1881 census place

Butterworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Butterworth, 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

180 surnames are listed for Butterworth, Lancashire, covering 5,439 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Butterworth, with 437 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Butterworth

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	Butterworth	437	5.17%	144.10x
2	Taylor	371	4.39%	6.87x
3	Clegg	284	3.36%	98.77x
4	Schofield	214	2.53%	46.74x
5	Wild	202	2.39%	58.70x
6	Howarth	177	2.10%	43.61x
7	Chadwick	175	2.07%	47.38x
8	Fielding	168	1.99%	89.10x
9	Whitehead	167	1.98%	29.25x
10	Sutcliffe	145	1.72%	43.46x
11	Stott	137	1.62%	51.93x
12	Mills	134	1.59%	12.23x
13	Buckley	132	1.56%	28.71x
14	Kershaw	115	1.36%	42.22x
15	Milnes	99	1.17%	132.76x
16	Lord	91	1.08%	23.37x
17	Ashworth	89	1.05%	26.41x
18	Greenwood	81	0.960%	12.35x
19	Brierley	79	0.940%	52.66x
20	Leach	73	0.860%	20.95x
21	Whitworth	66	0.780%	46.78x
22	Gartside	64	0.760%	182.13x
23	Holt	62	0.730%	10.96x
24	Shepherd	61	0.720%	9.86x
25	Shore	54	0.640%	59.45x
26	Whittles	50	0.590%	375.66x
27	Bottomley	46	0.540%	32.71x
28	Woolfenden	45	0.530%	370.98x
29	Travis	44	0.520%	44.41x
30	Hurst	40	0.470%	13.26x
31	Whittaker	40	0.470%	10.00x
32	Crossley	37	0.440%	15.96x
33	Hargreaves	37	0.440%	10.51x
34	Holden	37	0.440%	8.00x
35	Platt	33	0.390%	14.76x
36	Bamford	30	0.360%	23.60x
37	Fitton	30	0.360%	31.58x
38	Horden	30	0.360%	401.61x
39	Laycock	30	0.360%	25.85x
40	Sladen	29	0.340%	198.90x
41	Brearley	28	0.330%	53.06x
42	Hoyle	28	0.330%	14.36x
43	Rigg	28	0.330%	39.43x
44	Hornby	26	0.310%	27.03x
45	Warburton	26	0.310%	12.48x
46	Rothwell	24	0.280%	15.46x
47	Belfield	23	0.270%	107.43x
48	Meadowcroft	23	0.270%	74.97x
49	Whatmough	22	0.260%	122.84x
50	Fairbank	21	0.250%	110.99x
51	Dearden	20	0.240%	24.15x
52	Hey	20	0.240%	26.73x
53	Hough	19	0.230%	13.07x
54	Kenworthy	19	0.230%	33.80x
55	Crabtree	18	0.210%	10.58x
56	Fielden	17	0.200%	34.52x
57	Halkyard	17	0.200%	175.80x
58	Memory	17	0.200%	367.17x
59	Wrigley	17	0.200%	15.91x
60	Binns	16	0.190%	11.43x
61	Farrow	16	0.190%	10.09x
62	Ormerod	16	0.190%	23.69x
63	Royds	16	0.190%	115.77x
64	Tattersall	16	0.190%	13.64x
65	Healey	15	0.180%	10.87x
66	Heap	15	0.180%	10.47x
67	Henthorne	15	0.180%	1363.64x
68	Magson	15	0.180%	112.19x
69	Gledhill	14	0.170%	11.17x
70	Halliwell	14	0.170%	14.94x
71	Isherwood	13	0.150%	13.30x
72	Lumb	13	0.150%	16.31x
73	Ramsbottom	13	0.150%	22.79x
74	Robinshaw	13	0.150%	485.07x
75	Sunderland	13	0.150%	13.41x
76	Embley	12	0.140%	162.38x
77	Hambler	12	0.140%	731.71x
78	Highton	12	0.140%	62.86x
79	Uttley	12	0.140%	29.47x
80	Barret	11	0.130%	45.89x
81	Cockcroft	11	0.130%	45.51x
82	Duxbury	11	0.130%	19.40x
83	Stock	11	0.130%	10.47x
84	Cowgill	10	0.120%	47.04x
85	Gresty	10	0.120%	48.38x
86	Grindrod	10	0.120%	29.52x
87	Heyworth	10	0.120%	25.67x
88	Leeming	10	0.120%	19.11x
89	Manock	10	0.120%	203.67x
90	Wolfenden	10	0.120%	25.33x
91	Barke	9	0.110%	161.87x
92	Bescoby	9	0.110%	310.34x
93	Coop	9	0.110%	32.60x
94	Holme	9	0.110%	22.99x
95	Sager	9	0.110%	74.07x
96	Savill	9	0.110%	22.49x
97	Tweedale	9	0.110%	35.14x
98	Whipp	9	0.110%	33.04x
99	Boocock	8	0.090%	26.86x
100	Dumbar	8	0.090%	382.78x