1881 census place

Upholland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Upholland, 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

154 surnames are listed for Upholland, Lancashire, covering 2,104 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gaskell, with 122 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Upholland

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	Gaskell	122	2.75%	267.90x
2	Ashcroft	65	1.46%	109.37x
3	Glover	60	1.35%	31.68x
4	Hurst	56	1.26%	35.30x
5	Rigby	56	1.26%	43.46x
6	Swift	55	1.24%	40.09x
7	Latham	49	1.10%	54.19x
8	Ashurst	45	1.01%	286.26x
9	Fairclough	40	0.900%	86.30x
10	Naylor	40	0.900%	23.89x
11	Cliff	39	0.880%	100.44x
12	Heyes	39	0.880%	113.37x
13	Barton	38	0.860%	15.83x
14	Sharrock	38	0.860%	274.37x
15	Winstanley	38	0.860%	85.14x
16	Grimshaw	37	0.830%	49.86x
17	Birchall	34	0.770%	78.02x
18	Lyon	34	0.770%	36.52x
19	Rowbottom	34	0.770%	128.40x
20	Speakman	34	0.770%	166.50x
21	Laithwaite	31	0.700%	822.28x
22	Unsworth	30	0.680%	58.77x
23	Aspinall	29	0.650%	47.43x
24	Alker	27	0.610%	329.67x
25	Kenyon	27	0.610%	29.11x
26	Smallshaw	26	0.590%	973.78x
27	Wilding	25	0.560%	47.87x
28	Atherton	24	0.540%	30.06x
29	Lawrenson	24	0.540%	192.00x
30	Halliwell	23	0.520%	46.66x
31	Corless	22	0.500%	176.00x
32	Waterworth	22	0.500%	113.93x
33	Fairhurst	21	0.470%	57.74x
34	Forshaw	21	0.470%	70.33x
35	Melling	21	0.470%	76.42x
36	Lomax	20	0.450%	31.89x
37	Pennington	20	0.450%	30.41x
38	Stopforth	20	0.450%	514.14x
39	Welsby	20	0.450%	175.59x
40	Lea	19	0.430%	21.67x
41	Sixsmith	19	0.430%	255.72x
42	Liptrot	18	0.410%	205.01x
43	Peet	18	0.410%	76.66x
44	Billington	16	0.360%	33.15x
45	Roughley	16	0.360%	206.72x
46	Grayson	15	0.340%	45.26x
47	Mawdsley	15	0.340%	106.99x
48	Moorcroft	15	0.340%	101.76x
49	Plumpton	15	0.340%	186.34x
50	Grounds	13	0.290%	173.10x
51	Hooton	13	0.290%	84.75x
52	Whalley	13	0.290%	18.59x
53	Marland	12	0.270%	77.62x
54	Rimmer	12	0.270%	16.92x
55	Taberner	12	0.270%	231.66x
56	Hesketh	11	0.250%	25.88x
57	Fogg	10	0.230%	38.74x
58	Halewood	10	0.230%	239.23x
59	Martland	10	0.230%	155.28x
60	Ormesher	10	0.230%	347.22x
61	Ascroft	9	0.200%	141.73x
62	Critchley	9	0.200%	22.73x
63	Manifold	9	0.200%	187.11x
64	Acker	8	0.180%	540.54x
65	Alty	8	0.180%	98.28x
66	Aspey	8	0.180%	139.62x
67	Boyers	8	0.180%	307.69x
68	Coady	8	0.180%	304.18x
69	Hane	8	0.180%	601.50x
70	Sergeant	8	0.180%	37.83x
71	Simpkin	8	0.180%	47.99x
72	Bassnett	7	0.160%	400.00x
73	Broderick	7	0.160%	47.62x
74	Diggle	7	0.160%	43.10x
75	Fishwick	7	0.160%	31.59x
76	Mullin	7	0.160%	35.14x
77	Sharratt	7	0.160%	50.87x
78	Simpkins	7	0.160%	34.93x
79	Statter	7	0.160%	588.24x
80	Stopford	7	0.160%	74.31x
81	Wayne	7	0.160%	152.84x
82	Aspinwall	6	0.140%	135.75x
83	Cotterall	6	0.140%	198.02x
84	Culshaw	6	0.140%	35.71x
85	Duxberry	6	0.140%	384.62x
86	Farnworth	6	0.140%	26.25x
87	Hartell	6	0.140%	226.42x
88	Hazel	6	0.140%	42.19x
89	Ollerton	6	0.140%	133.04x
90	Penington	6	0.140%	324.32x
91	Rosbottom	6	0.140%	238.10x
92	Scotson	6	0.140%	126.05x
93	Ackers	5	0.110%	63.37x
94	Allerton	5	0.110%	49.21x
95	Bamforth	5	0.110%	25.25x
96	Binnington	5	0.110%	100.40x
97	Blinkhorn	5	0.110%	84.75x
98	Cape	5	0.110%	44.13x
99	Connett	5	0.110%	93.63x
100	Ditchfield	5	0.110%	32.96x