1881 census place

Turton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Turton, 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

199 surnames are listed for Turton, Lancashire, covering 2,825 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kay, with 194 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Turton

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	Kay	194	3.42%	65.79x
2	Entwistle	123	2.17%	124.42x
3	Mayoh	120	2.11%	1196.41x
4	Holt	102	1.80%	26.84x
5	Isherwood	93	1.64%	141.62x
6	Crook	86	1.52%	52.76x
7	Bentley	85	1.50%	35.40x
8	Greenhalgh	74	1.30%	63.65x
9	Haslam	71	1.25%	82.35x
10	Howarth	68	1.20%	24.93x
11	Hamer	65	1.15%	61.15x
12	Warburton	49	0.860%	34.99x
13	Knowles	43	0.760%	14.19x
14	Mather	41	0.720%	29.13x
15	Kershaw	39	0.690%	21.30x
16	Haworth	36	0.630%	30.15x
17	Horrocks	36	0.630%	51.63x
18	Rothwell	35	0.620%	33.54x
19	Bridge	34	0.600%	29.58x
20	Ashworth	33	0.580%	14.57x
21	Ainsworth	32	0.560%	28.47x
22	Ramsden	32	0.560%	30.92x
23	Hornby	31	0.550%	47.95x
24	Tootill	30	0.530%	390.63x
25	Nuttall	28	0.490%	19.57x
26	Whittle	28	0.490%	22.64x
27	Crompton	25	0.440%	26.17x
28	Halliwell	24	0.420%	38.11x
29	Derbyshire	23	0.410%	38.87x
30	Lomax	23	0.410%	28.70x
31	Thomasson	22	0.390%	213.39x
32	Rostron	21	0.370%	62.08x
33	Hacking	20	0.350%	74.40x
34	Stamp	19	0.330%	45.53x
35	Walmsley	19	0.330%	16.18x
36	Fielding	18	0.320%	14.20x
37	Grey	18	0.320%	14.63x
38	Barns	17	0.300%	46.42x
39	Bromiley	17	0.300%	230.66x
40	Fish	17	0.300%	16.08x
41	Garnett	17	0.300%	24.12x
42	Sewell	17	0.300%	14.17x
43	Southern	17	0.300%	32.47x
44	Haydock	16	0.280%	89.44x
45	Rogerson	16	0.280%	22.91x
46	Roscoe	16	0.280%	45.42x
47	Waddilove	16	0.280%	437.16x
48	Wallwork	16	0.280%	48.46x
49	Bury	15	0.260%	35.57x
50	Fairclough	15	0.260%	25.33x
51	Simm	15	0.260%	68.27x
52	Oddie	14	0.250%	129.87x
53	Stones	14	0.250%	20.74x
54	Whipp	14	0.250%	76.46x
55	Kirkman	13	0.230%	35.83x
56	Beswick	12	0.210%	21.63x
57	Orrell	12	0.210%	56.85x
58	Ramwell	12	0.210%	442.80x
59	Tong	12	0.210%	59.91x
60	Bateson	11	0.190%	30.97x
61	Hulse	11	0.190%	30.62x
62	Kilburn	11	0.190%	37.62x
63	Monks	11	0.190%	23.94x
64	Ravenscroft	11	0.190%	57.02x
65	Scowcroft	11	0.190%	125.86x
66	Thistlethwaite	11	0.190%	119.70x
67	Thornley	11	0.190%	17.46x
68	Boulger	10	0.180%	483.09x
69	Edgell	10	0.180%	112.99x
70	Mellody	10	0.180%	487.80x
71	Raby	10	0.180%	36.71x
72	Ramsbottom	10	0.180%	26.08x
73	Sedgwick	10	0.180%	24.27x
74	Aspden	9	0.160%	36.03x
75	Hebden	9	0.160%	50.68x
76	Lonsdale	9	0.160%	19.12x
77	Threlfall	9	0.160%	34.97x
78	Charnock	8	0.140%	29.52x
79	Dover	8	0.140%	31.29x
80	Gresty	8	0.140%	57.60x
81	Mattinson	8	0.140%	79.37x
82	Ormrod	8	0.140%	43.88x
83	Profit	8	0.140%	231.88x
84	Redford	8	0.140%	26.15x
85	Sankey	8	0.140%	34.01x
86	Trotman	8	0.140%	33.56x
87	Yarwood	8	0.140%	34.66x
88	Astley	7	0.120%	18.60x
89	Chalk	7	0.120%	18.70x
90	Cronshaw	7	0.120%	49.65x
91	Eva	7	0.120%	58.82x
92	Fairhurst	7	0.120%	15.06x
93	Horridge	7	0.120%	49.44x
94	Hoyles	7	0.120%	71.43x
95	Kebble	7	0.120%	388.89x
96	Laithwaite	7	0.120%	145.53x
97	Sharrock	7	0.120%	39.55x
98	Simmers	7	0.120%	193.37x
99	Tyrer	7	0.120%	27.96x
100	Armistead	6	0.110%	56.71x