1881 census place

Failsworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Failsworth, 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

266 surnames are listed for Failsworth, Lancashire, covering 3,595 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ogden, with 189 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Failsworth

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	Ogden	189	2.38%	84.29x
2	Whitehead	158	1.99%	29.48x
3	Whittaker	116	1.46%	30.89x
4	Schofield	87	1.10%	20.23x
5	Pollitt	77	0.970%	125.82x
6	Clough	76	0.960%	42.92x
7	Hilton	76	0.960%	27.88x
8	Berry	74	0.930%	11.76x
9	Fletcher	73	0.920%	8.06x
10	Rydings	73	0.920%	1754.81x
11	Wild	64	0.810%	19.81x
12	Barlow	63	0.790%	14.71x
13	Etchells	57	0.720%	185.85x
14	Hibbert	54	0.680%	46.46x
15	Greaves	50	0.630%	21.51x
16	Collinson	47	0.590%	50.49x
17	Lees	47	0.590%	13.37x
18	Travis	41	0.520%	44.07x
19	Walmsley	40	0.500%	24.37x
20	Barrow	36	0.450%	21.42x
21	Birch	36	0.450%	11.08x
22	Kershaw	36	0.450%	14.07x
23	Sidlow	36	0.450%	957.45x
24	Andrew	35	0.440%	13.93x
25	Brierley	35	0.440%	24.85x
26	Knott	34	0.430%	21.62x
27	Dewhurst	33	0.420%	35.06x
28	Stott	33	0.420%	13.32x
29	Tetlow	32	0.400%	102.30x
30	Butterworth	31	0.390%	10.89x
31	Smethurst	31	0.390%	51.05x
32	Heap	30	0.380%	22.29x
33	Widdall	30	0.380%	612.24x
34	Swift	29	0.370%	11.84x
35	Coop	27	0.340%	104.13x
36	Dunkerley	26	0.330%	94.58x
37	Winterbottom	26	0.330%	35.51x
38	Marland	25	0.320%	90.58x
39	Simister	25	0.320%	120.54x
40	Hulton	24	0.300%	152.28x
41	Brundrett	23	0.290%	283.95x
42	Chadderton	22	0.280%	114.29x
43	Boardman	21	0.260%	16.50x
44	Siddall	21	0.260%	36.13x
45	Lomax	20	0.250%	17.86x
46	Broadbent	18	0.230%	10.58x
47	Farrell	18	0.230%	11.97x
48	Greenhalgh	18	0.230%	11.08x
49	Aldred	17	0.210%	24.96x
50	Bardsley	17	0.210%	28.29x
51	Fishwick	17	0.210%	42.96x
52	Timmis	17	0.210%	92.34x
53	Worrall	17	0.210%	16.86x
54	Davenport	16	0.200%	10.65x
55	Nield	16	0.200%	29.38x
56	Whalley	16	0.200%	12.82x
57	Ryder	15	0.190%	10.92x
58	Tongue	15	0.190%	56.52x
59	Wrigley	15	0.190%	14.95x
60	Bracegirdle	14	0.180%	69.65x
61	Clowes	14	0.180%	31.75x
62	Cunliffe	14	0.180%	14.18x
63	Hopwood	14	0.180%	15.49x
64	Ridings	14	0.180%	79.50x
65	Royle	14	0.180%	13.42x
66	Eckersley	13	0.160%	26.21x
67	Garlick	13	0.160%	18.62x
68	Kenworthy	13	0.160%	24.63x
69	Pendlebury	13	0.160%	25.56x
70	Adshead	12	0.150%	34.77x
71	Causton	12	0.150%	138.09x
72	Cordingley	12	0.150%	43.83x
73	Halliwell	12	0.150%	13.64x
74	Hesketh	12	0.150%	15.81x
75	Beesley	11	0.140%	17.26x
76	Cleaver	11	0.140%	16.36x
77	Compston	11	0.140%	314.29x
78	Etchels	11	0.140%	658.68x
79	Gradwell	11	0.140%	59.85x
80	Hand	11	0.140%	11.56x
81	Hardiker	11	0.140%	266.34x
82	Thorley	11	0.140%	21.33x
83	Warhurst	11	0.140%	49.46x
84	Wolfenden	11	0.140%	29.67x
85	Bouchier	10	0.130%	340.14x
86	Broadhurst	10	0.130%	12.45x
87	Cockran	10	0.130%	175.75x
88	Denham	10	0.130%	14.30x
89	Hampshire	10	0.130%	22.25x
90	Hoskinson	10	0.130%	248.76x
91	Locking	10	0.130%	158.73x
92	Nadin	10	0.130%	46.55x
93	Rushworth	10	0.130%	15.25x
94	Seville	10	0.130%	78.86x
95	Sudworth	10	0.130%	163.40x
96	Tinsley	10	0.130%	20.76x
97	Mcconnel	9	0.110%	967.74x
98	Mort	9	0.110%	23.52x
99	Pinnington	9	0.110%	68.39x
100	Wales	9	0.110%	14.01x