1881 census place

Mellor surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Mellor, 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

45 surnames are listed for Mellor, Lancashire, covering 426 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gillibrand, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Mellor

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	Gillibrand	30	2.73%	1345.29x
2	Whalley	30	2.73%	173.71x
3	Fish	29	2.64%	141.95x
4	Counsell	24	2.19%	879.12x
5	Aspden	23	2.10%	476.19x
6	Sharples	23	2.10%	119.92x
7	Boyes	21	1.91%	183.09x
8	Kenyon	21	1.91%	91.66x
9	Dugdale	17	1.55%	225.17x
10	Croasdale	16	1.46%	919.54x
11	Charnley	14	1.28%	274.51x
12	Collinson	14	1.28%	108.70x
13	Eddleston	13	1.19%	616.11x
14	Haworth	12	1.09%	52.02x
15	Edmundson	10	0.910%	321.54x
16	Fielden	8	0.730%	125.00x
17	Margerison	8	0.730%	394.09x
18	Pomfret	8	0.730%	212.20x
19	Pughe	8	0.730%	343.35x
20	Bury	7	0.640%	85.89x
21	Cowburn	7	0.640%	175.44x
22	Downham	7	0.640%	223.64x
23	Eatough	7	0.640%	551.18x
24	Emmet	7	0.640%	1029.41x
25	Hasler	7	0.640%	255.47x
26	Winterbottom	7	0.640%	69.10x
27	Haydock	6	0.550%	173.41x
28	Cleminson	5	0.460%	310.56x
29	Coar	4	0.360%	1379.31x
30	Edleston	4	0.360%	666.67x
31	Fender	4	0.360%	239.52x
32	Duerden	3	0.270%	72.82x
33	Parkinton	3	0.270%	2000.00x
34	Shorrock	3	0.270%	55.45x
35	Talbott	3	0.270%	120.00x
36	Lowcock	2	0.180%	141.84x
37	Sourbutts	2	0.180%	408.16x
38	Whewell	2	0.180%	99.01x
39	Aspen	1	0.090%	294.12x
40	Cumpstey	1	0.090%	344.83x
41	Gelson	1	0.090%	333.33x
42	Halsworth	1	0.090%	1000.00x
43	Liptrot	1	0.090%	46.08x
44	Mcglynn	1	0.090%	476.19x
45	Wearden	1	0.090%	136.99x