1881 census place

Lytham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lytham, 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

271 surnames are listed for Lytham, Lancashire, covering 2,170 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whiteside, with 91 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lytham

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	Whiteside	91	1.72%	216.00x
2	Cartmell	74	1.40%	695.49x
3	Cookson	71	1.34%	113.78x
4	Fisher	69	1.30%	11.14x
5	Gillett	57	1.08%	102.00x
6	Bonney	53	1.00%	399.40x
7	Parkinson	53	1.00%	20.88x
8	Greaves	46	0.870%	29.65x
9	Eaves	42	0.790%	145.83x
10	Mercer	39	0.740%	28.08x
11	Hardman	36	0.680%	33.82x
12	Singleton	33	0.620%	31.55x
13	Bickerstaffe	30	0.570%	663.72x
14	Warbrick	29	0.550%	480.93x
15	Swarbrick	28	0.530%	135.53x
16	Walmsley	28	0.530%	25.57x
17	Melling	27	0.510%	82.47x
18	Bamber	25	0.470%	61.21x
19	Hesketh	25	0.470%	49.37x
20	Westhead	24	0.450%	195.12x
21	Eccles	21	0.400%	24.80x
22	Forshaw	21	0.400%	59.04x
23	Hull	21	0.400%	18.99x
24	Salthouse	21	0.400%	280.37x
25	Collinson	20	0.380%	32.20x
26	Barrow	19	0.360%	16.95x
27	Candlish	19	0.360%	307.44x
28	Fell	18	0.340%	24.21x
29	Bretherton	17	0.320%	125.28x
30	Holding	17	0.320%	36.23x
31	Pemberton	17	0.320%	25.29x
32	Stanhope	17	0.320%	133.96x
33	Banister	16	0.300%	72.60x
34	Gillet	16	0.300%	261.87x
35	Gregson	15	0.280%	20.48x
36	Rainford	15	0.280%	97.78x
37	Rawlinson	15	0.280%	23.77x
38	Threlfall	15	0.280%	62.50x
39	Braithwaite	14	0.260%	22.80x
40	Hornby	14	0.260%	23.23x
41	Myerscough	14	0.260%	177.67x
42	Rossall	14	0.260%	272.37x
43	Seed	14	0.260%	36.63x
44	Sharrock	14	0.260%	84.85x
45	Topping	14	0.260%	38.44x
46	Wignall	14	0.260%	51.81x
47	Worden	14	0.260%	93.46x
48	Edmondson	13	0.250%	21.26x
49	Jameson	13	0.250%	22.20x
50	Malley	13	0.250%	84.64x
51	Rawstron	13	0.250%	211.38x
52	Wilkin	13	0.250%	44.83x
53	Bowling	12	0.230%	61.41x
54	Cardwell	12	0.230%	47.13x
55	Dagger	12	0.230%	148.51x
56	Eastham	12	0.230%	44.41x
57	Garnett	12	0.230%	18.26x
58	Ormrod	12	0.230%	70.59x
59	Allanson	11	0.210%	106.08x
60	Crookall	11	0.210%	418.25x
61	Newsham	11	0.210%	66.43x
62	Pendlebury	11	0.210%	32.40x
63	Snape	11	0.210%	22.55x
64	Southworth	11	0.210%	40.58x
65	Crozier	10	0.190%	40.26x
66	Elston	10	0.190%	39.00x
67	Hibberson	10	0.190%	1149.43x
68	Hodskinson	10	0.190%	709.22x
69	Horsfall	10	0.190%	18.74x
70	Musgrave	10	0.190%	31.23x
71	Nickson	10	0.190%	63.53x
72	Rymer	10	0.190%	79.05x
73	Sack	10	0.190%	374.53x
74	Tipping	10	0.190%	33.16x
75	Cartwell	9	0.170%	1058.82x
76	Fair	9	0.170%	48.54x
77	Nutter	9	0.170%	22.32x
78	Tims	9	0.170%	77.52x
79	Willacy	9	0.170%	164.23x
80	Battersby	8	0.150%	21.41x
81	Beardsworth	8	0.150%	83.25x
82	Briers	8	0.150%	80.24x
83	Carus	8	0.150%	640.00x
84	Cowlisham	8	0.150%	3076.92x
85	Maries	8	0.150%	449.44x
86	Mark	8	0.150%	30.06x
87	Rodway	8	0.150%	48.11x
88	Rukin	8	0.150%	476.19x
89	Bickerstaff	7	0.130%	63.06x
90	Cornall	7	0.130%	91.50x
91	Jensen	7	0.130%	204.08x
92	Nottingham	7	0.130%	49.33x
93	Sager	7	0.130%	91.86x
94	Boddington	6	0.110%	40.82x
95	Cartmel	6	0.110%	101.69x
96	Ellerbeck	6	0.110%	265.49x
97	Hankinson	6	0.110%	34.50x
98	Hosker	6	0.110%	121.21x
99	Loose	6	0.110%	113.64x
100	Oppenheim	6	0.110%	289.86x