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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Read, Lancashire

Read 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
WADE414.4229110.51
RUSHTON343.6677177.82
SAGAR313.3441824.47
MOOREHOUSE192.04962,835.82
HANSON192.049663.50
SAGER192.04961,428.57
WOOD192.04966.43
BRADSHAW181.941747.28
WILKINSON171.833912.02
LONSDALE141.5102182.05
ORMEROD141.5102188.93
HITCHEN131.4024206.02
HAWORTH131.402466.67
HARTLEY131.402422.38
JONES121.29451.14
MARSHALL121.29457.72
NUTTER121.2945169.97
ANDERTON121.2945109.09
TURNER121.29454.65
JACKSON121.29454.63
TAYLOR111.18661.86
RIDING101.0787160.00
HUNT101.07878.12
BROGDEN101.0787326.80
LOFTHOUSE101.0787144.72
WHITTAKER101.078722.78
KNOWLES90.970918.18
HARGREAVES90.970923.29
WHITEHEAD90.970914.37
HALL80.86302.93
HOPE80.863025.36
AINSWORTH80.863043.57
HODKINSON80.8630122.32
MERCER80.863032.88
ROTHERHAM80.8630430.11
HUDSON80.863010.54
PARKER80.86304.54
EDWARDS80.86303.10
RILEY80.863010.91
HODGSON80.863012.45
EXTON80.8630258.06
PILKINGTON70.755142.02
KEMP70.755113.62
INGHAM70.755130.37
HOWE70.755119.23
HEAP60.647238.14
TOMLINSON60.647214.04
BROWN60.64720.98
GARDENER60.647236.08
HILTON60.647218.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOOREHOUSE0.939272835.8209
SAGER0.939271428.5714
SAGAR0.93927824.4681
BRAD0.93927588.2353
BIRTWELL0.93927465.1163
ROTHERHAM0.93927430.1075
BROGDEN0.93927326.7974
EXTON0.93927258.0645
FOLDS0.93927243.9024
HITCHEN0.93927206.0222
ORMEROD0.93927188.9339
LONSDALE0.93927182.0546
RUSHTON0.93927177.8243
NUTTER0.93927169.9717
RIDING0.93927160.0000
LOFTHOUSE0.93927144.7178
MAYOR0.93927123.4568
HODKINSON0.93927122.3242
WADE0.93927110.5121
TETLOW0.93927109.2896
ANDERTON0.93927109.0909
CHRISTY0.93927102.0408
HIGGIN0.9392790.0901
FARRER0.9392781.4332
DUGDALE0.9392778.3699
BANISTER0.9392777.7202
STELL0.9392768.0272
HAWORTH0.9392766.6667
HANSON0.9392763.5027
WARDEN0.9392760.4230
COTTAM0.9392753.1915
FOULDS0.9392747.8469
BRADSHAW0.9392747.2813
AINSWORTH0.9392743.5730
PILKINGTON0.9392742.0168
HEAP0.9392738.1437
THOM0.9392736.1882
GARDENER0.9392736.0794
PILLING0.9392735.7462
SHARROCK0.9392734.6021
MERCER0.9392732.8812
INGHAM0.9392730.3688
FRANKLAND0.9392729.1121
WALMSLEY0.9392726.0688
HOPE0.9392725.3566
ALDRED0.9392725.1256
ROTHWELL0.9392723.4742
HARGREAVES0.9392723.2919
WHITTAKER0.9392722.7790
HARTLEY0.9392722.3752

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 927 people called MOOREHOUSE in Read 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 2835.8209 in Read means that 2835.8209% of the people in Read on census day were called MOOREHOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOOREHOUSE 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 MOOREHOUSE 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 MOOREHOUSE 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 MOOREHOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Read means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOOREHOUSE in Read than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Read in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (8)  AIREY (2)  ALDRED (2)  ANDERTON (12)  ASHWORTH (4)  ATKINSON (3)  BAILEY (1)  BALL (2)  BANISTER (3)  BANNISTER (1)  BARKER (3)  BIRTWELL (4)  BIRTWILTE (2)  BOLTON (4)  BOND (2)  BOOTH (3)  BRAD (1)  BROADBURY (2)  BRADLEY (2)  BRADSHAW (18)  BRIGGS (3)  BRITCLIFFE (6)  BROADLY (2)  BROADLEY (3)  BROGDEN (10)  BROWN (6)  BULCOCK (5)  BURTON (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHRISTY (2)  CLARK (1)  CLEGG (2)  CONONLEY (5)  COTTAM (3)  COUNSELL (2)  COWBOURN (7)  DAWSON (6)  DUERDEN (4)  DUGDALE (5)  DUXBURY (1)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIS (3)  EXTON (8)  FARRER (5)  FIELDING (3)  FOLDS (1)  FOULDS (FOLDS) (8)  FORREST (4)  FOULDS (3)  FRANKLAND (2)  GARDENER (6)  GRAHAM (2)  GREEN (2)  GRIMSHAW (2)  HADCROFT (1)  HALL (8)  HANSON (19)  HARGREAVES (9)  LEE HARGREAVES (6)  O HARRE (1)  HARTLEY (13)  HAWORTH (13)  HOWORTH (HAWORTH) (12)  HEYWORTH (1)  HEAP (6)  HIGGIN (2)  HILTON (6)  HITCHEN (13)  HODKINSON (8)  HODGSON (8)  HOPE (8)  HORN (4)  HOWARTH (1)  HOWE (7)  HUDSON (8)  HUNT (10)  INGHAM (7)  JACKSON (12)  JONES (12)  KELBRICK (1)  KEMP (7)  KENYON (4)  KNOWEL (1)  KNOWLES (9)  LANCASTER (1)  LAYCOCK (1)  LAYTHORN (4)  LEE (5)  LOFTHOUSE (10)  LONSDALE (14)  LOWE (3)  MARSH (2)  MARSHALL (12)  MAUGHAM (1)  MERCER (8)  MILLS (1)  MONK (1)  MOOREHOUSE (19)  MAYOR (5)  NIXON (1)  NOBLE (3)  NUTTAL (11)  NUTTER (12)  ORMEROD (14)  PARKER (8)  PARKINSON (3)  PARSONS (2)  PATEFIELD (5)  PHILLIPS (1)  PILKINGTON (7)  PILLING (4)  PROCTER (2)  PROCTOR (4)  RATCLIFFE (3)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDING (10)  RILEY (8)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROTHERHAM (8)  STEVENS (ROTHERHAM) (4)  STEVANS (ROTHERHAM) (6)  ROTHWELL (4)  RUDD (3)  RUSHTON (34)  SAGAR (31)  SAGER (19)  SHARPLES (1)  SHARROCK (1)  SHOESMITH (6)  SLEDDEN (1)  SMITHIES (11)  STELL (1)  STUTTARD (4)  SULLIVAN (1)  SUMNER (3)  TATTERSALL (2)  TAYLOR (11)  TETLOW (4)  THOM (3)  TOMLINSON (6)  TOWNSEND (4)  TURNER (12)  WADDINGTON (1)  WADE (41)  WALMSELEY (5)  WALMSLEY (5)  WALMESLEY (7)  WARDEN (4)  WARRENER (7)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITTAKER (10)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WILKINSON (17)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (19)  WORSTON (1)