1881 census place

Ashton In Makerfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ashton In Makerfield, 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

322 surnames are listed for Ashton In Makerfield, Lancashire, covering 5,609 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cunliffe, with 241 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ashton In Makerfield

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	Cunliffe	241	2.44%	196.08x
2	Lowe	209	2.12%	28.24x
3	Shaw	157	1.59%	8.66x
4	Heaton	139	1.41%	58.85x
5	Pilling	132	1.34%	110.81x
6	Littler	119	1.21%	181.71x
7	Adamson	117	1.19%	44.81x
8	Pennington	116	1.18%	79.37x
9	Speakman	101	1.02%	222.52x
10	Hart	92	0.930%	10.93x
11	Sutton	91	0.920%	14.48x
12	Turton	91	0.920%	82.07x
13	Sudworth	82	0.830%	1077.53x
14	Winstanley	79	0.800%	79.65x
15	Naylor	74	0.750%	19.89x
16	Unsworth	74	0.750%	65.23x
17	Simm	73	0.740%	191.10x
18	Fairhurst	72	0.730%	89.09x
19	Corless	68	0.690%	244.69x
20	Atherton	67	0.680%	37.76x
21	Marsh	64	0.650%	9.09x
22	Houghton	56	0.570%	16.23x
23	Knowles	54	0.550%	10.24x
24	Blinston	52	0.530%	1031.75x
25	Picton	49	0.500%	145.88x
26	Crompton	48	0.490%	28.89x
27	Rigby	47	0.480%	16.41x
28	Gore	46	0.470%	41.28x
29	Hodgkinson	45	0.460%	26.53x
30	Rimmer	45	0.460%	28.54x
31	Vernon	45	0.460%	27.69x
32	Boon	44	0.450%	47.57x
33	Greenall	44	0.450%	146.86x
34	Latham	44	0.450%	21.90x
35	Barton	39	0.400%	7.31x
36	Cottam	38	0.390%	63.28x
37	Painter	38	0.390%	28.07x
38	Ogden	37	0.370%	13.26x
39	Mather	36	0.360%	14.71x
40	Cottom	35	0.350%	206.25x
41	Gaskell	35	0.350%	34.59x
42	Fearnley	34	0.340%	56.65x
43	Whittle	34	0.340%	15.81x
44	Darbyshire	33	0.330%	62.97x
45	Melling	33	0.330%	54.03x
46	Simpkin	32	0.320%	86.37x
47	Aspinall	31	0.310%	22.82x
48	Ince	31	0.310%	63.03x
49	Hilton	30	0.300%	8.84x
50	Merry	30	0.300%	40.67x
51	Prescott	30	0.300%	21.55x
52	Jameson	29	0.290%	26.55x
53	Seddon	29	0.290%	18.09x
54	Swift	28	0.280%	9.18x
55	Critchley	27	0.270%	30.69x
56	Molyneux	27	0.270%	35.82x
57	Sixsmith	26	0.260%	157.48x
58	Tickle	26	0.260%	58.92x
59	Witherington	25	0.250%	227.69x
60	Bradburn	24	0.240%	61.04x
61	Woodcock	24	0.240%	8.52x
62	Lyon	23	0.230%	11.12x
63	Twist	23	0.230%	47.12x
64	Deluce	22	0.220%	1666.67x
65	Leyland	22	0.220%	36.47x
66	Monks	22	0.220%	27.53x
67	Wilcock	22	0.220%	15.67x
68	Rosbottom	21	0.210%	375.00x
69	Boardman	20	0.200%	12.63x
70	Grimshaw	20	0.200%	12.13x
71	Hardman	20	0.200%	10.07x
72	Houlton	20	0.200%	94.83x
73	Talbot	19	0.190%	7.73x
74	Westhead	19	0.190%	82.82x
75	Battersby	18	0.180%	25.82x
76	Birchall	18	0.180%	18.59x
77	Lea	18	0.180%	9.24x
78	Pendlebury	18	0.180%	28.43x
79	Boffey	17	0.170%	119.38x
80	Bullough	17	0.170%	56.12x
81	Catterall	17	0.170%	27.23x
82	Ralphson	17	0.170%	955.06x
83	Worsley	17	0.170%	19.71x
84	Brindle	16	0.160%	22.59x
85	Bullin	16	0.160%	205.66x
86	Byrom	16	0.160%	59.70x
87	Darwell	16	0.160%	305.34x
88	Gorner	16	0.160%	675.11x
89	Phythian	16	0.160%	162.27x
90	Roby	16	0.160%	66.95x
91	Alker	15	0.150%	82.46x
92	Derbyshire	15	0.150%	14.58x
93	Doud	15	0.150%	301.20x
94	Dowling	15	0.150%	13.72x
95	Fairclough	15	0.150%	14.56x
96	Lomax	15	0.150%	10.76x
97	Mitton	15	0.150%	51.89x
98	Ormrod	15	0.150%	47.30x
99	Pimblett	15	0.150%	155.93x
100	Corcoran	14	0.140%	29.44x