Top surnames from the 1881 census in Myerscough, Lancashire

Myerscough 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
BILLINGTON205.2083479.62
PARKER153.906320.54
BROWN133.38545.14
CROMPTON102.6042154.80
WOODS102.604241.31
ROE102.6042133.69
PARKINSON102.604254.29
MILLER102.604214.55
CROFT102.6042110.25
LONGWORTH92.3438367.35
BUTLER82.083321.37
BURY82.0833280.70
GILLER71.82294,117.65
PORTER71.822924.30
JAMIESON61.562556.13
MASON61.562511.62
DAVIS61.56257.11
LOFTHOUSE61.5625209.79
WATSON61.56256.74
BANKS61.562530.46
HORN61.562568.73
BOLAND61.5625800.00
PRESCOTT61.5625110.70
PENNINGTON61.5625105.45
TOWNSON51.3021310.56
HALL51.30214.43
DOBSON51.302129.52
THOMPSON51.30214.35
WILLIAMSON41.041711.62
WARD41.04174.77
KELLETT30.781389.82
BLACKBURN30.781320.72
PEDDER30.7813222.22
ROBINSON30.78132.45
BLIZARD30.7813714.29
TAYLOR20.52080.81
SALISBURY20.520852.49
NIXON20.520817.09
MARSDEN20.520812.58
BULLER20.5208160.00
CURTIS20.52089.18
CROFTS20.520864.52
ELLISON20.520824.66
WILSON20.52081.13
DICKINSON20.520812.20
CROSS20.52087.57
BEE10.260446.08
BUTTERWORTH10.26047.25
YEOMAN10.260441.32
HUGHES10.26040.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLER0.383844117.6471
BULOCK0.383843333.3333
FITSGERALD0.383842500.0000
BOLAND0.38384800.0000
BLIZARD0.38384714.2857
BILLINGTON0.38384479.6163
LONGWORTH0.38384367.3469
TOWNSON0.38384310.5590
BURY0.38384280.7018
PEDDER0.38384222.2222
LOFTHOUSE0.38384209.7902
BULLER0.38384160.0000
CROMPTON0.38384154.7988
ROE0.38384133.6898
PRESCOTT0.38384110.7011
CROFT0.38384110.2536
PENNINGTON0.38384105.4482
GREENE0.3838495.2381
KELLETT0.3838489.8204
HANKINSON0.3838479.3651
POMFRET0.3838475.7576
HUGHS0.3838471.9424
HORN0.3838468.7285
CROFTS0.3838464.5161
JAMIESON0.3838456.1272
PARKINSON0.3838454.2888
SALISBURY0.3838452.4934
CARLIN0.3838451.2821
WIGNALL0.3838451.0204
EASTHAM0.3838451.0204
BEE0.3838446.0829
YEOMAN0.3838441.3223
WOODS0.3838441.3052
KIRKMAN0.3838440.8163
JOY0.3838430.9598
BANKS0.3838430.4569
DOBSON0.3838429.5159
HIGGINSON0.3838426.0417
ELLISON0.3838424.6609
PORTER0.3838424.2971
BUTLER0.3838421.3675
ALMOND0.3838421.0084
BLACKBURN0.3838420.7182
PARKER0.3838420.5395
HIBBERT0.3838417.7620
NIXON0.3838417.0940
MILLER0.3838414.5539
BAINES0.3838413.6054
HARDMAN0.3838412.9534
MARSDEN0.3838412.5786

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 384 people called GILLER in Myerscough 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 4117.6471 in Myerscough means that 4117.6471% of the people in Myerscough on census day were called GILLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLER 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 GILLER 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 GILLER 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 GILLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Myerscough means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLER in Myerscough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Myerscough in 1881

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

ALMOND (1)  ARMITSTEAD (11)  BAINES (1)  BANKS (6)  BEE (1)  BURY (8)  BILLINGTON (20)  BILSBORROW (6)  BLACKBURN (3)  BLEZARD (6)  BLIZARD (3)  BOLAND (6)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (13)  O'BRIEN (1)  BULLER (2)  BULOCK (1)  BUTLER (8)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CARLIN (1)  CATTERALL (13)  CLARKINSON (1)  COOK (1)  CROFT (10)  CROFTS (2)  CROMPTON (10)  CROSS (2)  CURTIS (2)  CURWIN (8)  DAVIS (6)  DICKINSON (2)  DOBSON (5)  EASTHAM (1)  ELLISON (2)  FITSGERALD (1)  GILLER (7)  GORNALL (2)  GREENE (1)  HALL (5)  HANKINSON (1)  HARDMAN (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HELME (2)  HIBBERT (1)  HIGGINSON (1)  HOGG (1)  HOLLINHURST (2)  HOLMES (1)  HORN (6)  HUGHES (1)  HUGHS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMIESON (6)  GEMSON (1)  JOY (1)  KELLETT (3)  KIRKMAN (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LOFTHOUSE (6)  LONGWORTH (9)  MARSDEN (2)  MASON (6)  MAYNONE (1)  MC LANE (1)  MILLER (10)  NIXON (2)  PARKER (15)  PARKINSON (10)  PEDDER (3)  PENNINGTON (6)  PENRITH (1)  POMFRET (1)  PORTER (7)  PRESCOTT (6)  PROCTOR (1)  RAWCLIFFE (9)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROE (10)  SALISBURY (2)  SMITH (1)  STANLEY (1)  STIRAKER (1)  SWARBRICK (7)  TAYLOR (2)  THEXTON (1)  THOMPSON (5)  TOWNSON (5)  TURNER (1)  WARD (4)  WATSON (6)  WIGNALL (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (2)  WOODS (10)  WRENNALLS (2)  WIRRELL (3)  YEOMAN (1)