1881 census place

Marton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Marton, 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

87 surnames are listed for Marton, Lancashire, covering 1,183 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cardwell, with 118 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Marton

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	Cardwell	118	5.12%	1064.02x
2	Singleton	116	5.03%	254.61x
3	Sanderson	54	2.34%	56.71x
4	Whiteside	52	2.26%	283.38x
5	Wade	51	2.21%	55.28x
6	Boardman	46	2.00%	124.39x
7	Braithwaite	42	1.82%	157.01x
8	Kirkham	39	1.69%	121.27x
9	Westhead	35	1.52%	652.99x
10	Gregson	31	1.34%	97.18x
11	Barrow	29	1.26%	59.38x
12	Cartmel	29	1.26%	1128.40x
13	Fenton	29	1.26%	63.03x
14	Rossall	23	1.00%	1026.79x
15	Moon	22	0.950%	45.25x
16	Eaves	21	0.910%	167.33x
17	Bamber	20	0.870%	112.42x
18	Bagot	19	0.820%	590.06x
19	Dugdale	19	0.820%	119.72x
20	Melling	18	0.780%	126.23x
21	Rawcliffe	18	0.780%	195.44x
22	Hogarth	16	0.690%	105.19x
23	Bonny	15	0.650%	375.94x
24	Cookson	15	0.650%	55.19x
25	Ormond	15	0.650%	306.12x
26	Threlfall	13	0.560%	124.40x
27	Dewhurst	12	0.520%	43.88x
28	Wilkin	12	0.520%	95.01x
29	Humber	11	0.480%	292.55x
30	Strickland	11	0.480%	59.85x
31	Cragg	10	0.430%	68.40x
32	Houseman	10	0.430%	187.62x
33	Swarbrick	10	0.430%	111.11x
34	Newsham	9	0.390%	124.83x
35	Nickson	9	0.390%	131.20x
36	Cockcroft	8	0.350%	121.21x
37	Leaming	8	0.350%	672.27x
38	Moorehouse	8	0.350%	484.85x
39	Scarr	8	0.350%	183.49x
40	Cartmell	7	0.300%	151.19x
41	Coulton	7	0.300%	86.53x
42	Lightbown	7	0.300%	250.00x
43	Ormerod	7	0.300%	37.98x
44	Salthouse	7	0.300%	214.72x
45	Battie	6	0.260%	535.71x
46	Clarence	6	0.260%	674.16x
47	Hargraves	6	0.260%	74.44x
48	Rawcliff	6	0.260%	1034.48x
49	Teal	6	0.260%	68.26x
50	Tweedale	6	0.260%	85.84x
51	Webester	6	0.260%	405.41x
52	Rainford	5	0.220%	74.85x
53	Sherry	5	0.220%	61.73x
54	Altham	4	0.170%	139.37x
55	Cornall	4	0.170%	120.12x
56	Gillet	4	0.170%	150.38x
57	Marquis	4	0.170%	100.25x
58	Troughton	4	0.170%	53.69x
59	Bickerstaffe	3	0.130%	152.28x
60	Bridgehouse	3	0.130%	461.54x
61	Gradwell	3	0.130%	56.18x
62	Amer	2	0.090%	88.50x
63	Bogle	2	0.090%	69.69x
64	Chippendale	2	0.090%	40.08x
65	Curwen	2	0.090%	41.07x
66	Hanmer	2	0.090%	59.17x
67	Lavell	2	0.090%	76.63x
68	Lawrenson	2	0.090%	30.82x
69	Levi	2	0.090%	37.04x
70	Myerscough	2	0.090%	58.31x
71	Rigley	2	0.090%	63.29x
72	Adkinson	1	0.040%	78.13x
73	Ascroft	1	0.040%	30.40x
74	Breckell	1	0.040%	101.01x
75	Bromby	1	0.040%	102.04x
76	Cafferkey	1	0.040%	5000.00x
77	Cafferty	1	0.040%	74.63x
78	Cowperthwaite	1	0.040%	46.30x
79	Dagger	1	0.040%	28.41x
80	Delicate	1	0.040%	263.16x
81	Fisker	1	0.040%	1000.00x
82	Forton	1	0.040%	344.83x
83	Fryers	1	0.040%	63.69x
84	Han	1	0.040%	277.78x
85	Newsom	1	0.040%	45.87x
86	Preist	1	0.040%	208.33x
87	Taylerson	1	0.040%	192.31x