Top surnames from the 1881 census in Higham With West Close, Lancashire

Higham With West Close 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
STARKIE506.65782,083.33
HARGREAVES364.7936115.02
WILMORE354.66053,723.40
ROBERTS263.46219.20
HARTLEY253.328953.11
TATTERSALL222.9294210.93
JACKSON222.929410.48
DUCKWORTH192.5300130.85
WILKINSON182.396815.71
ORMEROD162.1305266.22
SAGAR162.1305524.59
BOOTHMAN151.9973520.83
HAWORTH131.731082.28
PATE131.7310418.01
DYSON111.464745.23
SPEAK111.4647421.46
GREEN91.19844.26
INGHAM91.198448.18
HOLMES91.19849.84
BLACKBURN81.065228.26
WILSON81.06522.32
SCHOFIELD81.065219.65
KENYON70.932144.64
COOK70.93214.69
SMITH70.93210.66
COOKE70.932116.89
CAMPBELL60.79894.72
FLYNN60.798941.75
BINNS60.798948.19
WEST60.79898.30
DEAN60.798911.51
GREENWOOD60.798910.29
HORN50.665829.31
MONK50.665831.69
SPENCER50.66587.29
CRYER50.6658121.07
VARLEY50.665848.45
WINNEY50.6658819.67
POMFRET50.6658193.80
LONSDALE50.665880.26
GILL50.66589.41
WINDLE50.6658117.37
PROCTOR50.665827.09
EARNSHAW40.532643.06
ASHWORTH40.532613.35
DOWDEN40.5326243.90
STOTT40.532617.05
GRIMSHAW40.532631.87
BROWN40.53260.81
CRAWSHAW40.532668.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILMORE0.757513723.4043
STARKIE0.757512083.3333
WINNEY0.75751819.6721
DEA0.75751588.2353
SAGAR0.75751524.5902
BOOTHMAN0.75751520.8333
SPEAK0.75751421.4559
PATE0.75751418.0064
ORMEROD0.75751266.2230
DOWDEN0.75751243.9024
TATTERSALL0.75751210.9300
POMFRET0.75751193.7984
DUCKWORTH0.75751130.8540
CRYER0.75751121.0654
TOWLER0.75751119.4030
WINDLE0.75751117.3709
HARGREAVES0.75751115.0160
TILLOTSON0.75751103.4483
BEAR0.75751100.5025
HAWORTH0.7575182.2785
LONSDALE0.7575180.2568
DITCHFIELD0.7575177.8210
CRAWSHAW0.7575168.4932
HOGARTH0.7575160.4839
HORSFIELD0.7575159.5238
HARTLEY0.7575153.1124
VARLEY0.7575148.4496
BINNS0.7575148.1928
INGHAM0.7575148.1799
DYSON0.7575145.2303
KENYON0.7575144.6429
EARNSHAW0.7575143.0571
FLYNN0.7575141.7537
CALDERWOOD0.7575137.0370
LUSH0.7575133.2226
GRIMSHAW0.7575131.8725
WATERSON0.7575131.8471
MONK0.7575131.6857
PROUDFOOT0.7575130.4878
HORN0.7575129.3083
BLACKBURN0.7575128.2586
PROCTOR0.7575127.0856
ROE0.7575120.5058
SCHOFIELD0.7575119.6512
WAITE0.7575119.2431
OGDEN0.7575118.8413
NUTTER0.7575117.4825
SELLERS0.7575117.3010
STOTT0.7575117.0503
COOKE0.7575116.8919

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 751 people called WILMORE in Higham With West Close 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 3723.4043 in Higham With West Close means that 3723.4043% of the people in Higham With West Close on census day were called WILMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILMORE 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 WILMORE 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 WILMORE 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 WILMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Higham With West Close means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILMORE in Higham With West Close than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Higham With West Close in 1881

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

ASHWORTH (4)  BARROWCLOUGH (11)  BEAR (2)  BINNS (6)  BLACKBURN (8)  BOWMAN (1)  BRADSHAW (2)  BROWN (4)  BULCOCK (8)  BURTON (3)  BUTTERWORTH (2)  CALDERBANK (6)  CALDERWOOD (1)  CAMPBELL (6)  CAPSTICK (9)  CARR (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEGG (1)  COATES (1)  COOKE (7)  COOK (7)  CRAWSHAW (4)  CRYER (5)  CUNCLIFFE (5)  DEA (1)  DEAN (6)  DEARDEN (1)  DERRAN (1)  DEWHURST (1)  DITCHFIELD (2)  DOWDEN (4)  DUCKWORTH (19)  DYSON (11)  EARNSHAW (4)  EDGE (1)  ELLICE (1)  FLYNN (6)  FOLDYS (3)  GIBBON (1)  GILL (5)  MC GOWAN (5)  GREEN (9)  GREENWOOD (6)  GRIMSHAW (4)  GUNSON (1)  HARGREAVES (36)  HARTLEY (25)  HEYWORTH (4)  HAWORTH (13)  HAYTHORNTHWAITE (18)  HILL (1)  HOGARTH (3)  HOLMES (9)  HORN (5)  HORSFIELD (3)  INGHAM (9)  JACKSON (22)  KAY (2)  KENYON (7)  KERSHAW (1)  BOOTHMAN (15)  LONSDALE (5)  LUSH (1)  MALLISON (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MAUDSLEY (2)  METCALF (1)  MONK (5)  MOSS (1)  NUTTAL (4)  NUTTER (1)  OGDEN (4)  ORMEROD (16)  PARKER (3)  PATE (13)  PHILLIPS (2)  PILKINGTON (1)  POLLARD (4)  POMFRET (5)  PRESTON (3)  PROCTOR (5)  PROUDFOOT (1)  ROBERTS (26)  ROBINSON (2)  ROE (3)  SCHOFIELD (8)  SAGAR (16)  SELLERS (1)  SMITH (7)  SPEAK (11)  SPENCER (5)  STANWORTH (23)  STARKIE (50)  STOTT (4)  STUTTARD (2)  SWINDLEHURST (6)  TATTERSALL (22)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNBER (4)  TILLOTSON (3)  TOMLINSON (4)  TOWLER (4)  TROWSDALE (1)  VARLEY (5)  VEEVER (1)  WALKDEN (2)  WALKER (1)  WALSH (1)  WATERSON (1)  WEST (6)  WHITTAM (4)  WILKINSON (18)  WILMORE (35)  WILLS (1)  WILSON (8)  WINDLE (5)  WINNEY (5)  WRIGHT (3)  WAITE (3)