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1881 census place

Gorton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gorton, 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

1,538 surnames are listed for Gorton, Lancashire, covering 15,058 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Redgate, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gorton

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.

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1501Redgate12.06x
1502Reside15.19x
1503Revitt12.96x
1504Ringham13.27x
1505River115.31x
1506Rockliffe14.18x
1507Roder112.42x
1508Rodney14.97x
1509Scarlet15.93x
1510Scatchard14.66x
1511Sherrard14.94x
1512Sherrett18.13x
1513Skerratt13.39x
1514Sloley113.72x
1515Stand183.33x
1516Steeples13.63x
1517Stewert16.76x
1518Stinchcomb19.10x
1519Stray15.85x
1520Suckley110.94x
1521Swindle12.95x
1522Tatler14.22x
1523Tatlock12.94x
1524Tayor112.95x
1525Thackrey18.84x
1526Thornburn16.29x
1527Topper15.41x
1528Torkington12.08x
1529Trainor12.48x
1530Traner132.89x
1531Twig117.01x
1532Vaudrey117.01x
1533Warham13.19x
1534Weighton126.25x
1535Whalan16.01x
1536Winsper16.81x
1537Woolliscroft16.25x
1538Woolstencroft113.32x