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 Wraith, with 5 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
101	Wraith	5	0.110%	75.87x
102	Bickerstaff	4	0.090%	41.93x
103	Cockshoot	4	0.090%	182.65x
104	Mehan	4	0.090%	506.33x
105	Munroe	4	0.090%	32.49x
106	Rolley	4	0.090%	120.85x
107	Wych	4	0.090%	98.28x
108	Alty	3	0.070%	35.97x
109	Burtenshaw	3	0.070%	28.33x
110	Crombleholme	3	0.070%	173.41x
111	Eatough	3	0.070%	56.93x
112	Gradwell	3	0.070%	28.46x
113	Grafton	3	0.070%	23.89x
114	Huff	3	0.070%	68.81x
115	Kearns	3	0.070%	21.14x
116	Keogh	3	0.070%	28.87x
117	Knobbs	3	0.070%	329.67x
118	Ledwidge	3	0.070%	491.80x
119	Lythgoe	3	0.070%	21.44x
120	Moxey	3	0.070%	50.08x
121	Statter	3	0.070%	245.90x
122	Traynor	3	0.070%	27.93x
123	Whitle	3	0.070%	638.30x
124	Bertwistle	2	0.040%	68.26x
125	Brocks	2	0.040%	148.15x
126	Catteral	2	0.040%	185.19x
127	Doxon	2	0.040%	476.19x
128	Gosney	2	0.040%	23.42x
129	Parnel	2	0.040%	202.02x
130	Picket	2	0.040%	65.57x
131	Titherington	2	0.040%	48.90x
132	Trenchard	2	0.040%	40.65x
133	Wickers	2	0.040%	83.33x
134	Wyche	2	0.040%	138.89x
135	Blackstone	1	0.020%	29.24x
136	Bladen	1	0.020%	17.83x
137	Bouch	1	0.020%	18.59x
138	Callis	1	0.020%	17.54x
139	Cottage	1	0.020%	66.67x
140	Cottom	1	0.020%	12.79x
141	Demaine	1	0.020%	25.00x
142	Dillamore	1	0.020%	140.85x
143	Dunnell	1	0.020%	42.55x
144	Elsby	1	0.020%	36.36x
145	Gabbott	1	0.020%	34.13x
146	Gallaghan	1	0.020%	44.44x
147	Harrower	1	0.020%	9.81x
148	Margerison	1	0.020%	11.86x
149	Marginson	1	0.020%	22.03x
150	Mossom	1	0.020%	111.11x
151	Ried	1	0.020%	37.45x
152	Scannell	1	0.020%	35.59x
153	Wolstanholme	1	0.020%	125.00x
154	Woodruffe	1	0.020%	19.23x