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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lower Holker, Lancashire

Lower Holker 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
BURROW375.5723811.40
WILSON334.969910.82
BUTLER284.216943.25
MARTIN213.162712.84
ROBINSON192.86148.97
SHOW182.71089,473.68
DICKINSON162.409656.42
BENSON152.259083.33
HARTLEY142.108433.64
WEBSTER121.807220.78
CLARK111.65665.51
JACKSON111.65665.93
MOORE111.65668.28
BUTTLER111.6566547.26
HILL101.50605.91
HADWIN101.50601,351.35
WRIGHT101.50604.69
THOMPSON101.50605.03
MILES91.355422.97
HUTTON91.355445.39
HODGSON91.355419.56
LAMBERT91.355424.83
BURNS81.204817.95
JOHNSON81.20483.59
LAWRENCE81.204818.55
HARRISON81.20485.43
DAVIS71.05424.80
PARKER71.05425.54
FELL71.054275.03
STEPHENSON71.054218.43
WALLBANK60.9036291.26
BAXTER60.903615.16
PARRINGTON60.9036681.82
CROW60.903659.88
BLAND60.903643.57
INMAN50.7530110.62
HALL50.75302.56
WILLSON50.753067.11
BRADLEY50.75309.38
WOOD50.75302.36
HINDLE50.753053.59
KILBY40.6024106.95
HOLIDAY40.6024215.05
SYMONS40.602443.81
ATKINSON40.60246.19
HOLDEN40.602411.00
CATON40.6024125.79
PAGE30.45185.65
SEFTON30.4518137.61
COOPER30.45181.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHOW0.666649473.6842
HADWIN0.666641351.3514
CREARY0.666641250.0000
CROSDALE0.666641250.0000
BURROW0.66664811.4035
PENINGTON0.66664714.2857
PARRINGTON0.66664681.8182
BUTTLER0.66664547.2637
WALLBANK0.66664291.2621
HOLIDAY0.66664215.0538
WOODBURN0.66664142.8571
EDMONSON0.66664140.8451
SEFTON0.66664137.6147
CATON0.66664125.7862
INMAN0.66664110.6195
KILBY0.66664106.9519
MATTINSON0.6666484.7458
BENSON0.6666483.3333
ARMISTEAD0.6666480.6452
FELL0.6666475.0268
LISHMAN0.6666473.5294
BARNS0.6666470.0935
WILLSON0.6666467.1141
CROW0.6666459.8802
DAWS0.6666458.9971
DICKINSON0.6666456.4175
HINDLE0.6666453.5906
HUTTON0.6666445.3858
SYMONS0.6666443.8116
BLAND0.6666443.5730
BUTLER0.6666443.2499
KENDAL0.6666438.6100
FURNESS0.6666437.7358
TOWNSON0.6666435.8423
HARTLEY0.6666433.6377
LAMBERT0.6666424.8344
MILES0.6666422.9709
HOGARTH0.6666422.8311
BENNET0.6666421.8103
BAINBRIDGE0.6666421.4362
WEBSTER0.6666420.7792
HODGSON0.6666419.5567
STOCKDALE0.6666419.3424
LAWRENCE0.6666418.5529
STEPHENSON0.6666418.4259
BURNS0.6666417.9453
TEASDALE0.6666417.7620
TOMLIN0.6666416.8350
SHEPHARD0.6666415.6986
BAXTER0.6666415.1630

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 664 people called SHOW in Lower Holker 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 9473.6842 in Lower Holker means that 9473.6842% of the people in Lower Holker on census day were called SHOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHOW 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 SHOW 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 SHOW 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 SHOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Lower Holker means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHOW in Lower Holker than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lower Holker in 1881

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

AIREY (2)  ALLEN (1)  ARMISTEAD (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASKEW (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BANKS (1)  BARNS (3)  BATERSBY (2)  BAXTER (6)  BELL (1)  BENNET (2)  BENSON (15)  BLAND (6)  BLAND (BUTLER) (2)  BOWERBANK (1)  BOWNESS (3)  BOUSKELL (1)  BOUSKILL (8)  BRADLEY (5)  BRYNING (1)  BURNS (8)  BURROW (37)  BUTTLER (11)  BUTLER (28)  DICKINSON (BUTLER) (4)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARTER (2)  CATON (4)  CLARK (11)  CLEMENSON (HOLMES) (8)  COOPER (3)  CORNTHWAITE (5)  COWARD (1)  COUPERTHWAITE (10)  CROSDALE (2)  CROW (6)  DACRE (7)  DAVIS (7)  DAWS (2)  DICKINSON (16)  DIVIS (1)  DIXON (1)  DRINKHALL (6)  EDMONSON (1)  EYRE (1)  PHAROAH (1)  FELL (7)  FOX (3)  FURNESS (2)  GARDENR (1)  GRAVESON (4)  GREENWOOD (1)  HADATH (1)  HADWIN (10)  HALL (5)  HOLIDAY (4)  HARRISON (8)  HARTLEY (14)  HARVEY (1)  HELME (2)  HENDERSON (1)  HILL (10)  HINDLE (5)  HODGSON (9)  HOGGARTH (2)  HOGARTH (1)  HOLDEN (4)  HOLMES (2)  HUDELSTONE (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUTTON (9)  INMAN (5)  JACKSON (11)  JETSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (2)  KELLET (2)  KENDAL (1)  KILBY (4)  LAMBERT (9)  LANGSHITH (6)  LAWRENCE (8)  LISHMAN (1)  MACKERETH (2)  MARTIN (21)  MASTENS (1)  MATTINSON (1)  MILES (9)  MOORBY (1)  MOORE (11)  MORRIS (1)  PAGE (3)  PARKER (7)  PARRINGTON (6)  PATERSON (2)  PEACOCK (1)  PEEL (1)  PENINGTON (2)  PITPLADY OR PILPLADY (6)  RIGGE (3)  CREARY (1)  ROBINSON (19)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SATERTHWAITE (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEFTON (3)  SEWART (1)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHOW (18)  SHUTELWORTH (1)  SYMONS (4)  STEPHENSON (7)  STEWART (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STOREY (2)  SWARKETH (1)  TEASDALE (1)  TELLFORD (6)  THOMPSON (10)  TOOD (1)  TOMLIN (1)  TOWNSON (1)  TYSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLBANK (6)  WEBSTER (12)  WESTWORTH ? (1)  WILSON (33)  WILLSON (5)  WODEND (1)  WOOD (5)  WOODBURN (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WRIGHT (10)  YOUNG (2)