Top surnames from the 1881 census in Balderstone, Lancashire

Balderstone 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
ASHTON234.722896.40
KENYON183.6961176.99
SHARPLES173.4908199.77
BARON173.4908337.30
SIMM163.2854851.06
PEARSON163.285428.28
TURNER142.874710.33
BARTON132.669449.41
WALKER132.66947.97
ASPDEN122.4641560.75
WRIGHT102.05346.40
CLARKSON91.848069.71
JACKSON91.84806.61
SLATER91.848030.53
NOBLETT91.84801,914.89
FIELDING81.642773.60
CUTLER81.6427132.01
HARTLEY81.642726.21
BOLTON81.642738.15
SEFTON81.6427500.00
SMITH71.43741.02
EDMUNDSON71.4374507.25
BROWN71.43742.18
CARTER71.43748.56
BENNETT71.43748.75
FOWLER71.437425.17
MERCER71.437454.77
MOSS61.232019.99
HOPWOOD51.026790.09
CALVERT51.026750.35
DUCKWORTH51.026753.14
TAYLOR51.02671.61
HAYES51.026716.51
LUCAS40.821417.76
HAWORTH40.821439.06
ELLISON40.821438.87
PARKINSON40.821417.12
COWARD40.821471.68
FORREST40.821431.87
WOODS30.61609.77
EARNSHAW30.616049.83
SUMNER30.616038.02
HOLDSWORTH30.616036.59
RADCLIFFE30.616053.00
ROSSER30.616084.51
PULLAN30.6160156.25
CUTTLER30.6160882.35
ROBINSON30.61601.93
BARNES20.41073.41
PICKUP20.410731.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NOBLETT0.494871914.8936
CUTTLER0.49487882.3529
SIMM0.49487851.0638
COAR0.49487769.2308
ASPDEN0.49487560.7477
EDMUNDSON0.49487507.2464
SEFTON0.49487500.0000
BARON0.49487337.3016
FENDER0.49487270.2703
SHARPLES0.49487199.7650
LECK0.49487181.8182
KENYON0.49487176.9912
PULLAN0.49487156.2500
CUTLER0.49487132.0132
ROWLING0.49487104.1667
ASHTON0.4948796.3956
HOPWOOD0.4948790.0901
ROSSER0.4948784.5070
SOUTHWORTH0.4948780.3213
HALSALL0.4948777.8210
FIELDING0.4948773.5971
COWARD0.4948771.6846
CLARKSON0.4948769.7134
WHIPP0.4948763.6943
COUPE0.4948758.8235
MERCER0.4948754.7731
DUCKWORTH0.4948753.1350
RADCLIFFE0.4948753.0035
BOYS0.4948752.3560
CALVERT0.4948750.3525
EARNSHAW0.4948749.8339
BARTON0.4948749.4109
KIRTON0.4948745.0450
CHARNLEY0.4948744.0529
LIVESEY0.4948741.9287
GASKELL0.4948740.0802
HAWORTH0.4948739.0625
ELLISON0.4948738.8727
BOLTON0.4948738.1497
SUMNER0.4948738.0228
PELL0.4948736.6300
HOLDSWORTH0.4948736.5854
CORNWELL0.4948735.5872
WILDING0.4948734.9040
MELLING0.4948733.2226
FORREST0.4948731.8725
PICKUP0.4948731.7460
FORSHAW0.4948730.5810
SLATER0.4948730.5292
PEARSON0.4948728.2835

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 487 people called NOBLETT in Balderstone 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 1914.8936 in Balderstone means that 1914.8936% of the people in Balderstone on census day were called NOBLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NOBLETT 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 NOBLETT 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 NOBLETT 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 NOBLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Balderstone means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NOBLETT in Balderstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Balderstone in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ASHTON (23)  ASPDEN (12)  BARNES (2)  BARON (17)  BARTON (13)  BECCONSALL (4)  BENNETT (7)  BOLTON (8)  BOYS (1)  BRIGGS (2)  BROWN (7)  BURTHAM (1)  CALVERT (5)  COAR (1)  CARTER (7)  CHARNLEY (1)  CLARKSON (9)  CORNWELL (1)  COUPE (2)  COWARD (4)  CROASDALE (3)  CUMPSTY (1)  CUTTLER (3)  CUTLER (8)  DUCKWORTH (5)  EARNSHAW (3)  EDDLESTON (10)  EDMUNDSON (7)  EDMONDSON (1)  ELLISON (4)  EMMET (1)  FAWCETT (1)  FENDER (2)  FIELDING (8)  FORREST (4)  FORSHAW (1)  FOWLER (7)  FREUDENTHEIL (1)  FULLELOVE (1)  GASKELL (2)  GILLIBRAND (1)  GREAVES (1)  GREENBANK (8)  GRUNDY (1)  HALSALL (2)  HARGREAVES (2)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (8)  HAWORTH (4)  HAYES (5)  HOLDSWORTH (3)  HOPWOOD (5)  HORNBY (1)  HUNSWORTH (1)  JACKSON (9)  JONES (1)  KENYON (18)  KIRTON (1)  LECK (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIVESEY (2)  LUCAS (4)  MARTIN (1)  MAULEZ (1)  MELLING (1)  MERCER (7)  METCALFE (2)  MOSS (6)  NOBLETT (9)  PARKINSON (4)  PEARSON (16)  PELL (1)  PARRY (1)  PICKUP (2)  PULLAN (3)  RADCLIFFE (3)  RAWLINSON (1)  RYDING (1)  RILEY (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (3)  ROSSER (3)  RAWSTORNE (3)  ROWLING (1)  SEFTON (8)  SHARPLES (17)  SHAW (2)  SIMM (16)  SLATER (9)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHWORTH (2)  SOWERBUTTS (16)  SUMNER (3)  SWAIN (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TURNER (14)  WALKER (13)  WALLACE (1)  WHIPP (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILDING (2)  WOODS (3)  WRIGHT (10) 

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