1881 census place

Blackley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Blackley, 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

257 surnames are listed for Blackley, Lancashire, covering 2,545 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jackson, with 213 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Blackley

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	Jackson	213	3.51%	12.54x
2	Smethurst	88	1.45%	189.13x
3	Howard	83	1.37%	13.92x
4	Butterworth	74	1.22%	33.91x
5	Whitehead	69	1.14%	16.80x
6	Ashton	52	0.860%	17.47x
7	Whittaker	40	0.660%	13.90x
8	Horrocks	37	0.610%	49.56x
9	Kershaw	37	0.610%	18.88x
10	Collinge	33	0.540%	81.24x
11	Ingham	33	0.540%	21.84x
12	Siddall	33	0.540%	74.09x
13	Worsley	33	0.540%	62.15x
14	Partington	31	0.510%	35.95x
15	Heywood	29	0.480%	23.99x
16	Hyde	29	0.480%	15.51x
17	Davenport	28	0.460%	24.32x
18	Consterdine	27	0.440%	630.84x
19	Lancashire	27	0.440%	185.82x
20	Ogden	26	0.430%	15.13x
21	Boardman	25	0.410%	25.64x
22	Plant	25	0.410%	18.61x
23	Wardleworth	25	0.410%	724.64x
24	Kenyon	23	0.380%	18.13x
25	Stafford	23	0.380%	17.79x
26	Wolstencroft	23	0.380%	96.64x
27	Bradbury	22	0.360%	12.53x
28	Travis	21	0.350%	29.46x
29	Grimshaw	20	0.330%	19.70x
30	Royle	20	0.330%	25.02x
31	Lomas	19	0.310%	16.92x
32	Oldham	19	0.310%	17.79x
33	Hopwood	18	0.300%	26.00x
34	Thorp	18	0.300%	21.85x
35	Fielding	17	0.280%	12.53x
36	Shorrocks	17	0.280%	212.77x
37	Fitton	16	0.260%	23.41x
38	Ramsbottom	16	0.260%	38.98x
39	Wilde	16	0.260%	18.09x
40	Cookson	15	0.250%	20.94x
41	Scholes	15	0.250%	21.29x
42	Collings	14	0.230%	19.36x
43	Dearden	14	0.230%	23.49x
44	Horrox	14	0.230%	299.79x
45	Lingard	14	0.230%	36.32x
46	Tinker	14	0.230%	45.60x
47	Wadsworth	14	0.230%	16.52x
48	Crompton	13	0.210%	12.71x
49	Fallows	13	0.210%	44.61x
50	Grady	13	0.210%	32.45x
51	Hollins	13	0.210%	40.83x
52	Lund	13	0.210%	19.75x
53	Parke	13	0.210%	90.34x
54	Rutter	13	0.210%	14.04x
55	Devine	12	0.200%	19.83x
56	Mellows	12	0.200%	114.61x
57	Timperley	12	0.200%	88.69x
58	Baxendale	11	0.180%	35.52x
59	Ridings	11	0.180%	81.54x
60	Thorley	11	0.180%	27.84x
61	Blomley	10	0.160%	166.39x
62	Coghlan	10	0.160%	89.29x
63	Counsel	10	0.160%	877.19x
64	Crossfield	10	0.160%	116.55x
65	Ferrier	10	0.160%	28.29x
66	Tresadern	10	0.160%	2222.22x
67	Derby	9	0.150%	80.07x
68	Hackney	9	0.150%	33.96x
69	Irons	9	0.150%	27.19x
70	Litchfield	9	0.150%	36.12x
71	Livesey	9	0.150%	15.12x
72	Marland	9	0.150%	42.57x
73	Muirhead	9	0.150%	19.20x
74	Nettleton	9	0.150%	34.46x
75	Pinkerton	9	0.150%	60.20x
76	Wardley	9	0.150%	59.06x
77	Whiteford	9	0.150%	55.87x
78	Wolstenholme	9	0.150%	18.56x
79	Baggaley	8	0.130%	67.97x
80	Basford	8	0.130%	43.81x
81	Brandreth	8	0.130%	132.67x
82	Cundy	8	0.130%	50.47x
83	Dennerley	8	0.130%	547.95x
84	Dodge	8	0.130%	33.56x
85	Fishwick	8	0.130%	26.39x
86	Lill	8	0.130%	67.85x
87	Norbury	8	0.130%	26.04x
88	Plumber	8	0.130%	172.79x
89	Sankey	8	0.130%	31.77x
90	Shatwell	8	0.130%	96.39x
91	Sleigh	8	0.130%	59.04x
92	Tissington	8	0.130%	183.49x
93	Arden	7	0.120%	47.91x
94	Birley	7	0.120%	75.51x
95	Bruckshaw	7	0.120%	132.58x
96	Bullough	7	0.120%	37.53x
97	Cartman	7	0.120%	157.66x
98	Cleworth	7	0.120%	125.90x
99	Coulthurst	7	0.120%	100.00x
100	Greenough	7	0.120%	45.63x