Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradshaw, Lancashire

Bradshaw 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
HAMER435.6878303.67
HOLT385.026575.08
HOWARTH263.439271.57
BROWN202.64554.01
RAMSDEN202.6455145.03
HASLAM151.9841130.66
HOLDEN151.984136.22
WALSH151.984137.27
RILEY141.851923.41
HORROCKS141.8519150.70
HEYWOOD141.851993.09
DENNIS131.719658.14
ENTWISTLE131.719698.71
HAYDOCK121.5873504.20
LOMAX121.5873112.46
CROSSLEY121.587357.83
WHITTLE111.455066.79
ISHERWOOD111.4550125.71
WARING111.4550115.79
BRIDGE111.455071.85
LOWE101.322817.65
BIRCH101.322832.28
FIELDING101.322859.24
ORRELL91.1905320.28
DUXBURY91.1905177.51
DEAKIN91.190586.12
HINDLE91.190584.75
KAY91.190522.91
PARKER91.19056.26
HILL81.05824.15
BENNETT81.05826.44
ROBINSON81.05823.32
SMITH81.05820.75
TAYLOR81.05821.65
BERRY70.925911.67
STREET70.925939.64
PILKINGTON70.925951.55
BARLOW70.925917.15
ELMES60.7937346.82
HALL60.79372.70
MORRIS60.79373.57
SCULLY60.7937257.51
DUCKWORTH60.793741.07
NICHOLLS60.793715.20
PRIESTLEY60.793746.91
FAIRHURST50.661480.78
SEWELL50.661431.29
BRIGGS50.661412.18
YATES50.66149.62
MARSH50.66149.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYDOCK0.76756504.2017
GILLMORE0.76756416.6667
THOMASSON0.76756364.9635
ELMES0.76756346.8208
ORRELL0.76756320.2847
HAMER0.76756303.6723
SCULLY0.76756257.5107
DUXBURY0.76756177.5148
HORROCKS0.76756150.6997
RAMSDEN0.76756145.0326
HASLAM0.76756130.6620
ISHERWOOD0.76756125.7143
MANBY0.76756121.9512
JUDSON0.76756115.9420
WARING0.76756115.7895
LOMAX0.76756112.4649
BOGLE0.76756106.3830
GRIME0.76756100.7557
ENTWISTLE0.7675698.7092
HEYWOOD0.7675693.0851
DEAKIN0.7675686.1244
HINDLE0.7675684.7458
FAIRHURST0.7675680.7754
LINDSEY0.7675677.9221
HOLT0.7675675.0840
BRIDGE0.7675671.8485
HOWARTH0.7675671.5662
POLLITT0.7675668.6106
WHITTLE0.7675666.7881
CALLIGAN0.7675666.6667
FIELDING0.7675659.2417
DENNIS0.7675658.1395
CROSSLEY0.7675657.8313
UNSWORTH0.7675657.5374
SOUTHERN0.7675657.3888
NEILD0.7675652.0833
PILKINGTON0.7675651.5464
PRIESTLEY0.7675646.9116
HARDCASTLE0.7675644.9102
DUCKWORTH0.7675641.0678
CRAWLEY0.7675640.7332
LIVESEY0.7675640.5405
STREET0.7675639.6376
FAIRCLOUGH0.7675638.0228
WALSH0.7675637.2671
HOLDEN0.7675636.2231
SCHOLES0.7675634.2466
BUSHBY0.7675633.6700
BIRCH0.7675632.2789
MOORES0.7675632.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 756 people called HAYDOCK in Bradshaw 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 504.2017 in Bradshaw means that 504.2017% of the people in Bradshaw on census day were called HAYDOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYDOCK 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 HAYDOCK 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 HAYDOCK 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 HAYDOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Bradshaw means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYDOCK in Bradshaw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradshaw in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BARLOW (7)  BENNETT (8)  BERRY (7)  BIRCH (10)  BIRTWISTLE (6)  BISHOP (1)  BOARDMAN (1)  BOGLE (1)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  BRIGGS (5)  BRIDGE (11)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (20)  BRICE (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CALLIGAN (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CLOSSICK (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  CRAWLEY (4)  CROSSLEY (12)  DEAKIN (9)  DENNIS (13)  DUCKWORTH (6)  DUXBURY (9)  ELMES (6)  ENTWISTLE (13)  FAIRCLOUGH (3)  FAIRHURST (5)  FIELDING (10)  FISH (1)  FLINN (1)  GORGE (7)  GILLMORE (3)  GRANDRIDGE (7)  GREENHALGH (4)  GRIME (4)  HAYDOCK (12)  HADDOCK (1)  HALL (6)  HAMER (43)  HARDCASTLE (3)  HASLAM (15)  HAWKSWORTH (2)  HAYES (2)  HAYWARD (1)  HEYWOOD (14)  HILL (8)  HILTON (3)  HINDLE (9)  HOLDEN (15)  HOLT (38)  HORROCKS (14)  HOUGHTON (3)  HOWARTH (26)  ISHERWOOD (11)  JUDSON (4)  KAY (9)  KELLEY (1)  KENNEY (1)  KERSHAW (5)  KNOWLES (2)  LANE (1)  LINDSEY (3)  LIVESEY (3)  LOMAX (12)  LONGWORTH (1)  LOWE (10)  MANBY (1)  MARSH (5)  MATHER (1)  SCULLY (6)  MC GINTY (6)  MOORES (2)  MORRIS (6)  MURPHY (2)  MURRAY (1)  NICHOLLS (6)  NEILD (1)  NUTTALL (1)  ORRELL (9)  OTTOWELL (1)  PARKER (9)  PILKINGTON (7)  PLANT (1)  POLLITT (4)  PRICE (1)  PRIESTLEY (6)  RAMSDEN (20)  RAMWELL (4)  RILEY (14)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (8)  ROSTRON (4)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SCHOLES (3)  SCOWCROFT (10)  SEWELL (5)  SLYNN (1)  SMETHURST (9)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHERN (4)  STAPLETON (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  STREET (7)  SUDREN (4)  SWINDENBANK (1)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMASSON (5)  THORNLEY (2)  UNSWORTH (5)  WALKER (1)  WALMSLEY (3)  WALSH (15)  WARING (11)  WATSON (1)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WHITTLE (11)  WILDE (3)  WILKINSON (5)  YATES (5)  YOUNG (4) 

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