1881 census place

Parr surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Parr, 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

501 surnames are listed for Parr, Lancashire, covering 6,277 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Rigby, with 109 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Parr

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	Rigby	109	0.880%	30.30x
2	Parr	101	0.810%	32.60x
3	Atherton	91	0.730%	40.82x
4	Marsh	89	0.720%	10.06x
5	Swift	85	0.690%	22.19x
6	Hayes	80	0.650%	10.37x
7	Houghton	78	0.630%	18.00x
8	Webster	77	0.620%	7.14x
9	Winstanley	77	0.620%	61.79x
10	Glover	74	0.600%	14.00x
11	Dixon	73	0.590%	5.37x
12	Eden	69	0.560%	54.77x
13	Leyland	67	0.540%	88.41x
14	Kay	64	0.520%	9.93x
15	Greenall	58	0.470%	154.09x
16	Makin	55	0.440%	51.64x
17	Twist	55	0.440%	89.68x
18	Mercer	54	0.440%	16.59x
19	Pennington	54	0.440%	29.41x
20	Ellison	51	0.410%	19.47x
21	Naylor	51	0.410%	10.91x
22	Daniels	50	0.400%	12.84x
23	Molyneux	50	0.400%	52.79x
24	Heaton	49	0.400%	16.51x
25	Birchall	48	0.390%	39.45x
26	Mather	45	0.360%	14.63x
27	Platt	44	0.350%	13.40x
28	Ashcroft	43	0.350%	25.91x
29	Critchley	42	0.340%	38.00x
30	Fildes	42	0.340%	141.27x
31	Woods	42	0.340%	5.37x
32	Bridge	41	0.330%	16.32x
33	Burrows	41	0.330%	7.55x
34	Highcock	41	0.330%	738.74x
35	Bate	40	0.320%	19.03x
36	Gee	39	0.310%	12.32x
37	Stott	39	0.310%	10.07x
38	Boardman	37	0.300%	18.59x
39	Briers	37	0.300%	158.39x
40	Cunliffe	37	0.300%	23.96x
41	Saxon	36	0.290%	87.55x
42	Woodward	36	0.290%	5.88x
43	Arnold	35	0.280%	5.24x
44	Bromilow	35	0.280%	203.61x
45	Finney	35	0.280%	32.56x
46	Connor	34	0.270%	9.29x
47	Crooks	34	0.270%	35.56x
48	Nolan	33	0.270%	19.51x
49	Roughley	33	0.270%	152.64x
50	Wilcock	33	0.270%	18.71x
51	Lancaster	32	0.260%	10.38x
52	Whittle	32	0.260%	11.84x
53	Gallagher	31	0.250%	16.45x
54	Lea	31	0.250%	12.66x
55	Anders	30	0.240%	133.39x
56	Battersby	30	0.240%	34.25x
57	Fairhurst	30	0.240%	29.55x
58	Wainwright	30	0.240%	11.43x
59	Cheetham	29	0.230%	15.11x
60	Duckworth	29	0.230%	12.10x
61	Hankinson	29	0.230%	71.17x
62	Millington	29	0.230%	15.44x
63	Painter	29	0.230%	17.05x
64	Toole	29	0.230%	43.28x
65	Watkinson	29	0.230%	19.96x
66	Appleton	27	0.220%	13.89x
67	Friar	27	0.220%	142.71x
68	Prescott	27	0.220%	15.43x
69	Simpkin	27	0.220%	58.00x
70	Chesworth	26	0.210%	93.69x
71	Quinn	26	0.210%	10.97x
72	Waine	26	0.210%	84.72x
73	Seddon	25	0.200%	12.41x
74	Tunstall	25	0.200%	37.97x
75	Topping	24	0.190%	28.12x
76	Tickle	23	0.190%	41.48x
77	Borrows	22	0.180%	122.97x
78	Singleton	22	0.180%	8.97x
79	Brady	21	0.170%	9.56x
80	Dorning	21	0.170%	223.40x
81	Waring	21	0.170%	13.48x
82	Casey	20	0.160%	10.94x
83	Forshaw	20	0.160%	23.99x
84	Manchester	20	0.160%	80.35x
85	Welding	20	0.160%	237.81x
86	Corcoran	19	0.150%	31.79x
87	Greenough	19	0.150%	60.68x
88	Henthorn	19	0.150%	125.33x
89	Jervis	19	0.150%	19.94x
90	Tither	19	0.150%	309.95x
91	Unsworth	19	0.150%	13.33x
92	Bold	18	0.150%	52.37x
93	Helsby	18	0.150%	78.19x
94	Mullen	18	0.150%	15.18x
95	Thomason	18	0.150%	24.87x
96	Tinsley	18	0.150%	23.89x
97	Bickerstaffe	17	0.140%	160.38x
98	Billinge	17	0.140%	119.38x
99	Browne	17	0.140%	7.49x
100	Case	17	0.140%	13.72x