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1881 census place

Chorley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chorley, 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

624 surnames are listed for Chorley, Lancashire, covering 11,549 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Matin, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chorley

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
601Matin136.63x
602Mcmurray121.69x
603Morecroft15.44x
604Mossley114.66x
605Most140.49x
606Murty113.05x
607Narey19.06x
608Noy15.83x
609Pasley17.59x
610Peglar16.36x
611Physick111.49x
612Rooper122.62x
613Ryden114.81x
614Sager13.57x
615Sillitoe13.64x
616Smiley113.05x
617Strangward19.93x
618Strother16.21x
619Tabiner124.81x
620Tompkinson18.60x
621Wary1140.85x
622Wignal116.21x
623Winstanly112.22x
624Worthing16.67x