1881 census place

Denton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Denton, 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

277 surnames are listed for Denton, Lancashire, covering 3,562 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bromley, with 119 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Denton

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	Bromley	119	1.55%	100.61x
2	Cooke	111	1.44%	26.18x
3	Knowles	103	1.34%	25.11x
4	Catlow	92	1.20%	289.95x
5	Lowe	80	1.04%	13.89x
6	Moss	80	1.04%	16.90x
7	Booth	79	1.03%	10.43x
8	Bardsley	77	1.00%	132.30x
9	Schofield	69	0.900%	16.57x
10	Oldham	68	0.890%	50.38x
11	Wilde	68	0.890%	60.80x
12	Whitehead	66	0.860%	12.71x
13	Stopford	62	0.810%	380.60x
14	Lees	60	0.780%	17.62x
15	Marlor	58	0.760%	706.46x
16	Yates	57	0.740%	10.80x
17	Burgess	51	0.660%	9.56x
18	Redfern	51	0.660%	47.65x
19	Wych	48	0.620%	698.69x
20	Moores	46	0.600%	72.40x
21	Arrowsmith	44	0.570%	73.88x
22	Eaton	42	0.550%	19.53x
23	Crabtree	40	0.520%	25.86x
24	Ainsworth	31	0.400%	20.38x
25	Howe	30	0.390%	9.95x
26	Linney	29	0.380%	120.03x
27	Hibbert	28	0.360%	24.87x
28	Torkington	28	0.360%	247.57x
29	Ellor	27	0.350%	584.42x
30	Fidler	27	0.350%	54.93x
31	Council	26	0.340%	1368.42x
32	Hague	26	0.340%	21.52x
33	Binns	25	0.330%	19.64x
34	Higginbottom	24	0.310%	47.81x
35	Hopwood	24	0.310%	27.42x
36	Rothwell	23	0.300%	16.29x
37	Wareing	22	0.290%	44.19x
38	Broadbent	21	0.270%	12.75x
39	Horsfield	21	0.270%	40.73x
40	Stubbs	21	0.270%	10.35x
41	Bowker	20	0.260%	26.70x
42	Sleigh	20	0.260%	116.75x
43	Leah	19	0.250%	69.80x
44	Lomax	19	0.250%	17.52x
45	Wagstaff	19	0.250%	19.87x
46	Arrandale	18	0.230%	594.06x
47	Rider	18	0.230%	24.06x
48	Woolfenden	18	0.230%	163.19x
49	Woolley	18	0.230%	11.81x
50	Bertenshaw	17	0.220%	399.06x
51	Follows	17	0.220%	105.72x
52	Lancashire	17	0.220%	92.54x
53	Garlick	16	0.210%	23.65x
54	Iles	16	0.210%	27.01x
55	Barnsley	15	0.200%	49.77x
56	Blackshaw	15	0.200%	42.10x
57	Bowdon	15	0.200%	194.81x
58	Bowers	15	0.200%	10.70x
59	Leather	15	0.200%	28.59x
60	Stansfield	15	0.200%	12.65x
61	Stapleton	15	0.200%	19.45x
62	Axon	14	0.180%	73.07x
63	Harrop	14	0.180%	16.02x
64	Inman	14	0.180%	26.79x
65	Nield	14	0.180%	26.55x
66	Rowbottom	14	0.180%	30.57x
67	Sidebottom	14	0.180%	31.77x
68	Slate	14	0.180%	207.41x
69	Wilshaw	14	0.180%	72.09x
70	Bancroft	13	0.170%	17.46x
71	Diggle	13	0.170%	46.28x
72	Hadfield	13	0.170%	12.15x
73	Pickford	13	0.170%	20.79x
74	Roscoe	13	0.170%	27.26x
75	Sandiford	13	0.170%	63.26x
76	Sankey	13	0.170%	40.84x
77	Wrigley	13	0.170%	13.38x
78	Dunkerley	12	0.160%	45.06x
79	Eyre	12	0.160%	13.03x
80	Mayer	12	0.160%	27.18x
81	Summerton	12	0.160%	108.01x
82	Tapping	12	0.160%	114.94x
83	Basnett	11	0.140%	114.70x
84	Cree	11	0.140%	47.97x
85	Dilks	11	0.140%	94.42x
86	Mee	11	0.140%	18.83x
87	Winterbottom	11	0.140%	15.51x
88	Bramhall	10	0.130%	41.03x
89	Capper	10	0.130%	24.75x
90	Chorlton	10	0.130%	40.06x
91	Hollick	10	0.130%	66.09x
92	Oconnell	10	0.130%	55.07x
93	Thornhill	10	0.130%	20.82x
94	Travis	10	0.130%	11.10x
95	Whipp	10	0.130%	40.36x
96	Artingstall	9	0.120%	188.68x
97	Bostock	9	0.120%	12.48x
98	Brassington	9	0.120%	29.38x
99	Darnley	9	0.120%	180.00x
100	Dunks	9	0.120%	481.28x