1881 census place

Kearsley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kearsley, 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

247 surnames are listed for Kearsley, Lancashire, covering 3,535 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lindley, with 93 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kearsley

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	Lindley	93	1.28%	129.01x
2	Wolstencroft	84	1.15%	294.01x
3	Eckersley	83	1.14%	181.94x
4	Barlow	81	1.11%	20.56x
5	Lord	81	1.11%	24.08x
6	Partington	76	1.04%	73.44x
7	Nelson	66	0.900%	18.68x
8	Wardle	66	0.900%	46.76x
9	Isherwood	63	0.860%	74.65x
10	Haslam	62	0.850%	55.96x
11	Rothwell	62	0.850%	46.24x
12	Seddon	59	0.810%	49.79x
13	Tatlock	59	0.810%	774.28x
14	Marland	58	0.800%	228.53x
15	Fox	55	0.750%	8.12x
16	Lomax	53	0.730%	51.47x
17	Yates	53	0.730%	10.57x
18	Tonge	52	0.710%	111.95x
19	Entwistle	51	0.700%	40.14x
20	Hurst	51	0.700%	19.58x
21	Warburton	50	0.690%	27.79x
22	Hobson	48	0.660%	25.37x
23	Crompton	47	0.640%	38.29x
24	Doodson	47	0.640%	717.56x
25	Halliday	47	0.640%	31.19x
26	Longworth	45	0.620%	96.59x
27	Nuttall	44	0.600%	23.92x
28	Welsby	43	0.590%	229.95x
29	Boardman	42	0.580%	35.89x
30	Grundy	41	0.560%	27.46x
31	Greenhalgh	40	0.550%	26.77x
32	Hardman	40	0.550%	27.26x
33	Bentley	38	0.520%	12.32x
34	Cooke	37	0.510%	9.19x
35	Lightbown	36	0.490%	405.86x
36	Lever	32	0.440%	48.70x
37	Wolstenholme	31	0.430%	53.26x
38	Ogden	30	0.410%	14.55x
39	Farnworth	28	0.380%	74.61x
40	Fielding	28	0.380%	17.19x
41	Wilde	28	0.380%	26.37x
42	Stones	27	0.370%	31.12x
43	Wallwork	27	0.370%	63.63x
44	Rushton	25	0.340%	16.62x
45	Aldred	24	0.330%	38.31x
46	Kenyon	23	0.320%	15.10x
47	Phythian	23	0.320%	315.93x
48	Roscoe	23	0.320%	50.80x
49	Tyldsley	23	0.320%	891.47x
50	Dearden	22	0.300%	30.76x
51	Gerrard	22	0.300%	23.60x
52	Ainsworth	20	0.270%	13.85x
53	Openshaw	19	0.260%	53.58x
54	Moores	18	0.250%	29.84x
55	Topp	18	0.250%	108.04x
56	Fairclough	17	0.230%	22.34x
57	Hamer	17	0.230%	12.45x
58	Robey	17	0.230%	137.65x
59	Tong	17	0.230%	66.05x
60	Howorth	16	0.220%	49.06x
61	Atherton	15	0.210%	11.44x
62	Goulden	15	0.210%	58.32x
63	Peake	15	0.210%	21.33x
64	Whitley	15	0.210%	25.12x
65	Aspinall	14	0.190%	13.95x
66	Fallows	14	0.190%	40.03x
67	Hamblett	14	0.190%	124.11x
68	Pollitt	14	0.190%	24.87x
69	Raw	14	0.190%	53.13x
70	Bleakley	13	0.180%	84.75x
71	Almond	12	0.160%	13.27x
72	Bromilow	12	0.160%	118.69x
73	Litherland	12	0.160%	72.55x
74	Stockton	12	0.160%	27.10x
75	Farrington	11	0.150%	17.55x
76	Hindley	11	0.150%	18.32x
77	Reason	11	0.150%	51.74x
78	Smethurst	11	0.150%	19.70x
79	Standring	11	0.150%	51.79x
80	Wigglesworth	11	0.150%	30.50x
81	Bentham	10	0.140%	29.99x
82	Gorton	10	0.140%	22.08x
83	Hamblet	10	0.140%	210.53x
84	Kilner	10	0.140%	32.80x
85	Markey	10	0.140%	76.75x
86	Merrill	10	0.140%	47.73x
87	Mort	10	0.140%	28.42x
88	Mutton	10	0.140%	37.00x
89	Place	10	0.140%	26.15x
90	Beet	9	0.120%	86.96x
91	Fogg	9	0.120%	21.24x
92	Ivill	9	0.120%	900.00x
93	Ramage	9	0.120%	21.96x
94	Rostron	9	0.120%	20.70x
95	Shone	9	0.120%	30.31x
96	Topping	9	0.120%	17.93x
97	Gregary	8	0.110%	645.16x
98	Grime	8	0.110%	20.89x
99	Janson	8	0.110%	67.28x
100	Mcgovern	8	0.110%	425.53x