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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huncoat, Lancashire

Huncoat 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
PILKINGTON545.8065323.16
SMITH464.94623.50
HAWORTH323.4409163.60
WADE323.440985.98
WHITAKER272.9032102.78
ASHWORTH212.258156.60
HARGREAVES192.043049.02
SINGLETON181.935597.93
RILEY161.720421.75
METCALFE161.720475.37
MARSHALL151.61299.62
WREN141.5054139.03
POLLARD141.505441.29
LOFTHOUSE131.3978187.59
GREENWOOD131.397818.00
PORTER131.397818.63
WEBSTER131.397816.07
CLEGG121.290337.90
NUTTALL121.290351.17
GRIME111.1828225.41
REDMAN111.182889.87
FRANKLAND101.0753145.14
THORNTON101.075321.39
METCALF101.075353.11
BANK101.07531,123.60
WILSON101.07532.34
DICKENSON90.967763.83
CRONSHAW90.9677389.61
WRIGHT90.96773.02
WADDINGTON80.860252.98
BOOTH80.86028.72
MARK80.8602170.94
HORNE80.860239.53
PALMER80.86027.30
LIVESEY80.860287.82
CROSS80.860212.50
THOMPSON80.86022.87
ALTO70.752723,333.33
EDMUNDS70.752757.76
YEOMAN70.7527119.25
BAINES70.752739.30
MARSDEN70.752718.18
GRIMSHAW70.752745.05
CLARK60.64522.15
CUNLIFFE60.645251.81
HELM60.6452144.58
HACKING60.6452136.36
INGHAM60.645225.94
COLDEN60.64526,000.00
ROBINSON60.64522.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALTO0.9393023333.3333
COLDEN0.939306000.0000
SAFT0.939305000.0000
HIGGENBOTTOM0.939302352.9412
BANK0.939301123.5955
MULLING0.939301000.0000
CRONSHAW0.93930389.6104
TANK0.93930344.8276
PILKINGTON0.93930323.1598
GRIME0.93930225.4098
NEWHOUSE0.93930200.0000
LOFTHOUSE0.93930187.5902
MARK0.93930170.9402
HAWORTH0.93930163.5992
FRANKLAND0.93930145.1379
HELM0.93930144.5783
WREN0.93930139.0268
HACKING0.93930136.3636
MARQUIS0.93930124.2236
YEOMAN0.93930119.2504
KEYS0.93930107.9914
WEARING0.93930105.6338
WHITAKER0.93930102.7788
SINGLETON0.9393097.9325
WESTALL0.9393095.6938
ELAND0.9393093.4579
REDMAN0.9393089.8693
LIVESEY0.9393087.8156
WADE0.9393085.9753
METCALFE0.9393075.3650
LUPTON0.9393074.4048
COLDWELL0.9393073.7101
BLOOMER0.9393071.6846
THRELFALL0.9393071.0900
WIGGLESWORTH0.9393065.2174
DICKENSON0.9393063.8298
EDMUNDS0.9393057.7558
ASHWORTH0.9393056.6038
METCALF0.9393053.1067
WADDINGTON0.9393052.9801
CUNLIFFE0.9393051.8135
NUTTALL0.9393051.1727
HARGREAVES0.9393049.0196
MOGG0.9393045.6621
GRIMSHAW0.9393045.0450
PICKUP0.9393041.5973
POLLARD0.9393041.2858
HORNE0.9393039.5257
BAINES0.9393039.3038
CLEGG0.9393037.9027

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 930 people called ALTO in Huncoat 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 23333.3333 in Huncoat means that 23333.3333% of the people in Huncoat on census day were called ALTO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALTO 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 ALTO 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 ALTO 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 ALTO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Huncoat means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALTO in Huncoat than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huncoat in 1881

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

ELAND (1)  ALTO (7)  ASHWORTH (21)  ASPIN (11)  BAINES (7)  BAMFORD (3)  BANKS (3)  BANK (10)  BARROWCLOUGH (1)  BENTLEY (5)  BIRTWISTLE (13)  BLOOMER (2)  BOOTH (8)  BORODLAR (1)  BOWERS (2)  BRAMLEY (1)  BUXTON (2)  CADWELLADER (1)  COLDWELL (3)  CAMPBELL (5)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARK (6)  CLARKE (4)  CLEGG (12)  CLOUGH (1)  COLDEN (6)  COOK (6)  COOKER (1)  COOPER (3)  CORNTHWAITE (9)  CRAWSHAW (1)  CRONSHAW (9)  CROSS (8)  CULSHAM (1)  CUNLIFFE (6)  DAWSON (4)  DEARDEN (1)  DEWHURST (2)  DICKENSON (9)  DICKINSON (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  DUERDEN (2)  EDMONDS (2)  EDMUNDS (7)  FIELDING (3)  FISH (4)  FOSTER (4)  FRANKLAND (10)  GARLICK (1)  JORDAN (3)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (13)  GRIME (11)  GRIMSHAW (7)  HACKING (6)  HARGREAVES (19)  HAWORTH (32)  HEYS (1)  HIRD (2)  HERD (1)  HELM (6)  HESKETH (1)  HIGGENBOTTOM (4)  HINDLE (3)  HODGSON (1)  HORNE (8)  HUDSON (6)  INGHAM (6)  JACKSON (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOABSERSON (1)  JONES (1)  KAY (1)  KEYS (5)  KIRTKBRIGHT (4)  KNOWLES (1)  LEE (1)  LIVESEY (8)  LOFTHOUSE (13)  LUPTON (5)  MARCHBANK (4)  MARQUIS (2)  MARK (8)  MARSDEN (7)  MARSHALL (15)  MARSLAND (1)  MCMILL (1)  METCALFE (16)  METCALF (10)  MOGG (1)  MULLING (1)  NEWHOUSE (2)  NUTTALL (12)  PALMER (8)  PICKUP (5)  PILKINGTON (54)  PILLING (3)  PICKSLEY (1)  POLLARD (14)  PORTER (13)  POTTER (2)  PROUDLOVE (8)  RAWCLIFFE (2)  REDMAN (11)  REDMAYNE (1)  RHODES (2)  RIBCHESTER (11)  RIDEHALGH (5)  RILEY (16)  ROBINSON (6)  ROOK (1)  SAFT (1)  SALISBURY (1)  SAVILL (3)  SINGLETON (18)  SMITH (46)  STEEL (5)  SUDALL (5)  SUTCLIFFE (5)  TANK (1)  TATTERSALL (3)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (8)  THORNTON (10)  THRELFALL (3)  TOPHAM (1)  TURNER (5)  WADDINGTON (8)  WADE (32)  WALKER (5)  WALMESLEY (7)  WILSHAW (1)  WARD (6)  WAREING (2)  WEARING (3)  WEBSTER (13)  WESTALL (2)  WHITAKER (27)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WHITHAM (1)  WIGGLESWORTH (3)  WILSON (10)  WREN (14)  WRIGHT (9)  YATES (5)  YEOMAN (7)