuerdon 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
HOWARTH172.961761.64
LONGWORTH172.9617463.22
CLARKSON152.613298.55
BENNETT132.264813.78
SAUL132.2648443.69
GORE111.9164169.75
LIVESEY111.9164195.73
ROBINSON111.91646.01
PRESCOTT111.9164135.80
BONNEY101.7422694.44
HEYWOOD91.567978.81
YATES91.567922.81
ASHCROFT91.5679117.19
SMITH91.56791.11
WEAVER81.393753.58
WAREING81.3937215.05
HAYDOCK81.3937441.99
CLAYTON81.393725.63
HARRISON71.21955.49
LOMAX71.219586.42
CHAPMAN71.21958.59
HIGHAM71.2195119.66
MILLER61.04535.84
WATERHOUSE61.045368.57
PARK61.045333.73
KNOWLES61.045319.58
BAINES61.045354.60
WILDING61.045388.89
MARTIN61.04534.24
BLACKBURN61.045327.73
CARR61.045314.49
DICKINSON50.871120.40
SLATER50.871114.39
HOPWOOD50.871176.45
CAVANAGH50.8711115.47
BRADLEY50.871110.85
GREGSON50.871162.97
CLIFFE50.8711138.89
SIMMONDS50.871132.62
HOLMES50.87117.15
BOLTON50.871120.23
PARKINSON50.871118.16
SUMNER50.871153.82
PARKER50.87114.58
TURNER50.87113.13
HALL40.69692.37
TAYLOR40.69691.09
KELLETT40.696980.16
ROBERTS40.69691.85
HARDACRE40.6969294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BONNEY0.57574694.4444
LONGWORTH0.57574463.2153
SAUL0.57574443.6860
HAYDOCK0.57574441.9890
POTE0.57574384.6154
HARDACRE0.57574294.1176
WAREING0.57574215.0538
LIVESEY0.57574195.7295
GORE0.57574169.7531
DITCHFIELD0.57574153.0612
CLIFFE0.57574138.8889
PRESCOTT0.57574135.8025
HIGHAM0.57574119.6581
MAYOR0.57574119.5219
ASHCROFT0.57574117.1875
CAVANAGH0.57574115.4734
SHORROCK0.57574106.0071
BAXENDALE0.57574102.7397
EASTHAM0.57574102.3891
CLARKSON0.5757498.5545
BOWLING0.5757494.3396
LOYD0.5757488.8889
WILDING0.5757488.8889
LOMAX0.5757486.4198
BARFIELD0.5757486.2069
KELLETT0.5757480.1603
HEYWOOD0.5757478.8091
HOPWOOD0.5757476.4526
TWIST0.5757470.4225
WATERHOUSE0.5757468.5714
COCKER0.5757463.6943
GREGSON0.5757462.9723
CORLESS0.5757461.7284
HOWARTH0.5757461.6389
BAINES0.5757454.5951
SUMNER0.5757453.8213
WEAVER0.5757453.5834
STOKER0.5757451.4139
BRINDLE0.5757448.5437
ORRELL0.5757446.7290
AGAR0.5757445.2489
SIMM0.5757445.0450
HINDLE0.5757437.1747
CHEETHAM0.5757433.7838
PARK0.5757433.7268
SIMMONDS0.5757432.6158
WAKEFIELD0.5757429.1829
BLACKBURN0.5757427.7264
CLAYTON0.5757425.6328
YATES0.5757422.8137

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 574 people called BONNEY in Cuerdon 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 694.4444 in Cuerdon means that 694.4444% of the people in Cuerdon on census day were called BONNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BONNEY 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 BONNEY 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 BONNEY 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 BONNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Cuerdon means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BONNEY in Cuerdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cuerdon in 1881

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

AGAR (1)  ALTHAM (7)  ASHCROFT (9)  BAINES (6)  BAMBER (1)  BARFIELD (1)  BAXENDALE (3)  BALLES (1)  BEARDWOOD (4)  BEER (1)  BENNETT (13)  BLACKBURN (6)  BOLTON (5)  BOWLING (2)  BRADLEY (5)  BRADSHAW (2)  BREATHERTON (3)  BRINDLE (2)  BURROWS ((BROWN)) (2)  BONNEY (10)  CANNON (1)  CORLESS (1)  CARR (6)  CARTER (1)  CATHERALL (4)  CAVANAGH (5)  CHAPMAN (7)  CHEETHAM (3)  CLARKSON (15)  CLAYTON (8)  CLIFFE (5)  CLITHEROE (3)  COCKER (3)  COULTON (4)  CREEN (1)  CULSHAW (1)  DAWSON (3)  DICKINSON (5)  DITCHFIELD (3)  DOBINSON (1)  EASTHAM (3)  FAZAKERLEY (6)  FENTON (1)  FOSTER (3)  GARSTANG (9)  GERRARD (1)  GILES (3)  GIRLINGTON (1)  GLOVER (1)  GORE (11)  GRAY (1)  GREGSON (5)  HAYDOCK (8)  HALL (4)  HARDACRE (4)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (7)  HEYWOOD (9)  HIGHAM (7)  HILL (1)  HINDLE (3)  HODSON (2)  HOLMES (5)  HOPWOOD (5)  HOUGH (2)  HOGTON (1)  HOWARTH (17)  HOWCROFT (6)  HOYLE (1)  HURST (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (2)  KELLETT (4)  KNOWLES (6)  LANCASTER (1)  LEE (1)  LIVESEY (11)  LOYD (2)  LOMAX (7)  LONGWORTH (17)  MARGINSON (1)  MARTIN (6)  MAYMAN (6)  MILLER (6)  MAYOR (3)  NELSON (1)  NIXON (1)  OGDEN (2)  ORRELL (1)  PARK (6)  PARKER (5)  PARKINSON (5)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (3)  PENNY (1)  PLUMTREE (7)  POTE (1)  PRESCOTT (11)  RICHARDSON (2)  RILEY (2)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (11)  ROSTRON (13)  SAUL (13)  SHARPLES (1)  SHORROCK (3)  SHIPESLEY (1)  SIMMONDS (5)  SIMM (1)  SKIT (1)  SLATER (5)  SMITH (9)  SOCKETT (7)  STANTON (1)  STOKER (2)  SUMNER (5)  SWINDLES (3)  TAYLOR (4)  TIMSTALL (2)  TRUOSER (1)  TURNER (5)  TWIST (2)  ULTING (5)  WAKEFIELD (3)  WALMSLEY (1)  WAREING (8)  WATERHOUSE (6)  WATSON (1)  WEAVER (8)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WILDING (6)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (2)  WOODCRUFFE (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (9)