1881 census place

Hoghton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hoghton, 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

45 surnames are listed for Hoghton, Lancashire, covering 377 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Marginson, with 45 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hoghton

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	Marginson	45	5.14%	5172.41x
2	Crook	42	4.80%	167.13x
3	Livesey	30	3.43%	350.06x
4	Farnworth	28	3.20%	622.22x
5	Sharples	27	3.09%	176.47x
6	Thornley	14	1.60%	144.18x
7	Pickup	13	1.49%	114.94x
8	Seed	13	1.49%	205.70x
9	Kitchin	11	1.26%	585.11x
10	Charnley	10	1.14%	245.70x
11	Wrigley	10	1.14%	90.33x
12	Moulden	8	0.910%	733.95x
13	Neary	8	0.910%	421.05x
14	Woodruff	7	0.800%	169.90x
15	Worden	7	0.800%	282.26x
16	Blacklidge	6	0.690%	4615.38x
17	Calderbank	6	0.690%	303.03x
18	Crewdson	6	0.690%	625.00x
19	Fagan	6	0.690%	143.88x
20	Furnell	6	0.690%	402.68x
21	Malley	6	0.690%	236.22x
22	Phillipson	6	0.690%	184.62x
23	Shorrock	6	0.690%	138.89x
24	Warbrick	6	0.690%	600.00x
25	Alty	5	0.570%	312.50x
26	Kellet	4	0.460%	212.77x
27	Margison	4	0.460%	1000.00x
28	Mitchill	4	0.460%	851.06x
29	Aspin	3	0.340%	85.23x
30	Blackledge	3	0.340%	127.12x
31	Grisdale	3	0.340%	198.68x
32	Margerison	3	0.340%	185.19x
33	Noblett	3	0.340%	357.14x
34	Aves	2	0.230%	135.14x
35	Crosley	2	0.230%	148.15x
36	Horsefield	2	0.230%	131.58x
37	Loud	2	0.230%	253.16x
38	Redmayne	2	0.230%	172.41x
39	Shortt	2	0.230%	606.06x
40	Gavan	1	0.110%	120.48x
41	Killworth	1	0.110%	1000.00x
42	Knowels	1	0.110%	833.33x
43	Levens	1	0.110%	142.86x
44	Macmanus	1	0.110%	909.09x
45	Suton	1	0.110%	666.67x