Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burscough, Lancashire

Burscough 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
FORSHAW254.7259702.25
ASHTON203.780777.16
LAMB152.835553.74
LEA142.6465134.10
HEWITT142.646554.33
STRINGFELLOW142.64651,014.49
BALDWIN122.268453.19
ASHCROFT101.8904141.24
RIMMER91.7013106.51
BALL91.701320.60
HARRISON91.70137.66
DAWSON91.701315.43
WHITTLE81.512369.38
ASPINWALL81.51231,509.43
HUNTER81.512314.73
PRESCOTT81.5123107.24
CLARKSON81.512357.02
GIBBONS81.512347.03
LEWIS81.51235.75
TAYLOR71.32332.07
PILKINGTON71.323373.61
NELSON71.323327.32
VALENTINE71.3233103.24
BARLEY71.3233238.10
DICKINSON71.323330.99
ALMOND71.3233106.71
TRAVIS71.3233112.72
HOWARD71.323313.48
MAYSON61.13421,224.49
HORNBY61.134299.50
ECCLES61.134270.92
FORSHA61.134260,000.00
YATES61.134216.51
LAWSON61.134219.24
ROBINSON61.13423.56
WRIGHT61.13423.54
FAIRHURST50.9452115.47
STOCK50.945275.99
ARNOLD50.945217.53
SHARROCK50.9452303.03
GOBIN50.94525,000.00
VICKERS50.945236.82
FLETCHER50.94528.28
RADCLIFFE50.945281.30
HESKETH40.756179.05
PYE40.756150.57
SUTTON40.756111.88
SPENCER40.75618.28
SEDDON40.756146.57
MELLING40.7561122.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FORSHA0.5352960000.0000
GOBIN0.535295000.0000
ALMON0.535293333.3333
ASPINWALL0.535291509.4340
MAYSON0.535291224.4898
STRINGFELLOW0.535291014.4928
FORSHAW0.53529702.2472
SHARROCK0.53529303.0303
BRADE0.53529243.9024
BARLEY0.53529238.0952
BLACKHURST0.53529215.0538
WIGNALL0.53529148.1481
ASHCROFT0.53529141.2429
LEA0.53529134.0996
MELLING0.53529122.3242
FAIRHURST0.53529115.4734
TRAVIS0.53529112.7214
HALSALL0.53529107.5269
PRESCOTT0.53529107.2386
ALMOND0.53529106.7073
RIMMER0.53529106.5089
VALENTINE0.53529103.2448
HORNBY0.5352999.5025
MAYOR0.5352986.5801
RADCLIFFE0.5352981.3008
HESKETH0.5352979.0514
ASHTON0.5352977.1605
STOCK0.5352975.9878
PILKINGTON0.5352973.6067
PEET0.5352971.4286
ECCLES0.5352970.9220
WHITTLE0.5352969.3842
CLARKSON0.5352957.0207
HEWITT0.5352954.3267
LAMB0.5352953.7442
BALDWIN0.5352953.1915
PYE0.5352950.5689
GORE0.5352950.2513
GIBBONS0.5352947.0312
SEDDON0.5352946.5658
BANISTER0.5352945.4545
GREGSON0.5352940.9836
VICKERS0.5352936.8189
TINSLEY0.5352931.1526
DICKINSON0.5352930.9872
ECKERSLEY0.5352930.2115
WAREING0.5352929.1545
TOPPING0.5352927.4725
NELSON0.5352927.3224
LYON0.5352927.0514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 529 people called FORSHA in Burscough 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 60000.0000 in Burscough means that 60000.0000% of the people in Burscough on census day were called FORSHA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FORSHA 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 FORSHA 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 FORSHA 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 FORSHA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Burscough means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FORSHA in Burscough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burscough in 1881

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

ALMOND (7)  ALMON (1)  ARNOLD (5)  ASHCROFT (10)  ASHTON (20)  ASPENWALL (1)  ASPINWALL (8)  BAINES (2)  BALDWIN (12)  BALL (9)  BANISTER (1)  BARLEY (7)  BAYBUTT (6)  BLACKHURST (2)  BRADE (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAID (1)  BRIDGE (1)  CARTMEL (5)  CAUNCE (1)  CLARKSON (8)  COX (1)  CULSHAW (2)  DALTON OR DUTTON (4)  DAWSON (9)  DICKINSON (7)  DISLEY (5)  ECCLES (6)  ECKERSLEY (1)  EDGE (2)  FAIRHURST (5)  FENNERLY (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FORSHA (6)  FORSHAW (25)  GIBBONS (8)  GOBIN (5)  GORE (3)  GREGSON (3)  HALSAII (6)  HALSALL (3)  HARRISON (9)  HAYES (1)  SPENCER (HAWARD) (2)  HESKETH (4)  HEWITT (14)  HIND (1)  HORNBY (6)  HOWARD (7)  SPENCER (HOWARD) (2)  HUNTER (8)  IDDON (6)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (3)  KAY (1)  LAMB (15)  LAWSON (6)  LEATHERBARROW (2)  LEA (14)  LEWIS (8)  LOWE (1)  LYON (3)  MARTLAND (9)  MAYSON (6)  MASON (4)  MAWDSLEY (11)  MELLING (4)  MAYOR (2)  NELSON (7)  PA...NK (2)  PARR (2)  PEET (2)  PILKINGTON (7)  PORTER (1)  PRESCOTT (8)  PYE (4)  RADCLIFFE (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIMMER (9)  ROBINSON (6)  RODGERS (1)  ROTHWELL (2)  S...N (2)  SEDDON (4)  SHARROCK (5)  SMITH (3)  SNAYLAM (2)  SPENCER (4)  STOCK (5)  STRINGFELLOW (14)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (1)  TINSLEY (1)  TOPPING (1)  TRAVIS (7)  VALENTINE (7)  VERNON (2)  VICKERS (5)  WALKER (1)  WAREING (1)  WELLS (1)  WHITTLE (8)  WIGNALL (4)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WORSEY (1)  WORTHINGTON (2)  WRIGHT (6)  YATES (6)  YOUDS (1) 

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