1881 census place

Church surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Church, 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

185 surnames are listed for Church, Lancashire, covering 2,312 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whittaker, with 96 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Church

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	Whittaker	96	1.96%	41.42x
2	Haworth	83	1.70%	80.61x
3	Walsh	78	1.59%	29.93x
4	Hargreaves	76	1.55%	37.25x
5	Grimshaw	63	1.29%	77.05x
6	Birtwistle	62	1.27%	230.57x
7	Duckworth	61	1.25%	64.47x
8	Holden	55	1.12%	20.51x
9	Pilkington	51	1.04%	57.99x
10	Rushton	50	1.02%	49.53x
11	Hindle	48	0.980%	69.79x
12	Bentley	43	0.880%	20.77x
13	Duxbury	43	0.880%	130.90x
14	Bury	41	0.840%	112.73x
15	Kenyon	40	0.820%	39.14x
16	Rawcliffe	35	0.720%	178.94x
17	Ashworth	31	0.630%	15.87x
18	Harwood	31	0.630%	23.65x
19	Nuttall	30	0.610%	24.31x
20	Holgate	27	0.550%	66.50x
21	Dewhurst	26	0.530%	44.76x
22	Marsland	26	0.530%	91.16x
23	Westwell	26	0.530%	264.77x
24	Sharples	25	0.510%	29.22x
25	Walmsley	23	0.470%	22.71x
26	Horrocks	22	0.450%	36.59x
27	Houlker	22	0.450%	791.37x
28	Crawshaw	21	0.430%	55.15x
29	Pickup	21	0.430%	33.18x
30	Tattersall	21	0.430%	30.90x
31	Entwistle	20	0.410%	23.46x
32	Pilling	20	0.410%	33.86x
33	Broadley	19	0.390%	57.35x
34	Ormerod	19	0.390%	48.53x
35	Bamber	18	0.370%	47.66x
36	Boothman	18	0.370%	96.00x
37	Heap	17	0.350%	20.47x
38	Livesey	17	0.350%	35.46x
39	Chippendale	15	0.310%	141.64x
40	Brunton	14	0.290%	36.40x
41	Aspin	13	0.270%	65.96x
42	Catlow	13	0.270%	64.29x
43	Charnley	13	0.270%	57.09x
44	Croasdale	13	0.270%	167.53x
45	Eddleston	13	0.270%	138.30x
46	Heys	13	0.270%	36.35x
47	Lomax	13	0.270%	18.81x
48	Almond	12	0.250%	19.78x
49	Cunliffe	12	0.250%	19.69x
50	Furness	12	0.250%	30.69x
51	Hesketh	12	0.250%	25.61x
52	Hogan	12	0.250%	24.40x
53	Leyland	12	0.250%	40.12x
54	Scholes	12	0.250%	21.15x
55	Thornley	12	0.250%	22.09x
56	Winterbottom	12	0.250%	26.55x
57	Aspden	11	0.220%	51.07x
58	Boden	11	0.220%	27.73x
59	Heyes	11	0.220%	29.02x
60	Lonsdale	11	0.220%	27.09x
61	Southworth	11	0.220%	43.88x
62	Birtwell	10	0.200%	219.30x
63	Brindle	10	0.200%	28.47x
64	Carnie	10	0.200%	119.05x
65	Ditchfield	10	0.200%	59.81x
66	Horsefield	10	0.200%	117.92x
67	Perkin	10	0.200%	37.94x
68	Rawcliff	10	0.200%	813.01x
69	Sweetman	10	0.200%	57.34x
70	Ames	9	0.180%	26.71x
71	Armstead	9	0.180%	117.19x
72	Barns	9	0.180%	28.50x
73	Edleston	9	0.180%	335.82x
74	Edmundson	9	0.180%	64.84x
75	Loxley	9	0.180%	99.89x
76	Mayor	9	0.180%	42.06x
77	Mulligan	9	0.180%	32.87x
78	Nutter	9	0.180%	24.13x
79	Paynter	9	0.180%	65.55x
80	Standing	9	0.180%	28.83x
81	Wellington	9	0.180%	39.03x
82	Bramwell	8	0.160%	28.96x
83	Gastall	8	0.160%	941.18x
84	Grange	8	0.160%	28.42x
85	Gudgeon	8	0.160%	66.95x
86	Hickey	8	0.160%	26.25x
87	Meara	8	0.160%	519.48x
88	Whittam	8	0.160%	44.54x
89	Adcroft	7	0.140%	362.69x
90	Baxendale	7	0.140%	28.07x
91	Begley	7	0.140%	83.63x
92	Cord	7	0.140%	424.24x
93	Cottam	7	0.140%	23.51x
94	Doolin	7	0.140%	542.64x
95	Hacking	7	0.140%	30.20x
96	Killeen	7	0.140%	141.41x
97	Moyle	7	0.140%	29.67x
98	Sagar	7	0.140%	35.21x
99	Wainman	7	0.140%	114.57x
100	Alliston	6	0.120%	136.36x