Top surnames from the 1881 census in Samlesbury, Lancashire

Samlesbury 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
BROWN273.54335.38
HAYDOCK263.41211,083.33
MASON192.493418.54
WALMSLEY192.4934120.48
SMITH182.36221.67
MARSDEN172.231053.88
CROOK172.231077.70
MATHER141.837374.11
HARRISON141.83738.28
PYE131.7060114.14
HARGREAVES121.574837.78
ISHERWOOD111.4436124.72
WORTHINGTON111.443671.99
LONGWORTH101.3123205.34
BAILEY101.31238.71
WILSON101.31232.86
VICKERS91.181146.01
THOMPSON91.18113.94
DEWHURST91.181199.56
COUPE81.0499150.38
POTTS70.918627.53
SIM70.918681.78
KNIGHT70.91867.45
FOWLER70.918616.08
SHORROCK70.9186186.17
LUCAS70.918619.87
DUCKWORTH70.918647.52
RAINFORD70.9186316.74
WILKINSON60.78745.16
WHARTON60.787456.23
ECCLES60.787449.22
BARTON60.787414.57
SPENCER60.78748.62
SHARPLES60.787445.05
TAYLOR60.78741.23
RIGBY60.787427.15
WADDINGTON60.787448.47
HACKING60.7874166.21
BAKER60.78743.59
SHAW50.65623.57
BOOTH50.65626.65
CHARNLEY50.6562141.24
ASPDEN50.6562149.25
HODSON50.656231.71
RONSON50.6562657.89
PRESTON50.656213.14
JOHNSTON50.65628.13
WHITEHEAD50.65629.71
FORREST40.524920.37
HITCHEN40.524977.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYDOCK0.767621083.3333
CHAMLEY0.76762833.3333
RONSON0.76762657.8947
CHARLSON0.76762625.0000
RAINFORD0.76762316.7421
DENIS0.76762217.3913
LONGWORTH0.76762205.3388
SHORROCK0.76762186.1702
HACKING0.76762166.2050
COUPE0.76762150.3759
ASPDEN0.76762149.2537
CHARNLEY0.76762141.2429
DOWNHAM0.76762138.2488
ISHERWOOD0.76762124.7166
WALMSLEY0.76762120.4819
PYE0.76762114.1352
TILLOTSON0.76762101.6949
DEWHURST0.7676299.5575
BLACKLEDGE0.7676297.5610
JORDEN0.7676285.4701
SIM0.7676281.7757
CROOK0.7676277.6965
HITCHEN0.7676277.0713
KILROY0.7676276.9231
MATHER0.7676274.1133
WORTHINGTON0.7676271.9895
CATLOW0.7676263.4921
GRADWELL0.7676256.4972
WHARTON0.7676256.2324
WOODRUFF0.7676255.7103
MARSDEN0.7676253.8827
HEYS0.7676253.8600
ECCLES0.7676249.2207
WADDINGTON0.7676248.4653
DUCKWORTH0.7676247.5221
WORDEN0.7676246.2963
VICKERS0.7676246.0123
SHARPLES0.7676245.0450
STONES0.7676244.1501
CREW0.7676241.5800
LARNER0.7676241.4938
WINDER0.7676240.0000
BARON0.7676238.0228
HARGREAVES0.7676237.7834
HINDLE0.7676237.3483
COWELL0.7676236.6636
GARVEY0.7676236.6300
HODSON0.7676231.7058
KITCHEN0.7676230.8166
TRICKETT0.7676230.2115

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 762 people called HAYDOCK in Samlesbury 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 1083.3333 in Samlesbury means that 1083.3333% of the people in Samlesbury on census day were called HAYDOCK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Samlesbury in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ANDERTON (2)  ASPDEN (5)  ASPIN (4)  ASPINALL (1)  ATHERTON (1)  BAILEY (10)  BAKER (6)  BARON (3)  BARTON (6)  BEARDWOOD (6)  BLACKLEDGE (2)  BLAKEY (1)  BOOTH (5)  BRADSHAW (4)  BREWIN (4)  BRIERLEY (4)  BROCKLEBAND (4)  BROWN (27)  BURROWS (1)  BUTCHER (3)  CALDERBANK (9)  CARTER (1)  CATLOW (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHAMLEY (2)  CHARLSON (2)  CHARNLEY (5)  CHARNLEY (WILSON) (2)  CHISNEY (1)  COCKBURN (1)  COOPER (4)  CHARNOCK (1)  COUPE (8)  COWARD (1)  COWELL (4)  COWELL (MATHER) (6)  CROOK (17)  CREW (2)  DAWSON (2)  DENIS (1)  DOAR (4)  DEWHURST (9)  DOWNHAM (3)  DUCKWORTH (7)  DUNKHALL (7)  EARNSHAW (2)  ECCLES (6)  EDDLESTON (11)  EMMET (1)  EYRES (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (2)  FELL (1)  FIELDING (1)  FIELDEN (1)  FISH (3)  FORREST (4)  FOWLER (7)  FULLALOVE (1)  GARDNER (4)  HOSKINSON (GARDNER) (2)  GILDART (2)  GERRARD (2)  GIBBON (1)  JORDEN (1)  GRADWELL (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIME (1)  HABBERSTEY (1)  HACKING (6)  HAYDOCK (26)  HALL (3)  HARDMAN (1)  HARGREAVES (12)  HARRISON (14)  HARTLEY (1)  HARWOOD (4)  HEYS (3)  HEALY (1)  HEAP (3)  HIGGINS (1)  HINDLE (4)  HITCHEN (4)  HODGKINSON (2)  HODSON (5)  HOLDEN (3)  HORAM (1)  HORROCKS (1)  HOTHERSALL (3)  HOWARTH (1)  HULL (4)  HUNT (1)  HUNTER (1)  ISHERWOOD (11)  JACKSON (1)  GARVEY (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JOHNSTON (5)  KELLETT (1)  KILROY (1)  KING (4)  KITCHEN (4)  KNIGHT (7)  LARNER (1)  LAWTIE (6)  LAW (2)  LAWSON (WRIGHT) (2)  LIVESEY (1)  LOFTHOUSE (SMITH) (6)  LONGWORTH (10)  LUCAS (7)  MARGERISON (4)  MARSDEN (17)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (19)  MATHER (14)  MAUDSLEY (3)  O'DONNELL (1)  MILLS (3)  MONEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORUN (1)  MOSS (1)  MAYOR (1)  NIGHTINGALE (2)  SOUTHWORTH (NIGHTINGALE) (2)  NIXON (1)  OLIVER (1)  PARKER (2)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERRIN (1)  POOLE (2)  PORTER (3)  POTTS (7)  PRESTON (5)  PYE (13)  RAINFORD (7)  RIGBY (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBSON (1)  RONSON (5)  ROSTRON (6)  RUSSEL (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SEEMING (5)  SHARPLES (6)  SHORROCK (7)  SHAW (5)  SHENTY (1)  SIMNETT (1)  SIMN (7)  SIM (7)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (18)  SPENCER (6)  STANLEY (1)  STONES (4)  STOTT (3)  SUMNER (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (9)  TILLOTSON (3)  TRICKETT (1)  VICKERS (9)  WADDINGTON (6)  WADE (1)  WALKER (2)  WHALLEY (2)  WALMSLEY (19)  WALSH (1)  WELCH (1)  WHARTON (6)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WILKES (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (10)  WINDER (2)  WOODRUFFE (1)  WOODRUFF (2)  WORDEN (1)  WORTHINGTON (11)  WRIGHT (2)  YATES (2)