1881 census place

Burnley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Burnley, 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

995 surnames are listed for Burnley, Lancashire, covering 19,182 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Nicholl, with 8 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Burnley

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
401	Nicholl	8	0.030%	5.24x
402	Nobbs	8	0.030%	6.61x
403	Pomfret	8	0.030%	7.97x
404	Quigley	8	0.030%	5.35x
405	Reddihough	8	0.030%	134.68x
406	Redhead	8	0.030%	5.04x
407	Room	8	0.030%	20.62x
408	Start	8	0.030%	11.83x
409	Whalan	8	0.030%	53.66x
410	Willshaw	8	0.030%	31.68x
411	Witham	8	0.030%	6.84x
412	Agar	7	0.020%	6.23x
413	Ainscow	7	0.020%	20.34x
414	Beggs	7	0.020%	17.91x
415	Bevis	7	0.020%	6.94x
416	Brennon	7	0.020%	54.82x
417	Connolley	7	0.020%	45.45x
418	Cornforth	7	0.020%	10.48x
419	Croston	7	0.020%	12.64x
420	Demain	7	0.020%	37.59x
421	Diamond	7	0.020%	5.16x
422	Dower	7	0.020%	19.41x
423	Forth	7	0.020%	9.76x
424	Gillespy	7	0.020%	83.53x
425	Gribbin	7	0.020%	21.96x
426	Hargreave	7	0.020%	18.85x
427	Hayhurst	7	0.020%	5.49x
428	Howker	7	0.020%	54.82x
429	Huggon	7	0.020%	78.04x
430	Lathom	7	0.020%	37.21x
431	Leedham	7	0.020%	8.94x
432	Littleton	7	0.020%	13.40x
433	Loder	7	0.020%	12.92x
434	Lowcock	7	0.020%	18.60x
435	Mackrell	7	0.020%	16.47x
436	Mayor	7	0.020%	5.49x
437	Moat	7	0.020%	12.40x
438	Moroney	7	0.020%	74.79x
439	Mossop	7	0.020%	8.86x
440	Oldman	7	0.020%	17.43x
441	Omalley	7	0.020%	24.68x
442	Paisley	7	0.020%	10.78x
443	Precious	7	0.020%	11.55x
444	Redford	7	0.020%	4.45x
445	Revill	7	0.020%	5.36x
446	Steeple	7	0.020%	39.91x
447	Wakeman	7	0.020%	7.92x
448	Bannan	6	0.020%	28.24x
449	Broady	6	0.020%	23.95x
450	Bury	6	0.020%	2.77x
451	Calverley	6	0.020%	9.71x
452	Chisnall	6	0.020%	11.53x
453	Commins	6	0.020%	20.52x
454	Conlon	6	0.020%	9.40x
455	Coulton	6	0.020%	5.86x
456	Cregg	6	0.020%	50.46x
457	Cryer	6	0.020%	3.73x
458	Curl	6	0.020%	10.58x
459	Donnellan	6	0.020%	102.56x
460	Downham	6	0.020%	7.21x
461	Dunlavey	6	0.020%	76.92x
462	Ellan	6	0.020%	186.92x
463	Foden	6	0.020%	4.67x
464	Gilespie	6	0.020%	65.50x
465	Goldsworth	6	0.020%	79.89x
466	Haran	6	0.020%	39.97x
467	Hardaker	6	0.020%	5.95x
468	Hawer	6	0.020%	246.91x
469	Hayworth	6	0.020%	31.25x
470	Hennesy	6	0.020%	41.87x
471	Hilditch	6	0.020%	7.12x
472	Hitchon	6	0.020%	24.52x
473	Hollinrake	6	0.020%	17.74x
474	Horan	6	0.020%	7.01x
475	Houlden	6	0.020%	10.49x
476	Huntington	6	0.020%	7.07x
477	Malley	6	0.020%	7.08x
478	Marland	6	0.020%	5.91x
479	Milling	6	0.020%	27.00x
480	Mulloy	6	0.020%	13.92x
481	Murton	6	0.020%	6.07x
482	Nailor	6	0.020%	32.57x
483	Newsome	6	0.020%	2.86x
484	Obrian	6	0.020%	6.26x
485	Padden	6	0.020%	24.14x
486	Paddon	6	0.020%	8.32x
487	Pole	6	0.020%	6.63x
488	Rimmington	6	0.020%	10.04x
489	Routh	6	0.020%	13.92x
490	Saul	6	0.020%	4.02x
491	Storr	6	0.020%	5.94x
492	Swarbrick	6	0.020%	5.27x
493	Thackery	6	0.020%	23.76x
494	Thorburn	6	0.020%	3.56x
495	Threlfall	6	0.020%	4.53x
496	Toothill	6	0.020%	16.24x
497	Troy	6	0.020%	17.15x
498	Tunstill	6	0.020%	49.63x
499	Utley	6	0.020%	12.48x
500	Wainman	6	0.020%	16.46x