1881 census place

Blackrod surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Blackrod, 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

161 surnames are listed for Blackrod, Lancashire, covering 2,085 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Makinson, with 66 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Blackrod

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	Makinson	66	1.53%	535.28x
2	Valentine	66	1.53%	119.48x
3	Ainscough	63	1.46%	543.57x
4	Dickinson	59	1.37%	32.07x
5	Higson	52	1.21%	188.75x
6	Speak	48	1.11%	320.21x
7	Hope	46	1.07%	31.38x
8	Bullough	43	1.00%	325.26x
9	Hampson	43	1.00%	55.38x
10	Crankshaw	39	0.910%	668.95x
11	Rutter	35	0.810%	53.34x
12	Collier	32	0.740%	22.22x
13	Darbyshire	32	0.740%	139.92x
14	Rawlinson	32	0.740%	62.29x
15	Seddon	31	0.720%	44.30x
16	Walkden	30	0.700%	154.72x
17	Waters	30	0.700%	17.33x
18	Crook	28	0.650%	22.63x
19	Jolley	28	0.650%	123.35x
20	Pendlebury	28	0.650%	101.34x
21	Hulme	27	0.630%	29.31x
22	Hardman	26	0.600%	30.00x
23	Milner	25	0.580%	25.30x
24	Partington	25	0.580%	40.90x
25	Bibby	24	0.560%	51.60x
26	Caldwell	24	0.560%	35.60x
27	Greenhalgh	24	0.560%	27.20x
28	Mather	24	0.560%	22.47x
29	Cunliffe	23	0.530%	42.88x
30	Arrowsmith	22	0.510%	65.87x
31	Meadows	22	0.510%	36.52x
32	Close	21	0.490%	55.87x
33	Hodkinson	21	0.490%	69.06x
34	Jolly	21	0.490%	34.39x
35	Boardman	20	0.460%	28.94x
36	Parr	20	0.460%	18.58x
37	Perks	20	0.460%	44.60x
38	Walls	20	0.460%	38.60x
39	Winnard	20	0.460%	366.97x
40	Croston	19	0.440%	232.56x
41	Southworth	19	0.440%	86.09x
42	Monk	18	0.420%	19.89x
43	Unsworth	18	0.420%	36.36x
44	Wigham	18	0.420%	240.96x
45	Fairbrother	17	0.390%	69.39x
46	Holding	17	0.390%	44.51x
47	Hull	17	0.390%	18.88x
48	Grimshaw	16	0.370%	22.23x
49	Worthington	16	0.370%	18.53x
50	Broomhead	15	0.350%	77.88x
51	Farnworth	15	0.350%	67.66x
52	Hargraves	15	0.350%	99.60x
53	Higham	15	0.350%	34.17x
54	Watmough	15	0.350%	142.99x
55	Atherton	14	0.330%	18.08x
56	Strickland	14	0.330%	40.76x
57	Baugh	13	0.300%	84.14x
58	Halpin	13	0.300%	168.61x
59	Isherwood	13	0.300%	26.08x
60	Moscrop	13	0.300%	200.93x
61	Wass	13	0.300%	55.58x
62	Settle	12	0.280%	81.08x
63	Blackledge	11	0.260%	94.75x
64	Sherrington	11	0.260%	122.09x
65	Tyrer	11	0.260%	57.89x
66	Watkinson	11	0.260%	21.80x
67	Eckersley	10	0.230%	37.12x
68	Greenall	10	0.230%	76.45x
69	Medcalf	10	0.230%	59.56x
70	Sharrock	10	0.230%	74.40x
71	Brogden	9	0.210%	63.25x
72	Fazakerley	9	0.210%	234.99x
73	Heeley	9	0.210%	47.47x
74	Heyes	9	0.210%	26.98x
75	Hindley	9	0.210%	25.38x
76	Horridge	9	0.210%	83.72x
77	Liptrot	9	0.210%	105.63x
78	Muldoon	9	0.210%	106.01x
79	Mullin	9	0.210%	46.58x
80	Farrimond	8	0.190%	98.64x
81	Haddock	8	0.190%	28.92x
82	Keely	8	0.190%	182.23x
83	Maudsley	8	0.190%	65.41x
84	Mayor	8	0.190%	42.49x
85	Mitchinson	8	0.190%	72.79x
86	Sharkey	8	0.190%	81.30x
87	Shorrock	8	0.190%	37.65x
88	Willcock	8	0.190%	51.05x
89	Callan	7	0.160%	50.54x
90	Georgeson	7	0.160%	81.40x
91	Gidlow	7	0.160%	338.16x
92	Haslem	7	0.160%	237.29x
93	Mayall	7	0.160%	53.44x
94	Normanton	7	0.160%	102.64x
95	Pollett	7	0.160%	160.55x
96	Shiner	7	0.160%	144.93x
97	Tickle	7	0.160%	36.34x
98	Bones	6	0.140%	47.47x
99	Calland	6	0.140%	88.24x
100	Cuningham	6	0.140%	196.08x