1881 census place

Rochdale surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rochdale, 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

77 surnames are listed for Rochdale, Lancashire, covering 1,343 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ashworth, with 114 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rochdale

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	Ashworth	114	4.51%	113.03x
2	Holt	110	4.35%	64.99x
3	Lord	101	4.00%	86.65x
4	Shepherd	72	2.85%	38.87x
5	Stott	55	2.18%	69.65x
6	Clegg	44	1.74%	51.12x
7	Coupe	38	1.50%	215.42x
8	Leach	38	1.50%	36.43x
9	Kershaw	36	1.42%	44.15x
10	Wild	33	1.31%	32.04x
11	Heys	32	1.27%	173.25x
12	Butterworth	30	1.19%	33.05x
13	Clough	30	1.19%	53.15x
14	Ratcliffe	28	1.11%	40.10x
15	Grindrod	25	0.990%	246.55x
16	Fielding	24	0.950%	42.52x
17	Ramsbottom	21	0.830%	122.95x
18	Howorth	20	0.790%	176.99x
19	Wallwork	20	0.790%	136.05x
20	Whitworth	19	0.750%	44.99x
21	Pickup	18	0.710%	55.06x
22	Tattersall	18	0.710%	51.28x
23	Hinchcliffe	17	0.670%	110.18x
24	Midgley	17	0.670%	50.18x
25	Crompton	16	0.630%	37.61x
26	Gartside	15	0.590%	142.59x
27	Lomax	15	0.590%	42.03x
28	Collinge	14	0.550%	82.84x
29	Diggle	14	0.550%	151.52x
30	Rawstron	14	0.550%	476.19x
31	Whalley	14	0.550%	35.18x
32	Woolfenden	14	0.550%	385.67x
33	Hey	13	0.510%	58.06x
34	Greenhalgh	12	0.470%	23.18x
35	Hitchen	11	0.440%	63.92x
36	Gavaghan	9	0.360%	1343.28x
37	Stoney	9	0.360%	250.70x
38	Tweedale	9	0.360%	117.49x
39	Whittles	9	0.360%	226.13x
40	Wolstenholme	9	0.360%	44.62x
41	Calow	8	0.320%	316.21x
42	Gaskill	8	0.320%	177.38x
43	Halstead	8	0.320%	38.02x
44	Manock	8	0.320%	544.22x
45	Matthew	8	0.320%	41.91x
46	Teat	8	0.320%	952.38x
47	Walkden	8	0.320%	70.30x
48	Ayrton	7	0.280%	168.27x
49	Normington	7	0.280%	110.06x
50	Paley	7	0.280%	115.89x
51	Pickover	7	0.280%	736.84x
52	Robinshaw	7	0.280%	875.00x
53	Standring	7	0.280%	95.11x
54	Whatmough	7	0.280%	130.60x
55	Livsey	6	0.240%	67.11x
56	Looker	6	0.240%	80.21x
57	Magson	6	0.240%	150.00x
58	Slinger	6	0.240%	78.53x
59	Suthurst	6	0.240%	923.08x
60	Birtwistle	5	0.200%	36.00x
61	Maiden	5	0.200%	71.94x
62	Nutall	5	0.200%	675.68x
63	Cleworth	4	0.160%	173.16x
64	Heyworth	4	0.160%	34.31x
65	Rudman	4	0.160%	78.74x
66	Briers	3	0.120%	63.03x
67	Cudworth	3	0.120%	80.86x
68	Hailwood	3	0.120%	189.87x
69	Noar	3	0.120%	428.57x
70	Belshaw	2	0.080%	41.49x
71	Haste	2	0.080%	43.38x
72	Martins	2	0.080%	48.31x
73	Sharrocks	2	0.080%	67.34x
74	Caron	1	0.040%	169.49x
75	Millatt	1	0.040%	322.58x
76	Sutherst	1	0.040%	98.04x
77	Wike	1	0.040%	125.00x