1881 census place

Great Harwood surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Great Harwood, 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

207 surnames are listed for Great Harwood, Lancashire, covering 3,455 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Mercer, with 235 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Great Harwood

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	Mercer	235	3.75%	142.92x
2	Birtwistle	140	2.23%	406.74x
3	Baron	111	1.77%	171.14x
4	Hindle	93	1.48%	105.63x
5	Sharples	93	1.48%	84.91x
6	Calvert	88	1.40%	68.87x
7	Hargreaves	81	1.29%	31.01x
8	Bentley	77	1.23%	29.05x
9	Walmsley	72	1.15%	55.53x
10	Clayton	66	1.05%	19.37x
11	Hodgson	59	0.940%	13.59x
12	Ratcliffe	56	0.890%	32.36x
13	Haworth	51	0.810%	38.70x
14	Lord	51	0.810%	17.65x
15	Slater	51	0.810%	13.44x
16	Hartley	50	0.800%	12.73x
17	Holden	49	0.780%	14.28x
18	Eddleston	47	0.750%	390.69x
19	Standen	45	0.720%	127.33x
20	Fielding	44	0.700%	31.45x
21	Chippendale	42	0.670%	309.73x
22	Monk	42	0.670%	31.91x
23	Westwell	42	0.670%	334.13x
24	Edmundson	41	0.650%	230.86x
25	Barton	38	0.610%	11.23x
26	Birch	38	0.610%	14.80x
27	Hope	38	0.610%	17.82x
28	Sourbutts	37	0.590%	1330.94x
29	Dobson	36	0.570%	13.02x
30	Eatough	36	0.570%	495.87x
31	Noble	34	0.540%	13.07x
32	Waring	34	0.540%	43.20x
33	Wolstenholme	34	0.540%	67.99x
34	Waterhouse	30	0.480%	31.42x
35	Holding	28	0.450%	50.41x
36	Pickup	28	0.450%	34.56x
37	Dilworth	27	0.430%	149.50x
38	Loynd	27	0.430%	678.39x
39	Pilkington	26	0.410%	23.09x
40	Eastham	25	0.400%	78.15x
41	Heyes	24	0.380%	49.46x
42	Brogden	22	0.350%	106.33x
43	Radcliffe	22	0.350%	30.22x
44	Duckworth	21	0.340%	17.34x
45	Higginson	21	0.340%	33.48x
46	Starkie	21	0.340%	104.79x
47	Clough	20	0.320%	14.30x
48	Eccles	20	0.320%	19.95x
49	Ellison	20	0.320%	15.11x
50	Bently	19	0.300%	117.36x
51	Haydock	19	0.300%	96.20x
52	Heap	17	0.270%	15.99x
53	Chew	16	0.260%	50.20x
54	Hayhurst	16	0.260%	58.42x
55	Moorhouse	16	0.260%	20.63x
56	Parkington	16	0.260%	232.56x
57	Sowerbutts	16	0.260%	217.39x
58	Duxbury	15	0.240%	35.66x
59	Shackleton	15	0.240%	21.27x
60	Whittam	15	0.240%	65.25x
61	Boothman	14	0.220%	58.33x
62	Hopwood	14	0.220%	19.61x
63	Ormerod	14	0.220%	27.94x
64	Smithson	14	0.220%	23.31x
65	Wittaker	14	0.220%	281.12x
66	Aldred	13	0.210%	24.16x
67	Braithwaite	13	0.210%	17.88x
68	Brennand	13	0.210%	136.84x
69	Brunton	13	0.210%	26.41x
70	Catterall	13	0.210%	32.80x
71	Charnley	12	0.190%	41.17x
72	Dugdale	12	0.190%	27.82x
73	Hadfield	12	0.190%	13.75x
74	Halstead	12	0.190%	23.02x
75	Rawcliffe	12	0.190%	47.92x
76	Aspden	11	0.180%	39.88x
77	Dewhurst	11	0.180%	14.79x
78	Hallworth	11	0.180%	67.65x
79	Alsopp	10	0.160%	232.02x
80	Bickerstaff	10	0.160%	76.10x
81	Colby	10	0.160%	77.10x
82	Ellwood	10	0.160%	28.83x
83	Exley	10	0.160%	33.57x
84	Frankland	10	0.160%	21.54x
85	Helm	10	0.160%	35.73x
86	Mattison	10	0.160%	99.80x
87	Redmond	10	0.160%	43.65x
88	Starkey	10	0.160%	16.09x
89	Alston	9	0.140%	22.05x
90	Goodier	9	0.140%	40.16x
91	Hazlewood	9	0.140%	63.56x
92	Livesey	9	0.140%	14.67x
93	Lofthouse	9	0.140%	19.28x
94	Sagar	9	0.140%	35.38x
95	Toole	9	0.140%	26.59x
96	Whipp	9	0.140%	44.53x
97	Willan	9	0.140%	51.81x
98	Astley	8	0.130%	19.25x
99	Cottam	8	0.130%	20.99x
100	Hacking	8	0.130%	26.96x