1881 census place

Skelmersdale surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Skelmersdale, 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

236 surnames are listed for Skelmersdale, Lancashire, covering 2,555 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Berry, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Skelmersdale

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	Berry	68	1.18%	14.83x
2	Webster	65	1.13%	12.94x
3	Roughley	64	1.11%	635.55x
4	Birchall	54	0.930%	95.29x
5	Lyon	52	0.900%	42.95x
6	Pye	52	0.900%	60.20x
7	Rigby	44	0.760%	26.26x
8	Swift	41	0.710%	22.98x
9	Molyneux	40	0.690%	90.66x
10	Martland	39	0.680%	465.95x
11	Ashcroft	37	0.640%	47.87x
12	Barton	37	0.640%	11.86x
13	Birch	37	0.640%	15.63x
14	Watkinson	36	0.620%	53.20x
15	Kerfoot	34	0.590%	298.25x
16	Culshaw	33	0.570%	150.96x
17	Georgeson	33	0.570%	285.96x
18	Aspinwall	31	0.540%	539.13x
19	Whalley	30	0.520%	32.99x
20	Appleton	28	0.480%	30.92x
21	Atherton	28	0.480%	26.96x
22	Holcroft	28	0.480%	224.72x
23	Latham	28	0.480%	23.81x
24	Hardman	27	0.470%	23.24x
25	Platt	26	0.450%	17.00x
26	Corbett	25	0.430%	22.08x
27	Lawrenson	25	0.430%	153.75x
28	Turnor	25	0.430%	1543.21x
29	Eccleston	24	0.420%	82.90x
30	Heaton	23	0.400%	16.64x
31	Draper	22	0.380%	16.17x
32	Hulme	22	0.380%	17.81x
33	Rimmer	22	0.380%	23.84x
34	Singleton	22	0.380%	19.26x
35	Twist	22	0.380%	77.00x
36	Wilding	22	0.380%	32.39x
37	Seddon	21	0.360%	22.38x
38	Anderton	20	0.350%	29.17x
39	Rothwell	20	0.350%	18.83x
40	Speakman	20	0.350%	75.30x
41	Wane	20	0.350%	349.04x
42	Westhead	20	0.350%	148.92x
43	Phillipson	19	0.330%	88.66x
44	Turton	19	0.330%	29.28x
45	Winstanley	19	0.330%	32.74x
46	France	18	0.310%	20.49x
47	Ashurst	17	0.290%	83.13x
48	Meadows	17	0.290%	21.04x
49	Ollerton	17	0.290%	290.10x
50	Boyer	15	0.260%	82.46x
51	Critchley	15	0.260%	29.13x
52	Fairhurst	15	0.260%	31.71x
53	Foulkes	15	0.260%	27.87x
54	Hesketh	15	0.260%	27.13x
55	Morecroft	15	0.260%	274.73x
56	Rutter	15	0.260%	17.05x
57	Sutch	15	0.260%	259.97x
58	Briscoe	14	0.240%	37.71x
59	Forshaw	14	0.240%	36.05x
60	Grady	14	0.240%	36.76x
61	Heyes	14	0.240%	31.30x
62	Unsworth	14	0.240%	21.08x
63	Valentine	14	0.240%	18.90x
64	Allsopp	13	0.230%	54.83x
65	Bunting	13	0.230%	20.16x
66	Files	13	0.230%	291.48x
67	Peet	13	0.230%	42.57x
68	Grayson	12	0.210%	27.85x
69	Rotheram	12	0.210%	294.84x
70	Shacklady	12	0.210%	217.39x
71	Westwell	12	0.210%	103.54x
72	Bentham	11	0.190%	41.65x
73	Fairclough	11	0.190%	18.25x
74	Finney	11	0.190%	21.96x
75	Perrins	11	0.190%	62.68x
76	Tabern	11	0.190%	909.09x
77	Astley	10	0.170%	26.10x
78	Corns	10	0.170%	61.92x
79	Grayston	10	0.170%	121.65x
80	Ormesher	10	0.170%	267.38x
81	Sherrington	10	0.170%	82.78x
82	Silcock	10	0.170%	41.34x
83	Ainscough	9	0.160%	57.88x
84	Baxendale	9	0.160%	30.57x
85	Caine	9	0.160%	37.21x
86	Felton	9	0.160%	22.65x
87	Flitcroft	9	0.160%	80.29x
88	Kearns	9	0.160%	49.94x
89	Mayor	9	0.160%	35.64x
90	Roby	9	0.160%	64.38x
91	Snape	9	0.160%	16.90x
92	Whittingham	9	0.160%	20.72x
93	Abram	8	0.140%	38.57x
94	Aspey	8	0.140%	107.38x
95	Byron	8	0.140%	37.88x
96	Cadwell	8	0.140%	137.69x
97	Calderbank	8	0.140%	61.16x
98	Cavanagh	8	0.140%	18.36x
99	Darwen	8	0.140%	248.45x
100	Hemson	8	0.140%	551.72x