1881 census place

Rumworth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rumworth, 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

187 surnames are listed for Rumworth, Lancashire, covering 1,903 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Higson, with 125 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rumworth

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	Higson	125	2.52%	394.57x
2	Crompton	75	1.51%	89.96x
3	Boardman	73	1.47%	91.85x
4	Sharples	53	1.07%	61.20x
5	Howarth	52	1.05%	21.84x
6	Hibbert	46	0.930%	63.36x
7	Partington	43	0.870%	61.18x
8	Greenhalgh	42	0.850%	41.39x
9	Horrocks	39	0.790%	64.08x
10	Heaton	37	0.750%	31.21x
11	Haslam	33	0.670%	43.85x
12	Worthington	30	0.610%	30.21x
13	Duckworth	29	0.590%	30.28x
14	Rothwell	29	0.590%	31.85x
15	Heyes	28	0.570%	72.99x
16	Thomasson	28	0.570%	311.11x
17	Thornley	28	0.570%	50.92x
18	Winward	28	0.570%	534.35x
19	Bullough	27	0.550%	177.63x
20	Fairclough	25	0.500%	48.37x
21	Hamer	25	0.500%	26.95x
22	Howcroft	24	0.480%	152.67x
23	Pilkington	24	0.480%	26.96x
24	Halliwell	21	0.420%	38.20x
25	Hulme	20	0.400%	18.88x
26	Trevena	17	0.340%	382.02x
27	Catterall	16	0.320%	51.07x
28	Hampson	16	0.320%	17.92x
29	Lythgoe	16	0.320%	104.99x
30	Pilling	16	0.320%	26.76x
31	Critchley	15	0.300%	33.98x
32	Flitcroft	15	0.300%	156.09x
33	Ormrod	15	0.300%	94.28x
34	Sumner	15	0.300%	18.70x
35	Cocker	14	0.280%	34.46x
36	Cunliffe	14	0.280%	22.69x
37	Gradwell	14	0.280%	121.95x
38	Cowburn	13	0.260%	72.10x
39	Makin	13	0.260%	30.55x
40	Markland	13	0.260%	117.33x
41	Orrell	13	0.260%	70.54x
42	Pasquill	12	0.240%	634.92x
43	Workman	12	0.240%	36.82x
44	Axon	11	0.220%	89.00x
45	Coulton	11	0.220%	63.25x
46	Feilding	11	0.220%	351.44x
47	Hailwood	11	0.220%	355.99x
48	Maylor	11	0.220%	375.43x
49	Wignall	11	0.220%	43.50x
50	Worsley	11	0.220%	25.41x
51	Boden	10	0.200%	24.91x
52	Darbyshire	10	0.200%	38.02x
53	Dootson	10	0.200%	139.86x
54	Holehouse	10	0.200%	280.11x
55	Kirkman	10	0.200%	31.59x
56	Melling	10	0.200%	32.63x
57	Pickvance	10	0.200%	558.66x
58	Swindells	10	0.200%	31.52x
59	Unsworth	10	0.200%	17.56x
60	Boydell	9	0.180%	116.28x
61	Breslin	9	0.180%	461.54x
62	Cundy	9	0.180%	69.66x
63	Eckersley	9	0.180%	29.05x
64	Fernley	9	0.180%	131.20x
65	Fray	9	0.180%	107.91x
66	Lever	9	0.180%	20.17x
67	Longworth	9	0.180%	28.44x
68	Ralphs	9	0.180%	69.12x
69	Shone	9	0.180%	44.64x
70	Wallwork	9	0.180%	31.23x
71	Yate	9	0.180%	548.78x
72	Meller	8	0.160%	95.24x
73	Ridings	8	0.160%	72.73x
74	Rostron	8	0.160%	27.09x
75	Trippier	8	0.160%	310.08x
76	Welsby	8	0.160%	62.99x
77	Addy	7	0.140%	33.19x
78	Chorlton	7	0.140%	43.48x
79	Harter	7	0.140%	259.26x
80	Heyworth	7	0.140%	30.65x
81	Libby	7	0.140%	107.36x
82	Molineaux	7	0.140%	261.19x
83	Pomfret	7	0.140%	41.08x
84	Tickle	7	0.140%	31.60x
85	Wareham	7	0.140%	25.25x
86	Farnworth	6	0.120%	23.54x
87	Goulbourn	6	0.120%	307.69x
88	Gratrix	6	0.120%	101.01x
89	Grisdale	6	0.120%	70.01x
90	Hawcroft	6	0.120%	146.70x
91	Haymes	6	0.120%	246.91x
92	Heys	6	0.120%	16.58x
93	Leyland	6	0.120%	19.82x
94	Meeking	6	0.120%	252.10x
95	Peers	6	0.120%	20.76x
96	Roscoe	6	0.120%	19.51x
97	Stamfield	6	0.120%	1500.00x
98	Wolfenden	6	0.120%	25.91x
99	Wylde	6	0.120%	58.77x
100	Calligan	5	0.100%	50.81x