1881 census place

Openshaw surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Openshaw, 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

734 surnames are listed for Openshaw, Lancashire, covering 5,635 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Arrandale, with 13 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Openshaw

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	Arrandale	13	0.080%	203.13x
102	Clare	13	0.080%	5.53x
103	Coppock	13	0.080%	38.30x
104	Fellows	13	0.080%	5.92x
105	Kempster	13	0.080%	22.86x
106	Key	13	0.080%	5.80x
107	Martindale	13	0.080%	13.95x
108	Mostyn	13	0.080%	106.12x
109	Newbury	13	0.080%	13.16x
110	Shawcross	13	0.080%	24.15x
111	Sidebottom	13	0.080%	13.96x
112	Smethurst	13	0.080%	10.46x
113	Willows	13	0.080%	36.56x
114	Wroe	13	0.080%	19.43x
115	Ackerley	12	0.070%	50.89x
116	Ainscow	12	0.070%	62.70x
117	Aldred	12	0.070%	8.61x
118	Arkwright	12	0.070%	31.45x
119	Burkitt	12	0.070%	37.52x
120	Cardew	12	0.070%	86.46x
121	Creighton	12	0.070%	18.74x
122	Dolan	12	0.070%	8.50x
123	Garforth	12	0.070%	26.39x
124	Gleaves	12	0.070%	49.30x
125	Hadfield	12	0.070%	5.31x
126	Melling	12	0.070%	11.95x
127	Siddall	12	0.070%	10.08x
128	Simister	12	0.070%	28.27x
129	Winson	12	0.070%	36.83x
130	Battersby	11	0.070%	9.59x
131	Delaney	11	0.070%	10.53x
132	Dennell	11	0.070%	201.10x
133	Eastham	11	0.070%	13.27x
134	Grantham	11	0.070%	11.00x
135	Hesketh	11	0.070%	7.08x
136	Hindley	11	0.070%	8.23x
137	Lawlor	11	0.070%	50.60x
138	Makin	11	0.070%	7.89x
139	Sherratt	11	0.070%	11.80x
140	Smedley	11	0.070%	8.28x
141	Thornhill	11	0.070%	10.84x
142	Allcroft	10	0.060%	81.30x
143	Allott	10	0.060%	17.14x
144	Boar	10	0.060%	180.83x
145	Callison	10	0.060%	275.48x
146	Clulow	10	0.060%	61.69x
147	Crossland	10	0.060%	7.01x
148	Demain	10	0.060%	96.62x
149	Foulkes	10	0.060%	6.61x
150	Gooch	10	0.060%	7.02x
151	Greer	10	0.060%	18.34x
152	Harker	10	0.060%	5.85x
153	Littler	10	0.060%	9.28x
154	Meadowcroft	10	0.060%	16.95x
155	Penkethman	10	0.060%	209.64x
156	Thickett	10	0.060%	44.35x
157	Tillott	10	0.060%	105.37x
158	Tomkinson	10	0.060%	9.44x
159	Walley	10	0.060%	13.08x
160	Wallworth	10	0.060%	65.66x
161	Winterbottom	10	0.060%	6.67x
162	Wormald	10	0.060%	13.59x
163	Yarker	10	0.060%	112.49x
164	Abbot	9	0.060%	11.74x
165	Arden	9	0.060%	23.06x
166	Ashurst	9	0.060%	15.66x
167	Bertenshaw	9	0.060%	100.00x
168	Birchwood	9	0.060%	200.00x
169	Boyton	9	0.060%	47.02x
170	Bullivant	9	0.060%	21.51x
171	Caldon	9	0.060%	148.27x
172	Cooney	9	0.060%	13.36x
173	Cummins	9	0.060%	6.50x
174	Dann	9	0.060%	8.79x
175	Dorrington	9	0.060%	17.59x
176	Duesbury	9	0.060%	237.47x
177	Farnworth	9	0.060%	10.77x
178	Goodier	9	0.060%	15.50x
179	Halton	9	0.060%	14.50x
180	Hartshorn	9	0.060%	12.79x
181	Hodkinson	9	0.060%	7.85x
182	Jowett	9	0.060%	5.09x
183	Knapton	9	0.060%	19.06x
184	Land	9	0.060%	7.69x
185	Langton	9	0.060%	6.99x
186	Maugham	9	0.060%	38.09x
187	Pickford	9	0.060%	6.81x
188	Prestwich	9	0.060%	40.80x
189	Ridgard	9	0.060%	100.00x
190	Rigg	9	0.060%	6.59x
191	Roddan	9	0.060%	129.68x
192	Scully	9	0.060%	17.97x
193	Tatton	9	0.060%	21.31x
194	Thorley	9	0.060%	8.53x
195	Wallwork	9	0.060%	9.53x
196	Warrall	9	0.060%	73.47x
197	Watkin	9	0.060%	6.33x
198	Albinson	8	0.050%	82.47x
199	Aldcroft	8	0.050%	36.99x
200	Allkins	8	0.050%	146.25x