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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 Rickets, with 1 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.

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701Rickets18.13x
702Rickwood14.05x
703Ringham16.57x
704Risley14.92x
705Rockcliffe138.46x
706Roster129.76x
707Rydings111.75x
708Servis123.64x
709Seville13.85x
710Sharrow168.49x
711Sheedy113.18x
712Shorey15.97x
713Shorrocks14.68x
714Skerrett110.48x
715Stevans113.57x
716Swailes15.54x
717Swindlehurst13.05x
718Tanswell19.09x
719Tarmey170.92x
720Tatlock15.89x
721Thorniley114.88x
722Tindell19.97x
723Tippet16.91x
724Vaudrey134.13x
725Wanklyn120.49x
726Wardlow115.38x
727Welden125.64x
728Wharf18.27x
729Willets16.05x
730Winterbotham111.90x
731Woodier112.06x
732Worby17.92x
733Worral17.26x
734Yale18.83x