Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poulton With Fearnhead, Lancashire

Poulton With Fearnhead 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
MONKS314.1779515.81
SMITH283.77362.67
BENNETT233.099718.86
FORSTER192.560678.09
APPLETON172.2911146.17
ANTROBUS162.15631,081.08
ROYSTON141.8868636.36
LITHERLAND131.7520773.81
SHAW131.75209.54
BIBBY121.6173149.81
CLARK121.61735.38
CALDWELL121.6173103.36
TURNER121.61735.81
WOOD111.48254.65
TAYLOR111.48252.32
ALLEN91.21296.42
ASHLEY91.212972.46
ANDREWS91.212912.66
POTTER91.212918.70
RATHBONE91.2129218.45
WESTON81.078226.44
HOWARD81.078210.99
HIGHAM81.0782105.82
PENNINGTON81.078272.79
LEE81.07826.60
DAKIN81.0782150.38
STRINGER70.943447.36
MERCER70.943435.95
JACKSON70.94343.38
BROWN70.94341.43
BENTLEY70.943422.31
HINDLEY70.9434114.57
HUGHES70.94343.37
HOLCROFT70.9434437.50
CLARE70.943465.18
HARRIS60.80863.18
ROBERTS60.80862.15
PRITCHARD60.808615.02
CARPENTER60.808623.58
VARLEY60.808658.82
BIRCHALL60.808682.42
SWINTON60.8086392.16
GILBERT60.808614.20
DAVIES60.80861.59
MATHER60.808632.61
FROST60.808614.38
REID50.67396.42
HOLBROOK50.673993.46
BATE50.673939.78
DAWSON50.67396.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DONNING0.747421666.6667
KINNON0.747421111.1111
ANTROBUS0.747421081.0811
LITHERLAND0.74742773.8095
ROYSTON0.74742636.3636
MONKS0.74742515.8070
HUETT0.74742500.0000
COAKLEY0.74742500.0000
RENNEY0.74742476.1905
HOLCROFT0.74742437.5000
BYFIELD0.74742427.3504
SWINTON0.74742392.1569
COTTOM0.74742390.6250
MATCHETT0.74742250.0000
RATHBONE0.74742218.4466
RAVENSCROFT0.74742198.4127
CONCANNON0.74742185.1852
CRUIKSHANK0.74742180.1802
TIMMIS0.74742174.4186
DAKIN0.74742150.3759
BIBBY0.74742149.8127
APPLETON0.74742146.1737
CRANK0.74742132.4503
HINDLEY0.74742114.5663
HIGHAM0.74742105.8201
HADDOCK0.74742105.0420
TOFT0.74742103.4483
CALDWELL0.74742103.3592
HOLBROOK0.7474293.4579
BIRCHALL0.7474282.4176
HANKINSON0.7474281.9672
LITTLER0.7474281.3008
MULVEY0.7474279.3651
FORSTER0.7474278.0929
CRITCHLEY0.7474275.6430
PENNINGTON0.7474272.7934
ASHLEY0.7474272.4638
FARRALL0.7474268.0272
CLARE0.7474265.1769
HINDE0.7474264.7249
ECKERSLEY0.7474264.6552
MURPHEY0.7474264.5161
GANNON0.7474262.3053
VARLEY0.7474258.8235
ORFORD0.7474254.0541
MANNION0.7474251.8135
STRINGER0.7474247.3613
SUMNER0.7474241.6320
BATE0.7474239.7772
DITCHFIELD0.7474239.5257

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 742 people called DONNING in Poulton With Fearnhead 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 Poulton With Fearnhead means that 1666.6667% of the people in Poulton With Fearnhead on census day were called DONNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DONNING 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 DONNING 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 DONNING 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 DONNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Poulton With Fearnhead means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DONNING in Poulton With Fearnhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poulton With Fearnhead in 1881

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

ORFORD (1)  ALLEN (9)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREWS (9)  ANTROBUS (16)  APPLETON (17)  ASHLEY (9)  BARKER (1)  BARLOW (1)  BATE (5)  BELLAIRS (2)  BENNETT (23)  BENTLEY (7)  BIBBY (12)  BIRCH (2)  BIRCHALL (6)  BL...RD (1)  BOLTON (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRITCH (10)  BRIMELOW (3)  BROWN (7)  BYFIELD (5)  CALDWELL (12)  CARPENTER (6)  CATH (1)  CLARE (7)  CLARKE (1)  CLARK (12)  CLAYTON (4)  CLUNNY (1)  COAKLEY (3)  CONCANNON (1)  COOPER (5)  COTTOM (5)  CRANK (2)  CRITCHLEY (5)  CRUIKSHANK (2)  DAINTITH (7)  DAKIN (8)  DAVIES (6)  DAWSON (5)  DENTON (2)  DICKINSON (3)  DITCHFIELD (1)  DONNING (1)  ECKERSLEY (3)  FARRALL (1)  FISHER (3)  FLEMING (1)  FORSTER (19)  FROST (6)  GANNON (2)  GARNER (1)  GERNON (1)  GILBERT (6)  GILMORE (1)  GRAY (2)  GRICE (1)  GRIFFITH (2)  HADDOCK (5)  HALLWOOD (3)  HANKINSON (2)  HARRIS (6)  HARTLEY (2)  HATTON (3)  HINDLEY (7)  HUETT (1)  HEWITT (1)  HIGHAM (8)  HIGNETT (4)  HILTON (3)  HINDE (2)  HOLBROOK (5)  HOLCROFT (7)  HOLDEN (1)  HOPE (2)  HORNSEY (1)  HOUGHTON (2)  HOWARD (8)  HUGHES (7)  JACKSON (7)  JOHNSON (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LEE (8)  LITHERLAND (13)  LITTLER (4)  LOWE (1)  LYONS (1)  LYTHGOE (13)  MANNION (1)  MARSH (2)  MASSEY (3)  MATCHETT (1)  MATHER (6)  MC FARLANE (7)  KINNON (5)  MERCER (7)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MONKS (31)  MORGAN (2)  MULVEY (1)  MURPHEY (1)  MURPHY (1)  NEWTON (1)  O LOWRY (2)  PEMBERTON (2)  PENNINGTON (8)  PERREN (1)  PHILIPS (4)  PIMBLET (4)  PLATT (3)  POMFRETT (4)  POTTER (9)  PRITCHARD (6)  RATHBONE (9)  RAVENSCROFT (5)  REID (5)  RENNEY (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  RYDER (1)  ROBERTS (6)  ROYSTON (14)  SANSOM (1)  SHAKESHAFT (15)  SHAW (13)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (28)  SPENCER (4)  STRINGER (7)  SUCKLING (4)  SUDWORTH (4)  SUMNER (5)  SWINTON (6)  TALBOT (1)  TANNITY (1)  TAYLOR (11)  TIMMIS (3)  TOFT (3)  TURNER (12)  VARLEY (6)  VICKERS (3)  WAINWRIGHT (3)  WALKER (1)  WARD (4)  WELSH (1)  WESTON (8)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOOD (11)