1881 census place

Padiham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Padiham, 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

264 surnames are listed for Padiham, Lancashire, covering 4,998 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wilkinson, with 320 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Padiham

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	Wilkinson	320	3.82%	25.04x
2	Hargreaves	182	2.17%	52.14x
3	Helm	179	2.14%	478.35x
4	Hudson	156	1.86%	22.75x
5	Ingham	132	1.58%	63.37x
6	Dean	118	1.41%	20.30x
7	Waddington	117	1.40%	86.02x
8	Holland	104	1.24%	17.44x
9	Whittaker	103	1.23%	25.97x
10	Duxbury	91	1.09%	161.89x
11	Pollard	88	1.05%	28.82x
12	Howarth	84	1.00%	20.87x
13	Stevenson	81	0.970%	13.78x
14	Hartley	79	0.940%	15.05x
15	Anderton	73	0.870%	73.45x
16	Webster	69	0.820%	9.47x
17	Pate	68	0.810%	196.08x
18	Bridge	58	0.690%	34.20x
19	Ainsworth	56	0.670%	33.76x
20	Bradshaw	53	0.630%	15.41x
21	Heys	53	0.630%	86.62x
22	Blezard	52	0.620%	493.36x
23	Moorhouse	52	0.620%	50.17x
24	Sagar	52	0.620%	152.90x
25	Bertwistle	51	0.610%	944.44x
26	Dewhurst	49	0.590%	49.30x
27	Denbigh	48	0.570%	943.03x
28	Duckworth	46	0.550%	28.41x
29	Starkie	45	0.540%	167.97x
30	Whitaker	45	0.540%	19.02x
31	Shackleton	44	0.530%	46.67x
32	Metcalf	41	0.490%	24.17x
33	Parkinson	41	0.490%	10.21x
34	Tattersall	41	0.490%	35.26x
35	Hitchon	39	0.470%	555.56x
36	Lord	39	0.470%	10.10x
37	Horne	38	0.450%	20.85x
38	Heap	37	0.440%	26.04x
39	Pilkington	37	0.440%	24.59x
40	Haworth	36	0.430%	20.44x
41	Sager	36	0.430%	298.76x
42	Cockshutt	35	0.420%	607.64x
43	Hacking	33	0.390%	83.23x
44	Law	33	0.390%	8.71x
45	Cronshaw	32	0.380%	153.77x
46	Edmondson	31	0.370%	32.03x
47	Whittam	31	0.370%	100.88x
48	Dodgeon	30	0.360%	1041.67x
49	Monk	30	0.360%	17.05x
50	Aldred	29	0.350%	40.32x
51	Hebden	28	0.330%	106.87x
52	Whitham	28	0.330%	57.51x
53	Ashworth	27	0.320%	8.08x
54	Hope	26	0.310%	9.12x
55	Ireland	26	0.310%	13.37x
56	Snowden	25	0.300%	33.52x
57	Birtwistle	24	0.290%	52.17x
58	Nutter	24	0.290%	37.61x
59	Holgate	23	0.270%	33.11x
60	Lancaster	23	0.270%	11.05x
61	Riding	23	0.270%	40.76x
62	Astin	22	0.260%	90.54x
63	Broadley	22	0.260%	38.81x
64	Dandy	22	0.260%	142.03x
65	Varley	21	0.250%	18.25x
66	Hodgeon	20	0.240%	1324.50x
67	Quin	20	0.240%	22.29x
68	Hayhurst	19	0.230%	51.90x
69	Kenyon	19	0.230%	10.87x
70	Irving	18	0.210%	9.65x
71	Walmsley	18	0.210%	10.39x
72	Fort	17	0.200%	86.34x
73	Worswick	17	0.200%	154.27x
74	Birnie	16	0.190%	44.87x
75	Davy	16	0.190%	15.49x
76	Heyworth	16	0.190%	41.43x
77	Standing	16	0.190%	29.96x
78	Thornber	16	0.190%	77.93x
79	Aldersley	15	0.180%	187.50x
80	Pilling	15	0.180%	14.84x
81	Brotherton	14	0.170%	32.83x
82	Livsey	14	0.170%	47.28x
83	Lund	14	0.170%	15.43x
84	Sherburn	14	0.170%	222.58x
85	Southwell	14	0.170%	26.69x
86	Winterbottom	14	0.170%	18.11x
87	Hardacre	13	0.160%	65.46x
88	Leeming	13	0.160%	25.06x
89	Sedgwick	13	0.160%	21.38x
90	Shutt	13	0.160%	43.05x
91	Wardleworth	13	0.160%	273.68x
92	Cottam	12	0.140%	23.55x
93	Crawshaw	12	0.140%	18.42x
94	Laycock	12	0.140%	10.43x
95	Ormerod	12	0.140%	17.92x
96	Purvis	12	0.140%	14.81x
97	Snape	12	0.140%	15.54x
98	Wildman	12	0.140%	23.45x
99	Bear	11	0.130%	49.55x
100	Diggle	11	0.130%	35.92x