Top surnames from the 1881 census in Haighton, Lancashire

Haighton 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
ROBINSON136.046518.96
SHARPLES125.5814319.15
BILLINGTON115.1163470.09
WALMSLEY104.6512224.72
PYE94.1860280.37
ADAMSON83.7209140.60
PLATT83.7209140.60
DICKINSON83.720987.15
GARDNER73.255847.98
ANDERTON52.3256196.08
WAREING52.3256359.71
SHENTON52.3256362.32
LOFTHOUSE52.3256312.50
PARKER52.325612.23
SINGLETON52.3256117.65
WATSON41.86058.02
MOLYNEUX41.8605243.90
SALISBURY41.8605186.92
BAMBER41.8605240.96
KAY41.860535.81
ROBERTS41.86054.95
ROWE31.395324.57
HAYES31.395322.44
WRIGLEY31.3953110.29
RUSHTON31.395367.72
AKERS31.3953288.46
EASTHAM20.9302181.82
SHORROCK20.9302188.68
KELLETT20.9302106.95
SMITH20.93020.66
CARR20.930212.89
BOLTON20.930221.60
TEMPEST10.4651100.00
CROFT10.465119.69
MAKIN10.465154.05
ALSTON10.465171.43
DUTTON10.465120.53
METCALF10.465122.99
WILSON10.46511.01
FORREST10.465118.05
MELLING10.465175.19
KENYON10.465122.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BILLINGTON0.22215470.0855
SHENTON0.22215362.3188
WAREING0.22215359.7122
SHARPLES0.22215319.1489
LOFTHOUSE0.22215312.5000
AKERS0.22215288.4615
PYE0.22215280.3738
MOLYNEUX0.22215243.9024
BAMBER0.22215240.9639
WALMSLEY0.22215224.7191
ANDERTON0.22215196.0784
SHORROCK0.22215188.6792
SALISBURY0.22215186.9159
EASTHAM0.22215181.8182
ADAMSON0.22215140.5975
PLATT0.22215140.5975
SINGLETON0.22215117.6471
WRIGLEY0.22215110.2941
KELLETT0.22215106.9519
TEMPEST0.22215100.0000
DICKINSON0.2221587.1460
MELLING0.2221575.1880
ALSTON0.2221571.4286
RUSHTON0.2221567.7201
MAKIN0.2221554.0541
GARDNER0.2221547.9781
KAY0.2221535.8102
ROWE0.2221524.5700
METCALF0.2221522.9885
HAYES0.2221522.4383
KENYON0.2221522.2717
BOLTON0.2221521.5983
DUTTON0.2221520.5339
CROFT0.2221519.6850
ROBINSON0.2221518.9643
FORREST0.2221518.0505
CARR0.2221512.8949
PARKER0.2221512.2279
WATSON0.222158.0209
ROBERTS0.222154.9450
WILSON0.222151.0128
SMITH0.222150.6588

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 215 people called BILLINGTON in Haighton 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 470.0855 in Haighton means that 470.0855% of the people in Haighton on census day were called BILLINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BILLINGTON 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 BILLINGTON 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 BILLINGTON 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 BILLINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Haighton means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BILLINGTON in Haighton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Haighton in 1881

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

ADAMSON (8)  AKERS (3)  ALSTON (1)  ANDERTON (5)  ASTELL (1)  BAMBER (4)  BILLINGTON (11)  BOLTON (2)  CARR (2)  CORBISHLEY (5)  CROFT (1)  CUMPSTEY (4)  DICKINSON (8)  DUTTON (1)  EASTHAM (2)  FORREST (1)  GARDNER (7)  HAYES (3)  HOTHERSALL (1)  HUBBERSTEY (6)  KAY (4)  KELLETT (2)  KENYON (1)  LEECE (11)  LOFTHOUSE (5)  MAKIN (1)  MELLING (1)  METCALF (1)  MOLYNEUX (4)  PARKER (5)  PLATT (8)  PYE (9)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (13)  ROWE (3)  RUSHTON (3)  SALISBURY (4)  SANDHAM (6)  SHARPLES (12)  SHORROCK (2)  SHENTON (5)  SIDGRAVES (1)  SINGLETON (5)  SMITH (2)  SWARBRICK (1)  TABERNER (1)  TAMNEY (1)  TEMPEST (1)  WALMSLEY (10)  WAREING (5)  WATSON (4)  WILSON (1)  WRIGLEY (3)