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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wiswell, Lancashire

Wiswell 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
DEAN283.788954.58
LEEMING182.4357393.01
KNOWLES172.300443.08
SMITH152.02981.44
PICKUP152.0298157.07
WALTON152.029828.84
PARKER131.75919.25
SPEAK131.7591505.84
HARGREAVES121.623838.96
HARRISON121.62387.32
INGHAM121.623865.29
BURTON111.488517.47
BROTHERTON101.3532265.96
INCE101.3532271.74
BARTLETT91.217927.81
MATTHEWS91.217913.96
ECKERSLEY91.2179194.81
KISSACK91.2179865.38
BARKER91.21799.31
STANDEN81.0825191.85
WALKER81.08253.23
HANDLEY81.082564.15
WILKINSON70.94726.21
BRIDGE70.947246.76
HOYLE70.947241.03
THOMPSON70.94723.16
ASHCROFT70.947270.78
DEWHURST70.947279.82
RILEY70.947211.97
SMALLEY70.9472104.63
BOWKER70.947297.09
ELLISON70.947244.84
PEARSON70.94728.15
EVERTON70.9472503.60
PROW70.94727,000.00
PYE60.811954.30
ETHERINGTON60.8119107.72
ATKINSON60.81198.34
STRINGFELLOW60.8119312.50
EXTON60.8119242.92
TURNER60.81192.92
STONES60.811968.26
HAYDON60.8119129.59
BRIGGS60.811914.95
SHEPHERD50.67669.23
ASHWORTH50.676616.96
SCHOFIELD50.676612.48
WOOD50.67662.12
CARTER50.67664.03
WADE50.676616.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PROW0.747397000.0000
SIMPON0.747394545.4545
KISSACK0.74739865.3846
EATOUGH0.74739581.3953
BIRTWELL0.74739579.7101
SPEAK0.74739505.8366
EVERTON0.74739503.5971
LEEMING0.74739393.0131
STRINGFELLOW0.74739312.5000
INCE0.74739271.7391
BROTHERTON0.74739265.9574
EXTON0.74739242.9150
ECKERSLEY0.74739194.8052
STANDEN0.74739191.8465
PICKUP0.74739157.0681
ATWOOD0.74739148.1481
HAYDON0.74739129.5896
MORT0.74739112.0448
ETHERINGTON0.74739107.7199
SMALLEY0.74739104.6338
HALSALL0.74739102.8278
BOWKER0.7473997.0874
LYNE0.7473992.5926
BAMBER0.7473987.7193
HIGGINBOTTOM0.7473982.8157
DEWHURST0.7473979.8176
ASHCROFT0.7473970.7786
DUGAN0.7473969.4444
STONES0.7473968.2594
INGHAM0.7473965.2884
HANDLEY0.7473964.1540
HAYHURST0.7473961.9195
TOPHAM0.7473955.5556
DEAN0.7473954.5809
PYE0.7473954.2986
BARON0.7473952.2876
PURDY0.7473947.5059
BRIDGE0.7473946.7602
GILMORE0.7473946.1894
NEWLAND0.7473945.1467
ELLISON0.7473944.8430
KNOWLES0.7473943.0816
HOYLE0.7473941.0317
DUGDALE0.7473939.2927
HARGREAVES0.7473938.9610
DERBYSHIRE0.7473938.9610
BOOTHMAN0.7473935.3357
CRAWSHAW0.7473934.7826
AINSWORTH0.7473934.1530
WHITESIDE0.7473934.0136

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 739 people called PROW in Wiswell 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 7000.0000 in Wiswell means that 7000.0000% of the people in Wiswell on census day were called PROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PROW 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 PROW 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 PROW 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 PROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Wiswell means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PROW in Wiswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiswell in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  AINSWORTH (5)  ASHCROFT (7)  ASHWORTH (5)  ASPINALL (1)  ATKINSON (6)  ATWOOD (2)  AULINSTON (1)  BAMBER (5)  BANNISTER (1)  BARKER (9)  BARON (4)  BARTLETT (9)  BENTHAM (1)  BIRTWELL (4)  BLACKBURN (2)  BOWKER (7)  BOOTH (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRAID (3)  BRENNAND (9)  BRETHERTON (4)  BRIGGS (6)  BRIDGE (7)  BROTHERTON (10)  BULCOCK (15)  BURTON (11)  BUTHERTON (1)  CARNEY (1)  CARTER (5)  CHATBURN (7)  CLEMENTS (2)  COLLINS (1)  COTTAM (1)  COWPERTHWAITE (4)  CRAWSHAW (2)  CROSS (2)  CUNLIFFE (3)  DALE (4)  DARLING (1)  DEAN (28)  DERBYSHIRE (3)  DEWHURST (7)  DRISELL (1)  DUCKETT (1)  DUGDALE (2)  DUGAN (1)  DUTHIE (1)  EATOUGH (5)  ECKERSLEY (9)  EDMONDSON (2)  ELLISON (7)  ETHERINGTON (6)  EVERTON (7)  EXTON (6)  FARNWORTH (1)  FERRIDAY (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRANCIS (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  GIBSON (1)  JEPSON (1)  GILMORE (2)  GOODMAN (1)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFIN (2)  HALSALL (4)  HANDLEY (8)  HARGREAVES (12)  HARRISON ((HARGREAVES)) (2)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (12)  HAYDON (6)  HAYDEN (1)  HAYHURST (2)  HEATON (2)  HEYWOOD (2)  HIGGINBOTTOM (4)  HIORNS (7)  HOLDEN (1)  HOWARTH (3)  HOYLE (7)  INCE (10)  INGHAM (12)  JOHNSON (1)  KYMER (2)  BOOTHMAN (1)  KNOWLES (17)  LAMBERT (1)  LAW (2)  LEEMING (18)  LEONARD (WHITAKER) (2)  LYNE (3)  LOMAX (1)  MANGED (1)  MARSDEN (5)  MATTHEWS (9)  COLLINGE (5)  MACDONALD (1)  KISSACK (9)  MERCER (4)  MITCHELL (5)  MORT (4)  NEWLAND (2)  NEWLANDS (1)  NUTTAL (2)  NUTTALL (3)  PARKER (13)  PARKINGTON (2)  PATEFIELD (9)  PEARSON (7)  PICKUP (15)  POSTLEWHITE (1)  POWELL (1)  PRESTON (1)  PROCTER (1)  PROW (7)  PURDY (2)  PYE (6)  QUIGLEY (1)  RAWCLIFFE (13)  RILEY (7)  ROBINSON (1)  RODGERS (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SCHOFIELD (5)  SCOTT (4)  SHARP (3)  SHEPHERD (5)  SIMPON (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (1)  SMALLEY (7)  SMITH (15)  SNELL (3)  SPEAK (13)  STANDEN (8)  STONES (6)  STRINGFELLOW (6)  SUMNER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (5)  THOMPSON (7)  TOPHAM (3)  TURNER (6)  UNSWORTH (1)  VARLEY (2)  WADE (5)  WALKER (8)  WALTON (15)  WASHBROOK (2)  WATSON (3)  WELCH (2)  WHITAKER (5)  WADDICAR (5)  WHITESIDE (2)  WHITTAM (3)  WILKINSON (7)  WINDLE (1)  WINNARD (5)  WOOD (5)  WOODHEAD (1)