1881 census place

Adlington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Adlington, 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

122 surnames are listed for Adlington, Lancashire, covering 1,244 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fairclough, with 42 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Adlington

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
1	Fairclough	42	1.29%	124.00x
2	Dickinson	38	1.17%	27.41x
3	Hargreaves	37	1.14%	27.35x
4	Farnworth	35	1.08%	209.58x
5	Ratcliffe	34	1.05%	37.93x
6	Gent	33	1.02%	118.41x
7	Atherton	28	0.860%	47.99x
8	Worsley	28	0.860%	98.70x
9	Birchall	27	0.830%	84.80x
10	Darbyshire	27	0.830%	156.70x
11	Mather	27	0.830%	33.55x
12	Corner	26	0.800%	110.17x
13	Jolly	26	0.800%	56.51x
14	Anderton	25	0.770%	64.90x
15	Halliwell	25	0.770%	69.41x
16	Nightingale	23	0.710%	42.05x
17	Acker	21	0.650%	1944.44x
18	Critchley	21	0.650%	72.59x
19	Makinson	19	0.590%	204.52x
20	Bamber	18	0.550%	71.86x
21	Clough	18	0.550%	24.84x
22	Riding	18	0.550%	82.30x
23	Pilkington	17	0.520%	29.15x
24	Bentham	15	0.460%	101.08x
25	Carrington	15	0.460%	43.86x
26	Unsworth	15	0.460%	40.20x
27	Arrowsmith	14	0.430%	55.62x
28	Derbyshire	14	0.430%	41.37x
29	Wildman	14	0.430%	70.56x
30	Alker	13	0.400%	217.39x
31	Brindle	13	0.400%	55.82x
32	Bury	13	0.400%	53.90x
33	Fishwick	13	0.400%	80.30x
34	Hitchen	13	0.400%	58.82x
35	Holding	12	0.370%	41.70x
36	Charnock	11	0.340%	70.97x
37	Hoghton	11	0.340%	1122.45x
38	Longworth	11	0.340%	53.06x
39	Martindale	11	0.340%	59.04x
40	Nowell	11	0.340%	72.18x
41	Openshaw	11	0.340%	69.71x
42	Westhead	11	0.340%	145.89x
43	Billington	10	0.310%	28.35x
44	Crooks	10	0.310%	39.95x
45	Croston	10	0.310%	162.34x
46	Pollitt	10	0.310%	39.92x
47	Bateson	9	0.280%	44.31x
48	Crankshaw	9	0.280%	205.01x
49	Hyland	9	0.280%	70.09x
50	Leeming	9	0.280%	44.75x
51	Silversides	9	0.280%	396.48x
52	Sixsmith	9	0.280%	165.75x
53	Blackledge	8	0.250%	91.43x
54	Brownley	8	0.250%	386.47x
55	Byers	8	0.250%	47.53x
56	Crooke	8	0.250%	183.07x
57	Fairbrother	8	0.250%	43.34x
58	Melling	8	0.250%	39.84x
59	Molyneux	8	0.250%	32.27x
60	Ormston	8	0.250%	140.85x
61	Sherlock	8	0.250%	36.60x
62	Southworth	8	0.250%	48.11x
63	Baxendale	7	0.220%	42.32x
64	Beaver	7	0.220%	48.71x
65	Bullough	7	0.220%	70.28x
66	Fearns	7	0.220%	214.07x
67	Flitcroft	7	0.220%	111.11x
68	Forshaw	7	0.220%	32.08x
69	Grime	7	0.220%	41.08x
70	Hitchin	7	0.220%	89.17x
71	Howart	7	0.220%	2258.06x
72	Rostron	7	0.220%	36.18x
73	Wareing	7	0.220%	33.27x
74	Broomhead	6	0.180%	41.35x
75	Cruise	6	0.180%	190.48x
76	Mayoh	6	0.180%	104.71x
77	Pendlebury	6	0.180%	28.82x
78	Widdows	6	0.180%	105.08x
79	Wilcocks	6	0.180%	87.98x
80	Gillibrand	5	0.150%	75.87x
81	Hartman	5	0.150%	226.24x
82	Ormesher	5	0.150%	238.10x
83	Penlington	5	0.150%	183.82x
84	Tootell	5	0.150%	121.95x
85	Clithero	4	0.120%	430.11x
86	Devonport	4	0.120%	44.94x
87	Ditchfield	4	0.120%	36.07x
88	Hughen	4	0.120%	6666.67x
89	Kniveton	4	0.120%	196.08x
90	Marth	4	0.120%	2666.67x
91	Molyneaux	4	0.120%	68.97x
92	Woodruffe	4	0.120%	107.82x
93	Ainscow	3	0.090%	78.33x
94	Crichlow	3	0.090%	1200.00x
95	Mollison	3	0.090%	41.44x
96	Rawcliffe	3	0.090%	23.13x
97	Solloway	3	0.090%	112.36x
98	Bilsborrow	2	0.060%	227.27x
99	Fillingham	2	0.060%	29.81x
100	Grayston	2	0.060%	43.29x