1881 census place

Pendlebury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pendlebury, 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

298 surnames are listed for Pendlebury, Lancashire, covering 2,316 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Seddon, with 91 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pendlebury

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	Seddon	91	1.24%	76.53x
2	Greenhalgh	81	1.11%	54.03x
3	Boardman	53	0.720%	45.13x
4	Wallwork	38	0.520%	89.26x
5	Edge	34	0.460%	26.97x
6	Grundy	32	0.440%	21.36x
7	Ogden	32	0.440%	15.46x
8	Wolstenholme	31	0.420%	53.07x
9	Wardle	30	0.410%	21.18x
10	Crook	29	0.400%	13.80x
11	Hardman	29	0.400%	19.70x
12	Sharples	27	0.370%	21.10x
13	Weston	27	0.370%	9.05x
14	Partington	25	0.340%	24.08x
15	Beswick	24	0.330%	33.55x
16	Hotchkiss	22	0.300%	126.44x
17	Ormrod	21	0.290%	89.32x
18	Rothwell	21	0.290%	15.61x
19	Worrall	20	0.270%	21.50x
20	Aspden	19	0.260%	58.99x
21	Derbyshire	19	0.260%	24.90x
22	Farnworth	19	0.260%	50.45x
23	Cheetham	18	0.250%	15.89x
24	Eckersley	18	0.250%	39.33x
25	Halliday	18	0.250%	11.90x
26	Pollitt	18	0.250%	31.87x
27	Wainwright	18	0.250%	11.62x
28	Heathcote	17	0.230%	28.77x
29	Lysons	17	0.230%	515.15x
30	Ray	17	0.230%	11.74x
31	Sackfield	17	0.230%	688.26x
32	Tighe	17	0.230%	100.24x
33	Barnsley	15	0.200%	52.23x
34	Brannan	15	0.200%	30.31x
35	Crompton	15	0.200%	12.18x
36	Horsefield	15	0.200%	118.30x
37	Horsfield	15	0.200%	30.54x
38	Kinsey	15	0.200%	31.30x
39	Broadhurst	14	0.190%	18.89x
40	Cordwell	14	0.190%	95.96x
41	Mayall	14	0.190%	62.89x
42	Ramsbottom	14	0.190%	28.32x
43	Stones	14	0.190%	16.08x
44	Worsley	14	0.190%	21.89x
45	Aston	13	0.180%	10.77x
46	Dolman	13	0.180%	41.43x
47	Hesketh	13	0.180%	18.56x
48	Purcell	13	0.180%	25.54x
49	Toolan	13	0.180%	548.52x
50	Wolstencroft	13	0.180%	45.34x
51	Anderton	12	0.160%	13.82x
52	Nottingham	12	0.160%	61.16x
53	Parton	12	0.160%	30.14x
54	Eavis	11	0.150%	617.98x
55	Gaskill	11	0.150%	84.29x
56	Greenhall	11	0.150%	196.43x
57	Kenworthy	11	0.150%	22.58x
58	Maiden	11	0.150%	54.70x
59	Tyldesley	11	0.150%	111.68x
60	Walch	11	0.150%	98.04x
61	Caddick	10	0.140%	39.42x
62	Colburn	10	0.140%	214.13x
63	Gratton	10	0.140%	34.29x
64	Hindley	10	0.140%	16.60x
65	Houlson	10	0.140%	602.41x
66	Jeans	10	0.140%	40.63x
67	Landless	10	0.140%	309.60x
68	Leather	10	0.140%	20.01x
69	Meridith	10	0.140%	235.29x
70	Morrow	10	0.140%	33.53x
71	Peak	10	0.140%	32.63x
72	Seed	10	0.140%	18.92x
73	Smethurst	10	0.140%	17.84x
74	Tonge	10	0.140%	21.45x
75	Astley	9	0.120%	18.54x
76	Belshaw	9	0.120%	64.52x
77	Coley	9	0.120%	20.70x
78	Delaney	9	0.120%	19.11x
79	Egan	9	0.120%	14.82x
80	Elwell	9	0.120%	43.12x
81	Flowers	9	0.120%	15.17x
82	Gorton	9	0.120%	19.81x
83	Holcroft	9	0.120%	57.00x
84	Orton	9	0.120%	13.09x
85	Penberthy	9	0.120%	110.29x
86	Tallis	9	0.120%	130.06x
87	Tinker	9	0.120%	24.34x
88	Tyldsley	9	0.120%	347.49x
89	Wilds	9	0.120%	90.00x
90	Allington	8	0.110%	62.84x
91	Alston	8	0.110%	16.78x
92	Asquith	8	0.110%	18.68x
93	Blower	8	0.110%	18.51x
94	Boothman	8	0.110%	28.54x
95	Bradburn	8	0.110%	27.43x
96	Caswell	8	0.110%	22.54x
97	Elks	8	0.110%	104.30x
98	Geary	8	0.110%	13.98x
99	German	8	0.110%	23.43x
100	Hazelwood	8	0.110%	66.28x