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 Grime, with 8 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
101	Grime	8	0.090%	18.05x
102	Helliwell	8	0.090%	10.28x
103	Hollows	8	0.090%	48.40x
104	Livsey	8	0.090%	26.78x
105	Matthew	8	0.090%	12.55x
106	Quarmby	8	0.090%	35.78x
107	Whipps	8	0.090%	184.33x
108	Whitwell	8	0.090%	32.01x
109	Cryer	7	0.080%	15.06x
110	Henthorn	7	0.080%	67.83x
111	Hornley	7	0.080%	451.61x
112	Marcroft	7	0.080%	84.44x
113	Sucksmith	7	0.080%	158.01x
114	Wallbank	7	0.080%	26.69x
115	Window	7	0.080%	124.11x
116	Maden	6	0.070%	19.43x
117	Traves	6	0.070%	121.70x
118	Wheelhouse	6	0.070%	31.43x
119	Wroe	6	0.070%	17.24x
120	Barson	5	0.060%	31.67x
121	Baxandall	5	0.060%	431.03x
122	Bleasdale	5	0.060%	19.31x
123	Collinge	5	0.060%	8.86x
124	Devenport	5	0.060%	31.83x
125	Maude	5	0.060%	15.58x
126	Pogson	5	0.060%	15.59x
127	Pomfret	5	0.060%	17.21x
128	Wagstaffe	5	0.060%	41.81x
129	Whewell	5	0.060%	32.11x
130	Bolshaw	4	0.050%	80.65x
131	Brookshaw	4	0.050%	68.49x
132	Challoner	4	0.050%	19.35x
133	Dawber	4	0.050%	21.36x
134	Dewhirst	4	0.050%	9.98x
135	Gumbley	4	0.050%	84.39x
136	Heskin	4	0.050%	232.56x
137	Holker	4	0.050%	71.94x
138	Leedham	4	0.050%	17.66x
139	Birtwistle	3	0.040%	6.47x
140	Brayshaw	3	0.040%	9.77x
141	Dryland	3	0.040%	66.96x
142	Dunkerley	3	0.040%	10.25x
143	Follows	3	0.040%	16.97x
144	Hinley	3	0.040%	58.14x
145	Horsefall	3	0.040%	71.94x
146	Huddlestone	3	0.040%	20.49x
147	Leah	3	0.040%	10.03x
148	Normanton	3	0.040%	22.44x
149	Oddie	3	0.040%	18.69x
150	Rearden	3	0.040%	46.88x
151	Ridings	3	0.040%	16.00x
152	Showler	3	0.040%	52.45x
153	Speake	3	0.040%	23.33x
154	Alice	2	0.020%	181.82x
155	Bleakley	2	0.020%	11.25x
156	Breasley	2	0.020%	94.79x
157	Cleworth	2	0.020%	25.87x
158	Cropley	2	0.020%	14.87x
159	Cudworth	2	0.020%	16.16x
160	Diggle	2	0.020%	6.48x
161	Gilks	2	0.020%	13.25x
162	Mealey	2	0.020%	34.97x
163	Oldknow	2	0.020%	40.08x
164	Sandiford	2	0.020%	8.85x
165	Shirt	2	0.020%	10.50x
166	Sutcliff	2	0.020%	16.49x
167	Blackborough	1	0.010%	131.58x
168	Bowl	1	0.010%	28.82x
169	Broxup	1	0.010%	24.27x
170	Consterdine	1	0.010%	16.81x
171	Crosley	1	0.010%	7.69x
172	Drape	1	0.010%	62.11x
173	Everington	1	0.010%	20.37x
174	Harlam	1	0.010%	185.19x
175	Hickham	1	0.010%	142.86x
176	Highley	1	0.010%	7.37x
177	Speke	1	0.010%	30.30x
178	Spurrell	1	0.010%	13.18x
179	Vare	1	0.010%	27.25x
180	Woosey	1	0.010%	20.37x