1881 census place

Sutton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sutton, 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

400 surnames are listed for Sutton, Lancashire, covering 4,702 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Rigby, with 160 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sutton

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	Rigby	160	1.38%	47.44x
2	Woods	114	0.980%	15.55x
3	Houghton	86	0.740%	21.17x
4	Prescott	68	0.580%	41.47x
5	Parr	67	0.580%	23.07x
6	Appleton	63	0.540%	34.57x
7	Birchall	62	0.530%	54.36x
8	Burrows	58	0.500%	11.40x
9	Gerrard	53	0.460%	35.67x
10	Leigh	52	0.450%	19.44x
11	Molyneux	52	0.450%	58.57x
12	Brownbill	49	0.420%	384.92x
13	Ashton	48	0.410%	8.43x
14	Fairclough	48	0.410%	39.57x
15	Barton	47	0.400%	7.48x
16	Potter	47	0.400%	6.23x
17	Atherton	45	0.390%	21.53x
18	Garner	45	0.390%	12.25x
19	Greenall	44	0.380%	124.68x
20	Anders	43	0.370%	203.98x
21	Critchley	43	0.370%	41.50x
22	Fenney	43	0.370%	305.18x
23	Sephton	43	0.370%	142.20x
24	Twist	41	0.350%	71.32x
25	Woodward	41	0.350%	7.15x
26	Fairhurst	40	0.340%	42.02x
27	Lyon	40	0.340%	16.42x
28	Naylor	40	0.340%	9.13x
29	Tickle	40	0.340%	76.95x
30	Mercer	39	0.340%	12.78x
31	Whitfield	39	0.340%	16.80x
32	Almond	38	0.330%	26.37x
33	Briers	36	0.310%	164.46x
34	Pennington	36	0.310%	20.91x
35	Rimmer	36	0.310%	19.39x
36	Barrow	35	0.300%	14.21x
37	Bate	35	0.300%	17.76x
38	Leather	35	0.300%	44.09x
39	Peel	35	0.300%	16.77x
40	Seddon	35	0.300%	18.53x
41	Ashcroft	34	0.290%	21.86x
42	Mather	33	0.280%	11.45x
43	Burke	31	0.270%	9.06x
44	Tabern	31	0.270%	1270.49x
45	Helsby	30	0.260%	139.02x
46	Highcock	30	0.260%	576.92x
47	Platt	30	0.260%	9.75x
48	Bradbury	29	0.250%	8.63x
49	Finney	29	0.250%	28.78x
50	Fowles	29	0.250%	50.85x
51	Hardman	29	0.250%	12.40x
52	Ellison	28	0.240%	11.40x
53	Roughley	27	0.230%	133.27x
54	Traverse	27	0.230%	411.59x
55	Bold	26	0.220%	80.70x
56	Winstanley	26	0.220%	22.26x
57	Greenough	25	0.220%	85.18x
58	Makin	25	0.220%	25.04x
59	Roscoe	25	0.220%	34.64x
60	Cliffe	22	0.190%	30.15x
61	Heyes	21	0.180%	23.33x
62	Kenyon	21	0.180%	8.65x
63	Whalley	21	0.180%	11.48x
64	Clare	20	0.170%	11.88x
65	Pinnington	20	0.170%	103.68x
66	Dorning	19	0.160%	215.66x
67	Aspinall	18	0.150%	11.25x
68	Case	18	0.150%	15.50x
69	Grice	18	0.150%	15.02x
70	Henthorn	18	0.150%	126.67x
71	Hindley	18	0.150%	18.81x
72	Lea	18	0.150%	7.84x
73	Prescot	18	0.150%	123.03x
74	Travis	18	0.150%	13.20x
75	Cundliffe	17	0.150%	553.75x
76	Derbyshire	17	0.150%	14.03x
77	Duckworth	17	0.150%	7.56x
78	Moran	17	0.150%	7.99x
79	Pye	17	0.150%	9.78x
80	Dingsdale	16	0.140%	337.55x
81	Fenny	16	0.140%	177.58x
82	Shenton	16	0.140%	21.51x
83	Stringfellow	16	0.140%	52.84x
84	Dolan	15	0.130%	14.83x
85	Eden	15	0.130%	12.70x
86	Lawrenson	15	0.130%	45.83x
87	Leyland	15	0.130%	21.11x
88	Quinn	15	0.130%	6.75x
89	York	15	0.130%	9.76x
90	Bamber	14	0.120%	15.60x
91	Ditchfield	14	0.120%	35.26x
92	Gilchrist	14	0.120%	8.22x
93	Greyson	14	0.120%	293.50x
94	Halewood	14	0.120%	127.85x
95	Hevey	14	0.120%	858.90x
96	Ralphson	14	0.120%	666.67x
97	Saxon	14	0.120%	36.32x
98	Brough	13	0.110%	9.15x
99	Carney	13	0.110%	12.37x
100	Cropper	13	0.110%	18.56x