1881 census place

Orrell surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Orrell, 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

134 surnames are listed for Orrell, Lancashire, covering 2,584 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Orrell

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	Ackers	3	0.070%	39.16x
102	Bold	3	0.070%	25.10x
103	Broxton	3	0.070%	118.58x
104	Croxall	3	0.070%	101.69x
105	Daglish	3	0.070%	33.94x
106	Daken	3	0.070%	379.75x
107	Dalzell	3	0.070%	53.86x
108	Elsdon	3	0.070%	37.88x
109	Haller	3	0.070%	147.78x
110	Penk	3	0.070%	208.33x
111	Ascroft	2	0.050%	32.47x
112	Dorrell	2	0.050%	25.35x
113	Greenough	2	0.050%	18.38x
114	Marrow	2	0.050%	29.81x
115	Moorfield	2	0.050%	93.90x
116	Ollerton	2	0.050%	45.66x
117	Tingle	2	0.050%	14.56x
118	Toper	2	0.050%	1250.00x
119	Baybutt	1	0.020%	52.91x
120	Breakell	1	0.020%	26.53x
121	Briers	1	0.020%	12.32x
122	Caunce	1	0.020%	15.80x
123	Corteen	1	0.020%	82.64x
124	Cottom	1	0.020%	13.50x
125	Gorner	1	0.020%	96.15x
126	Hitchmough	1	0.020%	27.25x
127	Houlding	1	0.020%	21.37x
128	Laithwaite	1	0.020%	27.32x
129	Lydiate	1	0.020%	42.37x
130	Marsdon	1	0.020%	43.48x
131	Mawdesley	1	0.020%	40.65x
132	Rimner	1	0.020%	144.93x
133	Shorrocks	1	0.020%	17.64x
134	Wollen	1	0.020%	66.67x