1881 census place

Chorlton On Medlock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chorlton On Medlock, 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

2,969 surnames are listed for Chorlton On Medlock, Lancashire, covering 33,402 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 831 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chorlton On Medlock

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	Jones	831	1.51%	1.33x
2	Taylor	456	0.830%	1.29x
3	Williams	442	0.800%	1.12x
4	Roberts	331	0.600%	1.60x
5	Walker	307	0.560%	1.67x
6	Wood	307	0.560%	1.75x
7	Johnson	276	0.500%	1.49x
8	Hughes	259	0.470%	1.68x
9	Wilson	257	0.470%	1.02x
10	Robinson	240	0.440%	1.37x
11	Jackson	215	0.390%	1.40x
12	Thompson	213	0.390%	1.29x
13	Hall	190	0.350%	1.17x
14	Shaw	185	0.340%	1.83x
15	Moore	179	0.330%	1.63x
16	Wright	178	0.320%	1.01x
17	Harrison	174	0.320%	1.42x
18	Turner	172	0.310%	1.12x
19	Kelly	166	0.300%	2.75x
20	White	163	0.300%	0.92x
21	Wilkinson	157	0.290%	1.87x
22	Owen	145	0.260%	2.22x
23	Ward	143	0.260%	1.19x
24	Burns	141	0.260%	3.81x
25	Bennett	139	0.250%	1.54x
26	Booth	137	0.250%	2.52x
27	Green	134	0.240%	0.86x
28	Richardson	128	0.230%	1.37x
29	Cooper	127	0.230%	0.95x
30	Parker	122	0.220%	1.16x
31	Clarke	121	0.220%	1.08x
32	Carter	115	0.210%	1.24x
33	Ellis	114	0.210%	1.43x
34	Fletcher	109	0.200%	1.73x
35	Barlow	106	0.190%	3.56x
36	Riley	105	0.190%	2.41x
37	Bailey	100	0.180%	1.21x
38	Williamson	99	0.180%	2.01x
39	Foster	97	0.180%	1.32x
40	Kay	97	0.180%	3.39x
41	Marshall	95	0.170%	1.03x
42	Mason	93	0.170%	1.26x
43	Chadwick	91	0.170%	3.78x
44	Webster	90	0.160%	1.88x
45	Renshaw	89	0.160%	17.08x
46	Atkinson	88	0.160%	1.64x
47	Barker	88	0.160%	1.22x
48	Gibson	88	0.160%	1.32x
49	Lowe	87	0.160%	2.11x
50	Cox	82	0.150%	0.98x
51	Whitehead	82	0.150%	2.20x
52	Yates	82	0.150%	2.17x
53	Holmes	81	0.150%	1.21x
54	Murray	81	0.150%	1.19x
55	Warburton	81	0.150%	5.96x
56	Walsh	80	0.150%	2.73x
57	Kennedy	77	0.140%	2.32x
58	Murphy	77	0.140%	1.75x
59	Buckley	76	0.140%	2.54x
60	Burgess	75	0.140%	1.96x
61	Dean	74	0.130%	1.94x
62	Dixon	74	0.130%	1.23x
63	Lees	74	0.130%	3.03x
64	Mills	74	0.130%	1.04x
65	Dawson	73	0.130%	1.20x
66	Hewitt	73	0.130%	2.72x
67	Mellor	73	0.130%	3.76x
68	Russell	73	0.130%	1.09x
69	Knowles	72	0.130%	2.45x
70	Gill	70	0.130%	1.80x
71	Holt	70	0.130%	1.90x
72	Barnes	68	0.120%	1.03x
73	Hayes	67	0.120%	1.96x
74	Stanley	67	0.120%	3.16x
75	Fisher	65	0.120%	1.01x
76	Holland	64	0.120%	1.63x
77	Fox	63	0.110%	1.23x
78	Hampson	63	0.110%	6.35x
79	Holden	63	0.110%	2.09x
80	Lamb	63	0.110%	2.17x
81	Lord	62	0.110%	2.44x
82	Matthews	62	0.110%	1.29x
83	Seddon	62	0.110%	6.93x
84	Barber	61	0.110%	1.84x
85	Hodgson	61	0.110%	1.60x
86	Spencer	61	0.110%	1.21x
87	Harrop	59	0.110%	9.42x
88	Nicholson	59	0.110%	1.51x
89	Ashton	57	0.100%	2.11x
90	Lynch	57	0.100%	3.92x
91	Hargreaves	56	0.100%	2.44x
92	Harper	56	0.100%	1.59x
93	Oliver	56	0.100%	1.43x
94	Clegg	55	0.100%	2.93x
95	Heywood	55	0.100%	5.02x
96	Berry	54	0.100%	1.24x
97	Goodwin	54	0.100%	1.86x
98	Whittaker	54	0.100%	2.07x
99	Dunn	53	0.100%	1.16x
100	Greenwood	53	0.100%	1.24x