1881 census place

Over Darwen surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Over Darwen, 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

682 surnames are listed for Over Darwen, Lancashire, covering 19,081 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crompton, with 42 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Over Darwen

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	Crompton	42	0.150%	9.01x
102	Snape	42	0.150%	16.45x
103	Brennan	41	0.150%	14.18x
104	Gillibrand	41	0.150%	72.94x
105	Chambers	40	0.140%	2.54x
106	Hodgkinson	40	0.140%	8.41x
107	Mayoh	40	0.140%	81.78x
108	Edge	39	0.140%	8.18x
109	Waddington	39	0.140%	8.67x
110	Bibby	37	0.130%	12.38x
111	Preston	37	0.130%	2.68x
112	Atherton	36	0.130%	7.23x
113	Haslam	36	0.130%	8.56x
114	Adcroft	35	0.130%	320.81x
115	Hadfield	34	0.120%	8.82x
116	Aspinall	33	0.120%	8.66x
117	Dearden	33	0.120%	12.15x
118	Rushton	33	0.120%	5.78x
119	Alston	32	0.120%	17.74x
120	Catterall	32	0.120%	18.27x
121	Cowell	31	0.110%	7.82x
122	Duerden	31	0.110%	29.83x
123	Sweeney	31	0.110%	8.36x
124	Worsley	31	0.110%	12.81x
125	Bolton	30	0.110%	2.52x
126	Fielden	30	0.110%	18.58x
127	Round	30	0.110%	11.83x
128	Anderton	29	0.100%	8.83x
129	Baxendale	29	0.100%	20.55x
130	Neville	29	0.100%	8.81x
131	Haydock	28	0.100%	32.08x
132	Waring	28	0.100%	8.05x
133	Bateson	27	0.100%	15.58x
134	Rawlinson	27	0.100%	8.18x
135	Aspin	26	0.090%	23.32x
136	Forrest	26	0.090%	3.64x
137	Hoy	26	0.090%	16.33x
138	Procter	26	0.090%	7.23x
139	Sumner	26	0.090%	5.80x
140	Addison	25	0.090%	6.52x
141	Croft	25	0.090%	3.82x
142	Davenport	25	0.090%	4.77x
143	Durkin	25	0.090%	20.69x
144	Healey	25	0.090%	5.53x
145	Parr	25	0.090%	3.61x
146	Ramsbottom	25	0.090%	13.37x
147	Standing	25	0.090%	14.16x
148	Farran	24	0.090%	119.11x
149	Hyde	24	0.090%	2.82x
150	Lingard	24	0.090%	13.66x
151	Clapham	23	0.080%	9.64x
152	Orrell	23	0.080%	22.33x
153	Beswick	22	0.080%	8.13x
154	Calvey	22	0.080%	308.99x
155	Coulthurst	22	0.080%	68.97x
156	Maudsley	22	0.080%	27.99x
157	Woodburn	22	0.080%	25.07x
158	Broughton	21	0.080%	4.07x
159	Cuthbert	21	0.080%	5.28x
160	Gettins	21	0.080%	163.42x
161	Ireland	21	0.080%	3.27x
162	Ramsden	21	0.080%	4.16x
163	Entwisle	20	0.070%	120.85x
164	Moran	20	0.070%	3.95x
165	Blackledge	19	0.070%	25.47x
166	Charnley	19	0.070%	14.75x
167	Chew	19	0.070%	13.49x
168	Cranshaw	19	0.070%	37.57x
169	Gregson	19	0.070%	4.96x
170	Hampson	19	0.070%	3.81x
171	Pinder	19	0.070%	5.70x
172	Pringle	19	0.070%	4.36x
173	Arkwright	18	0.070%	27.65x
174	Hodkinson	18	0.070%	9.21x
175	Millward	18	0.070%	5.79x
176	Shannon	18	0.070%	8.40x
177	Thornber	18	0.070%	26.53x
178	Wilde	18	0.070%	4.47x
179	Dunkinson	17	0.060%	229.73x
180	Garne	17	0.060%	229.73x
181	Hollis	17	0.060%	4.43x
182	Hothersall	17	0.060%	49.29x
183	Hough	17	0.060%	3.57x
184	Jeffers	17	0.060%	70.98x
185	Loftus	17	0.060%	11.26x
186	Slinger	17	0.060%	20.32x
187	Fagan	16	0.060%	12.13x
188	Gettings	16	0.060%	58.46x
189	Pomfret	16	0.060%	16.80x
190	Salisbury	16	0.060%	5.82x
191	Sharrock	16	0.060%	18.53x
192	Timperley	16	0.060%	25.94x
193	Towers	16	0.060%	4.99x
194	Whiteside	16	0.060%	7.26x
195	Brandwood	15	0.050%	42.58x
196	Horrocks	15	0.050%	4.41x
197	Longton	15	0.050%	38.27x
198	Molyneux	15	0.050%	7.09x
199	Munroe	15	0.050%	20.03x
200	Unsworth	15	0.050%	4.71x