1881 census place

Westleigh surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westleigh, 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

321 surnames are listed for Westleigh, Lancashire, covering 3,875 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Parr, with 97 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westleigh

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	Parr	97	1.23%	49.32x
2	Prescott	93	1.18%	83.76x
3	Hayes	85	1.08%	17.36x
4	Critchley	68	0.860%	96.92x
5	Rigby	68	0.860%	29.78x
6	Battersby	63	0.800%	113.33x
7	Meadows	60	0.760%	54.50x
8	Hindley	59	0.750%	91.06x
9	Pendlebury	59	0.750%	116.85x
10	Knowles	56	0.710%	13.32x
11	Grundy	55	0.700%	34.13x
12	Leigh	55	0.700%	30.36x
13	Wilcock	54	0.690%	48.24x
14	Hampson	51	0.650%	35.95x
15	Isherwood	48	0.610%	52.70x
16	Seddon	48	0.610%	37.54x
17	Sumner	43	0.550%	33.74x
18	Hurst	42	0.530%	14.94x
19	Boydell	40	0.510%	325.20x
20	Hope	40	0.510%	14.93x
21	Ratcliffe	40	0.510%	18.40x
22	Southern	39	0.500%	53.72x
23	Unsworth	39	0.500%	43.10x
24	Aldred	37	0.470%	54.73x
25	Pemberton	37	0.470%	37.00x
26	Houghton	36	0.460%	13.09x
27	Gerrard	33	0.420%	32.80x
28	Stout	33	0.420%	87.49x
29	Cunliffe	31	0.390%	31.63x
30	Farington	31	0.390%	1402.71x
31	Westwell	30	0.380%	189.87x
32	Dootson	29	0.370%	255.28x
33	Guest	29	0.370%	17.24x
34	Bullough	28	0.360%	115.89x
35	France	27	0.340%	22.55x
36	Oakes	27	0.340%	23.68x
37	Eckersley	26	0.330%	52.81x
38	Hilton	26	0.330%	9.61x
39	Topping	26	0.330%	47.99x
40	Baines	25	0.320%	16.59x
41	Darbyshire	25	0.320%	59.82x
42	Lea	25	0.320%	16.09x
43	Crank	23	0.290%	143.66x
44	Gore	23	0.290%	25.88x
45	Longworth	23	0.290%	45.74x
46	Rothwell	23	0.290%	15.90x
47	Gaskell	22	0.280%	27.26x
48	Hulme	22	0.280%	13.07x
49	Ramsdale	22	0.280%	116.71x
50	Aspinall	21	0.270%	19.38x
51	Horrocks	21	0.270%	21.71x
52	Hough	21	0.270%	15.49x
53	Ince	21	0.270%	53.54x
54	Mort	21	0.270%	55.29x
55	Greenhalgh	20	0.250%	12.40x
56	Higham	20	0.250%	24.93x
57	Thomason	20	0.250%	43.53x
58	Flitcroft	19	0.240%	124.43x
59	Gregson	19	0.240%	17.44x
60	Ackers	18	0.230%	128.76x
61	Arkwright	18	0.230%	97.30x
62	Oneill	18	0.230%	35.93x
63	Pilling	18	0.230%	18.95x
64	Sharples	18	0.230%	13.08x
65	Farrington	17	0.220%	25.14x
66	Greenalgh	17	0.220%	518.29x
67	Greenough	17	0.220%	85.56x
68	Lyon	17	0.220%	10.30x
69	Southam	17	0.220%	51.73x
70	Cowburn	16	0.200%	55.85x
71	Crompton	16	0.200%	12.08x
72	Atherton	15	0.190%	10.60x
73	Cleworth	15	0.190%	208.33x
74	Disley	15	0.190%	94.94x
75	Tickle	15	0.190%	42.61x
76	Walls	15	0.190%	15.84x
77	Cheetham	14	0.180%	11.49x
78	Croston	14	0.180%	93.77x
79	Langshaw	14	0.180%	265.15x
80	Pennington	14	0.180%	12.01x
81	Ashcroft	13	0.170%	12.34x
82	Birchall	13	0.170%	16.83x
83	Bowker	13	0.170%	16.94x
84	Brindle	13	0.170%	23.01x
85	Darlington	13	0.170%	24.30x
86	Derbyshire	13	0.170%	15.84x
87	Jolly	13	0.170%	11.65x
88	Monks	13	0.170%	20.40x
89	Sharrock	13	0.170%	52.95x
90	Summer	13	0.170%	71.98x
91	Duddy	12	0.150%	166.67x
92	Eden	12	0.150%	15.01x
93	Fairhurst	12	0.150%	18.62x
94	Hayles	12	0.150%	59.76x
95	Landers	12	0.150%	96.08x
96	Leather	12	0.150%	22.33x
97	Livesley	12	0.150%	109.19x
98	Starkey	12	0.150%	15.37x
99	Urmston	12	0.150%	184.90x
100	Waterworth	12	0.150%	35.07x