Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tatham, Lancashire

Tatham 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
TAYLOR305.61808.79
WILSON203.74538.15
HODGSON132.434535.13
SMITH122.24721.59
COUPLAND112.0599325.44
CLAPHAM112.0599239.13
DAVIDSON101.872722.27
WHITFIELD101.872793.81
HOWSON91.6854270.27
MOSS91.685427.35
CASSON91.6854283.91
HARTLEY91.685426.89
WINN91.6854173.41
MOORE91.68548.43
KITCHEN81.498187.91
DOWNHAM81.4981526.32
WOLFENDEN81.4981320.00
HOLDEN81.498127.35
DIXON81.498113.68
TOWNSON81.4981357.14
CARR71.310918.17
WALLING71.3109654.21
PARRINGTON71.3109985.92
BOWKER61.1236115.16
THOMPSON61.12363.75
BAINES61.123658.71
CUTLER61.123690.23
RAY61.123656.82
BARKER61.12368.59
SHUTTLEWORTH50.936378.99
DENNY50.9363111.36
LAWSON50.936315.88
HARRISON40.74913.37
WHIPP40.7491232.56
FOX40.74918.07
DANSON40.7491336.13
KENYON40.749135.87
BURROW40.7491109.29
CORLESS40.7491266.67
MATTINSON40.7491421.05
HIRD40.749197.09
PRATT40.749113.04
JOSS40.7491412.37
FRANKLAND40.7491101.01
HODKINSON40.7491106.10
HALL30.56181.91
METCALF30.561827.75
MARSDEN30.561813.57
PARKINSON30.561811.71
ATKINSON30.56185.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARRINGTON0.53534985.9155
WALLING0.53534654.2056
DOWNHAM0.53534526.3158
MATTINSON0.53534421.0526
JOSS0.53534412.3711
TOWNSON0.53534357.1429
DANSON0.53534336.1345
COUPLAND0.53534325.4438
WOLFENDEN0.53534320.0000
CASSON0.53534283.9117
HOWSON0.53534270.2703
CORLESS0.53534266.6667
CLAPHAM0.53534239.1304
WHIPP0.53534232.5581
WINN0.53534173.4104
PAISLEY0.53534168.0672
TITTERINGTON0.53534129.8701
BOWKER0.53534115.1631
DENNY0.53534111.3586
BURROW0.53534109.2896
HODKINSON0.53534106.1008
FRANKLAND0.53534101.0101
HIRD0.5353497.0874
WHITFIELD0.5353493.8086
CUTLER0.5353490.2256
BATESON0.5353489.8204
KITCHEN0.5353487.9121
TOWLER0.5353484.0336
SHUTTLEWORTH0.5353478.9889
MONCRIEFF0.5353474.6269
BAINES0.5353458.7084
RAY0.5353456.8182
LOWRY0.5353446.2963
HIGH0.5353441.4938
HAYTON0.5353438.1679
KENYON0.5353435.8744
HODGSON0.5353435.1256
BEE0.5353433.2226
BAILY0.5353429.5858
DUCKETT0.5353429.3255
BUTTERFIELD0.5353428.0112
METCALF0.5353427.7521
HOLDEN0.5353427.3504
MOSS0.5353427.3473
HARTLEY0.5353426.8898
DAVIDSON0.5353422.2717
HANDLEY0.5353422.1976
BIRKETT0.5353419.4175
DEARDEN0.5353419.0840
BECKETT0.5353418.7970

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called PARRINGTON in Tatham 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 985.9155 in Tatham means that 985.9155% of the people in Tatham on census day were called PARRINGTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Tatham in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHWORTH (1)  ATKINSON (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAILY (1)  BAINES (6)  BARKER (6)  BATESON (3)  BECKETT (2)  BEE (1)  BIGLAND (2)  BIRKETT (1)  BOWKER (6)  BOWSKILL (9)  BROWN (1)  BURROW (4)  BUTTERFIELD (2)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CAPSLICK (11)  CAPSTICK (5)  CARADISE (1)  CORLESS (4)  CARR (7)  CARTER (1)  CASSON (9)  CHADWICK (2)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  CLAPHAM (11)  CLARKE (1)  CLUNEY (7)  COATES (2)  COUPLAND (11)  COWPERTHWAITE (1)  CUTLER (6)  DANSON (4)  DAVIDSON (10)  DAWSON (2)  DEARDEN (1)  DENNY (5)  DIXON (8)  DOWBIGGIN (6)  DOWNHAM (8)  DUCKETT (1)  ELLERSHAW (4)  FALLOWFIELD (1)  FOSTER (3)  FOX (4)  FOXCROFT (5)  FRANKLAND (4)  GREEN (1)  H...DSON (1)  HALL (3)  HANDLEY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARTLEY (9)  HAYTON (1)  HIRD (4)  HIGH (1)  HODKINSON (4)  HODGSON (13)  HOLDEN (8)  HOWSON (9)  JOSS (4)  KENYON (4)  KITCHEN (8)  NOWEL (5)  KNOWLES (2)  LANE (1)  LANGSTRETH (1)  LOWRY (1)  LAWSON (5)  MARSDEN (3)  MARSHALL (2)  MASHITER (1)  MATTINSON (4)  MAUDSLEY (6)  METCALF (3)  METCALFE (1)  MILLER (2)  MONCRIEFF (1)  MOORE (9)  MOSS (9)  NEWTON (1)  OSTLIFF (1)  PAISLEY (2)  PARKINSON (3)  PARRINGTON (7)  PRATT (4)  PROCTER (1)  RAY (6)  RAILTON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SALBERTHWAITE (1)  SCAMBLER (26)  SCARGILL (1)  SEDGEWICK (5)  SHAW (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (5)  SIMMONS (3)  SMITH (12)  STAVELEY (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOTT (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (30)  TAYLFORTH (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TITTERINGTON (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWLER (2)  TOWNSON (8)  WALLING (7)  WHIPP (4)  WHITHEAD (1)  WHITFIELD (10)  WILCOCK (1)  WILLAN (4)  WILSON (20)  WINN (9)  WOLFENDEN (8)  WOODWISS (1)  WRATHALL (2)  WRIGHT (1) 

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