1881 census place

Atherton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Atherton, 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

405 surnames are listed for Atherton, Lancashire, covering 6,619 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Aldred, with 206 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Atherton

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	Aldred	206	1.63%	190.09x
2	Yates	142	1.13%	16.38x
3	Lee	133	1.05%	6.45x
4	Seddon	126	1.00%	61.47x
5	Marsh	103	0.820%	11.44x
6	Hampson	98	0.780%	43.10x
7	Hilton	96	0.760%	22.13x
8	Grundy	89	0.710%	34.45x
9	Partington	88	0.700%	49.16x
10	Barnes	85	0.670%	5.60x
11	Bullough	84	0.670%	216.94x
12	Unsworth	80	0.630%	55.16x
13	Eckersley	77	0.610%	97.57x
14	Whittle	77	0.610%	28.01x
15	Edge	74	0.590%	34.04x
16	Higson	73	0.580%	90.48x
17	Charlson	69	0.550%	1321.84x
18	Halliwell	69	0.550%	49.28x
19	Rigby	69	0.550%	18.85x
20	Hatton	68	0.540%	27.45x
21	Cunliffe	64	0.510%	40.73x
22	Knowles	62	0.490%	9.20x
23	Banks	60	0.480%	9.27x
24	Hayes	58	0.460%	7.39x
25	Pemberton	58	0.460%	36.19x
26	Blakemore	57	0.450%	105.85x
27	Heaton	56	0.440%	18.55x
28	Howcroft	56	0.440%	139.90x
29	Thorpe	56	0.440%	11.23x
30	Alldred	52	0.410%	636.47x
31	Worthington	52	0.410%	20.56x
32	Croft	48	0.380%	16.10x
33	Greenhalgh	48	0.380%	18.57x
34	Sale	48	0.380%	57.74x
35	Dootson	47	0.370%	258.24x
36	Speakman	47	0.370%	81.01x
37	Hodson	46	0.360%	17.62x
38	Kay	46	0.360%	7.02x
39	Mather	46	0.360%	14.70x
40	Gerrard	45	0.360%	27.91x
41	Collier	44	0.350%	10.43x
42	Pomfret	44	0.350%	101.38x
43	Hope	43	0.340%	10.01x
44	Bowker	42	0.330%	34.14x
45	Glover	42	0.330%	7.81x
46	Hindley	42	0.330%	40.44x
47	Mullineux	42	0.330%	325.83x
48	Woodward	42	0.330%	6.75x
49	Battersby	41	0.320%	46.01x
50	Hodgkinson	41	0.320%	18.91x
51	Pasquill	41	0.320%	854.17x
52	Gorse	40	0.320%	225.99x
53	Lythgoe	39	0.310%	100.52x
54	Caldwell	37	0.290%	18.74x
55	Latham	37	0.290%	14.41x
56	Crook	35	0.280%	9.66x
57	Tyldesley	35	0.280%	206.12x
58	Boardman	34	0.270%	16.79x
59	Higham	34	0.270%	26.44x
60	Sidlow	34	0.270%	568.56x
61	Haslam	33	0.260%	17.22x
62	Laithwaite	33	0.260%	308.41x
63	Makin	33	0.260%	30.45x
64	Nuttall	33	0.260%	10.37x
65	Pendlebury	33	0.260%	40.77x
66	Leyland	32	0.250%	41.50x
67	Warburton	30	0.240%	9.64x
68	Cowburn	29	0.230%	63.15x
69	Foulds	29	0.230%	33.97x
70	Kenyon	29	0.230%	11.01x
71	Platt	29	0.230%	8.68x
72	Atherton	26	0.210%	11.46x
73	Leigh	25	0.200%	8.61x
74	Pennington	25	0.200%	13.38x
75	Manley	24	0.190%	16.98x
76	Oakes	24	0.190%	13.13x
77	Orrell	23	0.180%	49.00x
78	Prescott	23	0.180%	12.92x
79	Banister	22	0.170%	41.87x
80	Calland	22	0.170%	110.39x
81	Fishwick	22	0.170%	34.95x
82	Hulme	22	0.170%	8.15x
83	Rudd	22	0.170%	11.06x
84	Southern	22	0.170%	18.91x
85	Ogden	21	0.170%	5.89x
86	Crompton	20	0.160%	9.42x
87	Farrington	20	0.160%	18.45x
88	Greenough	20	0.160%	62.79x
89	Hindle	20	0.160%	11.28x
90	Rawlinson	20	0.160%	13.29x
91	Stansfield	20	0.160%	10.27x
92	Ainscow	19	0.150%	127.77x
93	Boydell	19	0.150%	96.35x
94	Gregson	19	0.150%	10.88x
95	Rothwell	19	0.150%	8.19x
96	Bent	18	0.140%	19.58x
97	Brownlow	18	0.140%	47.31x
98	France	18	0.140%	9.38x
99	Halliday	18	0.140%	6.90x
100	Hamer	18	0.140%	7.62x