1881 census place

Ainsworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ainsworth, 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

45 surnames are listed for Ainsworth, Lancashire, covering 773 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brooks, with 128 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ainsworth

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	Brooks	128	9.54%	97.57x
2	Greenhalgh	121	9.02%	440.16x
3	Kirkman	43	3.20%	501.17x
4	Horrocks	37	2.76%	224.38x
5	Tootill	37	2.76%	2044.20x
6	Haslam	36	2.68%	176.64x
7	Firth	33	2.46%	74.04x
8	Openshaw	27	2.01%	414.11x
9	Rothwell	22	1.64%	89.18x
10	Hardman	20	1.49%	74.10x
11	Hamer	19	1.42%	75.61x
12	Syddall	17	1.27%	1574.07x
13	Grundy	16	1.19%	58.25x
14	Hulton	15	1.12%	561.80x
15	Lomax	15	1.12%	79.16x
16	Worsley	14	1.04%	119.35x
17	Phethean	13	0.970%	3333.33x
18	Toothill	13	0.970%	764.71x
19	Halliwell	12	0.890%	80.59x
20	Sladen	10	0.750%	431.03x
21	Unsworth	10	0.750%	64.85x
22	Broome	9	0.670%	134.93x
23	Cleary	9	0.670%	162.45x
24	Heyes	9	0.670%	86.62x
25	Pendlebury	9	0.670%	104.53x
26	Southworth	9	0.670%	131.00x
27	Olive	8	0.600%	165.63x
28	Ormerod	8	0.600%	74.56x
29	Meadowcroft	7	0.520%	143.44x
30	Rayson	7	0.520%	182.29x
31	Hollows	6	0.450%	228.14x
32	Holker	5	0.370%	568.18x
33	Howcroft	4	0.300%	93.90x
34	Sharrocks	4	0.300%	253.16x
35	Nation	3	0.220%	138.89x
36	Sagar	3	0.220%	55.05x
37	Wallworth	3	0.220%	238.10x
38	Barnsdale	2	0.150%	215.05x
39	Elwell	2	0.150%	52.22x
40	Grisdale	2	0.150%	86.21x
41	Massy	2	0.150%	250.00x
42	Bromilow	1	0.070%	53.76x
43	Catchpool	1	0.070%	140.85x
44	Garstang	1	0.070%	53.76x
45	Warbuton	1	0.070%	588.24x