1881 census place

Lathom surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lathom, 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

171 surnames are listed for Lathom, Lancashire, covering 2,138 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Draper, with 100 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lathom

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	Draper	100	2.39%	101.42x
2	Martland	74	1.77%	1219.11x
3	Spencer	64	1.53%	16.75x
4	Dutton	53	1.27%	55.94x
5	Rimmer	53	1.27%	79.27x
6	Peet	52	1.24%	234.98x
7	Prescott	51	1.22%	86.38x
8	Forshaw	47	1.12%	167.02x
9	Roughley	38	0.910%	520.55x
10	Ashcroft	36	0.860%	64.27x
11	Gregson	36	0.860%	62.15x
12	Aspinwall	35	0.840%	839.33x
13	Ollerton	35	0.840%	823.53x
14	Halton	34	0.810%	212.50x
15	Leyland	34	0.810%	132.92x
16	Culshaw	33	0.790%	208.33x
17	Hankin	33	0.790%	256.81x
18	Lyon	31	0.740%	35.34x
19	Stopforth	31	0.740%	846.99x
20	Rothwell	30	0.720%	38.99x
21	Seddon	30	0.720%	44.12x
22	Halsall	29	0.690%	131.46x
23	Mayor	29	0.690%	158.47x
24	Swift	29	0.690%	22.43x
25	Abram	28	0.670%	186.29x
26	Disley	28	0.670%	333.33x
27	Hesketh	28	0.670%	69.90x
28	Farrington	27	0.650%	75.08x
29	Melling	26	0.620%	100.39x
30	Hardman	25	0.600%	29.69x
31	Alty	23	0.550%	299.87x
32	Birchall	23	0.550%	56.00x
33	Guy	23	0.550%	25.10x
34	Ormesher	23	0.550%	848.71x
35	Watkinson	22	0.530%	44.87x
36	Barrow	21	0.500%	23.68x
37	Wareing	21	0.500%	77.41x
38	Langton	20	0.480%	60.22x
39	Pye	20	0.480%	31.95x
40	Edge	19	0.450%	26.35x
41	Pilkington	19	0.450%	25.26x
42	Anderton	18	0.430%	36.23x
43	Pemberton	18	0.430%	33.85x
44	Aspinall	17	0.410%	29.50x
45	Samples	16	0.380%	1311.48x
46	Sephton	16	0.380%	146.92x
47	Winstanley	16	0.380%	38.04x
48	Bamber	15	0.360%	46.44x
49	Cave	15	0.360%	24.98x
50	Bullen	14	0.330%	31.54x
51	Lunt	14	0.330%	51.95x
52	Radcliffe	14	0.330%	28.79x
53	Budge	13	0.310%	60.92x
54	Dandy	13	0.310%	167.96x
55	Molyneux	13	0.310%	40.66x
56	Baybutt	12	0.290%	655.74x
57	Horrocks	12	0.290%	23.34x
58	Iddon	12	0.290%	113.53x
59	Orritt	12	0.290%	875.91x
60	Stringfellow	12	0.290%	110.09x
61	Twist	12	0.290%	57.97x
62	Cartmel	11	0.260%	235.55x
63	Dakin	11	0.260%	36.64x
64	Sharrock	11	0.260%	84.29x
65	Winnard	11	0.260%	207.55x
66	Heyes	10	0.240%	30.85x
67	Hopley	10	0.240%	76.69x
68	Leatherbarrow	10	0.240%	114.29x
69	Rawsthorne	10	0.240%	186.92x
70	Rotheram	10	0.240%	338.98x
71	Bimson	9	0.220%	365.85x
72	Brierly	9	0.220%	102.51x
73	Christy	9	0.220%	101.93x
74	Meadow	9	0.220%	351.56x
75	Tyrer	9	0.220%	48.75x
76	Ashurst	8	0.190%	53.98x
77	Caunce	8	0.190%	130.08x
78	Cocks	8	0.190%	28.76x
79	Flaherty	8	0.190%	62.16x
80	Kempster	8	0.190%	54.57x
81	Bowcott	7	0.170%	205.88x
82	Georgeson	7	0.170%	83.73x
83	Rawcliffe	7	0.170%	41.84x
84	Sergeant	7	0.170%	35.12x
85	Sherratt	7	0.170%	29.12x
86	Speakman	7	0.170%	36.36x
87	Vose	7	0.170%	103.70x
88	Baybut	6	0.140%	512.82x
89	Bracegirdle	6	0.140%	56.55x
90	Chrystal	6	0.140%	103.99x
91	Gobin	6	0.140%	731.71x
92	Greener	6	0.140%	49.22x
93	Rainford	6	0.140%	49.46x
94	Shawe	6	0.140%	314.14x
95	Threlfall	6	0.140%	31.61x
96	Tunstall	6	0.140%	27.00x
97	Bispham	5	0.120%	205.76x
98	Blackburne	5	0.120%	173.61x
99	Fyles	5	0.120%	180.51x
100	Huyton	5	0.120%	97.47x