1881 census place

Elton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Elton, 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

436 surnames are listed for Elton, Lancashire, covering 5,999 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Holt, with 194 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Elton

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	Holt	194	1.62%	24.19x
2	Howarth	176	1.47%	30.58x
3	Nuttall	151	1.26%	50.00x
4	Brooks	128	1.07%	10.93x
5	Greenhalgh	128	1.07%	52.18x
6	Hamer	128	1.07%	57.07x
7	Hardman	121	1.01%	50.22x
8	Lomax	114	0.950%	67.42x
9	Barlow	98	0.820%	15.15x
10	Warburton	96	0.800%	32.49x
11	Whittaker	93	0.780%	16.40x
12	Ashworth	87	0.730%	18.21x
13	Yates	86	0.720%	10.45x
14	Lord	85	0.710%	15.39x
15	Chadwick	83	0.690%	15.85x
16	Bridge	81	0.680%	33.39x
17	Rothwell	77	0.640%	34.97x
18	Entwistle	72	0.600%	34.52x
19	Lowe	69	0.580%	7.69x
20	Scholes	69	0.580%	49.69x
21	Tattersall	69	0.580%	41.49x
22	Riley	65	0.540%	6.86x
23	Howard	63	0.530%	5.36x
24	Horrocks	59	0.490%	40.10x
25	Hopkinson	58	0.480%	29.62x
26	Butterworth	52	0.430%	12.09x
27	Dearden	52	0.430%	44.27x
28	Kay	50	0.420%	8.04x
29	Pilling	50	0.420%	34.59x
30	Holden	47	0.390%	7.16x
31	Leach	47	0.390%	9.51x
32	Openshaw	47	0.390%	80.71x
33	Wild	46	0.380%	9.43x
34	Wolstenholme	46	0.380%	48.13x
35	Haslam	44	0.370%	24.19x
36	Pollitt	43	0.360%	46.53x
37	Ainsworth	42	0.350%	17.71x
38	Hutchinson	42	0.350%	6.17x
39	Kenyon	42	0.350%	16.79x
40	Kershaw	41	0.340%	10.61x
41	Olive	39	0.330%	90.47x
42	Smethurst	39	0.330%	42.53x
43	Hoyle	38	0.320%	13.75x
44	Birtwistle	36	0.300%	54.72x
45	Davenport	36	0.300%	15.86x
46	Kirkman	31	0.260%	40.50x
47	Snape	31	0.260%	28.07x
48	Helm	30	0.250%	56.06x
49	Houghton	29	0.240%	6.93x
50	Pilkington	29	0.240%	13.48x
51	Stott	29	0.240%	7.75x
52	Walmsley	29	0.240%	11.70x
53	Ingham	26	0.220%	8.73x
54	Meadowcroft	26	0.220%	59.76x
55	Nabb	26	0.220%	359.12x
56	Platt	26	0.220%	8.20x
57	Isherwood	25	0.210%	18.04x
58	Battersby	24	0.200%	28.37x
59	Ratcliffe	24	0.200%	7.26x
60	Crawshaw	23	0.190%	24.68x
61	Roscow	23	0.190%	143.03x
62	Rostron	23	0.190%	32.22x
63	Lund	22	0.180%	16.96x
64	Oates	22	0.180%	11.79x
65	Ogden	22	0.180%	6.50x
66	Ramsbottom	22	0.180%	27.19x
67	Wrigley	22	0.180%	14.52x
68	Harwood	21	0.180%	6.55x
69	Thornley	21	0.180%	15.80x
70	Lancaster	20	0.170%	6.72x
71	Seddon	20	0.170%	10.28x
72	Coop	19	0.160%	48.53x
73	Crompton	19	0.160%	9.43x
74	Birkett	18	0.150%	15.57x
75	Diggle	18	0.150%	41.11x
76	Hulton	18	0.150%	75.63x
77	Ormerod	18	0.150%	18.79x
78	Ryder	18	0.150%	8.68x
79	Waterhouse	18	0.150%	9.86x
80	Dewhurst	17	0.140%	11.96x
81	Maloney	17	0.140%	17.20x
82	Duckworth	16	0.130%	6.91x
83	Haddock	16	0.130%	20.80x
84	Minshull	16	0.130%	62.40x
85	Mould	16	0.130%	15.59x
86	Rixson	16	0.130%	655.74x
87	Whatmough	16	0.130%	63.02x
88	Brearley	15	0.130%	20.05x
89	Kirkham	15	0.130%	8.98x
90	Orrell	15	0.130%	33.67x
91	Rawlinson	15	0.130%	10.50x
92	Sandiford	15	0.130%	46.83x
93	Unsworth	15	0.130%	10.90x
94	Wroe	15	0.130%	30.40x
95	Boon	14	0.120%	12.48x
96	Eckersley	14	0.120%	18.69x
97	Tootill	14	0.120%	86.42x
98	Travis	14	0.120%	9.96x
99	Brierley	13	0.110%	6.11x
100	Cass	13	0.110%	15.31x