1881 census place

Moston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Moston, 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

135 surnames are listed for Moston, Lancashire, covering 746 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tweedale, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Moston

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	Tweedale	3	0.090%	28.46x
102	Wemyss	3	0.090%	62.24x
103	Broadie	2	0.060%	149.25x
104	Cranshaw	2	0.060%	31.50x
105	Farron	2	0.060%	77.82x
106	Gidlow	2	0.060%	119.76x
107	Hadwin	2	0.060%	51.55x
108	Hardacre	2	0.060%	24.27x
109	Moston	2	0.060%	56.34x
110	Newhall	2	0.060%	92.17x
111	Nickalls	2	0.060%	163.93x
112	Quarmby	2	0.060%	21.72x
113	Wardleworth	2	0.060%	101.52x
114	Allcroft	1	0.030%	37.88x
115	Bardill	1	0.030%	83.33x
116	Batsford	1	0.030%	36.76x
117	Belshaw	1	0.030%	15.08x
118	Bircher	1	0.030%	47.39x
119	Bolas	1	0.030%	50.00x
120	Capener	1	0.030%	68.03x
121	Castree	1	0.030%	65.79x
122	Dewe	1	0.030%	49.02x
123	Dryland	1	0.030%	54.05x
124	Ferrer	1	0.030%	104.17x
125	Gribbin	1	0.030%	26.32x
126	Hewart	1	0.030%	77.52x
127	Meynell	1	0.030%	28.09x
128	Petre	1	0.030%	43.86x
129	Rustage	1	0.030%	97.09x
130	Tonkinson	1	0.030%	29.59x
131	Valance	1	0.030%	72.46x
132	Wadson	1	0.030%	238.10x
133	Wharfe	1	0.030%	83.33x
134	Willshaw	1	0.030%	33.22x
135	Wittle	1	0.030%	60.61x