1881 census place

Lower Darwen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lower Darwen, 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

154 surnames are listed for Lower Darwen, Lancashire, covering 2,512 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Holden, with 229 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lower Darwen

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	Holden	229	5.03%	91.88x
2	Haworth	198	4.35%	206.90x
3	Longworth	123	2.70%	423.26x
4	Whalley	100	2.20%	139.63x
5	Baron	97	2.13%	205.94x
6	Pomfret	88	1.93%	562.30x
7	Ainsworth	60	1.32%	66.59x
8	Aspin	59	1.30%	322.05x
9	Almond	58	1.27%	102.84x
10	Hacking	58	1.27%	269.27x
11	Yates	52	1.14%	16.63x
12	Entwistle	47	1.03%	59.31x
13	Duckworth	43	0.950%	48.89x
14	Livesey	43	0.950%	96.50x
15	Bury	40	0.880%	118.34x
16	Duxbury	39	0.860%	127.70x
17	Walkden	34	0.750%	166.02x
18	Catterall	32	0.700%	111.19x
19	Fish	32	0.700%	37.77x
20	Leigh	32	0.700%	30.56x
21	Brindle	31	0.680%	94.95x
22	Walmsley	29	0.640%	30.80x
23	Eccles	28	0.620%	38.46x
24	Garner	27	0.590%	18.77x
25	Sharples	27	0.590%	33.95x
26	Grimshaw	26	0.570%	34.21x
27	Grime	25	0.550%	104.69x
28	Whewell	25	0.550%	297.97x
29	Lightbown	24	0.530%	434.00x
30	Aspinall	22	0.480%	35.13x
31	Worsley	21	0.460%	52.82x
32	Isherwood	20	0.440%	37.99x
33	Haslam	19	0.420%	27.49x
34	Latus	18	0.400%	714.29x
35	Nightingale	18	0.400%	23.47x
36	Farnworth	17	0.370%	72.62x
37	Heys	17	0.370%	51.14x
38	Bleakley	16	0.350%	167.19x
39	Mares	16	0.350%	540.54x
40	Pickup	16	0.350%	27.20x
41	Crompton	14	0.310%	18.28x
42	Eddleston	13	0.290%	148.74x
43	Garstang	13	0.290%	205.70x
44	Neville	13	0.290%	24.04x
45	Brierley	12	0.260%	14.85x
46	Derbyshire	12	0.260%	25.30x
47	Smalley	12	0.260%	29.15x
48	Astley	11	0.240%	36.46x
49	Thornley	11	0.240%	21.78x
50	Coupe	10	0.220%	31.50x
51	Jepson	10	0.220%	22.46x
52	Leaver	10	0.220%	34.08x
53	Snape	10	0.220%	23.84x
54	Southworth	10	0.220%	42.90x
55	Townley	10	0.220%	34.87x
56	Westwell	10	0.220%	109.53x
57	Charnley	9	0.200%	42.53x
58	Crosbie	9	0.200%	38.54x
59	Gillibrand	9	0.200%	97.40x
60	Gracey	9	0.200%	256.41x
61	Gudgeon	9	0.200%	81.01x
62	Paling	9	0.200%	87.89x
63	Youd	9	0.200%	158.45x
64	Barns	8	0.180%	27.26x
65	Cowel	8	0.180%	516.13x
66	Gorse	8	0.180%	125.39x
67	Hitchen	8	0.180%	25.82x
68	Oddie	8	0.180%	92.59x
69	Shorrock	8	0.180%	35.65x
70	Smail	8	0.180%	92.59x
71	Thornber	8	0.180%	71.75x
72	Woodburn	8	0.180%	55.48x
73	Balderstone	7	0.150%	246.48x
74	Bugg	7	0.150%	34.05x
75	Coughlin	7	0.150%	92.72x
76	Derby	7	0.150%	83.14x
77	Jubb	7	0.150%	30.74x
78	Mellish	7	0.150%	72.31x
79	Ormerod	7	0.150%	19.24x
80	Pedder	7	0.150%	43.80x
81	Ready	7	0.150%	61.35x
82	Swarbrick	7	0.150%	39.41x
83	Counsell	6	0.130%	53.00x
84	Ditchfield	6	0.130%	38.61x
85	Duerden	6	0.130%	35.13x
86	Haydock	6	0.130%	41.84x
87	Hearth	6	0.130%	750.00x
88	Mallison	6	0.130%	128.21x
89	Melling	6	0.130%	21.31x
90	Openshaw	6	0.130%	27.12x
91	Prest	6	0.130%	42.64x
92	Ryden	6	0.130%	379.75x
93	Waddicor	6	0.130%	186.92x
94	Brandwood	5	0.110%	86.36x
95	Costick	5	0.110%	555.56x
96	Dibden	5	0.110%	108.23x
97	Edmundson	5	0.110%	38.76x
98	Fielden	5	0.110%	18.85x
99	Hosker	5	0.110%	117.65x
100	Mayho	5	0.110%	515.46x