1881 census place

Todmorden Walsden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Todmorden Walsden, 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

238 surnames are listed for Todmorden Walsden, Lancashire, covering 6,119 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Greenwood, with 483 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Todmorden Walsden

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	Greenwood	483	5.20%	66.97x
2	Fielden	376	4.05%	694.50x
3	Stansfield	304	3.27%	212.01x
4	Sutcliffe	291	3.13%	79.33x
5	Crossley	202	2.18%	79.23x
6	Jackson	201	2.16%	7.74x
7	Law	193	2.08%	45.94x
8	Crabtree	172	1.85%	91.96x
9	Lord	161	1.73%	37.60x
10	Crowther	160	1.72%	57.71x
11	Marshall	138	1.49%	8.86x
12	Barker	107	1.15%	8.80x
13	Dawson	102	1.10%	9.96x
14	Howarth	98	1.06%	21.96x
15	Holt	93	1.00%	14.96x
16	Pearson	82	0.880%	7.60x
17	Eastwood	81	0.870%	36.88x
18	Walton	81	0.870%	12.39x
19	Ashworth	78	0.840%	21.05x
20	Uttley	74	0.800%	165.25x
21	Heyworth	73	0.790%	170.44x
22	Clegg	68	0.730%	21.51x
23	Highley	61	0.660%	408.85x
24	Kershaw	61	0.660%	20.37x
25	Earnshaw	60	0.650%	52.25x
26	Butterworth	57	0.610%	17.09x
27	Ogden	57	0.610%	21.71x
28	Midgley	56	0.600%	45.00x
29	Halstead	53	0.570%	68.58x
30	Woodhead	51	0.550%	29.30x
31	Schofield	48	0.520%	9.53x
32	Southwell	48	0.520%	82.50x
33	Nuttall	46	0.500%	19.64x
34	Hollinrake	44	0.470%	408.92x
35	Pilling	42	0.450%	37.48x
36	Farrar	41	0.440%	33.12x
37	Horsfall	41	0.440%	43.78x
38	Pickles	41	0.440%	21.72x
39	Helliwell	39	0.420%	45.58x
40	Cunliffe	38	0.410%	32.86x
41	Stott	38	0.410%	13.10x
42	Howorth	36	0.390%	86.71x
43	Newell	36	0.390%	24.53x
44	Lingard	35	0.380%	59.40x
45	Marshell	35	0.380%	354.97x
46	Astin	34	0.370%	126.16x
47	Bulcock	34	0.370%	215.87x
48	Scholfield	34	0.370%	143.88x
49	Gledhill	33	0.360%	23.95x
50	Sunderland	33	0.360%	30.96x
51	Firth	31	0.330%	10.05x
52	Shackleton	31	0.330%	29.65x
53	Brewer	27	0.290%	10.96x
54	Ormerod	27	0.290%	36.35x
55	Travis	27	0.290%	24.78x
56	Suthers	24	0.260%	222.43x
57	Hollows	23	0.250%	126.58x
58	Varley	22	0.240%	17.24x
59	Craven	20	0.220%	11.16x
60	Whitaker	20	0.220%	7.62x
61	Dewhirst	19	0.200%	43.08x
62	Hardman	19	0.200%	10.17x
63	Sparks	19	0.200%	13.53x
64	Coupe	18	0.190%	27.77x
65	Starkie	17	0.180%	57.22x
66	Mitton	16	0.170%	58.82x
67	Rigg	16	0.170%	20.49x
68	Stenhouse	16	0.170%	41.68x
69	Cockroft	15	0.160%	38.21x
70	Cryer	15	0.160%	29.35x
71	Dugdale	15	0.160%	23.46x
72	Speak	15	0.160%	46.43x
73	Newall	14	0.150%	26.28x
74	Priestly	14	0.150%	64.22x
75	Chaffer	13	0.140%	103.75x
76	Collinge	13	0.140%	20.94x
77	Dennett	13	0.140%	32.42x
78	Gaukroger	13	0.140%	135.70x
79	Halliwell	13	0.140%	12.62x
80	Langthorne	13	0.140%	625.00x
81	Phipps	13	0.140%	9.46x
82	Robertshaw	13	0.140%	17.13x
83	Bidwell	12	0.130%	52.59x
84	Pickersgill	12	0.130%	24.59x
85	Bently	11	0.120%	45.83x
86	Chatburn	11	0.120%	98.83x
87	Dearden	11	0.120%	12.08x
88	Hopley	11	0.120%	38.02x
89	Leek	11	0.120%	24.48x
90	Crick	10	0.110%	18.01x
91	Emmett	10	0.110%	12.86x
92	Glasse	10	0.110%	293.26x
93	Hird	10	0.110%	13.95x
94	Holroyd	10	0.110%	9.68x
95	Lapish	10	0.110%	257.73x
96	Penrose	10	0.110%	28.04x
97	Tolley	10	0.110%	20.59x
98	Bottomly	9	0.100%	105.88x
99	Cockcroft	9	0.100%	33.86x
100	Hodgins	9	0.100%	115.68x