Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whittington, Lancashire

Whittington 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
HODGSON246.9364100.08
TALLON185.20236,428.57
CRAGG113.1792500.00
SMITH92.60121.84
HAYHURST92.6012596.03
NEWBY92.6012260.12
SEWARD82.3121421.05
DOBSON82.312152.42
ARMSTEAD72.02311,296.30
BOND72.023138.23
THOMPSON61.73415.79
HUDSON61.734121.18
RICHARDSON61.734110.19
JAMES51.44517.36
WEARING51.4451471.70
IRELAND51.445162.27
ROBINSON51.44514.53
LUND51.4451133.33
LAMB51.445127.40
GARLICK51.4451163.93
BRISCO51.44512,500.00
SHARPLESS51.44515,000.00
BURROW41.1561168.78
DODGSON41.1561238.10
FAWCETT41.156159.79
PELTER41.15615,000.00
BARROW30.867140.93
TAYLOR30.86711.36
FISHER30.86717.41
MILBURN30.867197.09
BRACKEN30.8671526.32
CARR30.867112.01
LUCAS20.578012.50
PROCTER20.578044.54
CASSON20.578097.09
HARRISON20.57802.60
BIRKETT20.578059.88
ATKINSON20.57805.93
WALKER20.57801.73
PETTY20.578058.48
JOHNSON20.57801.72
STEWART20.57803.69
MIDDLETON20.578011.01
WALLING10.2890144.93
HAZLETT10.28901,666.67
KING10.28901.33
ARMER10.2890232.56
PARKINSON10.28906.02
WILSON10.28900.63
MURTAGH10.2890500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TALLON0.353466428.5714
PELTER0.353465000.0000
SHARPLESS0.353465000.0000
BRISCO0.353462500.0000
HAZLETT0.353461666.6667
ARMSTEAD0.353461296.2963
HAYHURST0.35346596.0265
BRACKEN0.35346526.3158
MURTAGH0.35346500.0000
CRAGG0.35346500.0000
WEARING0.35346471.6981
SEWARD0.35346421.0526
NEWBY0.35346260.1156
DODGSON0.35346238.0952
ARMER0.35346232.5581
HEBBLETHWAITE0.35346175.4386
BURROW0.35346168.7764
GARLICK0.35346163.9344
WALLING0.35346144.9275
LUND0.35346133.3333
YEATS0.35346104.1667
MAKINSON0.35346101.0101
HODGSON0.35346100.0834
CASSON0.3534697.0874
MILBURN0.3534697.0874
WESTERN0.3534668.4932
HOLME0.3534662.5000
IRELAND0.3534662.2665
BIRKETT0.3534659.8802
FAWCETT0.3534659.7907
PETTY0.3534658.4795
REDHEAD0.3534653.1915
DOBSON0.3534652.4246
ELLWOOD0.3534652.0833
BRAMWELL0.3534651.2821
LOWTHER0.3534647.3934
BATESON0.3534646.0829
PROCTER0.3534644.5434
BARROW0.3534640.9277
CASS0.3534640.8163
BOND0.3534638.2305
LAMB0.3534627.3973
HORNBY0.3534625.3807
CHESTER0.3534623.5849
HUDSON0.3534621.1790
WHITFIELD0.3534614.4718
GREENHALGH0.3534614.1044
LUCAS0.3534612.5000
CARR0.3534612.0144
MIDDLETON0.3534611.0132

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 346 people called TALLON in Whittington 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 6428.5714 in Whittington means that 6428.5714% of the people in Whittington on census day were called TALLON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TALLON 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 TALLON 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 TALLON 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 TALLON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Whittington means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TALLON in Whittington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whittington in 1881

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

ARMSTEAD (7)  ARMER (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BARGH (8)  BATESON (1)  BIRKETT (2)  BOND (7)  BOWNASS (5)  BOWNESS (2)  BRACKEN (3)  BRAMWELL (1)  BRISCO (5)  BROWN (1)  BURROW (4)  BARROW (3)  CAPSTICK (5)  CARR (3)  CASS (1)  CASSON (2)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (1)  CRAGG (11)  DOBSON (8)  DODGSON (4)  ELLWOOD (1)  FAWCETT (4)  FISHER (3)  FISHWICK (9)  GARLICK (5)  GREENHALGH (1)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (1)  HAYHURST (9)  HAZLETT (1)  HEBBLETHWAITE (1)  HODGSON (24)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLME (1)  HORNBY (1)  HUDSON (6)  IRELAND (5)  JAMES (5)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KING (1)  LAMB (5)  LOWTHER (1)  LUCAS (2)  LUND (5)  MACKRETH (3)  MAKINSON (1)  MANSERGH (2)  MARODEN (3)  MAUDSLEY (5)  MURTAGH (1)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILBURN (3)  NELSON (1)  NEWBY (9)  PARKINSON (1)  PELTER (4)  PETTY (2)  PIGOT (10)  PROCTER (2)  REDHEAD (1)  REDMAYNE (1)  READ (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (5)  SAVAGH (1)  SEWART (3)  SEWARD (8)  SHARPLESS (5)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (9)  STEWART (2)  SWAINSON (1)  SWINDLEHURST (17)  TALLOW (1)  TALLON (18)  TAYLOR (3)  THEOBALDS (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (3)  THOMPSON (6)  WALKER (2)  WEARING (5)  WATSON (1)  WESTERN (1)  WALLING (1)  WHINNERAH (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLAN (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  YEATS (1)