1881 census place

Droylsden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Droylsden, 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

441 surnames are listed for Droylsden, Lancashire, covering 4,604 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Grimshaw, with 93 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Droylsden

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	Grimshaw	93	0.820%	49.22x
2	Barlow	78	0.690%	12.77x
3	Withington	75	0.660%	251.09x
4	Schofield	69	0.610%	11.25x
5	Hibbert	65	0.570%	39.22x
6	Howarth	65	0.570%	11.96x
7	Etchells	60	0.530%	137.21x
8	Thornley	58	0.510%	46.21x
9	Baguley	57	0.500%	180.32x
10	Newton	54	0.480%	6.23x
11	Ashton	53	0.470%	9.57x
12	Whitehead	53	0.470%	6.93x
13	Haughton	49	0.430%	85.14x
14	Bertenshaw	48	0.420%	765.55x
15	Chadwick	48	0.420%	9.71x
16	Stafford	48	0.420%	19.95x
17	Selby	47	0.420%	34.80x
18	Hilton	44	0.390%	11.32x
19	Lees	44	0.390%	8.78x
20	Ogden	44	0.390%	13.76x
21	Ridgway	41	0.360%	39.53x
22	Power	40	0.350%	26.41x
23	Hadfield	39	0.340%	24.77x
24	Mather	37	0.330%	13.20x
25	Hardman	35	0.310%	15.39x
26	Hopwood	34	0.300%	26.39x
27	Stopford	32	0.280%	133.44x
28	Heaton	31	0.270%	11.46x
29	Leigh	31	0.270%	11.91x
30	Brewster	30	0.270%	27.39x
31	Royle	30	0.270%	20.16x
32	Heap	29	0.260%	15.11x
33	Rostron	28	0.250%	41.54x
34	Dunkerley	27	0.240%	68.88x
35	Rathbone	27	0.240%	42.97x
36	Stott	26	0.230%	7.36x
37	Bowker	25	0.220%	22.67x
38	Fielding	25	0.220%	9.90x
39	Harrop	25	0.220%	19.44x
40	Sellars	25	0.220%	35.65x
41	Entwistle	24	0.210%	12.18x
42	Hulme	24	0.210%	9.92x
43	Tonge	24	0.210%	33.33x
44	Bantoft	23	0.200%	575.00x
45	Charlesworth	23	0.200%	15.75x
46	Cropper	23	0.200%	33.76x
47	Finch	23	0.200%	6.11x
48	Butterfield	22	0.190%	14.56x
49	Caldwell	22	0.190%	12.43x
50	Cecil	22	0.190%	119.37x
51	Hooley	22	0.190%	40.57x
52	Shawcross	22	0.190%	58.67x
53	Bridge	21	0.190%	9.17x
54	Byrom	21	0.190%	68.40x
55	Lingard	21	0.190%	29.27x
56	Priestnall	21	0.190%	375.67x
57	Stansfield	21	0.190%	12.03x
58	Garside	20	0.180%	12.26x
59	Hampson	20	0.180%	9.81x
60	Pollitt	20	0.180%	22.92x
61	Clifford	19	0.170%	8.17x
62	Dickenson	19	0.170%	11.08x
63	Eyres	19	0.170%	55.06x
64	Flint	19	0.170%	9.36x
65	Maher	19	0.170%	45.70x
66	Rothwell	19	0.170%	9.14x
67	Unsworth	19	0.170%	14.62x
68	Walmsley	19	0.170%	8.12x
69	Blackshaw	18	0.160%	34.32x
70	Boothman	18	0.160%	41.56x
71	Bowers	18	0.160%	8.73x
72	Rawlinson	18	0.160%	13.35x
73	Snape	18	0.160%	17.26x
74	Brierley	17	0.150%	8.46x
75	Dearden	17	0.150%	15.33x
76	Kidd	17	0.150%	7.38x
77	Moores	17	0.150%	18.17x
78	Needham	17	0.150%	7.06x
79	Torkington	17	0.150%	102.10x
80	Ganson	16	0.140%	252.37x
81	Greenhough	16	0.140%	62.67x
82	Higginbottom	16	0.140%	21.65x
83	Marsland	16	0.140%	24.28x
84	Wharmby	16	0.140%	72.66x
85	Cliff	15	0.130%	15.17x
86	Hipwell	15	0.130%	76.37x
87	Leech	15	0.130%	8.14x
88	Scholes	15	0.130%	11.44x
89	Shirt	15	0.130%	58.85x
90	Wagstaffe	15	0.130%	93.69x
91	Doxey	14	0.120%	76.92x
92	Hague	14	0.120%	7.87x
93	Lindley	14	0.120%	12.52x
94	Sellers	14	0.120%	16.10x
95	Wallworth	14	0.120%	131.95x
96	Wass	14	0.120%	22.80x
97	Barrington	13	0.120%	35.35x
98	Beswick	13	0.120%	11.76x
99	Chester	13	0.120%	9.39x
100	Chorlton	13	0.120%	35.38x