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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Eccleston, Lancashire

Great Eccleston 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
TOMLINSON274.292593.07
HALL253.974613.51
PARKINSON193.020762.98
WHITESIDE132.0668259.48
CLARKSON132.066877.94
RABY121.9078397.35
HOUGHTON111.748850.05
MILLER111.74889.77
HUTCHINSON91.430825.19
ISLES81.2719470.59
DOBSON81.271928.83
SMITH81.27190.90
GREGSON81.271991.95
SEED71.1129154.19
ROBINSON71.11293.49
WARD71.11295.09
DILLON71.1129112.54
CUTLER71.112989.40
THOMASON71.1129190.74
HELM60.9539213.52
HODGKINSON60.953955.50
WARING60.953975.95
GRIMES60.953982.53
HOGARTH60.9539144.58
RAWLINSON60.953980.00
ATKINSON50.79498.16
PORTER50.794910.59
BLACKBURN50.794921.09
BAMBER50.7949103.09
BURROWS50.794918.16
BOWCOCK50.7949617.28
CHRISTOPHER50.7949135.14
SHORROCK50.7949161.29
HARRISON50.79493.58
WHITTINGHAM50.7949105.71
COLLINSON50.794967.75
SLATER50.794913.13
HARDMAN40.635931.62
TURNER40.63592.28
METCALF40.635931.40
CROSS40.63599.24
SALISBURY40.635964.00
PARK40.635920.51
HORNBY40.635955.87
CRAGG40.6359100.25
RICHARDSON40.63593.74
HODGSON40.63599.18
GALLAGHER40.635941.84
FISHER30.47694.08
JACKSON30.47691.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOWCOCK0.63629617.2840
ISLES0.63629470.5882
HOLLINGHURST0.63629416.6667
RABY0.63629397.3510
GALAGHER0.63629357.1429
WHITESIDE0.63629259.4810
HELM0.63629213.5231
THOMASON0.63629190.7357
NOBLETT0.63629166.6667
SHORROCK0.63629161.2903
SEED0.63629154.1850
HOGARTH0.63629144.5783
DANSON0.63629141.8440
CHRISTOPHER0.63629135.1351
DILLON0.63629112.5402
WHITTINGHAM0.63629105.7082
BAMBER0.63629103.0928
GROOME0.63629101.0101
CRAGG0.63629100.2506
TOMLINSON0.6362993.0714
GREGSON0.6362991.9540
HALSALL0.6362990.6344
CUTLER0.6362989.3997
GRIMES0.6362982.5309
RAWLINSON0.6362980.0000
CLARKSON0.6362977.9376
WARING0.6362975.9494
COLLINSON0.6362967.7507
SALISBURY0.6362964.0000
PARKINSON0.6362962.9765
HORNBY0.6362955.8659
HODGKINSON0.6362955.5042
BLEASDALE0.6362951.8135
LEEMING0.6362951.2821
HOUGHTON0.6362950.0455
GALLAGHER0.6362941.8410
TOWERS0.6362941.1523
FOY0.6362938.5356
THRELFALL0.6362935.0877
HARDMAN0.6362931.6206
METCALF0.6362931.3972
DOBSON0.6362928.8288
HUTCHINSON0.6362925.1889
WORTHINGTON0.6362923.7906
HINDLE0.6362922.6244
BATTERSBY0.6362922.5225
ETHERINGTON0.6362921.0970
BLACKBURN0.6362921.0881
PARK0.6362920.5128
BURROWS0.6362918.1620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 629 people called BOWCOCK in Great Eccleston 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 617.2840 in Great Eccleston means that 617.2840% of the people in Great Eccleston on census day were called BOWCOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOWCOCK 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 BOWCOCK 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 BOWCOCK 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 BOWCOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Great Eccleston means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOWCOCK in Great Eccleston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Eccleston in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARCHER (3)  ASHTON (2)  ATKINSON (5)  BACKHOUSE (10)  BALLARD (1)  BAMBER (5)  BATTERSBY (1)  BENNETT (1)  BILSBORROW (4)  BLACKBURN (5)  BLACOE (2)  BLACRO (2)  BLEASDALE (1)  BLEZARD (1)  BOWCOCK (5)  BRADLEY (1)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRETHERTON (1)  BURROWS (5)  BUTLER (3)  CATTERALL (1)  CHRISTOPHER (5)  CLARKSON (13)  CLOUDSDALE (1)  COLLINSON (5)  CRAGG (4)  CROMBLEHOLME (11)  CROOKALL (3)  CROSS (4)  CURWEN (3)  CUSKER (2)  CUTLER (7)  DANSON (2)  DAVIES (3)  DILLON (7)  DOBSON (8)  DRAPER (1)  DUNDERDALE (5)  ETHERINGTON (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (1)  FISHER (3)  FOY (2)  GALLAGHER (4)  GALAGHER (1)  GARDNER (1)  GORNALL (7)  GRAVESTONE (1)  GREENWOOD (3)  GREGSON (8)  GRIMES (6)  GROOME (1)  HALL (25)  HALSALL (3)  HARDMAN (4)  HARRISON (5)  HEATON (1)  HELM (6)  HINDLE (2)  HINSHELWOOD (3)  HODGKINSON (6)  HODGSON (4)  HOGARTH (6)  HOLLINGHURST (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORNBY (4)  HOUGHTON (11)  HUTCHINSON (9)  ISLES (8)  JACKSON (3)  KENYON (1)  LAKELAND (1)  LANGTREE (1)  LEE (1)  LEEMING (2)  LORD (1)  MC ELROY (1)  METCALF (4)  MILLER (11)  MORAN (2)  NICHOLLS (2)  NOBLETT (1)  PARK (4)  PARKER (3)  PARKINSON (19)  PAKES (6)  PHIPPS (1)  PORTER (5)  PROCTOR (1)  RABY (12)  RAWCLIFFE (2)  RAWLINSON (6)  REDMAN (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINS (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROSKELL (1)  ROE (2)  ROSSALL (70)  SALISBURY (4)  SALTHOUSE (9)  SEED (7)  SHORROCK (5)  SHERDLEY (5)  SINGLETON (2)  SKINGSLEY (1)  SLATER (5)  SMITH (8)  SOWERBUTTS (1)  STURZAKER (3)  STIRZAKER (3)  SUALAM (WHITTINGHAM) (2)  SWARBRICK (18)  SWIFT (1)  THOMASON (7)  THORNTON (1)  THRELFALL (1)  TOMLINSON (27)  TOWERS (3)  TURNER (4)  TYSON (1)  VALIANT (1)  WALKER (2)  WALMSLEY (1)  WARD (7)  WARING (6)  WELLS (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITESIDE (13)  WHITTINGHAM (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (3)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WORTHINGTON (3)