1881 census place

Tonge surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tonge, 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

255 surnames are listed for Tonge, Lancashire, covering 3,370 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hilton, with 149 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tonge

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	Hilton	149	2.05%	59.60x
2	Butterworth	109	1.50%	41.74x
3	Simpson	98	1.35%	7.70x
4	Partington	96	1.32%	93.03x
5	Ogden	86	1.18%	41.82x
6	Dyson	77	1.06%	32.69x
7	Fitton	76	1.05%	92.92x
8	Heywood	72	0.990%	49.76x
9	Lord	72	0.990%	21.47x
10	Collinge	63	0.870%	129.58x
11	Howarth	59	0.810%	16.88x
12	Stansfield	53	0.730%	47.20x
13	Bamford	51	0.700%	46.58x
14	Boardman	51	0.700%	43.71x
15	Whittaker	51	0.700%	14.81x
16	Wrigley	48	0.660%	52.16x
17	Barlow	47	0.650%	11.97x
18	Cheetham	47	0.650%	41.76x
19	Smithies	45	0.620%	173.81x
20	Stott	44	0.610%	19.37x
21	Smethurst	41	0.560%	73.62x
22	Andrew	40	0.550%	17.36x
23	Horrocks	40	0.550%	44.77x
24	Oldham	40	0.550%	31.30x
25	Thorpe	40	0.550%	13.91x
26	Kenyon	37	0.510%	24.36x
27	Lancashire	37	0.510%	212.77x
28	Greenhalgh	33	0.450%	22.15x
29	Wolstencroft	31	0.430%	108.81x
30	Ashworth	30	0.410%	10.34x
31	Lomas	28	0.390%	20.84x
32	Halliwell	27	0.370%	33.46x
33	Heaton	26	0.360%	14.94x
34	Jacques	26	0.360%	42.17x
35	Marcroft	26	0.360%	364.15x
36	Tetlow	26	0.360%	90.66x
37	Ridings	25	0.340%	154.80x
38	Hulbert	24	0.330%	60.11x
39	Collings	23	0.320%	26.58x
40	Driver	22	0.300%	16.33x
41	Fielding	22	0.300%	13.55x
42	Tattersall	22	0.300%	21.79x
43	Hardman	21	0.290%	14.35x
44	Fallows	20	0.280%	57.36x
45	Royle	20	0.280%	20.90x
46	Bardsley	19	0.260%	34.48x
47	Beswick	19	0.260%	26.73x
48	Haslam	19	0.260%	17.20x
49	Hulme	19	0.260%	12.22x
50	Jagger	19	0.260%	32.98x
51	Liddle	19	0.260%	22.18x
52	Kean	18	0.250%	36.55x
53	Bowers	17	0.230%	12.81x
54	Lever	17	0.230%	25.95x
55	Wellens	17	0.230%	636.70x
56	Worrall	17	0.230%	18.39x
57	Thornley	16	0.220%	19.82x
58	Gartside	15	0.210%	49.57x
59	Hoole	15	0.210%	63.75x
60	Standing	15	0.210%	32.33x
61	Whitworth	14	0.190%	11.52x
62	Duffin	13	0.180%	47.29x
63	Foy	13	0.180%	21.65x
64	Rooney	13	0.180%	20.03x
65	Albinson	12	0.170%	275.86x
66	Gant	12	0.170%	45.87x
67	Glossop	12	0.170%	46.93x
68	Travis	12	0.170%	14.06x
69	Glynn	11	0.150%	34.24x
70	Hallworth	11	0.150%	58.29x
71	Haworth	11	0.150%	7.19x
72	Moores	11	0.150%	18.28x
73	Skellern	11	0.150%	232.07x
74	Brennan	10	0.140%	13.16x
75	Corcoran	10	0.140%	28.54x
76	Egerton	10	0.140%	28.00x
77	Harrop	10	0.140%	12.09x
78	Healy	10	0.140%	20.78x
79	Houldsworth	10	0.140%	69.11x
80	Miley	10	0.140%	377.36x
81	Southern	10	0.140%	14.91x
82	Staniforth	10	0.140%	36.25x
83	Tonge	10	0.140%	21.59x
84	Galagher	9	0.120%	280.37x
85	Gaskell	9	0.120%	12.07x
86	Lovatt	9	0.120%	17.84x
87	Maloney	9	0.120%	15.00x
88	Mcdevitt	9	0.120%	3333.33x
89	Sandiford	9	0.120%	46.27x
90	Surrage	9	0.120%	301.00x
91	Teasdale	9	0.120%	14.60x
92	Townson	9	0.120%	29.48x
93	Artingstall	8	0.110%	176.99x
94	Beardman	8	0.110%	333.33x
95	Brogden	8	0.110%	33.31x
96	Crossfield	8	0.110%	77.90x
97	Gorton	8	0.110%	17.72x
98	Hardern	8	0.110%	283.69x
99	Hassal	8	0.110%	288.81x
100	Highton	8	0.110%	48.66x