1881 census place

Didsbury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Didsbury, 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

244 surnames are listed for Didsbury, Lancashire, covering 1,222 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Banks, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Didsbury

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	Banks	37	0.800%	15.67x
2	Renshaw	27	0.590%	62.01x
3	Mycock	25	0.540%	159.13x
4	Toft	24	0.520%	133.33x
5	Street	21	0.460%	19.53x
6	Gresty	20	0.430%	177.46x
7	Fildes	19	0.410%	172.10x
8	Oakes	19	0.410%	28.50x
9	Garnett	17	0.370%	29.74x
10	Goodier	17	0.370%	103.28x
11	Hampson	17	0.370%	20.49x
12	Cottrell	15	0.330%	36.60x
13	Gannon	15	0.330%	75.30x
14	Rudd	14	0.300%	19.29x
15	Brierley	13	0.280%	15.90x
16	Blomiley	12	0.260%	2790.70x
17	Kinsey	12	0.260%	39.81x
18	Perrin	12	0.260%	25.47x
19	Worsley	12	0.260%	29.84x
20	Cotterill	11	0.240%	27.28x
21	Gadd	11	0.240%	35.88x
22	Merrill	11	0.240%	83.21x
23	Murgatroyd	11	0.240%	31.81x
24	Shawcross	11	0.240%	72.08x
25	Bancroft	10	0.220%	22.42x
26	Bethell	10	0.220%	58.89x
27	Cowgill	10	0.220%	86.28x
28	Derbyshire	10	0.220%	20.84x
29	Fitton	10	0.220%	19.32x
30	Marsland	10	0.220%	37.29x
31	Morecroft	10	0.220%	229.89x
32	Mottershead	10	0.220%	64.72x
33	Muckley	10	0.220%	595.24x
34	Pass	10	0.220%	44.50x
35	Thomason	10	0.220%	37.22x
36	Bradburn	9	0.200%	49.07x
37	Brownell	9	0.200%	461.54x
38	Meakin	9	0.200%	25.08x
39	Millers	9	0.200%	789.47x
40	Peak	9	0.200%	46.70x
41	Rowlinson	9	0.200%	62.67x
42	Bambrough	8	0.170%	361.99x
43	Brockbank	8	0.170%	49.05x
44	Coldman	8	0.170%	296.30x
45	Goodwill	8	0.170%	98.04x
46	Inglefield	8	0.170%	327.87x
47	Lings	8	0.170%	344.83x
48	Litchfield	8	0.170%	42.40x
49	Lows	8	0.170%	606.06x
50	Tompkinson	8	0.170%	290.91x
51	Welb	8	0.170%	792.08x
52	Acton	7	0.150%	26.27x
53	Battersley	7	0.150%	760.87x
54	Beckley	7	0.150%	58.48x
55	Beckton	7	0.150%	358.97x
56	Cawley	7	0.150%	28.71x
57	Clinton	7	0.150%	39.59x
58	Dixie	7	0.150%	286.89x
59	Garbett	7	0.150%	39.02x
60	Henshall	7	0.150%	31.35x
61	Hickie	7	0.150%	334.93x
62	Kensley	7	0.150%	1206.90x
63	Leah	7	0.150%	42.92x
64	Nunns	7	0.150%	112.18x
65	Peverley	7	0.150%	426.83x
66	Pollitt	7	0.150%	19.71x
67	Stubbings	7	0.150%	43.91x
68	Sugars	7	0.150%	294.12x
69	Toplis	7	0.150%	78.92x
70	Whitelegg	7	0.150%	138.89x
71	Widdowson	7	0.150%	28.63x
72	Ackers	6	0.130%	73.35x
73	Battye	6	0.130%	36.25x
74	Bolland	6	0.130%	39.32x
75	Callison	6	0.130%	582.52x
76	Chettle	6	0.130%	129.59x
77	Etchells	6	0.130%	33.71x
78	Frow	6	0.130%	124.22x
79	Greenman	6	0.130%	148.51x
80	Hamnett	6	0.130%	83.45x
81	Higginbotham	6	0.130%	50.51x
82	Linney	6	0.130%	41.44x
83	Pridgeon	6	0.130%	181.82x
84	Pulford	6	0.130%	50.63x
85	Seale	6	0.130%	73.53x
86	Soars	6	0.130%	382.17x
87	Stuttard	6	0.130%	59.70x
88	Temperton	6	0.130%	141.51x
89	Wolstencroft	6	0.130%	33.28x
90	Dommett	5	0.110%	119.62x
91	Dunckley	5	0.110%	145.77x
92	Earlam	5	0.110%	166.11x
93	Franklyn	5	0.110%	193.80x
94	Leo	5	0.110%	235.85x
95	Midwood	5	0.110%	78.25x
96	Reddish	5	0.110%	56.69x
97	Ritson	5	0.110%	27.04x
98	Somerset	5	0.110%	80.13x
99	Speakman	5	0.110%	23.63x
100	Stenhouse	5	0.110%	26.27x