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1881 census place

Widnes surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Widnes, 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

1,132 surnames are listed for Widnes, Lancashire, covering 12,276 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Widnes

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1101Rilly121.01x
1102Rolston110.99x
1103Sansbury110.70x
1104Saye123.47x
1105Shard19.35x
1106Sharley112.48x
1107Sibly19.14x
1108Sidell123.04x
1109Skarratt121.01x
1110Skelhorn16.88x
1111Snoddy147.85x
1112Spellman13.41x
1113Summerell111.52x
1114Tarton140.00x
1115Tearney15.25x
1116Tedman19.35x
1117Templar16.65x
1118Tildsley15.65x
1119Timmons17.49x
1120Tool16.93x
1121Tothill14.97x
1122Tuer18.68x
1123Tunnacliffe112.48x
1124Verden123.47x
1125Victory19.01x
1126Weedall16.37x
1127Welding15.90x
1128Westwell11.99x
1129Wines15.21x
1130Wollen111.52x
1131Wycherley13.49x
1132Yoxall12.46x