Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eccleshill, Lancashire

Eccleshill 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
HOLDEN324.232877.28
HAWORTH314.1005194.97
YATES293.836055.82
TAYLOR253.30695.17
DUCKWORTH202.6455136.89
CROMPTON202.6455157.23
LEACH182.381057.71
HARGREAVES172.248753.95
HUNT151.984114.94
ENTWISTLE141.8519106.30
WARING141.8519147.37
KIRKHAM131.7196123.22
FISH131.719692.33
CLARK121.58735.28
ASPDEN121.5873360.36
FIELDEN111.4550249.43
WILSON111.45503.17
SMITH111.45501.03
KNIGHT111.455011.80
BENNETT101.32288.05
GLASFORD91.19057,500.00
HEAP91.190570.15
BLEASDALE91.1905387.93
ELLISON81.058250.09
HUTCHINSON81.058218.63
DUGGAN70.9259120.90
OLIVER70.925912.98
SHUTTLEWORTH70.925978.04
LAMBERT70.925916.97
WALSH70.925917.39
PINDER70.925976.84
ASHTON70.925918.90
BOYD70.925926.40
WALTON60.793711.28
COLLEY60.793762.63
MARSDEN60.793719.16
CARROLL60.793739.53
DEWHURST60.793766.89
BERRY60.793710.00
BAIRD50.661430.92
ROTHWELL50.661435.97
HARDING50.66149.14
KEN50.66142,272.73
BENNET50.661447.89
HOPE50.661419.43
ORRELL50.6614177.94
NORRIS50.661415.40
RADCLIFFE50.661456.95
LOMAX40.529137.49
AMBER40.52911,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLASFORD0.767567500.0000
KEN0.767562272.7273
AMBER0.767561666.6667
MURTAGH0.76756930.2326
HATTEN0.76756493.8272
EATOUGH0.76756454.5455
MANSEL0.76756400.0000
BLEASDALE0.76756387.9310
ASPDEN0.76756360.3604
WHITLOW0.76756326.0870
GALAGHER0.76756303.0303
FIELDEN0.76756249.4331
HAWORTH0.76756194.9686
ORRELL0.76756177.9359
CROMPTON0.76756157.2327
WARING0.76756147.3684
CARTLIDGE0.76756137.6147
DUCKWORTH0.76756136.8925
KIRKHAM0.76756123.2227
DUGGAN0.76756120.8981
TYRER0.76756120.1201
ENTWISTLE0.76756106.3022
FISH0.7675692.3295
ROYSTON0.7675689.2857
SHUTTLEWORTH0.7675678.0379
HOLDEN0.7675677.2760
PINDER0.7675676.8386
HEAP0.7675670.1481
DEWHURST0.7675666.8896
COLLEY0.7675662.6305
LEACH0.7675657.7108
RADCLIFFE0.7675656.9476
YATES0.7675655.8229
BOWKER0.7675654.2741
HARGREAVES0.7675653.9511
BURY0.7675653.3808
GRIME0.7675650.3778
ELLISON0.7675650.0939
BENNET0.7675647.8927
MELLING0.7675642.7350
CHALK0.7675640.0802
CARROLL0.7675639.5257
DUXBURY0.7675639.4477
HINDLE0.7675637.6648
LOMAX0.7675637.4883
COWELL0.7675636.9686
BRINDLE0.7675636.9004
ROTHWELL0.7675635.9712
OATES0.7675633.9559
NIGHTINGALE0.7675631.3972

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 756 people called GLASFORD in Eccleshill 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 7500.0000 in Eccleshill means that 7500.0000% of the people in Eccleshill on census day were called GLASFORD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Eccleshill in 1881

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

ASHTON (7)  ASPDEN (12)  BAIRD (5)  BENNETT (10)  BENNET (5)  BURY (3)  BERRY (6)  BLEASDALE (9)  BLEYARD (13)  BOWKER (4)  BOYD (7)  BRINDLE (2)  BROWN (4)  CARROLL (6)  CARTLIDGE (3)  CHALK (2)  CLARK (12)  CLARKSON (3)  CLEGG (4)  COLLEY (6)  COOK (1)  COWELL (4)  CROFT (3)  CROMPTON (20)  DEWHURST (6)  DONNELLY (1)  DRIVER (4)  DUCKWORTH (20)  DUERDEN (7)  DUGGAN (7)  DUXBURY (2)  EATOUGH (4)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLISON (8)  ENTWISTLE (14)  FAIRHURST (1)  FELL (1)  FEILDEN (2)  FIELDEN (11)  FISH (13)  FISHER (1)  FOLEY (2)  FOWLER (2)  GALAGHER (1)  GARSDEN (8)  GAULTER (4)  GILLIBRAND (8)  GLASFORD (9)  GREEN (3)  GREENWOOD (2)  GRIME (2)  HARDING (5)  HARGREAVES (17)  HATTEN (4)  HAWORTH (31)  HEAP (9)  HINDLE (4)  HOLDEN (32)  HOLLIS (2)  HOLDS (1)  HOPE (5)  HUNT (15)  HUTCHINSON (8)  AMBER (4)  KEN (5)  KENNEDY (1)  KENYON (2)  KING (2)  KIRKHAM (13)  KNIGHT (11)  LAMBERT (7)  LEACH (18)  LEE (1)  LEVER (1)  LIGHTBOWN (32)  LOMAX (4)  MALLORD (11)  MANSEL (2)  MARSDEN (6)  MATHER (2)  MAWDSLEY (1)  MURTAGH (4)  MEDALINE (1)  MELLING (2)  METCALFE (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NIGHTINGALE (4)  NORRIS (5)  OATES (4)  OLIVER (7)  ORRELL (5)  PARKER (1)  PENDLEBURY (1)  PICKERING (2)  PINDER (7)  PORTER (2)  RADCLIFFE (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSTRON (3)  ROTHWELL (5)  ROYSTON (2)  SHORROCK (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (7)  SMITH (11)  TATTERSALL (2)  TAYLOR (25)  TOWNSEND (1)  TYRER (4)  WALKDEN (5)  WALMSLEY (2)  WALSH (7)  WALTON (6)  WARDLE (1)  WARING (14)  WATSON (2)  WAWDSLEY (3)  WEST (2)  WHITLOW (3)  WILLACY (5)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (11)  YATES (29) 

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