Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wray With Botton, Lancashire

Wray With Botton 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
STEPHENSON253.987269.70
TAYLOR223.50885.49
JOHNSON213.34939.97
FOX213.349336.07
CLARKSON193.0303114.32
PARKINSON172.711356.52
DIXON162.551823.29
RIPLEY142.2329338.16
WARD142.232910.22
FAIRHURST132.0734253.41
ROBINSON132.07346.50
MASON121.913914.23
EDMONDSON111.7544151.72
HODGSON111.754425.32
BOWKER91.4354147.30
CARR91.435419.89
HEARTLEY91.43544,090.91
HARRISON81.27595.75
ASKEW81.2759112.99
MORTON81.275923.87
KENYON81.275961.12
MOSS71.116418.12
WATSON71.11644.81
TOWNSON71.1164266.16
MILLER71.11646.24
ETHERINGTON71.1164147.99
ATKINSON60.95699.82
ROBERTS60.95692.54
BERRY60.956912.06
WILLMAN60.95691,224.49
LUCAS60.956920.70
TOWERS50.797468.87
BROTHERTON50.7974156.74
GARDNER40.63809.40
ALDERSON40.638045.98
HOWSON40.6380102.30
BURROW40.638093.02
DAVIDSON40.63807.59
THOMPSON40.63802.13
JACKSON40.63802.28
PARKER40.63803.35
SHACKLETON40.638056.66
CRAWSHAW40.638081.97
CARTER40.63803.80
SMITH40.63800.45
DAVIS30.47852.18
COUPLAND30.478575.57
WILSON30.47851.04
FRANKLAND30.478564.52
SYKES30.47859.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRIGHTS0.636276666.6667
HEARTLEY0.636274090.9091
FEARING0.636271666.6667
WILLMAN0.636271224.4898
RIPLEY0.63627338.1643
SALTON0.63627327.8689
COULSTON0.63627312.5000
TOWNSON0.63627266.1597
WAINMAN0.63627256.4103
FAIRHURST0.63627253.4113
BROTHERTON0.63627156.7398
EDMONDSON0.63627151.7241
CALVERLEY0.63627150.3759
EDMONSON0.63627149.2537
ETHERINGTON0.63627147.9915
BOWKER0.63627147.2995
LEAK0.63627123.9669
CLARKSON0.63627114.3201
ASKEW0.63627112.9944
HOWSON0.63627102.3018
BURROW0.6362793.0233
MARKWELL0.6362786.9565
BEE0.6362784.7458
CRAWSHAW0.6362781.9672
WESTERN0.6362775.7576
COUPLAND0.6362775.5668
ORMOND0.6362775.1880
HARLING0.6362774.3494
STEPHENSON0.6362769.6961
TOWERS0.6362768.8705
FRANKLAND0.6362764.5161
KENYON0.6362761.1154
GRIME0.6362760.7903
SHACKLETON0.6362756.6572
PARKINSON0.6362756.5160
DOWNHAM0.6362755.8659
WALLBANK0.6362751.2821
ALDERSON0.6362745.9770
CLOSE0.6362736.5631
FOX0.6362736.0701
BLACKMAN0.6362726.2123
WILDMAN0.6362726.1097
HODGSON0.6362725.3165
BAINES0.6362725.0000
BRISCOE0.6362724.8139
MORTON0.6362723.8735
DIXON0.6362723.2931
LUCAS0.6362720.6968
STUART0.6362720.0535
CARR0.6362719.8939

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 627 people called WRIGHTS in Wray With Botton 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 6666.6667 in Wray With Botton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Wray With Botton on census day were called WRIGHTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS 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 WRIGHTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Wray With Botton means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRIGHTS in Wray With Botton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wray With Botton in 1881

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

ALDERSON (4)  ARMITAGE (1)  ASKEW (8)  ATKINSON (6)  BAINES (3)  BARGH (12)  BARKER (1)  BEE (3)  BELL (1)  BERRY (6)  BIGLAND (3)  BIRKBECK OR BERKBECK (2)  BLACKMAN (2)  BLAMIRE (6)  BOND (1)  BOWKER (9)  BRADLEY (2)  BRAYSHAW (15)  BRISCOE (1)  BROTHERTON (5)  BROWN (2)  BURROWS (1)  BURROW (4)  CALVERLEY (2)  CAPSTICK (3)  CARDUS (10)  CARR (9)  CARTER (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKSON (19)  CLOSE (2)  COULSTON (2)  COUPLAND (3)  CORBETH (1)  COLTHERD (1)  CRAWSHAW (4)  CROSSOR (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAVIS (3)  DIXON (16)  DODDING (3)  DOWNHAM (1)  ECCLES (1)  EDMONSON (1)  EDMONDSON (11)  ELLAM (1)  ETHERINGTON (7)  FAIRHURST (13)  FEARING (1)  FOX (21)  FOXCROFT (8)  FRANKLAND (3)  GARDNER (4)  GILGRASS (1)  GORNALL (1)  GRIME (2)  HARLING (2)  HARRISON (8)  HEARTLEY (9)  HASLAM (1)  HODGSON (11)  HORNBY (1)  HOWSON (4)  HUNTER (3)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (21)  KENYON (8)  KERSHAW (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAK (3)  LANCASTER (1)  LANGSHORN ? (1)  LANGSTROTH (1)  LEECE (9)  LEONARD (1)  LEWIS (1)  LUCAS (6)  MANSFIELD (1)  MARKWELL (1)  MASON (12)  COLLINGE (1)  MACKENZIE (2)  METCALF (1)  MILLER (7)  MOODY (1)  MOORBY (6)  MOORE (1)  MORTON (8)  MOSS (7)  ORMOND (1)  PARKER (4)  PARKINSON (17)  PRESTON (3)  PRICE (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIPLEY (14)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBINSON (13)  SALTON (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SCAMBLER (2)  SHACKLETON (4)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SMITH (4)  STAINBANK (8)  STEPHENSON (25)  STEWART (1)  STUART (3)  SWAITS (5)  SWINDLEHURST (16)  SYKES (3)  TAYLOR (22)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (4)  TOMILNSON (1)  TOWERS (5)  TOWNSON (7)  TRAVIS (1)  WALLBANK (1)  WALTON (1)  WARD (14)  WATSON (7)  WAINMAN (2)  WESTERN (2)  WHITAKER (1)  WILLMAN (6)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILSON (3)  WRIGHTS (2)