1881 census place

Crompton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Crompton, 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

289 surnames are listed for Crompton, Lancashire, covering 5,402 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Buckley, with 335 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Crompton

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	Buckley	335	3.39%	62.34x
2	Butterworth	283	2.87%	79.84x
3	Whitehead	208	2.11%	31.17x
4	Wild	186	1.88%	46.25x
5	Stott	164	1.66%	53.18x
6	Fitton	148	1.50%	133.31x
7	Greaves	146	1.48%	50.45x
8	Hilton	133	1.35%	39.19x
9	Henthorn	132	1.34%	1094.53x
10	Kershaw	117	1.19%	36.75x
11	Mills	108	1.09%	8.44x
12	Schofield	107	1.08%	19.99x
13	Fielding	106	1.07%	48.09x
14	Platt	84	0.850%	32.14x
15	Sutcliffe	82	0.830%	21.03x
16	Cocker	80	0.810%	98.81x
17	Chadwick	71	0.720%	16.45x
18	Winterbottom	71	0.720%	77.89x
19	Bottomley	69	0.700%	41.97x
20	Brierley	66	0.670%	37.64x
21	Clegg	66	0.670%	19.64x
22	Nield	66	0.670%	97.39x
23	Lees	61	0.620%	13.94x
24	Travis	56	0.570%	48.36x
25	Kay	54	0.550%	10.53x
26	Mellor	54	0.550%	15.53x
27	Lord	52	0.530%	11.42x
28	Cheetham	49	0.500%	32.08x
29	Howarth	48	0.490%	10.12x
30	Rothwell	44	0.450%	24.25x
31	Sucksmith	43	0.440%	831.72x
32	Ogden	37	0.370%	13.26x
33	Dyson	36	0.360%	11.26x
34	Eastwood	33	0.330%	14.14x
35	Ingham	33	0.330%	13.44x
36	Ashworth	32	0.320%	8.12x
37	Bradbury	32	0.320%	11.22x
38	Collinge	31	0.310%	46.98x
39	Crossley	30	0.300%	11.07x
40	Smethurst	30	0.300%	39.69x
41	Dunkerley	29	0.290%	84.75x
42	Garside	29	0.290%	20.36x
43	Leach	29	0.290%	7.12x
44	Woodhead	28	0.280%	15.13x
45	Gartside	27	0.270%	65.74x
46	Kenworthy	27	0.270%	41.10x
47	Broadbent	25	0.250%	11.81x
48	Dronsfield	25	0.250%	267.95x
49	Barrott	24	0.240%	371.52x
50	Armitage	23	0.230%	9.14x
51	Everington	23	0.230%	400.70x
52	Heywood	23	0.230%	11.71x
53	Wolfenden	23	0.230%	49.84x
54	Clough	22	0.220%	9.98x
55	Hardman	20	0.200%	10.07x
56	Rowbottom	20	0.200%	33.99x
57	Shore	20	0.200%	18.84x
58	Boardman	19	0.190%	12.00x
59	Bramwell	19	0.190%	34.11x
60	Halliwell	19	0.190%	17.35x
61	Lomas	19	0.190%	10.42x
62	Maudsley	19	0.190%	67.81x
63	Sunderland	19	0.190%	16.77x
64	Vickers	19	0.190%	7.50x
65	Wormall	19	0.190%	308.44x
66	Jaggar	18	0.180%	215.05x
67	Sheard	18	0.180%	19.91x
68	Farrow	17	0.170%	9.18x
69	Royds	17	0.170%	105.26x
70	Dearden	16	0.160%	16.53x
71	Yewdall	16	0.160%	214.77x
72	Bardsley	15	0.150%	20.05x
73	Hadfield	15	0.150%	10.91x
74	Partington	15	0.150%	10.71x
75	Whipp	15	0.150%	47.11x
76	Seville	14	0.140%	88.66x
77	Newall	13	0.130%	22.96x
78	Siddall	13	0.130%	17.97x
79	Hawarth	12	0.120%	227.70x
80	Nutter	12	0.120%	15.95x
81	Seaman	12	0.120%	15.68x
82	Smithies	12	0.120%	34.15x
83	Townsley	12	0.120%	62.24x
84	Uttley	12	0.120%	25.21x
85	Buckly	11	0.110%	91.21x
86	Coupe	11	0.110%	15.97x
87	Garth	11	0.110%	50.25x
88	Pears	11	0.110%	24.22x
89	Walkden	11	0.110%	24.76x
90	Whalen	11	0.110%	124.01x
91	Wildman	11	0.110%	18.24x
92	Wolstencroft	11	0.110%	28.45x
93	Cockcroft	10	0.100%	35.40x
94	Gresswell	10	0.100%	141.84x
95	Hague	10	0.100%	6.44x
96	Higham	10	0.100%	9.94x
97	Moloney	10	0.100%	93.90x
98	Patten	10	0.100%	16.14x
99	Radcliffe	10	0.100%	8.72x
100	Seed	10	0.100%	14.03x