1881 census place

Ormskirk surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ormskirk, 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

301 surnames are listed for Ormskirk, Lancashire, covering 2,934 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Winrow, with 104 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ormskirk

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	Winrow	104	1.57%	1188.57x
2	Moran	93	1.40%	76.58x
3	Rothwell	71	1.07%	58.23x
4	Culshaw	58	0.870%	231.17x
5	Ashcroft	55	0.830%	61.97x
6	Walsh	54	0.810%	15.29x
7	Lea	52	0.780%	39.71x
8	Crompton	49	0.740%	43.90x
9	Woods	46	0.690%	11.00x
10	Banks	45	0.680%	13.23x
11	Forshaw	42	0.630%	94.19x
12	Gibbons	41	0.620%	19.23x
13	Orritt	39	0.590%	1797.24x
14	Bimpson	37	0.560%	1401.52x
15	Lyon	33	0.500%	23.74x
16	Mawdsley	33	0.500%	157.67x
17	Melia	33	0.500%	207.29x
18	Rigby	33	0.500%	17.15x
19	Rimmer	32	0.480%	30.21x
20	Fyles	31	0.470%	706.15x
21	Blundell	30	0.450%	38.41x
22	Draper	30	0.450%	19.20x
23	Lavelle	30	0.450%	581.40x
24	Hale	28	0.420%	11.76x
25	Eastham	25	0.380%	73.83x
26	Huyton	25	0.380%	307.50x
27	Molyneux	25	0.380%	49.36x
28	Snape	25	0.380%	40.88x
29	Berkley	24	0.360%	266.96x
30	Balshaw	23	0.350%	167.76x
31	Whittle	23	0.350%	15.91x
32	Gerrard	22	0.330%	25.96x
33	Kerrigan	22	0.330%	183.95x
34	Westhead	22	0.330%	142.67x
35	Peet	21	0.320%	59.90x
36	Pennington	21	0.320%	21.38x
37	Sumner	21	0.320%	19.55x
38	Wilding	21	0.320%	26.93x
39	Casey	20	0.300%	20.46x
40	Flynn	19	0.290%	14.97x
41	Gobin	19	0.290%	1450.38x
42	Higham	19	0.290%	28.11x
43	Roughley	19	0.290%	164.36x
44	Boylan	18	0.270%	177.87x
45	Cave	18	0.270%	18.92x
46	Anderton	17	0.260%	21.60x
47	Brighouse	17	0.260%	326.92x
48	Moorcroft	17	0.260%	77.20x
49	Ormesher	17	0.260%	395.35x
50	Riding	17	0.260%	38.03x
51	Almond	16	0.240%	19.46x
52	Hignett	16	0.240%	119.76x
53	Leatherbarrow	16	0.240%	115.44x
54	Martland	16	0.240%	166.49x
55	Martlew	16	0.240%	412.37x
56	Birchall	15	0.230%	23.05x
57	Tootle	15	0.230%	345.62x
58	Care	14	0.210%	95.04x
59	Jennion	14	0.210%	1505.38x
60	Prescott	14	0.210%	14.96x
61	Doran	13	0.200%	23.58x
62	Hargrave	13	0.200%	61.15x
63	Herrity	13	0.200%	760.23x
64	Mulloy	13	0.200%	132.79x
65	Staniforth	13	0.200%	51.67x
66	Wiggans	13	0.200%	234.66x
67	Woosey	13	0.200%	337.66x
68	Blackhurst	12	0.180%	103.36x
69	Glynn	12	0.180%	40.96x
70	Hynes	12	0.180%	75.05x
71	Stretch	12	0.180%	80.65x
72	Wareing	12	0.180%	27.91x
73	Bentham	11	0.170%	36.28x
74	Duffey	11	0.170%	46.24x
75	Hogarth	11	0.170%	25.13x
76	Scahill	11	0.170%	1057.69x
77	Sheridan	11	0.170%	27.56x
78	Tuohey	11	0.170%	2075.47x
79	Bickerstaffe	10	0.150%	176.37x
80	Cammack	10	0.150%	140.25x
81	Farrington	10	0.150%	17.55x
82	Gouge	10	0.150%	299.40x
83	Kissack	10	0.150%	107.30x
84	Levison	10	0.150%	255.10x
85	Reilly	10	0.150%	14.20x
86	Sherlock	10	0.150%	22.39x
87	Sherridan	10	0.150%	291.55x
88	Stamforth	10	0.150%	531.91x
89	Abram	9	0.140%	37.80x
90	Dandy	9	0.140%	73.35x
91	Fairhurst	9	0.140%	16.57x
92	Flyn	9	0.140%	110.16x
93	Grady	9	0.140%	20.59x
94	Holcroft	9	0.140%	62.89x
95	Meadow	9	0.140%	222.22x
96	Sourbutts	9	0.140%	305.08x
97	Vose	9	0.140%	84.11x
98	Aspinwall	8	0.120%	121.21x
99	Bryers	8	0.120%	155.04x
100	Carrigan	8	0.120%	61.87x