1881 census place

Bolton Le Sands surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bolton Le Sands, 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

40 surnames are listed for Bolton Le Sands, Lancashire, covering 237 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Beckett, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bolton Le Sands

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	Beckett	23	2.93%	146.87x
2	Burrow	16	2.04%	296.85x
3	Hayton	14	1.78%	363.64x
4	Edmondson	12	1.53%	132.16x
5	Stackhouse	12	1.53%	1237.11x
6	Constable	11	1.40%	126.44x
7	Slinger	10	1.27%	420.17x
8	Makinson	9	1.15%	400.00x
9	Speight	9	1.15%	140.85x
10	Whiteside	9	1.15%	143.77x
11	Mcpherson	8	1.02%	776.70x
12	Millner	8	1.02%	1025.64x
13	Cowperthwaite	7	0.890%	945.95x
14	Garth	7	0.890%	402.30x
15	Walling	7	0.890%	445.86x
16	Ayrton	6	0.760%	465.12x
17	Cornthwaite	6	0.760%	444.44x
18	Albright	5	0.640%	1666.67x
19	Caley	5	0.640%	164.47x
20	Gorst	5	0.640%	292.40x
21	Kellet	5	0.640%	295.86x
22	Mattocks	5	0.640%	485.44x
23	Birley	4	0.510%	333.33x
24	Ireton	4	0.510%	1666.67x
25	Masheder	4	0.510%	2105.26x
26	Sandham	4	0.510%	198.02x
27	Brearly	3	0.380%	769.23x
28	Ponsonby	3	0.380%	555.56x
29	Dacre	2	0.250%	198.02x
30	Frear	2	0.250%	238.10x
31	Timpany	2	0.250%	1333.33x
32	Wilcockson	2	0.250%	196.08x
33	Bickett	1	0.130%	357.14x
34	Crayston	1	0.130%	434.78x
35	Elleray	1	0.130%	277.78x
36	Gaulter	1	0.130%	416.67x
37	Mashiter	1	0.130%	166.67x
38	Oglethorpe	1	0.130%	434.78x
39	Pritt	1	0.130%	204.08x
40	Thorton	1	0.130%	175.44x