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1881 census place

Whiston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whiston, 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

130 surnames are listed for Whiston, Lancashire, covering 901 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gavan, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whiston

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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101Gavan139.06x
102Gidman146.51x
103Gormley131.65x
104Gorse126.39x
105Halewood139.22x
106Harney162.89x
107Hawksley130.58x
108Heavey1138.89x
109Hoban138.76x
110Hyam123.53x
111Kaine1113.64x
112Lalley142.74x
113Laurenson115.06x
114Lynam133.56x
115Mulvaney165.36x
116Nealon1163.93x
117Nevins156.18x
118Pettie1126.58x
119Plumbley138.02x
120Renshall1200.00x
121Riston1454.55x
122Rochford138.31x
123Rouke1116.28x
124Rylands126.74x
125Shearan1833.33x
126Sixsmith122.12x
127Stirrup124.57x
128Tarbuck122.17x
129Witherington133.22x
130Worship1166.67x