Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pilsworth, Lancashire

Pilsworth 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
FLETCHER324.199536.79
HOLT283.674554.88
HARWOOD212.7559102.94
TAYLOR202.62474.10
BUTTERWORTH172.231062.13
ASTLEY151.9685297.03
COCKER141.8373224.00
BRIERLEY141.8373103.47
NUTTALL141.837372.88
CLEGG131.706050.12
HEALEY121.574896.39
HILL121.57486.18
BELL111.44367.68
HOPKINS111.443623.98
RICHARDSON111.44368.48
BROOKS101.312313.42
HILTON101.312338.18
PORTER91.181115.74
SCHOFIELD91.181121.79
LISTER91.181141.44
GREENHALGH91.181157.66
MORRIS81.04994.72
POLLITT81.0499136.05
DRINKWATER81.0499106.38
WOLSTENHOLME81.0499131.58
HANSON81.049932.53
SMITH70.91860.65
HORROCKS70.918674.79
LINDSAY70.918628.18
HARDMAN70.918645.66
PARTINGTON70.918664.75
GREENWOOD70.918611.83
SHARPLES70.918652.55
ALLAN70.918614.63
DAVIES70.91861.81
ECKERSLEY70.9186146.75
VICKER70.91862,500.00
RILEY70.918611.61
RHODES60.787416.96
LEO60.78741,714.29
BURTON60.78749.24
DEARDEN60.787480.32
WILKINSON50.65624.30
SELMON50.65624,545.45
LORD50.656214.23
ROBISHAW50.65624,545.45
HOLDEN50.656211.98
ASHWORTH50.656216.45
MITCHELL50.65623.23
LIVSEY50.6562185.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBISHAW0.767624545.4545
SELMON0.767624545.4545
VICKER0.767622500.0000
LEO0.767621714.2857
DURK0.76762588.2353
ASTLEY0.76762297.0297
COCKER0.76762224.0000
FAHEY0.76762222.2222
LIVSEY0.76762185.8736
LOY0.76762149.2537
ECKERSLEY0.76762146.7505
POLLITT0.76762136.0544
WOLSTENHOLME0.76762131.5789
RIDINGS0.76762118.3432
HOWORTH0.76762117.3021
DRINKWATER0.76762106.3830
BRIERLEY0.76762103.4738
HARWOOD0.76762102.9412
HEALEY0.7676296.3855
HEYS0.7676289.7666
SHERIDAN0.7676287.1460
DEARDEN0.7676280.3213
HORROCKS0.7676274.7863
NUTTALL0.7676272.8787
MOLYNEUX0.7676268.7285
PARTINGTON0.7676264.7549
BLEAKLEY0.7676262.5000
BUTTERWORTH0.7676262.1345
WALDRON0.7676259.6125
CRITCHLEY0.7676258.9102
GREENHALGH0.7676257.6553
HOLT0.7676254.8804
SHARPLES0.7676252.5526
CLEGG0.7676250.1157
HARDMAN0.7676245.6621
PEERS0.7676244.9438
LISTER0.7676241.4365
ROYLE0.7676239.8804
HILTON0.7676238.1825
FLETCHER0.7676236.7858
STRANGE0.7676236.7197
GARSIDE0.7676236.3967
ECCLES0.7676232.8138
HANSON0.7676232.5336
ASHBY0.7676231.2989
LINDSAY0.7676228.1804
HOPKINS0.7676223.9756
SCHOFIELD0.7676221.7865
KIRKMAN0.7676220.5339
DYSON0.7676220.2593

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 762 people called ROBISHAW in Pilsworth 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 4545.4545 in Pilsworth means that 4545.4545% of the people in Pilsworth on census day were called ROBISHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBISHAW 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 ROBISHAW 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 ROBISHAW 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 ROBISHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Pilsworth means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBISHAW in Pilsworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pilsworth in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ALLAN (7)  ANDERTON (1)  ASHBY (4)  ASHTON (3)  ASHWORTH (5)  ASTLEY (15)  ATKINSON (2)  BABUT (5)  BARBER (2)  BARLOW (2)  BELGUIM (10)  BELL (11)  BENNETT (3)  BERRY (5)  BLEAKLEY (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRENAND (2)  BRENAN (1)  BRIERLEY (14)  BROOKS (10)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURTON (6)  BUTTERWORTH (17)  CALDERBANK (9)  CHADWICK (1)  CHUDLEY (1)  CIRNER (1)  CLEGG (13)  COCKER (14)  COLLINS (4)  CRITCHLEY (4)  CULKEEN (1)  CUNANE (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIES (7)  DAWSON (4)  DAY (1)  DEARDEN (6)  DELAINY (1)  DIGGLE (10)  DODD (1)  DREW (1)  DRINKWATER (8)  DUCKWORTH (1)  DURK (1)  DYSON (5)  ECCLES (4)  ECKERSLEY (7)  ELLERBEST (2)  FAHERY (1)  FAHEY (2)  FINARTY (1)  FINN (1)  FLETCHER (32)  JARROT (1)  GARSIDE (4)  GIBBS (4)  GIBSON (3)  GREEN (1)  GREENHALGH (9)  GREENWOOD (7)  HALE OR HALL (6)  HALE (4)  HANSON (8)  HARDMAN (7)  HART (3)  HARTLEY (5)  HARWOOD (21)  HEYS (5)  HEALEY (12)  HILL (12)  HILTON (10)  HODGSON (5)  HOLDEN (5)  HULME (2)  HOLT (28)  HOPKINS (11)  HORROCKS (7)  HORROX (4)  HOWARTH (4)  HOWORTH (4)  HOWCROFT (2)  HUBBERSTEY (3)  HYDE (4)  JAQUES (1)  JACKSON (4)  KAY (4)  KING (1)  KIRKMAN (1)  LANCASHIRE (4)  LIGHE (1)  LEO (6)  LINDSAY (7)  LISTER (9)  LIVSEY (5)  LORD (5)  LOY (1)  LUYENS (1)  MANOCH (2)  MARTIN (4)  MASON (2)  MILLS (4)  MITCHELL (5)  MOLYNEUX (4)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (8)  MULKEEN (2)  NEILAND (1)  NUTTALL (14)  PARTINGTON (7)  PATERSON (1)  PEERS (2)  POGSON (4)  POLLITT (8)  PORTER (9)  PRICE (1)  RAWSON (1)  RHODES (6)  RICHARDSON (11)  RIDINGS (2)  RILEY (7)  ROBINSON (5)  ROBISHAW (5)  ROTHWELL (2)  ROYLE (4)  RUSSELL (3)  SCHOFIELD (9)  SCOTT (1)  SELMON (5)  SHARPLES (7)  SHERIDAN (4)  SMETHURST (5)  SMITH (7)  SPENCER (5)  STRANGE (3)  SUMMERSALL (7)  TAYLOR (20)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (2)  VICKER (7)  WALDRON (4)  WALKER (1)  WARD (4)  WHATMOUGH (1)  WILD (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WOLSTENHOLME (8)  WRIGHT (4)