1881 census place

Little Lever surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Little Lever, 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

139 surnames are listed for Little Lever, Lancashire, covering 2,537 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Yates, with 115 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Little Lever

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	Yates	115	2.59%	37.75x
2	Barlow	112	2.53%	46.79x
3	Kirkpatrick	99	2.23%	259.30x
4	Fletcher	87	1.96%	17.19x
5	Hardman	73	1.65%	81.87x
6	Scholes	67	1.51%	130.38x
7	Greenhalgh	65	1.47%	71.59x
8	Kirkman	64	1.44%	225.91x
9	Lomax	52	1.17%	83.09x
10	Howcroft	51	1.15%	362.73x
11	Nuttall	51	1.15%	45.63x
12	Settle	49	1.11%	321.73x
13	Grundy	47	1.06%	51.79x
14	Lord	47	1.06%	23.00x
15	Partington	46	1.04%	73.13x
16	Kay	41	0.920%	17.80x
17	Rothwell	40	0.900%	49.09x
18	Syddall	40	0.900%	1120.45x
19	Lever	39	0.880%	97.65x
20	Sharples	38	0.860%	49.04x
21	Hewart	37	0.830%	2256.10x
22	Jenkinson	36	0.810%	46.38x
23	Boardman	34	0.770%	47.80x
24	Pilling	34	0.770%	63.55x
25	Hatchman	33	0.740%	1245.28x
26	Pendlebury	32	0.720%	112.52x
27	Southworth	31	0.700%	136.50x
28	Olive	30	0.680%	187.97x
29	Openshaw	30	0.680%	139.21x
30	Heywood	28	0.630%	31.75x
31	Hilton	24	0.540%	15.75x
32	Clough	23	0.520%	23.24x
33	Haslam	23	0.520%	34.16x
34	Sunderland	23	0.520%	45.20x
35	Crompton	22	0.500%	29.49x
36	Nield	22	0.500%	72.30x
37	Wolstenholme	22	0.500%	62.18x
38	Heyes	21	0.470%	61.17x
39	Lansdale	21	0.470%	578.51x
40	Lindley	21	0.470%	47.92x
41	Longworth	21	0.470%	74.15x
42	Wallwork	21	0.470%	81.43x
43	Ashcroft	20	0.450%	33.72x
44	Grime	20	0.450%	85.95x
45	Collinge	19	0.430%	64.12x
46	Hallows	19	0.430%	218.39x
47	Welsby	18	0.410%	158.31x
48	Lockton	17	0.380%	495.63x
49	Makin	17	0.380%	44.65x
50	Edge	16	0.360%	20.95x
51	Mort	16	0.360%	74.80x
52	Percival	16	0.360%	23.04x
53	Fogg	15	0.340%	58.23x
54	Hindley	15	0.340%	41.11x
55	Sixsmith	15	0.340%	202.16x
56	Tatlock	15	0.340%	323.97x
57	Cowburn	14	0.320%	86.79x
58	Tonge	14	0.320%	49.59x
59	Crowshaw	13	0.290%	437.71x
60	Entwistle	13	0.290%	16.84x
61	Haughton	13	0.290%	57.62x
62	Unsworth	13	0.290%	25.52x
63	Ashurst	12	0.270%	76.48x
64	Coyne	12	0.270%	51.15x
65	Baron	11	0.250%	23.97x
66	Culshaw	11	0.250%	65.59x
67	Livsey	11	0.250%	70.15x
68	Stringfellow	11	0.250%	95.24x
69	Cheadle	10	0.230%	96.53x
70	Coppack	10	0.230%	318.47x
71	Lightburn	10	0.230%	427.35x
72	Banister	9	0.200%	48.75x
73	Chatton	9	0.200%	569.62x
74	Fallow	9	0.200%	298.01x
75	Gooden	9	0.200%	178.93x
76	Hollinshead	9	0.200%	78.47x
77	Sinkinson	9	0.200%	348.84x
78	Balshaw	8	0.180%	87.34x
79	Cronshaw	8	0.180%	72.66x
80	Hollows	8	0.180%	92.27x
81	Hulton	8	0.180%	90.81x
82	Huxley	8	0.180%	40.06x
83	Rainford	8	0.180%	62.26x
84	Bramwell	7	0.160%	27.98x
85	Branagan	7	0.160%	238.91x
86	Coulter	7	0.160%	31.45x
87	Fishwick	7	0.160%	31.66x
88	Hallworth	7	0.160%	60.87x
89	Knill	7	0.160%	126.13x
90	Melling	7	0.160%	25.52x
91	Cawood	6	0.140%	57.20x
92	Cryan	6	0.140%	379.75x
93	Dennett	6	0.140%	31.35x
94	Elsby	6	0.140%	223.88x
95	Heaps	6	0.140%	31.09x
96	Highton	6	0.140%	59.88x
97	Perrins	6	0.140%	44.54x
98	Seacombe	6	0.140%	625.00x
99	Waterson	6	0.140%	32.33x
100	Baber	5	0.110%	55.01x