Top surnames from the 1881 census in Foulridge, Lancashire

Foulridge 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
ROBINSON434.875315.29
WILKINSON303.401422.29
SUTCLIFFE293.288083.24
CRABTREE283.1746157.66
BARRITT262.94781,125.54
WILSON252.83456.17
SMITH222.49431.77
BRACEWELL222.4943691.82
CRYER212.3810432.99
RUSHTON212.3810115.45
PICKLES212.3810117.19
HARTLEY192.154234.37
HIGSON182.0408319.15
JUDSON171.9274421.84
SAGAR171.9274474.86
BANKS161.814135.37
HORSFIELD151.7007253.38
POLLARD151.700746.64
TURNER151.70076.11
PARKER141.58738.35
HARRISON131.47396.64
HAGUE131.473993.73
TOWNSEND131.473934.69
DRIVER121.360573.44
PETTY121.3605137.46
WILLIAMSON111.247213.91
ROBERTS101.13383.01
BALDWIN80.907021.27
HAWORTH80.907043.13
RILEY80.907011.46
BIRD80.907011.87
CUTLER80.907072.86
CLARK80.90703.02
SELLERS80.9070117.99
IRELAND70.793734.20
WEBSTER70.79379.13
YATES70.793711.55
WHITAKER70.793728.09
KIMBERLY70.79371,750.00
HARGREAVES60.680316.32
MITCHELL60.68033.35
GILL60.68039.61
BROWN60.68031.03
ORMEROD50.566970.92
RATCLIFFE50.566920.53
GODDARD50.566914.10
COLBERT50.5669342.47
OGDEN50.566920.05
DIXON50.56695.17
JACKSON50.56692.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WAIDEN0.8888210000.0000
LIE0.888826666.6667
KIMBERLY0.888821750.0000
BARRITT0.888821125.5411
BRACEWELL0.88882691.8239
SAGAR0.88882474.8603
CRYER0.88882432.9897
JUDSON0.88882421.8362
COLBERT0.88882342.4658
HIGSON0.88882319.1489
HORSFIELD0.88882253.3784
FORT0.88882193.2367
CRABTREE0.88882157.6577
SAGER0.88882157.4803
PETTY0.88882137.4570
SELLERS0.88882117.9941
PICKLES0.88882117.1875
RUSHTON0.88882115.4480
TOMPSON0.88882105.8201
BRUNSKILL0.8888297.5610
PEARMAN0.8888294.7867
HAGUE0.8888293.7275
SUTCLIFFE0.8888283.2377
HUDDLESTON0.8888280.9717
RYCROFT0.8888279.0514
DRIVER0.8888273.4394
CUTLER0.8888272.8597
ORMEROD0.8888270.9220
MEDLEY0.8888261.5385
POLLARD0.8888246.6418
CHEW0.8888244.5434
HAWORTH0.8888243.1267
SNOWDEN0.8888238.2166
BANKS0.8888235.3669
TOWNSEND0.8888234.6944
HARTLEY0.8888234.3705
IRELAND0.8888234.1964
FOULDS0.8888233.5008
VARLEY0.8888233.0033
HALLAM0.8888230.4136
WHITAKER0.8888228.0899
LONSDALE0.8888227.3224
GOTT0.8888226.1780
RAMSDEN0.8888224.8756
WILKINSON0.8888222.2883
MURRY0.8888221.4592
BALDWIN0.8888221.2709
RATCLIFFE0.8888220.5255
OGDEN0.8888220.0481
WINDLE0.8888220.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 882 people called WAIDEN in Foulridge 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 10000.0000 in Foulridge means that 10000.0000% of the people in Foulridge on census day were called WAIDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAIDEN 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 WAIDEN 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 WAIDEN 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 WAIDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Foulridge means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAIDEN in Foulridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Foulridge in 1881

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

AMBLER (1)  ANDERTON (2)  ATKINSON (4)  BALDWIN (8)  BANKS (16)  BANNISTER (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNS (1)  BARRITT (26)  BERRY (1)  BIKER (1)  BIRD (8)  BLACKBURN (4)  BRACEWELE (1)  BRACEWELL (22)  BROOKS (1)  BROUGHTON (3)  BROWN (6)  BRUNSKILL (2)  BUCK (3)  BULCACK (4)  CARR (1)  CARTNELL (3)  CHEW (2)  CLARK (8)  CLARKSON (2)  CLITHEROE (9)  COOPER (2)  CRABTREE (28)  CRYER (21)  COLBERT (5)  CUTLER (8)  DAVIS (1)  DICK (1)  DIGGLE (2)  DIXON (5)  DRIVER (12)  IDESON (4)  FARNHILL (4)  FARNILL (4)  FLETCHER (4)  FORT (4)  FOULDS (2)  GARNETT (1)  GILL (6)  GODDARD (5)  GOTT (1)  O'GRADY (1)  GREENWOOD (4)  HAGUE (13)  HALLAM (5)  HARGREAVES (6)  HARRISON (13)  HARTLEY (19)  HAWORTH (8)  HEATON (1)  HIGSON (18)  HITCHEN (1)  HITCHIN (7)  HOLDSWORTH (1)  HOLMES (3)  HORSFIELD (15)  HUDDLESTON (2)  HUDSON (1)  IRELAND (7)  JACKSON (5)  JUDSON (17)  KIMBERLY (7)  KIRKHAMFOARD (1)  KNOWLES (3)  LAUGSHETH (3)  LEE (3)  LIE (2)  LONSDALE (2)  LOWCOCK (1)  LOYNE (1)  LUND (1)  MALE (4)  MEDLEY (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MURRY (1)  NUTTER (1)  OGDEN (5)  ORMEROD (5)  PARKER (14)  PEARMAN (4)  PETTY (12)  PICKLES (21)  POLLARD (15)  PROCTOR (1)  RAMSDEN (4)  RATCLIFFE (5)  RENNY (3)  RICHMOND (1)  RIDEHALGH (15)  RILEY (8)  ROBERTS (10)  ROBINSON (43)  RUSHTON (21)  RYCROFT (2)  SCOULER (1)  SAGAR (17)  SAGER (2)  SELLERS (8)  SHACKLETON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (22)  SNOWDEN (3)  SOAR (3)  STEPHENSON (2)  SUTCLIFFE (29)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (4)  TOMPSON (2)  TILLITSON (2)  TOWNSEND (13)  TURNER (15)  VARLEY (4)  VEEVERS (18)  WADDINGTON (2)  WAIDEN (1)  WELLOCK (1)  WEBSTER (7)  WHITAKER (7)  WIDDUP (2)  WILKINSON (30)  WILLIAMSON (11)  WILSON (25)  WINDLE (1)  WOOD (2)  YATES (7) 

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