1881 census place

Halliwell surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Halliwell, 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

459 surnames are listed for Halliwell, Lancashire, covering 6,808 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Thornley, with 160 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Halliwell

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	Thornley	160	1.27%	114.26x
2	Howarth	145	1.15%	23.92x
3	Kay	144	1.14%	21.97x
4	Morris	138	1.09%	4.91x
5	Greenhalgh	113	0.900%	43.73x
6	Ainsworth	86	0.680%	34.42x
7	Hamer	86	0.680%	36.40x
8	Thomasson	86	0.680%	375.22x
9	Crompton	84	0.670%	39.56x
10	Barlow	83	0.660%	12.18x
11	Mayoh	80	0.630%	359.07x
12	Ashworth	77	0.610%	15.30x
13	Hart	73	0.580%	6.78x
14	Horrocks	72	0.570%	46.46x
15	Entwistle	69	0.550%	31.40x
16	Parkinson	69	0.550%	11.40x
17	Aspinall	68	0.540%	39.16x
18	Edge	68	0.540%	31.29x
19	Holden	65	0.520%	9.41x
20	Walsh	62	0.490%	9.23x
21	Whittle	62	0.490%	22.56x
22	Yates	62	0.490%	7.15x
23	Longworth	61	0.480%	75.69x
24	Partington	61	0.480%	34.08x
25	Farnworth	57	0.450%	87.80x
26	Isherwood	57	0.450%	39.05x
27	Lever	54	0.430%	47.51x
28	Unsworth	54	0.430%	37.24x
29	Hardman	52	0.410%	20.49x
30	Openshaw	50	0.400%	81.51x
31	Haslam	49	0.390%	25.57x
32	Pendlebury	48	0.380%	59.31x
33	Pilling	48	0.380%	31.53x
34	Grundy	47	0.370%	18.20x
35	Ashcroft	46	0.360%	27.25x
36	Lomax	43	0.340%	24.14x
37	Seddon	43	0.340%	20.98x
38	Woods	42	0.330%	5.28x
39	Knowles	40	0.320%	5.94x
40	Duxbury	39	0.310%	46.06x
41	Harwood	39	0.310%	11.55x
42	Fairhurst	38	0.300%	36.79x
43	Mather	36	0.290%	11.51x
44	Ratcliffe	36	0.290%	10.33x
45	Crook	35	0.280%	9.66x
46	Rigby	35	0.280%	9.56x
47	Sharples	35	0.280%	15.87x
48	Hulme	34	0.270%	12.60x
49	Pilkington	33	0.260%	14.56x
50	Dewhurst	32	0.250%	21.37x
51	Haddock	32	0.250%	39.50x
52	Heywood	32	0.250%	12.75x
53	Hornby	30	0.240%	20.88x
54	Ormrod	30	0.240%	74.02x
55	Roscoe	30	0.240%	38.31x
56	Syddall	30	0.240%	295.57x
57	France	29	0.230%	15.12x
58	Kirkman	29	0.230%	35.97x
59	Shuttleworth	29	0.230%	19.38x
60	Heyes	28	0.220%	28.66x
61	Walmsley	28	0.220%	10.73x
62	Derbyshire	27	0.210%	20.53x
63	Hesketh	27	0.210%	22.36x
64	Rushton	27	0.210%	10.38x
65	Dearden	26	0.210%	21.01x
66	Hilton	26	0.210%	5.99x
67	Southern	26	0.210%	22.35x
68	Fielding	25	0.200%	8.88x
69	Hampson	25	0.200%	11.00x
70	Stott	25	0.200%	6.34x
71	Boardman	24	0.190%	11.86x
72	Fearnley	24	0.190%	31.29x
73	Haydock	24	0.190%	60.35x
74	Vause	24	0.190%	123.33x
75	Walch	24	0.190%	124.10x
76	Battersby	23	0.180%	25.81x
77	Coop	23	0.180%	55.77x
78	Flitcroft	23	0.180%	93.95x
79	Scholes	23	0.180%	15.73x
80	Agnew	22	0.170%	30.99x
81	Atherton	22	0.170%	9.70x
82	Beddows	22	0.170%	90.35x
83	Fyles	22	0.170%	263.79x
84	Hood	22	0.170%	6.30x
85	Bullough	21	0.170%	54.25x
86	Fairbrother	21	0.170%	29.27x
87	Halliwell	21	0.170%	15.00x
88	Higginson	21	0.170%	16.63x
89	Catterall	20	0.160%	25.07x
90	Scowcroft	20	0.160%	102.99x
91	Seed	20	0.160%	21.95x
92	Sewart	20	0.160%	396.04x
93	Whiteside	20	0.160%	19.91x
94	Bridge	19	0.150%	7.44x
95	Delaney	19	0.150%	23.40x
96	Ellison	19	0.150%	7.13x
97	Heald	19	0.150%	24.25x
98	Livingstone	19	0.150%	16.15x
99	Ormerod	19	0.150%	18.83x
100	Ridings	19	0.150%	67.83x