Top surnames from the 1881 census in Howick, Lancashire

Howick 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
PARKINSON1117.7419370.37
FISHER58.064568.87
SERGEANT58.06451,666.67
HOLMES58.064566.23
STOCK34.8387389.61
ECCLES34.8387303.03
BLACKBURN23.225885.47
HILTON23.225893.90
LEATHER23.2258476.19
HIGHAM23.2258317.46
ROBINSON23.225810.12
LINGARD11.6129256.41
AINSCOUGH11.6129588.24
CLEGG11.612947.39
BIRKETT11.6129166.67
BROOKS11.612916.50
PARKER11.61298.48
BAILEY11.612910.71
HARKNESS11.6129285.71
WORTHINGTON11.612980.65
DALEY11.6129136.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SERGEANT0.06621666.6667
AINSCOUGH0.0662588.2353
LEATHER0.0662476.1905
STOCK0.0662389.6104
PARKINSON0.0662370.3704
HIGHAM0.0662317.4603
ECCLES0.0662303.0303
HARKNESS0.0662285.7143
LINGARD0.0662256.4103
BIRKETT0.0662166.6667
DALEY0.0662136.9863
HILTON0.066293.8967
BLACKBURN0.066285.4701
WORTHINGTON0.066280.6452
FISHER0.066268.8705
HOLMES0.066266.2252
CLEGG0.066247.3934
BROOKS0.066216.5017
BAILEY0.066210.7066
ROBINSON0.066210.1163
PARKER0.06628.4818

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 62 people called SERGEANT in Howick 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 1666.6667 in Howick means that 1666.6667% of the people in Howick on census day were called SERGEANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT 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 SERGEANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Howick means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SERGEANT in Howick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Howick in 1881

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

AINSCOUGH (1)  BAILEY (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLACKBURN (2)  BROOKS (1)  CLEGG (1)  DALEY (1)  ECCLES (3)  FISHER (5)  HARKNESS (1)  HIGHAM (2)  HILTON (2)  HOLMES (5)  HOWCROFT (2)  LEATHER (2)  LINGARD (1)  PARKER (1)  PARKINSON (11)  RAWCLIFFE (5)  ROBINSON (2)  SERGEANT (5)  STOCK (3)  WALKDEN (1)  WADDECAR (2)  WORTHINGTON (1)