Top surnames from the 1881 census in Over Kellet, Lancashire

Over Kellet 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
SHUTTLEWORTH193.8462324.23
MILLER173.441319.23
TOMLINSON163.238970.24
TOWNSON153.0364724.64
ALSTON132.6316403.73
MAKINSON122.4291851.06
BIBBY122.4291225.14
GARDNER112.226732.81
MARTON102.02431,098.90
METCALFE91.821979.79
LEWIS91.82196.93
BROWN81.61942.46
HODGSON81.619423.37
CLARK81.61945.39
JACKSON81.61945.79
IRWIN81.6194192.31
AINSLIE71.4170538.46
BENSON71.417052.28
DUGDALE71.4170205.88
ATKINSON71.417014.55
LUPTON71.4170196.08
BECK71.417060.61
DOCKRAY71.41701,206.90
DEMPSTER61.2146172.41
FARRER61.2146183.49
HALL61.21464.13
BIRKETT61.2146125.79
HILTON61.214635.34
JOHNSON61.21463.61
WRIGHT61.21463.79
LONGTON61.2146857.14
HOLIDAY51.0121359.71
HUTCHINSON51.012117.82
BLACKBURN40.809721.48
PEARSON40.80976.97
BAXTER40.809713.59
WILSON40.80971.76
LANE40.809711.75
ROBINSON40.80972.54
BARKER40.80976.19
SHAW40.80974.41
GROSSE40.80971,666.67
HOWE40.809720.62
HUNTER40.80977.88
ROGERS30.60734.68
LAMBERT30.607311.13
CLEMENT30.607360.24
HARRISON30.60732.74
IRELAND30.607326.16
WATTS30.60737.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GROSSE0.494941666.6667
WESTABY0.494941250.0000
NEUMANN0.494941250.0000
DOCKRAY0.494941206.8966
MARTON0.494941098.9011
LONGTON0.49494857.1429
MAKINSON0.49494851.0638
HASTON0.49494750.0000
TOWNSON0.49494724.6377
DOWKER0.49494714.2857
BYRAM0.49494555.5556
AINSLIE0.49494538.4615
ALSTON0.49494403.7267
HOLIDAY0.49494359.7122
SHUTTLEWORTH0.49494324.2321
SETTER0.49494303.0303
BIBBY0.49494225.1407
DUGDALE0.49494205.8824
LUPTON0.49494196.0784
IRWIN0.49494192.3077
FARRER0.49494183.4862
DEMPSTER0.49494172.4138
BIRKETT0.49494125.7862
MATTINSON0.49494113.6364
QUIRK0.4949485.1064
METCALFE0.4949479.7872
DILWORTH0.4949470.4225
TOMLINSON0.4949470.2371
BECK0.4949460.6061
CLEMENT0.4949460.2410
HALTON0.4949452.9101
BENSON0.4949452.2778
BOOKER0.4949450.6757
TOWLER0.4949445.4545
FLOWER0.4949441.4938
HAYTON0.4949441.3223
HILTON0.4949435.3357
GARDNER0.4949432.8064
BURROW0.4949429.4985
IRELAND0.4949426.1552
STOCKDALE0.4949425.9740
HODGSON0.4949423.3713
BLACKBURN0.4949421.4823
HOWE0.4949420.6186
BECKETT0.4949420.3252
FAIRCLOUGH0.4949419.4175
MILLER0.4949419.2329
HUTCHINSON0.4949417.8190
BRAITHWAITE0.4949417.4520
LAYCOCK0.4949414.7275

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 494 people called GROSSE in Over Kellet 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 Over Kellet means that 1666.6667% of the people in Over Kellet on census day were called GROSSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GROSSE 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 GROSSE 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 GROSSE 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 GROSSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Over Kellet means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GROSSE in Over Kellet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Over Kellet in 1881

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

AINSLIE (7)  AIREY (2)  ALEXANDER (3)  ALSTON (13)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ARUNDELL (1)  ATKINSON (7)  AUSTIN (1)  BARKER (4)  BAXTER (4)  BECK (7)  BECKETT (2)  BENSON (7)  BIBBY (12)  BIRKETT (6)  BLACKBURN (4)  BOOKER (3)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (8)  BURROW (1)  BUTCHER (1)  BYRAM (2)  CANNON (1)  CLARK (8)  CLEMENT (3)  CLEMENTSON (1)  CONWAY (1)  COOPER (1)  COULTHWAITE (2)  COCK (2)  CRAYSTON (1)  CUBBOW (6)  DAGGERS (1)  DEMPSTER (6)  DILWORTH (1)  DIXON (1)  DOCKRAY (7)  DOUTHWAITE (3)  DOWKER (1)  DUGDALE (7)  DUNN (1)  EMMOTT (4)  FAIRCLOUGH (1)  FARRER (6)  FISHER (3)  FLOWER (2)  GARDNER (11)  GIBSON (1)  GORST (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GROSSE (4)  HALL (6)  HOLIDAY (5)  HALTON (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRISON (3)  HARVEY (1)  HESLAM (6)  HASTON (3)  HAYTON (1)  HILTON (6)  HODGSON (8)  HOWE (4)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (4)  HUTCHINSON (5)  IRELAND (3)  IRKHAM (1)  IRWIN (8)  JACKSON (8)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (1)  LAMBERT (3)  LANCASTER (1)  LANE (4)  LONGSTRETH (1)  LAVERING (1)  LAYCOCK (1)  LEWIS (9)  LONGTON (6)  LUPTON (7)  M'NOLTY (1)  MAKINSON (12)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTON (10)  MASON (2)  MATTINSON (1)  MACHELL (4)  METCALFE (9)  MIDDLEBROUGH (1)  MILLER (17)  MOSS (3)  NEUMANN (1)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLLS (3)  NOBLE (1)  PARKER (2)  PARSONS (1)  PEARSON (4)  PICKERING (1)  PIMBLY (1)  PLATT (1)  POINTING (1)  PRINCE (1)  QUIRK (2)  ROWLANDSON (4)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERS (3)  SARGENT (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (4)  SHUTTLEWORTH (19)  SIMPSON (1)  SETTER (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  SUMMERS (1)  SWARBRICK (2)  SWINDLEHURST (1)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (16)  TOWLER (1)  TOWNSON (15)  WATTS (3)  WESTABY (1)  WESTWORTH (7)  WHINERAY (1)  WILKS (1)  WILLAN (1)  WILSON (4)  WRATHALL (6)  WRIGHT (6)