Top surnames from the 1881 census in Borwick, Lancashire

Borwick 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
MOSS239.0909147.53
BIBBY166.3241586.08
NICHOLSON103.952655.62
MILLER93.557319.88
MASON83.162123.52
WILDMAN72.7668451.61
BYRAM72.76683,888.89
STEWART72.766817.68
HOUGHTON72.766879.19
BARTON72.766851.21
DAVIS72.766812.59
HINDSON72.76681,555.56
MARSHALL62.371514.14
GASCOIGNE62.3715517.24
WILSON51.97634.30
BERRY51.976324.90
TUSTIN51.97631,162.79
BARLOW41.581029.28
PEARSON41.581013.61
QUIN41.5810147.60
WEST41.581016.42
CROMPTON31.185870.42
COOK31.18585.97
HIRD31.1858153.85
GREENWOOD31.185815.27
WARD20.79053.62
STEEL20.790519.40
BALL20.79059.57
JOHNSON20.79052.35
HOLMES20.79056.49
BINKS20.7905134.23
SPEIGHT10.395348.54
SHARP10.39534.74
BAINBRIDGE10.395328.09
JACKSON10.39531.41
HOLME10.395385.47
HAY10.395310.78
BELL10.39532.10
METCALF10.395319.53
SHIRES10.3953142.86
BAMBER10.395351.28
MARSDEN10.39539.54
RICHARDSON10.39532.32
WHITEHEAD10.39535.85
BURROWS10.39539.03
PARKINSON10.39538.24
WALKER10.39531.18
HARRIS10.39531.56
SHEPHERD10.39535.39
WILLIAMS10.39530.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYRAM0.252533888.8889
HINDSON0.252531555.5556
TUSTIN0.252531162.7907
BIBBY0.25253586.0806
GASCOIGNE0.25253517.2414
WILDMAN0.25253451.6129
HIRD0.25253153.8462
QUIN0.25253147.6015
MOSS0.25253147.5305
SHIRES0.25253142.8571
BINKS0.25253134.2282
HOLME0.2525385.4701
HOUGHTON0.2525379.1855
CROMPTON0.2525370.4225
NICHOLSON0.2525355.6174
BAMBER0.2525351.2821
BARTON0.2525351.2070
SPEIGHT0.2525348.5437
CONSTABLE0.2525335.7143
NICOLSON0.2525334.2466
BARLOW0.2525329.2826
BENNET0.2525328.6533
BAINBRIDGE0.2525328.0899
BERRY0.2525324.9004
MASON0.2525323.5156
MILLER0.2525319.8807
METCALF0.2525319.5313
STEEL0.2525319.3986
STEWART0.2525317.6812
WEST0.2525316.4204
GREENWOOD0.2525315.2672
MARSHALL0.2525314.1376
PEARSON0.2525313.6101
DAVIS0.2525312.5899
HAY0.2525310.7759
BALL0.252539.5694
MARSDEN0.252539.5420
BURROWS0.252539.0334
PARKINSON0.252538.2372
HOLMES0.252536.4914
COOK0.252535.9701
WHITEHEAD0.252535.8480
SHEPHERD0.252535.3937
SHARP0.252534.7438
WILSON0.252534.3029
WARD0.252533.6186
JOHNSON0.252532.3527
RICHARDSON0.252532.3218
BELL0.252532.1035
HARRIS0.252531.5552

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 253 people called BYRAM in Borwick 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 3888.8889 in Borwick means that 3888.8889% of the people in Borwick on census day were called BYRAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYRAM 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 BYRAM 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 BYRAM 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 BYRAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Borwick means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYRAM in Borwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Borwick in 1881

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

BAINBRIDGE (1)  BALL (2)  BAMBER (1)  BARLOW (4)  BARTON (7)  BELL (1)  BENNET (1)  BERRY (5)  BIBBY (16)  BINKS (2)  BURROWS (1)  BYRAM (7)  GASCOIGNE ((CASGIONE)) (2)  GASCOIGNE ((CASGOINE)) (2)  CONSTABLE (1)  COCK OR COOK (4)  COOK (3)  CROASDALE (1)  CROMPTON (3)  DAVIS (7)  DOWKOR (3)  ESCOLME (4)  FRYERS (1)  GASCOIGNE (6)  GELDERT (1)  GORST (2)  GRAVESON (5)  GREENWOOD (3)  HADDERSALL (6)  HARRIS (1)  HAY (1)  HIRD (3)  HINDSON (7)  HESLORM (2)  HOLMES (2)  HOLME (1)  HOUGHTON (7)  THORNTON ((HOUTON)) (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MASON (8)  MATINSON (1)  DONELL (1)  METCALF (1)  MILLER (9)  MOSS (23)  O NEILL ((OLDFIELD)) (2)  NICHOLSON (10)  NICOLSON (1)  OVERSBY (1)  PARKINSON (1)  PEARSON (4)  QUIN (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  SHARP (1)  SHIRES (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SPEIGHT (1)  STEEL (2)  STEWART (7)  THISLETON (7)  TUSTIN (5)  WALKER (1)  WALEN OR WALER (2)  WARD (2)  WEST (4)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILDMAN (7)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (5) 

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