1881 census place

Higher Booths surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Higher Booths, 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

179 surnames are listed for Higher Booths, Lancashire, covering 3,630 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ashworth, with 211 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Higher Booths

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	Ashworth	211	3.38%	84.63x
2	Haworth	210	3.36%	159.77x
3	Pickup	178	2.85%	220.32x
4	Hargreaves	170	2.72%	65.26x
5	Heap	150	2.40%	141.48x
6	Nuttall	149	2.38%	94.57x
7	Lord	120	1.92%	41.65x
8	Riley	106	1.70%	21.44x
9	Holt	91	1.46%	21.75x
10	Birtwistle	85	1.36%	247.60x
11	Whittaker	80	1.28%	27.04x
12	Greenwood	74	1.18%	15.25x
13	Spencer	69	1.10%	12.09x
14	Pollard	62	0.990%	27.21x
15	Schofield	61	0.980%	18.01x
16	Sutcliffe	58	0.930%	23.50x
17	Hoyle	51	0.820%	35.36x
18	Knowles	47	0.750%	14.08x
19	Maden	47	0.750%	205.69x
20	Trickett	47	0.750%	173.24x
21	Holden	39	0.620%	11.39x
22	Shenton	39	0.620%	97.55x
23	Cropper	38	0.610%	100.96x
24	Butterworth	35	0.560%	15.60x
25	Sagar	33	0.530%	130.07x
26	Pilling	32	0.510%	42.43x
27	Fenton	30	0.480%	24.05x
28	Heyworth	30	0.480%	104.09x
29	Rushton	30	0.480%	23.28x
30	Hacking	29	0.460%	98.01x
31	Peel	29	0.460%	25.86x
32	Tattersall	29	0.460%	33.43x
33	Crankshaw	27	0.430%	319.53x
34	Halstead	26	0.420%	50.00x
35	Ingham	26	0.420%	16.73x
36	Almond	25	0.400%	32.27x
37	Aspin	25	0.400%	99.36x
38	Bridge	25	0.400%	19.76x
39	Eastwood	25	0.400%	16.92x
40	Fort	25	0.400%	170.18x
41	Ormerod	25	0.400%	50.03x
42	Cunliffe	24	0.380%	30.84x
43	Heys	23	0.370%	50.37x
44	Duckworth	22	0.350%	18.21x
45	Hollin	21	0.340%	521.09x
46	Sellers	21	0.340%	43.70x
47	Rawstron	20	0.320%	275.48x
48	Trippier	19	0.300%	582.82x
49	German	17	0.270%	58.32x
50	Sharples	17	0.270%	15.56x
51	Beharrell	15	0.240%	789.47x
52	Gregson	14	0.220%	16.19x
53	Broadley	13	0.210%	30.73x
54	Crawshaw	13	0.210%	26.74x
55	Devonport	13	0.210%	75.89x
56	Dewhurst	13	0.210%	17.53x
57	Edmondson	13	0.210%	18.00x
58	Farnworth	13	0.210%	40.44x
59	Eatough	12	0.190%	165.75x
60	Sisson	12	0.190%	72.99x
61	Garlick	11	0.180%	19.99x
62	Hollows	11	0.180%	89.94x
63	Leather	11	0.180%	25.78x
64	Mould	11	0.180%	20.55x
65	Walch	11	0.180%	114.82x
66	Westwell	11	0.180%	87.72x
67	Bolderson	10	0.160%	366.30x
68	Caine	10	0.160%	38.21x
69	Compston	10	0.160%	363.64x
70	Devine	10	0.160%	16.07x
71	Eddleston	10	0.160%	83.33x
72	Falshaw	10	0.160%	260.42x
73	Till	10	0.160%	22.77x
74	Washington	10	0.160%	31.74x
75	Armstead	9	0.140%	91.74x
76	Bispham	9	0.140%	247.93x
77	Dart	9	0.140%	30.98x
78	Douglass	9	0.140%	22.66x
79	Edmundson	9	0.140%	50.79x
80	Hayhurst	9	0.140%	32.96x
81	Leith	9	0.140%	27.81x
82	Leyland	9	0.140%	23.57x
83	Lonsdale	9	0.140%	17.36x
84	Lupton	9	0.140%	19.92x
85	Melody	9	0.140%	538.92x
86	Pointon	9	0.140%	34.09x
87	Carne	8	0.130%	45.87x
88	Cryer	8	0.130%	23.26x
89	Hardingham	8	0.130%	87.72x
90	Medlock	8	0.130%	82.64x
91	Musgrove	8	0.130%	26.52x
92	Pedley	8	0.130%	25.28x
93	Ramsbottom	8	0.130%	18.95x
94	Shackleton	8	0.130%	11.37x
95	Auty	7	0.110%	33.41x
96	Collinge	7	0.110%	16.76x
97	Cortes	7	0.110%	985.92x
98	Hollingdrake	7	0.110%	301.72x
99	Kendal	7	0.110%	28.72x
100	Lant	7	0.110%	168.67x