1881 census place

Clayton Le Moors surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clayton Le Moors, 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

254 surnames are listed for Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, covering 3,418 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pilkington, with 124 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clayton Le Moors

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	Pilkington	124	1.84%	102.61x
2	Whittaker	98	1.46%	30.77x
3	Hargreaves	80	1.19%	28.53x
4	Rushton	76	1.13%	54.79x
5	Pickup	72	1.07%	82.80x
6	Heys	69	1.03%	140.42x
7	Riley	69	1.03%	12.97x
8	Hope	66	0.980%	28.83x
9	Mercer	64	0.950%	36.26x
10	Sharples	61	0.910%	51.88x
11	Broadley	58	0.860%	127.42x
12	Fielding	57	0.850%	37.96x
13	Kenyon	56	0.830%	39.87x
14	Lord	52	0.770%	16.77x
15	Monk	52	0.770%	36.80x
16	Duckworth	48	0.710%	36.92x
17	Cunliffe	45	0.670%	53.73x
18	Calvert	44	0.650%	32.08x
19	Wolstanholme	44	0.650%	3697.48x
20	Hacking	42	0.620%	131.87x
21	Haworth	42	0.620%	29.69x
22	Holding	35	0.520%	58.70x
23	Nuttall	35	0.520%	20.64x
24	Cronshaw	34	0.510%	203.47x
25	Livesey	34	0.510%	51.62x
26	Bolton	33	0.490%	11.39x
27	Hindle	31	0.460%	32.80x
28	Holgate	31	0.460%	55.57x
29	Loynd	31	0.460%	726.00x
30	Sagar	31	0.460%	113.51x
31	Pollard	30	0.450%	12.23x
32	Walmsley	30	0.450%	21.55x
33	Hallworth	28	0.420%	160.46x
34	Mattison	27	0.400%	250.93x
35	Threlfall	26	0.390%	85.25x
36	Birtwistle	25	0.370%	67.66x
37	Westwell	25	0.370%	185.19x
38	Ainsworth	24	0.360%	18.02x
39	Gregson	23	0.340%	24.71x
40	Clough	22	0.330%	14.65x
41	Ogden	22	0.330%	11.57x
42	Sumner	22	0.330%	20.20x
43	Aspin	21	0.310%	77.52x
44	Bickerstaff	21	0.310%	148.94x
45	Tattersall	21	0.310%	22.49x
46	Broughton	20	0.300%	15.95x
47	Marsland	20	0.300%	51.03x
48	Riding	20	0.300%	44.13x
49	Heywood	19	0.280%	14.20x
50	Bury	18	0.270%	36.02x
51	Counsell	18	0.270%	107.59x
52	Oldham	18	0.270%	15.23x
53	Heap	17	0.250%	14.90x
54	Malone	17	0.250%	31.58x
55	Melling	17	0.250%	40.85x
56	Ormerod	17	0.250%	31.60x
57	Addison	16	0.240%	17.19x
58	Aspden	16	0.240%	54.05x
59	Birtwell	16	0.240%	255.18x
60	Cockshutt	16	0.240%	345.57x
61	Cottam	16	0.240%	39.10x
62	Harling	16	0.240%	55.36x
63	Hibbert	16	0.240%	16.23x
64	Bentham	15	0.220%	48.78x
65	Clancy	15	0.220%	76.49x
66	Dowling	15	0.220%	20.13x
67	Dugdale	15	0.220%	32.39x
68	Howorth	15	0.220%	49.88x
69	Redfearn	15	0.220%	75.30x
70	Wolstenholme	15	0.220%	27.94x
71	Cowburn	14	0.210%	57.19x
72	Hornby	14	0.210%	18.27x
73	Iddon	14	0.210%	82.45x
74	Murry	14	0.210%	39.38x
75	Scholes	14	0.210%	17.95x
76	Aldred	13	0.190%	22.51x
77	Alston	13	0.190%	29.67x
78	Dewhurst	13	0.190%	16.29x
79	Duxbury	13	0.190%	28.80x
80	Howson	13	0.190%	30.99x
81	Maudsley	13	0.190%	68.10x
82	Quirk	13	0.190%	40.63x
83	Ramsbottom	13	0.190%	28.62x
84	Rawcliffe	13	0.190%	48.36x
85	Whiteside	13	0.190%	24.28x
86	Baron	12	0.180%	17.24x
87	Leeming	12	0.180%	28.80x
88	Lonsdale	12	0.180%	21.51x
89	Bamber	11	0.160%	21.19x
90	Gillett	11	0.160%	15.49x
91	Howley	11	0.160%	75.81x
92	Kenny	11	0.160%	13.66x
93	Belsham	10	0.150%	102.56x
94	Bleasdale	10	0.150%	48.50x
95	Broadly	10	0.150%	170.07x
96	Doran	10	0.150%	17.89x
97	Frankland	10	0.150%	20.06x
98	Higginson	10	0.150%	14.85x
99	Hogan	10	0.150%	14.80x
100	Hollinrake	10	0.150%	128.37x