1881 census place

Kirkham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kirkham, 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

192 surnames are listed for Kirkham, Lancashire, covering 1,901 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Kirkham

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	Woods	93	2.03%	32.18x
2	Parkinson	78	1.70%	35.48x
3	Whiteside	69	1.51%	189.14x
4	Cookson	58	1.27%	107.33x
5	Kirby	58	1.27%	33.35x
6	Singleton	48	1.05%	52.98x
7	Benson	45	0.980%	36.21x
8	Clarkson	35	0.760%	28.80x
9	Willacy	35	0.760%	738.40x
10	Gregson	34	0.740%	53.61x
11	Threlfall	32	0.700%	153.99x
12	Bamber	30	0.650%	84.82x
13	Salisbury	29	0.630%	63.69x
14	Catterall	26	0.570%	89.72x
15	Marquis	26	0.570%	327.46x
16	Stanhope	26	0.570%	236.58x
17	Billington	25	0.550%	50.20x
18	Swarbrick	25	0.550%	139.74x
19	Whalley	25	0.550%	34.65x
20	Lingard	24	0.520%	82.53x
21	Walmsley	23	0.500%	24.25x
22	Aspin	21	0.460%	113.76x
23	Balshaw	21	0.460%	221.75x
24	Dewhurst	20	0.440%	36.77x
25	Rogerson	20	0.440%	35.47x
26	Royles	20	0.440%	754.72x
27	Lund	19	0.410%	38.28x
28	Blacoe	17	0.370%	2023.81x
29	Gornall	17	0.370%	129.97x
30	Hothersall	17	0.370%	297.72x
31	Greenalgh	16	0.350%	837.70x
32	Rawsthorne	16	0.350%	273.04x
33	Ryding	16	0.350%	256.41x
34	Snape	16	0.350%	37.87x
35	Tattersall	16	0.350%	25.15x
36	Bagshaw	15	0.330%	40.99x
37	Fleetwood	15	0.330%	93.87x
38	Hitchen	15	0.330%	48.08x
39	Seed	15	0.330%	45.32x
40	Helm	14	0.310%	68.36x
41	Waring	14	0.310%	24.32x
42	Cornall	13	0.280%	196.08x
43	Danson	13	0.280%	126.95x
44	Hankinson	13	0.280%	86.32x
45	Oldnall	13	0.280%	1040.00x
46	Devanny	12	0.260%	800.00x
47	Donoghue	12	0.260%	78.95x
48	Hayhurst	12	0.260%	59.91x
49	Hornby	12	0.260%	22.99x
50	Wilding	12	0.260%	22.27x
51	Anderton	11	0.240%	20.22x
52	Bibby	11	0.240%	22.23x
53	Bretherton	11	0.240%	93.62x
54	Charnley	11	0.240%	51.59x
55	Devine	11	0.240%	24.11x
56	Haythornthwaite	11	0.240%	279.90x
57	Lannon	11	0.240%	654.76x
58	Monaghan	11	0.240%	33.11x
59	Coup	10	0.220%	305.81x
60	Finigan	10	0.220%	140.45x
61	Hatch	10	0.220%	25.39x
62	Bagot	9	0.200%	140.41x
63	Bickerstaff	9	0.200%	93.65x
64	Bickerstaffe	9	0.200%	229.59x
65	Downey	9	0.200%	27.78x
66	Garvey	9	0.200%	54.91x
67	Cartmell	8	0.170%	86.86x
68	Conroy	8	0.170%	23.54x
69	Eadon	8	0.170%	193.70x
70	Eastham	8	0.170%	34.19x
71	Heaney	8	0.170%	101.65x
72	Lawrenson	8	0.170%	62.02x
73	Mulligan	8	0.170%	31.21x
74	Armitstead	7	0.150%	346.53x
75	Aspden	7	0.150%	34.71x
76	Hoffman	7	0.150%	71.72x
77	Jeffers	7	0.150%	176.77x
78	Kellet	7	0.150%	70.99x
79	Lewtas	7	0.150%	284.55x
80	Mayor	7	0.150%	34.95x
81	Muncaster	7	0.150%	116.09x
82	Nickson	7	0.150%	51.36x
83	Rainford	7	0.150%	52.71x
84	Ruddy	7	0.150%	93.58x
85	Titterington	7	0.150%	105.42x
86	Anyon	6	0.130%	240.96x
87	Beeston	6	0.130%	31.12x
88	Bolan	6	0.130%	141.51x
89	Calderbank	6	0.130%	57.80x
90	Charnock	6	0.130%	27.42x
91	Cumpsty	6	0.130%	309.28x
92	Dagger	6	0.130%	85.84x
93	Fairnie	6	0.130%	625.00x
94	Forest	6	0.130%	45.63x
95	Gillet	6	0.130%	113.42x
96	Golby	6	0.130%	71.43x
97	Halsall	6	0.130%	24.84x
98	Mallon	6	0.130%	79.37x
99	Silcock	6	0.130%	31.27x
100	Hayer	5	0.110%	961.54x