1881 census place

Tottington Higher End surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tottington Higher End, 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

127 surnames are listed for Tottington Higher End, Lancashire, covering 1,905 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whittaker, with 104 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tottington Higher End

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	Whittaker	104	2.64%	55.66x
2	Ashworth	89	2.26%	56.53x
3	Nuttall	78	1.98%	78.40x
4	Kay	71	1.80%	34.63x
5	Schofield	63	1.60%	29.45x
6	Ramsbottom	62	1.57%	232.56x
7	Haworth	61	1.55%	73.49x
8	Holden	55	1.39%	25.45x
9	Barlow	45	1.14%	21.12x
10	Howarth	44	1.12%	23.20x
11	Hutchinson	42	1.06%	18.74x
12	Pickup	38	0.960%	74.48x
13	Bentley	37	0.940%	22.17x
14	Hoyle	37	0.940%	40.63x
15	Birtwistle	36	0.910%	166.13x
16	Duckworth	36	0.910%	47.19x
17	Elton	33	0.840%	208.07x
18	Wallwork	32	0.810%	139.43x
19	Dewhurst	29	0.730%	61.93x
20	Rostron	29	0.730%	123.30x
21	Hamer	27	0.680%	36.54x
22	Wolstenholme	27	0.680%	85.74x
23	Nutter	22	0.560%	73.16x
24	Rothwell	22	0.560%	30.33x
25	Tattersall	21	0.530%	38.33x
26	Heys	20	0.510%	69.37x
27	Dearden	19	0.480%	49.10x
28	Pilling	19	0.480%	39.90x
29	Boothman	18	0.460%	119.13x
30	Cunliffe	18	0.460%	36.64x
31	Jaques	18	0.460%	61.67x
32	Pilkington	18	0.460%	25.39x
33	Davenport	17	0.430%	22.74x
34	Cryer	16	0.410%	73.70x
35	Lonsdale	16	0.410%	48.88x
36	Grime	15	0.380%	72.43x
37	Heyworth	15	0.380%	82.42x
38	Hindle	15	0.380%	27.05x
39	Entwistle	14	0.350%	20.37x
40	Horrocks	14	0.350%	28.88x
41	Openshaw	14	0.350%	72.99x
42	Collinge	13	0.330%	49.28x
43	Halliwell	13	0.330%	29.69x
44	Hitchon	13	0.330%	392.75x
45	Porritt	13	0.330%	116.91x
46	Redmond	13	0.330%	90.09x
47	Bolderson	12	0.300%	693.64x
48	Sparrow	12	0.300%	24.00x
49	Darwen	11	0.280%	500.00x
50	Flannery	11	0.280%	140.31x
51	Pickston	11	0.280%	643.27x
52	Whittam	11	0.280%	75.97x
53	Fitton	10	0.250%	22.53x
54	Livesey	10	0.250%	25.87x
55	Worsick	10	0.250%	598.80x
56	Emmett	9	0.230%	27.25x
57	Kearney	9	0.230%	49.15x
58	Pounder	9	0.230%	69.82x
59	Savin	9	0.230%	183.67x
60	Sutherst	9	0.230%	566.04x
61	Wardleworth	9	0.230%	401.79x
62	Wormwell	9	0.230%	382.98x
63	Alty	8	0.200%	110.65x
64	Beevis	8	0.200%	650.41x
65	Edmundson	8	0.200%	71.49x
66	Hollows	8	0.200%	103.63x
67	Ormerod	8	0.200%	25.35x
68	Rawstron	8	0.200%	174.29x
69	Troop	8	0.200%	209.97x
70	Bleakley	7	0.180%	84.34x
71	Bleazard	7	0.180%	380.43x
72	Brindle	7	0.180%	24.72x
73	Broadley	7	0.180%	26.21x
74	Cropper	7	0.180%	29.45x
75	Fort	7	0.180%	75.43x
76	Hacking	7	0.180%	37.47x
77	Barritt	6	0.150%	58.14x
78	Copple	6	0.150%	326.09x
79	Daws	6	0.150%	29.75x
80	Diggle	6	0.150%	41.58x
81	Farnell	6	0.150%	41.52x
82	Farraday	6	0.150%	335.20x
83	Hallworth	6	0.150%	58.59x
84	Maiden	6	0.150%	55.35x
85	Moorcroft	6	0.150%	45.80x
86	Rawsthorne	6	0.150%	118.81x
87	Aspin	5	0.130%	31.47x
88	Cockrell	5	0.130%	121.65x
89	Constantine	5	0.130%	43.63x
90	Coop	5	0.130%	38.76x
91	Keane	5	0.130%	54.47x
92	Wallbank	5	0.130%	40.82x
93	Warberton	5	0.130%	909.09x
94	Barcroft	4	0.100%	107.24x
95	Bullough	4	0.100%	33.03x
96	Cowpe	4	0.100%	192.31x
97	Danson	4	0.100%	45.40x
98	Gladstone	4	0.100%	37.52x
99	Matson	4	0.100%	41.49x
100	Ruthven	4	0.100%	79.84x