1881 census place

Westhoughton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westhoughton, 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

273 surnames are listed for Westhoughton, Lancashire, covering 5,616 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Seddon, with 170 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westhoughton

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	Seddon	170	1.84%	113.12x
2	Green	168	1.82%	6.45x
3	Partington	154	1.66%	117.33x
4	Hodkinson	143	1.55%	218.99x
5	Morris	113	1.22%	5.49x
6	Dootson	112	1.21%	839.58x
7	Hilton	108	1.17%	33.96x
8	Southern	100	1.08%	117.21x
9	Whittle	99	1.07%	49.12x
10	Hurst	96	1.04%	29.06x
11	Holden	90	0.970%	17.76x
12	Bullough	89	0.960%	313.49x
13	Heaton	89	0.960%	40.21x
14	Coop	88	0.950%	291.01x
15	Chadwick	83	0.900%	20.52x
16	Kay	80	0.860%	16.64x
17	Crompton	79	0.850%	50.74x
18	Lowe	78	0.840%	11.25x
19	Cowburn	77	0.830%	228.69x
20	Hope	73	0.790%	23.19x
21	Platt	72	0.780%	29.40x
22	Leigh	71	0.770%	33.35x
23	Woodward	70	0.760%	15.34x
24	Aspinall	69	0.750%	54.19x
25	Boardman	68	0.740%	45.81x
26	Gerrard	68	0.740%	57.52x
27	Berry	62	0.670%	8.45x
28	France	61	0.660%	43.36x
29	Hart	60	0.650%	7.60x
30	Higham	59	0.640%	62.58x
31	Greenhalgh	58	0.630%	30.61x
32	Latham	56	0.610%	29.74x
33	Ratcliffe	54	0.580%	21.14x
34	Grundy	53	0.570%	27.98x
35	Oakes	53	0.570%	39.56x
36	Rigby	53	0.570%	19.75x
37	Hibbert	51	0.550%	37.62x
38	Hodson	48	0.520%	25.07x
39	Howarth	48	0.520%	10.80x
40	Eckersley	47	0.510%	81.23x
41	Pendlebury	46	0.500%	77.52x
42	Hampson	45	0.490%	26.99x
43	Dickinson	44	0.480%	11.14x
44	Horrocks	44	0.480%	38.72x
45	Mangnall	43	0.460%	706.08x
46	Croston	42	0.450%	239.32x
47	Ainscough	40	0.430%	160.64x
48	Mather	40	0.430%	17.44x
49	Watkinson	40	0.430%	36.91x
50	Pilkington	37	0.400%	22.26x
51	Bromilow	36	0.390%	280.81x
52	Winward	36	0.390%	367.72x
53	Smethurst	35	0.380%	49.41x
54	Atherton	34	0.370%	20.45x
55	Brindle	33	0.360%	49.71x
56	Bowden	30	0.320%	11.24x
57	Caldwell	27	0.290%	18.65x
58	Hatton	27	0.290%	14.87x
59	Holbrook	27	0.290%	40.50x
60	Thornley	27	0.290%	26.30x
61	Pennington	26	0.280%	18.98x
62	Bamber	24	0.260%	33.62x
63	Isherwood	24	0.260%	22.42x
64	Ralphs	24	0.260%	98.72x
65	Snape	24	0.260%	28.14x
66	Bateson	23	0.250%	39.73x
67	Bentham	23	0.250%	54.39x
68	Doxey	23	0.250%	154.47x
69	Edge	23	0.250%	14.43x
70	Hindley	22	0.240%	28.89x
71	Westwell	22	0.240%	118.53x
72	Rothwell	20	0.220%	11.76x
73	Wallwork	20	0.220%	37.17x
74	Metcalfe	19	0.210%	8.99x
75	Howcroft	18	0.190%	61.33x
76	Calderbank	17	0.180%	81.18x
77	Critchley	17	0.180%	20.62x
78	Entwistle	17	0.180%	10.55x
79	Jolly	17	0.180%	12.96x
80	Sharples	17	0.180%	10.51x
81	Eatock	16	0.170%	215.92x
82	Greenall	16	0.170%	56.98x
83	Shields	16	0.170%	11.19x
84	Blinkhorn	15	0.160%	122.05x
85	Darbyshire	15	0.160%	30.54x
86	Forshaw	15	0.160%	24.12x
87	Heyes	15	0.160%	20.94x
88	Rimmer	15	0.160%	10.15x
89	Withington	15	0.160%	61.40x
90	Battersby	14	0.150%	21.43x
91	Betley	14	0.150%	295.98x
92	Edmundson	14	0.150%	53.37x
93	Marland	14	0.150%	43.49x
94	Silcock	14	0.150%	36.14x
95	Thomasson	14	0.150%	83.33x
96	Pickup	13	0.140%	10.87x
97	Ramsdale	13	0.140%	58.69x
98	Tickle	13	0.140%	31.43x
99	Littler	12	0.130%	19.55x
100	Ormrod	12	0.130%	40.38x