Top surnames from the 1881 census in Quarlton, Lancashire

Quarlton 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
ENTWISTLE3111.4391656.78
GREENHALGH217.7491378.38
HOWARTH155.5351115.21
ISHERWOOD145.1661445.86
WALKER124.428013.23
MATHER124.4280178.57
BUTTERWORTH103.6900102.77
BOARDMAN103.6900229.89
KNOWLES103.690069.11
KAY93.321063.92
LONGWORTH82.9520462.43
LEACH82.952071.56
ROBINSON72.58308.10
HARRISON72.583011.64
THOMPSON72.58308.62
STONES62.2140186.34
ROBERTSHAW62.2140270.27
FISH62.2140118.81
SCHOLES62.2140191.08
BOOTH51.845018.71
SINGLETON51.845093.28
SHARP51.845022.14
BRIGGS51.845033.97
SMITH51.84501.31
MORLEY41.476036.93
TURNER31.10703.98
ORRELL31.1070297.03
FLETCHER20.73806.46
HOUGH20.738042.83
HAYDOCK20.7380235.29
LOWE20.73809.84
BARROW10.369017.42
HART10.36904.33
BENNETT10.36902.25
WALSH10.36906.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENTWISTLE0.27271656.7797
LONGWORTH0.27271462.4277
ISHERWOOD0.27271445.8599
GREENHALGH0.27271378.3784
ORRELL0.27271297.0297
ROBERTSHAW0.27271270.2703
HAYDOCK0.27271235.2941
BOARDMAN0.27271229.8851
SCHOLES0.27271191.0828
STONES0.27271186.3354
MATHER0.27271178.5714
FISH0.27271118.8119
HOWARTH0.27271115.2074
BUTTERWORTH0.27271102.7749
SINGLETON0.2727193.2836
LEACH0.2727171.5564
KNOWLES0.2727169.1085
KAY0.2727163.9205
HOUGH0.2727142.8266
MORLEY0.2727136.9344
BRIGGS0.2727133.9674
SHARP0.2727122.1435
BOOTH0.2727118.7056
BARROW0.2727117.4216
WALKER0.2727113.2275
HARRISON0.2727111.6356
LOWE0.272719.8425
THOMPSON0.272718.6228
ROBINSON0.272718.1009
WALSH0.272716.9300
FLETCHER0.272716.4641
HART0.272714.3253
TURNER0.272713.9767
BENNETT0.272712.2452
SMITH0.272711.3067

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 271 people called ENTWISTLE in Quarlton 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 656.7797 in Quarlton means that 656.7797% of the people in Quarlton on census day were called ENTWISTLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENTWISTLE 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 ENTWISTLE 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 ENTWISTLE 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 ENTWISTLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Quarlton means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENTWISTLE in Quarlton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Quarlton in 1881

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

BENNETT (1)  BOARDMAN (10)  BOOTH (5)  BRIGGS (5)  BARROW (1)  BUTTERWORTH (10)  ENTWISTLE (31)  FISH (6)  FLETCHER (2)  MC GLINE (1)  GREENHALGH (21)  HAYDOCK (2)  HARRISON (7)  HART (1)  HOUGH (2)  HOWARTH (15)  ISHERWOOD (14)  KAY (9)  KNOWLES (10)  LEACH (8)  LONGWORTH (8)  LOWE (2)  MATHER (12)  MORLEY (4)  OLLERENSHAW (4)  ORRELL (3)  ROBERTSHAW (6)  ROBINSON (7)  SCHOLES (6)  SHARP (5)  SINGLETON (5)  SMITH (5)  STONES (6)  SOUTHERST (10)  TAMSTRONG (1)  THOMPSON (7)  TURNER (3)  WADDACER (3)  WALKER (12)  WALSH (1)