1881 census place

Rainford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rainford, 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

158 surnames are listed for Rainford, Lancashire, covering 1,649 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whalley, with 122 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rainford

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	Whalley	122	3.25%	206.74x
2	Birchall	88	2.35%	239.26x
3	Pye	49	1.31%	87.41x
4	Rothwell	48	1.28%	69.66x
5	Birch	47	1.25%	30.60x
6	Glover	47	1.25%	29.41x
7	Winstanley	39	1.04%	103.53x
8	Heyes	38	1.01%	130.90x
9	Wainwright	38	1.01%	47.91x
10	Woods	37	0.990%	15.65x
11	Bryers	31	0.830%	1061.64x
12	Tinsley	31	0.830%	136.14x
13	Ashcroft	27	0.720%	53.83x
14	Pennington	26	0.690%	46.84x
15	Grayson	24	0.640%	85.81x
16	Lyon	24	0.640%	30.55x
17	Penketh	24	0.640%	699.71x
18	Prescott	23	0.610%	43.49x
19	Sephton	20	0.530%	205.13x
20	Sumner	20	0.530%	32.95x
21	Unsworth	20	0.530%	46.41x
22	Cunliffe	19	0.510%	40.70x
23	Lydiate	19	0.510%	926.83x
24	Cowley	18	0.480%	26.11x
25	Dagnall	18	0.480%	221.67x
26	Latham	18	0.480%	23.59x
27	Rimmer	18	0.480%	30.06x
28	Tunstall	18	0.480%	90.45x
29	Shacklady	17	0.450%	474.86x
30	Middlehurst	16	0.430%	313.11x
31	Farrimond	15	0.400%	212.46x
32	Powers	15	0.400%	98.04x
33	Seddon	15	0.400%	24.63x
34	Ashurst	14	0.370%	105.50x
35	Gaskell	14	0.370%	36.43x
36	Clare	13	0.350%	23.95x
37	Derbyshire	13	0.350%	33.27x
38	Devine	13	0.350%	34.82x
39	Grounds	13	0.350%	205.37x
40	Scarisbrick	13	0.350%	383.48x
41	Bale	12	0.320%	42.58x
42	Fazackerley	12	0.320%	290.56x
43	Townshend	12	0.320%	104.17x
44	Ollerton	11	0.290%	288.71x
45	Rosbotham	11	0.290%	1594.20x
46	Slowey	11	0.290%	1222.22x
47	Holding	10	0.270%	30.08x
48	Topping	10	0.270%	38.76x
49	Charnock	9	0.240%	50.28x
50	Gornall	9	0.240%	84.11x
51	Huyton	9	0.240%	196.08x
52	Lawless	9	0.240%	66.72x
53	Rotherham	9	0.240%	119.36x
54	Bickerstaffe	8	0.210%	250.00x
55	Fishwick	8	0.210%	42.78x
56	Haddock	8	0.210%	33.24x
57	Manchester	8	0.210%	106.38x
58	Peachey	8	0.210%	53.16x
59	Roden	8	0.210%	45.56x
60	Spenser	8	0.210%	215.63x
61	Walley	8	0.210%	45.33x
62	Agnew	7	0.190%	33.19x
63	Bonny	7	0.190%	108.02x
64	Chisnall	7	0.190%	104.79x
65	Cropper	7	0.190%	31.00x
66	Mawdsley	7	0.190%	59.17x
67	Molyneux	7	0.190%	24.45x
68	Mosedale	7	0.190%	192.84x
69	Rhoden	7	0.190%	260.22x
70	Roby	7	0.190%	77.09x
71	Stent	7	0.190%	83.23x
72	Bassnett	6	0.160%	405.41x
73	Blackledge	6	0.160%	59.41x
74	Corcoran	6	0.160%	33.22x
75	Culshaw	6	0.160%	42.31x
76	Howat	6	0.160%	52.17x
77	Nottingham	6	0.160%	59.70x
78	Spark	6	0.160%	36.43x
79	Tunks	6	0.160%	260.87x
80	Westhead	6	0.160%	68.89x
81	Compson	5	0.130%	267.38x
82	Cowman	5	0.130%	159.24x
83	Felthouse	5	0.130%	462.96x
84	Halton	5	0.130%	34.89x
85	Kerfoot	5	0.130%	67.57x
86	Mallison	5	0.130%	129.53x
87	Pedder	5	0.130%	37.97x
88	Ralphson	5	0.130%	735.29x
89	Ridyard	5	0.130%	91.74x
90	Roughley	5	0.130%	76.57x
91	Threlfall	5	0.130%	29.41x
92	Winrow	5	0.130%	101.21x
93	Ashall	4	0.110%	75.33x
94	Balshaw	4	0.110%	51.61x
95	Blinston	4	0.110%	209.42x
96	Coop	4	0.110%	32.63x
97	Fenny	4	0.110%	137.93x
98	Fildes	4	0.110%	44.49x
99	Files	4	0.110%	138.41x
100	Forber	4	0.110%	198.02x