1881 census place

Accrington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Accrington, Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

967 surnames are listed for Accrington, Lancashire, covering 21,520 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thursby, with 4 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Accrington

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
701	Thursby	4	0.010%	10.83x
702	Wardley	4	0.010%	5.06x
703	Webbe	4	0.010%	17.20x
704	Widdup	4	0.010%	10.92x
705	Woolmington	4	0.010%	40.86x
706	Wrightman	4	0.010%	69.08x
707	Ainger	3	0.010%	8.29x
708	Birk	3	0.010%	16.68x
709	Bromilow	3	0.010%	6.87x
710	Burness	3	0.010%	4.97x
711	Byles	3	0.010%	5.48x
712	Calverly	3	0.010%	24.37x
713	Cartmel	3	0.010%	8.53x
714	Carton	3	0.010%	17.17x
715	Chadwell	3	0.010%	23.18x
716	Corlett	3	0.010%	1.67x
717	Cottom	3	0.010%	5.54x
718	Cressey	3	0.010%	7.14x
719	Dagger	3	0.010%	6.24x
720	Demaine	3	0.010%	10.84x
721	Dilworth	3	0.010%	3.30x
722	Divers	3	0.010%	9.35x
723	Edmonson	3	0.010%	8.88x
724	Ellerbeck	3	0.010%	22.27x
725	Galagher	3	0.010%	21.60x
726	Garsden	3	0.010%	36.54x
727	Geldard	3	0.010%	4.75x
728	Greenshaw	3	0.010%	64.79x
729	Grims	3	0.010%	218.98x
730	Hardacre	3	0.010%	4.02x
731	Haythornthwaite	3	0.010%	11.09x
732	Hesmondhalgh	3	0.010%	14.11x
733	Holmon	3	0.010%	476.19x
734	Leachman	3	0.010%	27.15x
735	Leacy	3	0.010%	114.07x
736	Liversedge	3	0.010%	5.21x
737	Lore	3	0.010%	71.26x
738	Loring	3	0.010%	17.71x
739	Macalpine	3	0.010%	52.82x
740	Manly	3	0.010%	6.38x
741	Marchbank	3	0.010%	6.76x
742	Markey	3	0.010%	5.33x
743	Mcguire	3	0.010%	6.72x
744	Mitchard	3	0.010%	30.99x
745	Newhouse	3	0.010%	8.83x
746	Northmore	3	0.010%	10.18x
747	Odowd	3	0.010%	33.56x
748	Okeefe	3	0.010%	9.57x
749	Parke	3	0.010%	4.02x
750	Rawcliff	3	0.010%	38.02x
751	Roose	3	0.010%	7.99x
752	Rothera	3	0.010%	12.08x
753	Rylands	3	0.010%	6.89x
754	Serridge	3	0.010%	59.41x
755	Shanahan	3	0.010%	22.46x
756	Suart	3	0.010%	17.81x
757	Thirkettle	3	0.010%	9.90x
758	Thornber	3	0.010%	3.88x
759	Tyack	3	0.010%	11.05x
760	Vinton	3	0.010%	11.98x
761	Wadmore	3	0.010%	22.62x
762	Wardleworth	3	0.010%	16.77x
763	Wate	3	0.010%	24.57x
764	Wayman	3	0.010%	3.62x
765	Wayne	3	0.010%	9.23x
766	Weekley	3	0.010%	19.39x
767	Wellock	3	0.010%	8.48x
768	Wolstencroft	3	0.010%	2.43x
769	Wrighton	3	0.010%	3.98x
770	Bairstow	2	0.010%	1.80x
771	Belch	2	0.010%	12.67x
772	Blezzard	2	0.010%	68.03x
773	Bould	2	0.010%	2.61x
774	Brade	2	0.010%	8.12x
775	Brick	2	0.010%	4.66x
776	Broadly	2	0.010%	7.25x
777	Brownbill	2	0.010%	5.79x
778	Callingham	2	0.010%	7.25x
779	Chipchase	2	0.010%	4.60x
780	Cockshoot	2	0.010%	13.20x
781	Cordingly	2	0.010%	19.40x
782	Cressy	2	0.010%	8.41x
783	Crosdale	2	0.010%	26.39x
784	Dobbing	2	0.010%	9.90x
785	Dooly	2	0.010%	15.46x
786	Duxberry	2	0.010%	18.10x
787	Edson	2	0.010%	5.57x
788	Elgin	2	0.010%	18.45x
789	Elsom	2	0.010%	3.84x
790	Evan	2	0.010%	5.56x
791	Fawbert	2	0.010%	8.76x
792	Foulker	2	0.010%	61.35x
793	Gainer	2	0.010%	11.88x
794	Gaukrodger	2	0.010%	11.66x
795	Glegg	2	0.010%	7.73x
796	Hansom	2	0.010%	11.18x
797	Hassel	2	0.010%	17.27x
798	Hatley	2	0.010%	4.68x
799	Hazlehurst	2	0.010%	3.71x
800	Higgenbottom	2	0.010%	34.54x