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 Caster, with 2 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
701	Caster	2	0.010%	9.12x
702	Caves	2	0.010%	12.44x
703	Caygill	2	0.010%	5.33x
704	Cayley	2	0.010%	8.62x
705	Cleaton	2	0.010%	8.44x
706	Colebrook	2	0.010%	5.53x
707	Cornway	2	0.010%	227.27x
708	Croasdale	2	0.010%	4.32x
709	Deasy	2	0.010%	22.30x
710	Devers	2	0.010%	44.64x
711	Donnely	2	0.010%	4.42x
712	Dury	2	0.010%	7.20x
713	Emmet	2	0.010%	11.03x
714	Falshaw	2	0.010%	11.15x
715	Frodsham	2	0.010%	5.52x
716	Gallaghan	2	0.010%	13.87x
717	Garrat	2	0.010%	17.84x
718	Glancy	2	0.010%	5.85x
719	Glasson	2	0.010%	3.38x
720	Haney	2	0.010%	5.93x
721	Hantley	2	0.010%	186.92x
722	Hawthornthwaite	2	0.010%	27.74x
723	Holdon	2	0.010%	16.82x
724	Holyoak	2	0.010%	4.20x
725	Horsefall	2	0.010%	13.87x
726	Joynson	2	0.010%	2.96x
727	Keelan	2	0.010%	18.32x
728	Keough	2	0.010%	9.96x
729	Langfield	2	0.010%	6.27x
730	Lewtas	2	0.010%	12.75x
731	Mackin	2	0.010%	4.56x
732	Maloy	2	0.010%	4.45x
733	Manghan	2	0.010%	27.74x
734	Marchbank	2	0.010%	4.86x
735	Massam	2	0.010%	8.85x
736	Mayman	2	0.010%	8.48x
737	Mcdermot	2	0.010%	11.53x
738	Mcdermott	2	0.010%	3.83x
739	Melvill	2	0.010%	20.33x
740	Mery	2	0.010%	120.48x
741	Morehouse	2	0.010%	13.68x
742	Morrisey	2	0.010%	5.70x
743	Mulcahy	2	0.010%	13.77x
744	Mullan	2	0.010%	3.78x
745	Nuttal	2	0.010%	4.33x
746	Ogara	2	0.010%	32.57x
747	Omeara	2	0.010%	31.60x
748	Pierson	2	0.010%	3.23x
749	Prestwich	2	0.010%	5.04x
750	Ramsdale	2	0.010%	2.86x
751	Rayman	2	0.010%	33.11x
752	Reagan	2	0.010%	16.54x
753	Roddy	2	0.010%	7.07x
754	Rodes	2	0.010%	34.19x
755	Rumley	2	0.010%	9.72x
756	Saley	2	0.010%	79.05x
757	Savile	2	0.010%	9.63x
758	Shimmin	2	0.010%	2.57x
759	Shorrocks	2	0.010%	5.21x
760	Simmions	2	0.010%	136.99x
761	Smally	2	0.010%	33.11x
762	Stroyan	2	0.010%	13.24x
763	Sulivan	2	0.010%	3.74x
764	Sutcliff	2	0.010%	4.77x
765	Swainbank	2	0.010%	45.66x
766	Tattersal	2	0.010%	43.67x
767	Thornborough	2	0.010%	13.24x
768	Umpleby	2	0.010%	3.67x
769	Wadworth	2	0.010%	38.76x
770	Wallworth	2	0.010%	7.30x
771	Weber	2	0.010%	5.37x
772	Westwell	2	0.010%	3.41x
773	Wilmore	2	0.010%	5.47x
774	Wink	2	0.010%	8.24x
775	Wolstencroft	2	0.010%	1.75x
776	Wombwell	2	0.010%	11.03x
777	Worswick	2	0.010%	5.21x
778	Abbots	1	0.000%	6.25x
779	Abott	1	0.000%	11.40x
780	Acomb	1	0.000%	6.04x
781	Agan	1	0.000%	15.31x
782	Akeroyd	1	0.000%	2.80x
783	Albert	1	0.000%	2.22x
784	Alfrey	1	0.000%	17.09x
785	Anthoney	1	0.000%	9.08x
786	Anton	1	0.000%	3.81x
787	Arkwright	1	0.000%	1.46x
788	Aspen	1	0.000%	11.15x
789	Asworth	1	0.000%	18.66x
790	Audley	1	0.000%	3.61x
791	Balty	1	0.000%	21.83x
792	Banes	1	0.000%	3.35x
793	Bard	1	0.000%	4.15x
794	Bartles	1	0.000%	14.86x
795	Beavers	1	0.000%	5.08x
796	Bellfield	1	0.000%	3.45x
797	Bergin	1	0.000%	3.63x
798	Blackstone	1	0.000%	4.56x
799	Blaine	1	0.000%	13.68x
800	Bleakley	1	0.000%	1.63x