1881 census place

Walton Le Dale surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Walton Le Dale, 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

364 surnames are listed for Walton Le Dale, Lancashire, covering 4,586 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Walton Le Dale

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	Walmsley	104	1.12%	53.96x
2	Parkinson	88	0.940%	19.70x
3	Woods	85	0.910%	14.47x
4	Worden	85	0.910%	322.21x
5	Baldwin	82	0.880%	20.65x
6	Livesey	78	0.840%	85.50x
7	Sumner	77	0.830%	51.05x
8	Sharples	72	0.770%	44.22x
9	Waterhouse	68	0.730%	47.91x
10	Whittle	66	0.710%	32.52x
11	Lancaster	63	0.680%	27.21x
12	Knowles	62	0.670%	12.46x
13	Hardacre	61	0.650%	276.27x
14	Slater	61	0.650%	10.82x
15	Crook	57	0.610%	21.31x
16	Billington	56	0.600%	55.33x
17	Dewhurst	51	0.550%	46.14x
18	Naylor	51	0.550%	14.53x
19	Hartley	50	0.540%	8.56x
20	Yates	49	0.530%	7.65x
21	Bolton	47	0.500%	11.72x
22	Gregson	47	0.500%	36.46x
23	Rigby	45	0.480%	16.65x
24	Woodruff	44	0.470%	100.39x
25	Bradshaw	42	0.450%	10.98x
26	Houghton	40	0.430%	12.29x
27	Ainsworth	39	0.420%	21.14x
28	Brindle	38	0.410%	56.85x
29	Singleton	38	0.410%	20.64x
30	Smalley	38	0.410%	45.08x
31	Swarbrick	37	0.400%	101.76x
32	Brierley	36	0.390%	21.76x
33	Wilcock	36	0.390%	27.18x
34	Heaps	35	0.380%	86.29x
35	Ingham	35	0.380%	15.11x
36	Anderton	34	0.370%	30.76x
37	Eccles	34	0.370%	22.81x
38	Baron	33	0.350%	34.23x
39	Seed	33	0.350%	49.05x
40	Coupe	32	0.340%	49.22x
41	Gerrard	32	0.340%	26.88x
42	Almond	31	0.330%	26.85x
43	Woodhouse	30	0.320%	13.59x
44	Ditchfield	28	0.300%	88.00x
45	Derbyshire	27	0.290%	27.80x
46	Trafford	27	0.290%	72.27x
47	Wignall	27	0.290%	56.77x
48	Gorton	26	0.280%	44.97x
49	Ryding	25	0.270%	197.01x
50	Waring	25	0.270%	21.37x
51	Balshaw	24	0.260%	124.68x
52	Hindle	24	0.260%	18.34x
53	Beardsworth	22	0.240%	130.02x
54	Melling	22	0.240%	38.17x
55	Sherrington	22	0.240%	112.99x
56	Cookson	21	0.230%	19.12x
57	Marginson	21	0.230%	225.81x
58	Mayor	21	0.230%	51.58x
59	Higginson	20	0.210%	21.45x
60	Iddon	20	0.210%	85.07x
61	Snape	20	0.210%	23.29x
62	Bannister	19	0.200%	11.81x
63	Bateson	19	0.200%	32.60x
64	Clitheroe	19	0.200%	131.94x
65	Cocker	19	0.200%	24.87x
66	Grime	19	0.200%	38.85x
67	Shorrock	18	0.190%	39.18x
68	Southworth	18	0.190%	37.73x
69	Wiggins	18	0.190%	17.92x
70	Beckett	17	0.180%	9.16x
71	Eastham	17	0.180%	35.74x
72	Leyland	17	0.180%	29.87x
73	Orrell	17	0.180%	49.06x
74	Sergeant	17	0.180%	38.33x
75	Whalley	17	0.180%	11.59x
76	Bennison	16	0.170%	61.09x
77	Culshaw	16	0.170%	45.40x
78	Durham	16	0.170%	19.95x
79	Haydock	16	0.170%	54.50x
80	Rawcliffe	16	0.170%	42.98x
81	Swindlehurst	16	0.170%	85.02x
82	Wilding	16	0.170%	14.61x
83	Batty	15	0.160%	10.54x
84	Birkenhead	15	0.160%	222.22x
85	Bramley	15	0.160%	17.64x
86	Catterall	15	0.160%	25.46x
87	Darwen	15	0.160%	289.02x
88	Doran	15	0.160%	19.37x
89	Hodgkinson	15	0.160%	9.37x
90	Prescott	15	0.160%	11.42x
91	Sim	15	0.160%	14.34x
92	Stirrup	15	0.160%	106.91x
93	Clifton	14	0.150%	10.63x
94	Entwistle	14	0.150%	8.63x
95	Higham	14	0.150%	14.75x
96	Moulding	14	0.150%	62.42x
97	Noblett	14	0.150%	156.77x
98	Bamber	13	0.140%	18.09x
99	Coulston	13	0.140%	136.13x
100	Crozier	13	0.140%	29.73x