Top surnames from the 1881 census in Simonswood, Lancashire

Simonswood 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
HEYES337.0968916.67
TYRER286.02151,365.85
HESKETH204.3011449.44
WOODS194.086064.80
APPLETON163.4409219.48
RIMMER143.0108188.43
ASHCROFT132.7957209.00
CALDWELL132.7957178.57
ROTHWELL102.1505116.96
GRICE102.1505208.77
OWEN91.935516.31
REGAN91.9355188.68
MOORCROFT81.7204519.48
PYE81.7204115.11
PENDLETON81.7204465.12
HOWARD71.505415.34
BARLOW71.505427.88
CHADWICK71.505434.41
ATHERTON71.505483.73
SPENCER71.505416.49
BRADSHAW61.290331.41
WILKINSON61.29038.46
BEESLEY61.2903160.43
SUMNER61.290379.68
BENNION51.0753476.19
RIGBY51.075337.06
HARRISON51.07534.84
ASPINALL51.075378.13
HORROCKS51.075387.57
PARR51.075343.03
SEPHTON51.0753413.22
GREGSON51.075377.76
MERCER51.075340.98
BLUNDELL40.860273.13
GLOVER40.860220.18
GRAYSON40.8602115.27
TAYLOR40.86021.35
HARVEY40.86028.06
GREEN30.64522.29
LEECH30.645239.58
KIRKBY30.6452114.07
BLACKBURN30.645217.11
FARRINGTON30.645275.00
CONWAY20.430122.96
ABRAHAM20.430143.57
CHEETHAM20.430127.78
HEATON20.430117.97
SMITH20.43010.30
CONNOR20.430114.57
ROSE20.43015.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLACKEN0.474652000.0000
TYRER0.474651365.8537
HEYES0.47465916.6667
MARGESON0.47465714.2857
MOORCROFT0.47465519.4805
BENNION0.47465476.1905
PENDLETON0.47465465.1163
HESKETH0.47465449.4382
SEPHTON0.47465413.2231
APPLETON0.47465219.4787
ASHCROFT0.47465209.0032
GRICE0.47465208.7683
REGAN0.47465188.6792
RIMMER0.47465188.4253
CALDWELL0.47465178.5714
BEESLEY0.47465160.4278
ROTHWELL0.47465116.9591
GRAYSON0.47465115.2738
PYE0.47465115.1079
KIRKBY0.47465114.0684
HORROCKS0.4746587.5657
ATHERTON0.4746583.7321
SUMNER0.4746579.6813
ASPINALL0.4746578.1250
GREGSON0.4746577.7605
FARRINGTON0.4746575.0000
BLUNDELL0.4746573.1261
WOODS0.4746564.8022
ABRAM0.4746559.8802
FALLON0.4746558.1395
ABRAHAM0.4746543.5730
PARR0.4746543.0293
MERCER0.4746540.9836
PEET0.4746540.6504
CAWLEY0.4746540.6504
LEECH0.4746539.5778
MULLIGAN0.4746538.4615
RIGBY0.4746537.0645
CROPPER0.4746535.7143
TINSLEY0.4746535.4610
CHADWICK0.4746534.4149
FORSHAW0.4746531.9489
RIDING0.4746531.9489
LEDGER0.4746531.4465
BRADSHAW0.4746531.4136
KIRKHAM0.4746530.8166
LOCKETT0.4746529.5858
GALLAGHER0.4746528.3286
MOLYNEUX0.4746528.1690
BARLOW0.4746527.8773

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 465 people called GLACKEN in Simonswood 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 2000.0000 in Simonswood means that 2000.0000% of the people in Simonswood on census day were called GLACKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLACKEN 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 GLACKEN 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 GLACKEN 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 GLACKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Simonswood means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLACKEN in Simonswood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Simonswood in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (2)  ABRAM (1)  ALDRID (5)  APPLETON (16)  ASHCROFT (13)  ASHLEY (1)  ASPINALL (5)  ATHERTON (7)  BALDWIN (2)  BARLOW (7)  BARNES (2)  BIRTLES (1)  BEESLEY (6)  BENNION (5)  BIBBY (1)  BLACKBURN (3)  BLUNDELL (4)  BOYLE (1)  BRADSHAW (6)  BRIDGE (1)  BROMILOW (6)  BURGESS (2)  CALDWELL (13)  CARTER (2)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHADWICK (7)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHEETHAM (2)  COLEMAN (1)  CAWLEY (1)  CONNOR (2)  CONWAY (2)  CONWIN (1)  CROPPER (1)  DILLON (1)  DOOGHAN (1)  DUNCALF (1)  FALLON (1)  FARRINGTON (3)  FAZACERLEY (1)  FORSHAW (1)  GALLAGHER (2)  GLACKEN (1)  GLOVER (4)  GORE (1)  GRAYSON (4)  GREEN (3)  GREGSON (5)  GRICE (10)  GRIFFIN (1)  HAMPSON (1)  HARRISON (5)  HART (2)  HARVEY (4)  HEYES (33)  HEATON (2)  HENIGHEN (1)  HESKETH (20)  HILL (1)  HOLDEN (1)  O HORA (2)  HORROCKS (5)  HOWARD (7)  JACKSON (1)  MC HALE (1)  KIRKBY (3)  KIRKHAM (2)  LAURENSON (1)  LEECH (3)  LEDGER (1)  LEDSON (11)  LOCKETT (1)  MARGESON (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MERCER (5)  MULLIGAN (1)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MOORCROFT (8)  MOSS (2)  KNAVESEY (1)  OWEN (9)  PARR (5)  PEET (1)  PENDLETON (8)  PLUMBLEY (3)  PLUMPLEY (1)  PYE (8)  RATCLIFFE (1)  REGAN (9)  RIDING (1)  RIGBY (5)  RIMMER (14)  ROSE (2)  ROTHWELL (10)  SEPHTON (5)  SHACKLADY (4)  SMITH (2)  SPENCER (7)  STANLEY (1)  STEPHENS (1)  SUMNER (6)  TAYLOR (4)  TINSLEY (1)  TYRER (28)  WALKER (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WILKINSON (6)  WOODS (19)  WRIGHT (1) 

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