Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Kellet, Lancashire

Nether Kellet 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
LAMBERT196.8100124.75
TAYLOR176.09329.53
JACKSON124.301115.39
HODGSON124.301162.08
WHITAKER113.9427139.59
LEE82.867417.54
COURT72.5090197.18
GARTH72.50901,129.03
DILWORTH72.5090875.00
WOODS72.509039.80
WOODHOUSE62.150590.77
COTTAM62.1505352.94
SHEPHERD62.150529.35
ROBINSON62.15056.74
HARRIS62.15058.46
TOWERS62.1505185.76
BIBBY62.1505199.34
WILKINSON51.792111.74
ARMER51.79211,428.57
WALKER51.79215.35
TOWNSON51.7921427.35
HARRISON51.79218.07
WORTHINGTON51.792189.45
THOMPSON51.79215.98
GARDNER51.792126.40
HALTON41.4337373.83
MAWSON41.4337177.78
BARNES41.433711.91
STUART31.075345.05
HIGGS20.716839.29
PEARSON20.71686.17
NELSON20.716814.80
TURNER20.71682.58
SIMPSON20.71684.10
BATESON10.358457.14
KNOWLES10.35846.71
SHUTTLEWORTH10.358430.21
COOK10.35841.80
CASSON10.358460.24
FORSHAW10.358453.19
TIMMINS10.358444.64
BECKET10.3584175.44
DAVIDSON10.35844.26
BARROW10.358416.92
WHITEHEAD10.35845.30
CHAPMAN10.35842.52
PARKER10.35841.88
TOWNLEY10.358456.82
BLEASDALE10.3584116.28
BAYLIFF10.3584588.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARMER0.282791428.5714
TROWEL0.282791428.5714
GARTH0.282791129.0323
DILWORTH0.28279875.0000
BAYLIFF0.28279588.2353
LOWDER0.28279526.3158
TOWNSON0.28279427.3504
HALTON0.28279373.8318
COTTAM0.28279352.9412
BIBBY0.28279199.3355
COURT0.28279197.1831
TOWERS0.28279185.7585
MAWSON0.28279177.7778
BECKET0.28279175.4386
WHITAKER0.28279139.5939
CORLESS0.28279126.5823
LAMBERT0.28279124.7538
BLEASDALE0.28279116.2791
WOODHOUSE0.2827990.7716
WORTHINGTON0.2827989.4454
HODGSON0.2827962.0797
CASSON0.2827960.2410
BATESON0.2827957.1429
TOWNLEY0.2827956.8182
CRAGG0.2827956.4972
FORSHAW0.2827953.1915
STUART0.2827945.0450
TIMMINS0.2827944.6429
WOODS0.2827939.7953
HIGGS0.2827939.2927
SHUTTLEWORTH0.2827930.2115
SHEPHERD0.2827929.3542
GARDNER0.2827926.3992
LEE0.2827917.5439
BARROW0.2827916.9205
JACKSON0.2827915.3905
NELSON0.2827914.8038
BARNES0.2827911.9119
WILKINSON0.2827911.7426
TAYLOR0.282799.5281
HARRIS0.282798.4626
CHADWICK0.282798.1967
HARRISON0.282798.0736
ROBINSON0.282796.7446
KNOWLES0.282796.7114
PEARSON0.282796.1709
THOMPSON0.282795.9823
WALKER0.282795.3533
WHITEHEAD0.282795.3022
NICHOLSON0.282795.0454

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 279 people called ARMER in Nether Kellet 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 1428.5714 in Nether Kellet means that 1428.5714% of the people in Nether Kellet on census day were called ARMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER 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 ARMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Nether Kellet means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARMER in Nether Kellet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Kellet in 1881

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

ALDREN (3)  ARMER (5)  AUGHTON (1)  BAYLIFF (1)  BARNES (4)  BATESON (1)  BATERSBY (1)  BECKET (1)  BIBBY (6)  BLEASDALE (1)  BROCKBANK (1)  BARROW (1)  CORLESS (1)  CASSON (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  COOK (1)  CORNTHWAITE (5)  COTTAM (6)  COURT (7)  CRAGG (1)  CURWEN (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DILWORTH (7)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  FORSHAW (1)  GARDNER (5)  GARTH (7)  GORST (10)  HALTON (4)  HARRIS (6)  HARRISON (5)  HELMN (7)  HIGGS (2)  HODGSON (12)  JACKSON (12)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMBERT (19)  LEE (8)  LOWDER (1)  MAWSON (4)  NELSON (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (2)  ROBINSON (6)  SHEPHERD (6)  SHUTTLEWORTH (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SPALTON (1)  STUART (3)  TAYLOR (17)  THISTLETHWAITE (9)  THISTLEWOOD (1)  THOMPSON (5)  TIMMINS (1)  TOWERS (6)  TOWNLEY (1)  TOWNSON (5)  TROWEL (1)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (5)  WHITAKER (11)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WILSON (1)  WOODS (7)  WOODHOUSE (6)  WORTHINGTON (5) 

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