1881 census place

Great Lever surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Great Lever, 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

158 surnames are listed for Great Lever, Lancashire, covering 1,273 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Entwistle, with 59 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Great Lever

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	Entwistle	59	1.60%	92.10x
2	Nuttall	43	1.17%	46.37x
3	Hindley	30	0.820%	99.11x
4	Longworth	27	0.730%	114.94x
5	Stones	27	0.730%	61.71x
6	Makin	24	0.650%	75.97x
7	Haslam	23	0.630%	41.17x
8	Halliwell	22	0.600%	53.91x
9	Tonge	21	0.570%	89.67x
10	Grundy	20	0.540%	26.56x
11	Unsworth	20	0.540%	47.31x
12	Hodson	18	0.490%	23.65x
13	Rothwell	18	0.490%	26.62x
14	Southern	18	0.490%	53.07x
15	Greenhalgh	17	0.460%	22.57x
16	Isherwood	17	0.460%	39.95x
17	Pilkington	17	0.460%	25.72x
18	Seddon	17	0.460%	28.45x
19	Bleakley	16	0.440%	206.72x
20	Roscow	16	0.440%	323.89x
21	Orrell	15	0.410%	109.65x
22	Fallows	14	0.380%	79.37x
23	Scowcroft	14	0.380%	247.35x
24	Mort	13	0.350%	73.24x
25	Partington	13	0.350%	24.91x
26	Ridings	13	0.350%	159.12x
27	Trow	13	0.350%	140.39x
28	Boydell	12	0.330%	208.70x
29	Higson	12	0.330%	51.02x
30	Lomax	12	0.330%	23.11x
31	Phethean	12	0.330%	1132.08x
32	Shipperbottom	12	0.330%	863.31x
33	Aldred	11	0.300%	34.82x
34	Almond	11	0.300%	24.13x
35	Chadderton	11	0.300%	123.18x
36	Cordingley	11	0.300%	86.61x
37	Eckersley	11	0.300%	47.83x
38	Horrocks	11	0.300%	24.35x
39	Layfield	11	0.300%	163.93x
40	Motteram	11	0.300%	484.58x
41	Newsham	11	0.300%	95.57x
42	Openshaw	11	0.300%	61.52x
43	Sixsmith	11	0.300%	178.86x
44	Fogg	10	0.270%	46.79x
45	Ince	10	0.270%	54.59x
46	Redford	10	0.270%	50.45x
47	Walls	10	0.270%	22.60x
48	Wolstencroft	10	0.270%	69.40x
49	Brandwood	9	0.240%	192.31x
50	Buttler	9	0.240%	80.86x
51	Duckers	9	0.240%	229.01x
52	Fishwick	9	0.240%	49.05x
53	Haydock	9	0.240%	77.65x
54	Horrobin	9	0.240%	216.35x
55	Leyland	9	0.240%	40.05x
56	Lythgoe	9	0.240%	79.58x
57	Porteous	9	0.240%	36.69x
58	Wallwork	9	0.240%	42.08x
59	Calderbank	8	0.220%	96.04x
60	Howcroft	8	0.220%	68.55x
61	Humpheries	8	0.220%	1538.46x
62	Lever	8	0.220%	24.14x
63	Makinson	8	0.220%	76.05x
64	Range	8	0.220%	379.15x
65	Thistlethwaite	8	0.220%	134.23x
66	Thwaites	8	0.220%	36.41x
67	Tuson	8	0.220%	180.59x
68	Barford	7	0.190%	74.47x
69	Bracewell	7	0.190%	52.79x
70	Catterall	7	0.190%	30.09x
71	Chisnall	7	0.190%	106.71x
72	Howorth	7	0.190%	42.58x
73	Hynes	7	0.190%	78.92x
74	Ibison	7	0.190%	593.22x
75	Mahony	7	0.190%	83.73x
76	Stopforth	7	0.190%	217.39x
77	Wignall	7	0.190%	37.27x
78	Byrom	6	0.160%	60.12x
79	Cleworth	6	0.160%	178.04x
80	Coop	6	0.160%	49.92x
81	Cowsill	6	0.160%	240.96x
82	Doharty	6	0.160%	882.35x
83	Grisdale	6	0.160%	94.34x
84	Guffogg	6	0.160%	1153.85x
85	Hankinson	6	0.160%	49.67x
86	Heaps	6	0.160%	37.48x
87	Lenney	6	0.160%	400.00x
88	Roll	6	0.160%	153.06x
89	Sterrett	6	0.160%	1666.67x
90	Briddon	5	0.140%	123.15x
91	Bromwich	5	0.140%	61.96x
92	Chantler	5	0.140%	51.65x
93	Coucill	5	0.140%	735.29x
94	Currey	5	0.140%	66.05x
95	Dobie	5	0.140%	40.68x
96	Gilbody	5	0.140%	155.28x
97	Liver	5	0.140%	649.35x
98	Norburn	5	0.140%	177.31x
99	Pickvance	5	0.140%	375.94x
100	Scrimgeour	5	0.140%	88.50x