1881 census place

Medlar With Wesham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Medlar With Wesham, 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

44 surnames are listed for Medlar With Wesham, Lancashire, covering 310 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gillett, with 44 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Medlar With Wesham

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	Gillett	44	4.23%	400.73x
2	Ainsworth	21	2.02%	101.94x
3	Billington	20	1.92%	176.99x
4	Marquis	20	1.92%	1111.11x
5	Fairclough	17	1.63%	156.68x
6	Nickson	16	1.54%	517.80x
7	Akin	11	1.06%	5000.00x
8	Bamber	11	1.06%	136.99x
9	Whiteside	11	1.06%	132.85x
10	Kellett	9	0.870%	99.45x
11	Worden	8	0.770%	272.11x
12	Barnish	7	0.670%	1627.91x
13	Catterall	7	0.670%	106.38x
14	Corder	7	0.670%	388.89x
15	Duxbury	7	0.670%	100.29x
16	Sailsbury	7	0.670%	1707.32x
17	Herrington	6	0.580%	153.45x
18	Nottingham	6	0.580%	215.05x
19	Rawcliff	6	0.580%	2307.69x
20	Salesbury	6	0.580%	3750.00x
21	Winterbottam	6	0.580%	3000.00x
22	Ascroft	5	0.480%	335.57x
23	Bickerstaff	5	0.480%	229.36x
24	Blacoe	4	0.380%	2105.26x
25	Rainford	4	0.380%	132.89x
26	Roggers	4	0.380%	6666.67x
27	Swindlehurst	4	0.380%	190.48x
28	Titterington	4	0.380%	264.90x
29	Sowerbutts	3	0.290%	245.90x
30	Stainthorpe	3	0.290%	238.10x
31	Trail	3	0.290%	157.89x
32	Bickerstaffe	2	0.190%	224.72x
33	Blackstock	2	0.190%	130.72x
34	Bryning	2	0.190%	357.14x
35	Rossall	2	0.190%	198.02x
36	Willacy	2	0.190%	185.19x
37	Bilsborrow	1	0.100%	357.14x
38	Blenkhorn	1	0.100%	175.44x
39	Cartmell	1	0.100%	47.85x
40	Cornall	1	0.100%	66.67x
41	Dagger	1	0.100%	62.89x
42	Penswick	1	0.100%	322.58x
43	Rily	1	0.100%	212.77x
44	Winstanly	1	0.100%	227.27x