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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 Lemare, with 1 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.

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301Lemare162.50x
302Manion18.97x
303Margerson136.23x
304Massam116.39x
305Millburn110.96x
306Nester155.87x
307Ormshaw1123.46x
308Osburn139.68x
309Pomfrett136.23x
310Postlewaite130.21x
311Raikes124.88x
312Ridgley110.12x
313Rosendale121.98x
314Sally159.52x
315Scofield110.28x
316Titherington114.14x
317Walsham110.45x
318Westhead15.47x
319Wigan118.38x
320Winstanly130.21x
321Yate138.46x