1881 census place

Rainhill surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rainhill, 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

125 surnames are listed for Rainhill, Lancashire, covering 850 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ball, with 73 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rainhill

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	Ball	73	3.29%	39.79x
2	Houghton	49	2.21%	63.14x
3	Swift	31	1.40%	45.20x
4	Critchley	28	1.26%	141.49x
5	Mather	28	1.26%	50.84x
6	Parr	27	1.22%	48.66x
7	Welsby	25	1.13%	438.60x
8	Oakes	24	1.08%	74.63x
9	Forshaw	18	0.810%	120.56x
10	Sherwood	18	0.810%	63.58x
11	Vose	17	0.770%	474.86x
12	Roby	15	0.680%	278.81x
13	Charnock	14	0.630%	131.95x
14	Ellaby	14	0.630%	1818.18x
15	Meadows	13	0.590%	41.85x
16	Shacklady	12	0.540%	566.04x
17	Cahill	11	0.500%	107.63x
18	Coyle	11	0.500%	72.94x
19	Highcock	11	0.500%	1111.11x
20	Monks	10	0.450%	55.62x
21	Bennison	9	0.410%	144.23x
22	Eccleston	9	0.410%	80.86x
23	Finney	9	0.410%	46.75x
24	Orford	9	0.410%	163.04x
25	Rylance	9	0.410%	271.90x
26	Tither	9	0.410%	818.18x
27	Wilshaw	9	0.410%	160.43x
28	Cramer	8	0.360%	421.05x
29	Faith	8	0.360%	392.16x
30	Goodwill	8	0.360%	203.05x
31	Hankey	8	0.360%	151.52x
32	Heyes	8	0.360%	46.51x
33	Keefe	8	0.360%	83.51x
34	Longworth	8	0.360%	56.38x
35	Bratherton	7	0.320%	1029.41x
36	Duxberry	7	0.320%	897.44x
37	Early	7	0.320%	84.85x
38	Forber	7	0.320%	588.24x
39	Molyneux	7	0.320%	41.27x
40	Obrian	7	0.320%	96.02x
41	Poore	7	0.320%	170.32x
42	Thelwell	7	0.320%	331.75x
43	Tomkinson	7	0.320%	48.28x
44	Travers	7	0.320%	62.78x
45	Chesworth	6	0.270%	120.72x
46	Hawksworth	6	0.270%	59.88x
47	Heatley	6	0.270%	113.42x
48	Hidden	6	0.270%	666.67x
49	Layhe	6	0.270%	1016.95x
50	Ridsdale	6	0.270%	102.92x
51	Tickle	6	0.270%	60.42x
52	Wellings	6	0.270%	78.43x
53	Ackerley	5	0.230%	154.80x
54	Ackers	5	0.230%	126.58x
55	Cruse	5	0.230%	77.76x
56	Edwardson	5	0.230%	183.15x
57	Fazakerley	5	0.230%	253.81x
58	Feeney	5	0.230%	66.31x
59	Hopcroft	5	0.230%	140.85x
60	Lathom	5	0.230%	349.65x
61	Pickavance	5	0.230%	299.40x
62	Woolfall	5	0.230%	349.65x
63	Burne	4	0.180%	117.65x
64	Callagan	4	0.180%	133.78x
65	Halsall	4	0.180%	34.19x
66	Helsby	4	0.180%	97.09x
67	Lovely	4	0.180%	380.95x
68	Moscrop	4	0.180%	119.76x
69	Tansey	4	0.180%	117.99x
70	Timperley	4	0.180%	80.81x
71	Hanmer	3	0.140%	92.02x
72	Horris	3	0.140%	1000.00x
73	Jump	3	0.140%	78.74x
74	Sharkey	3	0.140%	59.17x
75	Beardsmore	2	0.090%	65.36x
76	Boynes	2	0.090%	204.08x
77	Crews	2	0.090%	51.28x
78	Evanson	2	0.090%	78.74x
79	Farral	2	0.090%	294.12x
80	Fazakerly	2	0.090%	238.10x
81	Frodsham	2	0.090%	72.46x
82	Graydon	2	0.090%	99.50x
83	Haggerty	2	0.090%	48.66x
84	Hallworth	2	0.090%	34.72x
85	Hosker	2	0.090%	96.15x
86	Hurstfield	2	0.090%	392.16x
87	Longshaw	2	0.090%	51.55x
88	Mawdsley	2	0.090%	28.53x
89	Pentecost	2	0.090%	88.89x
90	Schultz	2	0.090%	105.26x
91	Shead	2	0.090%	49.88x
92	Tarbuck	2	0.090%	54.05x
93	Tuttle	2	0.090%	69.93x
94	Bevin	1	0.050%	64.52x
95	Blackburne	1	0.050%	65.36x
96	Blythin	1	0.050%	169.49x
97	Brayford	1	0.050%	46.95x
98	Brimson	1	0.050%	53.19x
99	Bromilow	1	0.050%	32.47x
100	Brownbill	1	0.050%	41.15x