Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winstanley, Lancashire

Winstanley 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
BIRCHALL274.9541504.67
NICHOLSON264.770667.15
BARTON254.587284.92
GEE193.4862136.59
ASHTON183.302867.42
FAIRCLOUGH152.7523263.62
MOYERS112.01838,461.54
HEATON112.018384.36
DERBYSHIRE101.8349176.06
HITCHEN101.8349269.54
SPENCER101.834920.10
ATHERTON101.8349102.04
WILKINSON101.834912.02
HALLIWELL91.6514148.76
GLOVER91.651438.74
GLENNON81.46792,000.00
WINSTANLEY81.4679145.99
HEWITT81.467930.13
HEYES81.4679189.57
ELLISON71.284460.82
TURNER71.28444.61
WILD61.100927.03
ROGERS61.10098.48
BERRY61.100913.88
WILCOCK61.100977.42
ANDERTON61.100992.74
HARRIS61.10094.33
GREEN50.91743.26
ARROWSMITH50.9174118.20
PENNINGTON50.917461.96
BARKER50.91747.01
DANIELS40.733923.36
FINCH40.733922.05
HURST40.733920.56
HOLLAND40.733910.31
HILL40.73392.88
JEX40.7339645.16
WATERWORTH40.7339168.78
BYWATER40.7339145.99
ABBOTT30.550512.48
GIBSON30.55054.54
DEAN30.55057.93
GASKELL30.550553.67
WISWALL30.55054,285.71
BEESLEY30.550568.49
FUTTER30.5505365.85
BANKS30.550510.73
TOPPING20.367053.33
MARSH20.36705.14
JOHNSON20.36701.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOYERS0.555458461.5385
WISWALL0.555454285.7143
GLENNON0.555452000.0000
JEX0.55545645.1613
BIRCHALL0.55545504.6729
BREADY0.55545476.1905
FUTTER0.55545365.8537
BANKES0.55545285.7143
HITCHEN0.55545269.5418
FAIRCLOUGH0.55545263.6204
BREAKELL0.55545208.3333
HEYES0.55545189.5735
DERBYSHIRE0.55545176.0563
WATERWORTH0.55545168.7764
ROBY0.55545151.5152
HALLIWELL0.55545148.7603
BYWATER0.55545145.9854
WINSTANLEY0.55545145.9854
GEE0.55545136.5924
ARROWSMITH0.55545118.2033
ATHERTON0.55545102.0408
ANDERTON0.5554592.7357
BARTON0.5554584.9185
HEATON0.5554584.3558
DAWBER0.5554582.6446
WILCOCK0.5554577.4194
EVENS0.5554569.9301
CAPPER0.5554569.6864
BEESLEY0.5554568.4932
ASHTON0.5554567.4157
NICHOLSON0.5554567.1488
PENNINGTON0.5554561.9579
ELLISON0.5554560.8167
DOUGALL0.5554558.8235
GASKELL0.5554553.6673
TOPPING0.5554553.3333
GLOVER0.5554538.7430
PEET0.5554534.7222
FAIRBROTHER0.5554532.2581
TINSLEY0.5554530.2115
HEWITT0.5554530.1318
MELLING0.5554529.6736
QUAYLE0.5554527.7008
WILD0.5554527.0270
DANIELS0.5554523.3645
CADMAN0.5554522.5225
FAIRHURST0.5554522.4215
FINCH0.5554522.0507
HURST0.5554520.5550
SPENCER0.5554520.0965

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 545 people called MOYERS in Winstanley 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 8461.5385 in Winstanley means that 8461.5385% of the people in Winstanley on census day were called MOYERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOYERS 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 MOYERS 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 MOYERS 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 MOYERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Winstanley means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOYERS in Winstanley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winstanley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ALKER (12)  ANDERTON (6)  ARROWSMITH (5)  ASHALL (15)  ASHTON (18)  ATHERTON (10)  BANKES (1)  BANKS (3)  BARKER (5)  BARTON (25)  BEESLEY (3)  BERRY (6)  BIRCHALL (27)  BREADY (1)  BREAKELL (1)  BROWN (1)  BURRELL (1)  BURROWS (1)  BYWATER (4)  CADMAN (1)  CAPPER (2)  CLARKE (2)  COOPER (1)  CHARNOCK (6)  DANIELS (4)  DEVONPORT (2)  DAWBER (1)  DEAN (3)  DERBYSHIRE (10)  DIERDEN (9)  DUFF (1)  EDDLESTON (6)  ELLISON (7)  EVENS (1)  FAIRBROTHER (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (15)  FAIRHURST (1)  FINCH (4)  FOREACRE (12)  FUTTER (3)  GASKELL (3)  GEE (19)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBSON (3)  GLENNON (8)  GLOVER (9)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (5)  GRUNDY (1)  HALLIWELL (9)  HARRIS (6)  HEYES (8)  HEATON (11)  HEWITT (8)  HILL (4)  HITCHEN (10)  HODSON (1)  HOLLAND (4)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  HURST (4)  JACKSON (2)  JARONY ? (1)  JEX (4)  JOHNSON (2)  KNIGHT (1)  LAITHWAITE (3)  LEYTHAM (4)  LITTLE (2)  MARSH (2)  DOUGALL (1)  MELLING (1)  MIDDLEHURST (1)  MOYERS (11)  NICHOLSON (26)  PEET (1)  PENDLEBURY (9)  PENK ? (1)  PENKETH (2)  PENNINGTON (5)  PHYTHIAN (4)  PIMBLETT (4)  PRESCOTT (1)  QUAYLE (1)  RIGBY (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBY (2)  ROGERS (6)  ROSKELL (4)  SHORTREDE (1)  SILCOCK (1)  SMALLSHAW (5)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWORK (9)  SPENCE (1)  SPENCER (10)  TABERNER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TINSLEY (1)  TOPPING (2)  TURNER (7)  TURTON (1)  VERNON (1)  WATERWORTH (4)  WATSON (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WILCOCK (6)  WILD (6)  WILKINSON (10)  WILSON (1)  WINSTANLEY (8)  WISWALL (3)  WRIGHT (1)