1881 census place

Pemberton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pemberton, 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

422 surnames are listed for Pemberton, Lancashire, covering 8,077 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Parkinson, with 185 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pemberton

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	Parkinson	185	1.34%	27.90x
2	Winstanley	175	1.27%	126.01x
3	Atherton	166	1.20%	66.81x
4	Gaskell	150	1.09%	105.86x
5	Green	148	1.07%	3.80x
6	Lowe	148	1.07%	14.28x
7	Taberner	148	1.07%	918.68x
8	Fairhurst	146	1.06%	129.01x
9	Heaton	146	1.06%	44.14x
10	Darbyshire	135	0.980%	183.97x
11	Sharrock	128	0.930%	296.91x
12	Rigby	124	0.900%	30.93x
13	Derbyshire	116	0.840%	80.51x
14	Barton	113	0.820%	15.13x
15	Farrimond	112	0.810%	430.27x
16	Hilton	111	0.800%	23.36x
17	Bradshaw	94	0.680%	16.56x
18	Hurst	94	0.680%	19.04x
19	Banks	91	0.660%	12.84x
20	Melling	90	0.650%	105.24x
21	Worthington	90	0.650%	32.48x
22	Pennington	87	0.630%	42.51x
23	Berry	86	0.620%	7.84x
24	Ashcroft	74	0.540%	40.01x
25	Ashurst	74	0.540%	151.27x
26	Halliwell	73	0.530%	47.60x
27	Moss	73	0.530%	8.57x
28	Dawber	70	0.510%	228.39x
29	Cheetham	64	0.460%	29.92x
30	Anderton	63	0.460%	38.41x
31	Unsworth	62	0.450%	39.03x
32	Hitchen	61	0.440%	64.82x
33	Arkwright	58	0.420%	178.52x
34	Roby	57	0.410%	170.35x
35	Walsh	57	0.410%	7.75x
36	Ascroft	54	0.390%	273.42x
37	Winnard	53	0.380%	303.03x
38	Fairclough	52	0.380%	36.05x
39	Marsh	52	0.380%	5.27x
40	Aspinall	51	0.370%	26.81x
41	Moorfield	50	0.360%	732.06x
42	Liptrot	47	0.340%	172.04x
43	Topping	47	0.340%	49.41x
44	Grundy	45	0.330%	15.90x
45	Alker	44	0.320%	172.68x
46	Rylance	44	0.320%	213.80x
47	Houghton	43	0.310%	8.90x
48	Glover	42	0.300%	7.13x
49	Rutter	42	0.300%	19.95x
50	Cunliffe	41	0.300%	23.82x
51	Greenall	40	0.290%	95.35x
52	Hampson	40	0.290%	16.06x
53	Hewitt	40	0.290%	5.94x
54	Layland	40	0.290%	148.42x
55	Birkett	39	0.280%	29.24x
56	Martlew	39	0.280%	482.67x
57	Meadows	39	0.280%	20.18x
58	Aspey	38	0.270%	213.24x
59	Catterall	38	0.270%	43.47x
60	Swift	38	0.270%	8.90x
61	Baxter	37	0.270%	4.49x
62	Preston	37	0.270%	5.36x
63	Stockley	37	0.270%	62.05x
64	Finch	36	0.260%	7.82x
65	Daniels	35	0.250%	8.06x
66	Sharples	34	0.250%	14.07x
67	Ainscough	32	0.230%	86.02x
68	Charnock	32	0.230%	48.48x
69	Orrell	32	0.230%	62.23x
70	Prior	32	0.230%	10.00x
71	Hesketh	31	0.220%	23.44x
72	Parks	31	0.220%	21.55x
73	Beardsmore	29	0.210%	152.55x
74	Gerrard	28	0.200%	15.85x
75	Heyes	28	0.200%	26.16x
76	Fishwick	27	0.200%	39.16x
77	Roscoe	27	0.200%	31.47x
78	Gore	26	0.190%	16.66x
79	Lancaster	26	0.190%	7.57x
80	Peet	26	0.190%	35.59x
81	Rothwell	26	0.190%	10.23x
82	Speakman	26	0.190%	40.91x
83	Woodcock	26	0.190%	6.59x
84	Arrowsmith	25	0.180%	23.33x
85	Bannister	25	0.180%	10.48x
86	Horrocks	25	0.180%	14.72x
87	Pendlebury	25	0.180%	28.20x
88	Silcock	25	0.180%	43.19x
89	Hough	24	0.170%	10.09x
90	Simm	24	0.170%	44.87x
91	Whitton	24	0.170%	28.31x
92	Adamson	23	0.170%	6.29x
93	Baron	23	0.170%	16.07x
94	Hickman	23	0.170%	9.89x
95	Leigh	23	0.170%	7.23x
96	Wadsworth	23	0.170%	11.93x
97	Conroy	22	0.160%	21.46x
98	Forshaw	22	0.160%	23.68x
99	Tither	22	0.160%	322.11x
100	Ainsworth	21	0.150%	7.67x