1881 census place

Pennington In Leigh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pennington In Leigh, 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

289 surnames are listed for Pennington In Leigh, Lancashire, covering 2,771 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hayes, with 75 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pennington In Leigh

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	Hayes	75	1.13%	18.13x
2	Yates	72	1.08%	15.75x
3	Collier	70	1.05%	31.49x
4	Battersby	65	0.980%	138.39x
5	Unsworth	62	0.930%	81.11x
6	Prescott	59	0.890%	62.89x
7	Boardman	58	0.870%	54.35x
8	Hindley	54	0.810%	98.65x
9	Boydell	53	0.800%	510.11x
10	Hilton	46	0.690%	20.12x
11	Isherwood	42	0.630%	54.58x
12	Hampson	38	0.570%	31.70x
13	Eckersley	37	0.560%	88.94x
14	Ratcliffe	35	0.530%	19.05x
15	Bent	33	0.500%	68.10x
16	Ridyard	33	0.500%	341.61x
17	Hodson	30	0.450%	21.79x
18	Leather	30	0.450%	66.05x
19	Wyatt	30	0.450%	15.38x
20	Aldred	29	0.440%	50.77x
21	Aspinall	28	0.420%	30.59x
22	France	27	0.410%	26.70x
23	Ramsdale	27	0.410%	169.60x
24	Calland	24	0.360%	228.57x
25	Leigh	24	0.360%	15.68x
26	Mort	24	0.360%	74.79x
27	Lythgoe	23	0.350%	112.47x
28	Allred	22	0.330%	1833.33x
29	Horrocks	22	0.330%	26.92x
30	Partington	22	0.330%	23.32x
31	Pendlebury	21	0.320%	49.23x
32	Bate	20	0.300%	17.74x
33	Pemberton	20	0.300%	23.67x
34	Rothwell	20	0.300%	16.36x
35	Stirrup	20	0.300%	199.60x
36	Grundy	19	0.290%	13.95x
37	Seddon	19	0.290%	17.58x
38	Cunliffe	18	0.270%	21.73x
39	Birchall	17	0.260%	26.05x
40	Foxwell	17	0.260%	145.30x
41	Higson	17	0.260%	39.97x
42	Shovelton	17	0.260%	696.72x
43	Fairclough	16	0.240%	23.05x
44	Hesford	16	0.240%	160.80x
45	Shuttleworth	16	0.240%	20.28x
46	Urmston	16	0.240%	291.44x
47	Westwell	16	0.240%	119.85x
48	Alcock	15	0.230%	15.63x
49	Arrowsmith	15	0.230%	29.09x
50	Dickenson	15	0.230%	14.88x
51	Kitchen	15	0.230%	13.24x
52	Wilcock	15	0.230%	15.86x
53	Gerrard	14	0.210%	16.47x
54	Halliwell	14	0.210%	18.97x
55	Postlewaite	14	0.210%	500.00x
56	Cocker	13	0.200%	23.84x
57	Drabble	13	0.200%	58.72x
58	Farrington	13	0.200%	22.75x
59	Mansley	13	0.200%	207.67x
60	Ackers	12	0.180%	101.61x
61	Ainscough	12	0.180%	67.04x
62	Burtonwood	12	0.180%	341.88x
63	Thomason	12	0.180%	30.91x
64	Acton	11	0.170%	28.56x
65	Bennet	11	0.170%	11.98x
66	Bevington	11	0.170%	118.15x
67	Bibby	11	0.170%	15.32x
68	Coward	11	0.170%	14.43x
69	Crank	11	0.170%	81.36x
70	Darnell	11	0.170%	57.93x
71	Forshaw	11	0.170%	24.60x
72	Kniveton	11	0.170%	263.79x
73	Landers	11	0.170%	104.27x
74	Makin	11	0.170%	19.26x
75	Naughton	11	0.170%	82.71x
76	Poulton	11	0.170%	20.60x
77	Quirk	11	0.170%	34.76x
78	Stowell	11	0.170%	71.06x
79	Turnell	11	0.170%	173.23x
80	Bamber	10	0.150%	19.49x
81	Bullough	10	0.150%	49.00x
82	Burks	10	0.150%	121.65x
83	Greenough	10	0.150%	59.56x
84	Inkster	10	0.150%	87.11x
85	Kerfoot	10	0.150%	76.16x
86	Sefton	10	0.150%	45.77x
87	Tickle	10	0.150%	33.62x
88	Tildsley	10	0.150%	212.31x
89	Belshaw	9	0.140%	70.98x
90	Croston	9	0.140%	71.37x
91	Danby	9	0.140%	31.69x
92	Fazackerley	9	0.140%	122.78x
93	Fishwick	9	0.140%	27.12x
94	Gleave	9	0.140%	32.14x
95	Gostling	9	0.140%	101.58x
96	Hanley	9	0.140%	16.43x
97	Longworth	9	0.140%	21.18x
98	Sankey	9	0.140%	32.66x
99	Sarsfield	9	0.140%	300.00x
100	Speakman	9	0.140%	29.43x