1881 census place

Clitheroe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Clitheroe, 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

352 surnames are listed for Clitheroe, Lancashire, covering 5,147 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Robinson, with 241 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Clitheroe

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	Robinson	241	2.36%	7.41x
2	Hargreaves	153	1.50%	35.98x
3	Tomlinson	128	1.25%	27.20x
4	Parker	109	1.07%	5.62x
5	Hartley	103	1.01%	16.11x
6	Whittaker	103	1.01%	21.32x
7	Briggs	102	1.00%	18.41x
8	Dewhurst	73	0.720%	60.29x
9	Holden	73	0.720%	13.06x
10	Parkinson	68	0.670%	13.89x
11	Hitchen	58	0.570%	83.49x
12	Hanson	57	0.560%	17.31x
13	Swales	54	0.530%	75.69x
14	Embley	53	0.520%	593.51x
15	Thornber	52	0.510%	207.92x
16	Birch	48	0.470%	11.48x
17	Dugdale	48	0.470%	68.33x
18	Eccles	48	0.470%	29.40x
19	Boothman	47	0.460%	120.27x
20	Knowles	47	0.460%	8.63x
21	Wrigley	44	0.430%	34.08x
22	Windle	43	0.420%	74.33x
23	Slinger	40	0.390%	129.74x
24	Speak	40	0.390%	112.68x
25	Frankland	38	0.370%	50.26x
26	Blackburn	37	0.360%	9.62x
27	Duckett	37	0.360%	56.83x
28	Lawson	36	0.350%	5.99x
29	Lofthouse	36	0.350%	47.36x
30	Wallbank	36	0.350%	113.64x
31	Bibby	35	0.340%	31.77x
32	Pollard	34	0.330%	9.14x
33	Pye	34	0.330%	22.29x
34	Whalley	34	0.330%	21.17x
35	Oddie	33	0.320%	170.28x
36	Rushton	33	0.320%	15.68x
37	Penny	32	0.310%	17.63x
38	Pinder	32	0.310%	26.03x
39	Woodworth	32	0.310%	207.39x
40	Whipp	31	0.300%	94.20x
41	Patefield	30	0.290%	518.13x
42	Haworth	29	0.280%	13.51x
43	Strickland	29	0.280%	35.64x
44	Varley	29	0.280%	20.68x
45	Walmsley	29	0.280%	13.74x
46	Aspden	28	0.270%	62.36x
47	Bowker	28	0.270%	28.15x
48	Sutcliffe	28	0.270%	6.95x
49	Calverley	27	0.260%	125.00x
50	Hayhurst	27	0.260%	60.54x
51	Bulcock	26	0.250%	150.20x
52	Kenyon	26	0.250%	12.20x
53	Altham	25	0.250%	196.70x
54	Brierley	25	0.250%	13.80x
55	Hacking	25	0.250%	51.75x
56	Hornby	25	0.250%	21.51x
57	Hoyle	25	0.250%	10.62x
58	Winkley	25	0.250%	178.57x
59	Waddington	24	0.240%	14.48x
60	Fell	23	0.230%	16.05x
61	Noblett	23	0.230%	235.17x
62	Nutter	23	0.230%	29.58x
63	Ormerod	23	0.230%	28.19x
64	Chatburn	21	0.210%	171.71x
65	Forrest	21	0.210%	7.98x
66	Geldard	21	0.210%	102.74x
67	Latham	21	0.210%	10.11x
68	Metcalfe	21	0.210%	9.01x
69	Quin	21	0.210%	19.21x
70	Riding	21	0.210%	30.55x
71	Smithies	21	0.210%	57.82x
72	Whittam	21	0.210%	56.09x
73	Chew	20	0.200%	38.54x
74	Houlker	20	0.200%	345.42x
75	Southworth	20	0.200%	38.27x
76	Coats	19	0.190%	41.21x
77	Doyle	19	0.190%	7.65x
78	Joyce	19	0.190%	7.58x
79	Langford	19	0.190%	11.85x
80	Leeming	19	0.190%	30.06x
81	Snape	19	0.190%	20.20x
82	Veevers	19	0.190%	189.62x
83	Alty	18	0.180%	96.26x
84	Grimshaw	18	0.180%	10.56x
85	Orr	18	0.180%	10.47x
86	Parkington	18	0.180%	160.57x
87	Smalley	18	0.180%	19.50x
88	Birtwell	17	0.170%	178.76x
89	Demain	17	0.170%	261.14x
90	Eastham	17	0.170%	32.64x
91	Hell	17	0.170%	890.05x
92	Heys	17	0.170%	22.81x
93	Hothersall	17	0.170%	133.75x
94	Kendall	17	0.170%	7.74x
95	Baily	16	0.160%	24.78x
96	Brennand	16	0.160%	103.43x
97	Dickenson	16	0.160%	10.34x
98	Downham	16	0.160%	55.00x
99	Swarbrick	16	0.160%	40.17x
100	Tattersall	16	0.160%	11.29x