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 Lyons, with 27 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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Lyons	27	0.110%	4.85x
102	Plumpton	27	0.110%	59.56x
103	Turton	27	0.110%	9.61x
104	Wilde	27	0.110%	7.42x
105	Boyle	26	0.100%	4.01x
106	Hyland	26	0.100%	26.28x
107	Kelsall	26	0.100%	20.66x
108	Kenyon	26	0.100%	4.98x
109	Rawlinson	26	0.100%	8.72x
110	Sadler	26	0.100%	4.41x
111	Whitby	26	0.100%	17.08x
112	Appleton	25	0.100%	6.38x
113	Flynn	25	0.100%	5.22x
114	Roach	25	0.100%	6.79x
115	Tallon	25	0.100%	123.21x
116	Edwardson	24	0.100%	78.13x
117	Hackney	24	0.100%	22.01x
118	Rathbone	24	0.100%	17.28x
119	Bold	23	0.090%	33.19x
120	Daley	23	0.090%	7.82x
121	Fenlon	23	0.090%	239.58x
122	Fitzpatrick	23	0.090%	6.29x
123	Moran	23	0.090%	5.02x
124	Warburton	23	0.090%	3.73x
125	Ankers	22	0.090%	35.28x
126	Barrow	22	0.090%	4.15x
127	Case	22	0.090%	8.81x
128	Clare	22	0.090%	6.08x
129	Cookson	22	0.090%	7.46x
130	Flanagan	22	0.090%	11.23x
131	Grady	22	0.090%	13.35x
132	Morrisey	22	0.090%	73.21x
133	Pye	22	0.090%	5.88x
134	Rooney	22	0.090%	9.86x
135	Rylands	22	0.090%	63.66x
136	Sankey	22	0.090%	21.23x
137	Seddon	22	0.090%	5.42x
138	Bevan	21	0.080%	3.43x
139	Bradburn	21	0.080%	21.08x
140	Fairclough	21	0.080%	8.05x
141	Fallon	21	0.080%	22.72x
142	Glynn	21	0.080%	19.01x
143	Rimmer	21	0.080%	5.26x
144	Carney	20	0.080%	8.85x
145	Dempsey	20	0.080%	12.76x
146	Doran	20	0.080%	9.62x
147	Duffey	20	0.080%	22.30x
148	Finn	20	0.080%	8.77x
149	Gallimore	20	0.080%	25.24x
150	Grice	20	0.080%	7.76x
151	Hague	20	0.080%	5.09x
152	Hogan	20	0.080%	7.96x
153	Keegan	20	0.080%	24.08x
154	Noon	20	0.080%	11.13x
155	Standish	20	0.080%	41.02x
156	Tracey	20	0.080%	12.62x
157	Twigg	20	0.080%	11.43x
158	Weir	20	0.080%	3.08x
159	Carey	19	0.080%	4.03x
160	Caulfield	19	0.080%	43.85x
161	Cavanagh	19	0.080%	10.07x
162	Gorst	19	0.080%	34.85x
163	Handley	19	0.080%	4.50x
164	Hatton	19	0.080%	3.87x
165	Kehoe	19	0.080%	51.25x
166	Kinsey	19	0.080%	11.61x
167	Large	19	0.080%	7.37x
168	Leadbetter	19	0.080%	14.66x
169	Percival	19	0.080%	4.85x
170	Percy	19	0.080%	8.15x
171	Redmond	19	0.080%	20.78x
172	Roscoe	19	0.080%	12.24x
173	Starkey	19	0.080%	7.66x
174	Tilley	19	0.080%	5.79x
175	Allman	18	0.070%	15.33x
176	Balmer	18	0.070%	19.03x
177	Betney	18	0.070%	181.27x
178	Caldwell	18	0.070%	4.60x
179	Canavan	18	0.070%	61.60x
180	Cassidy	18	0.070%	5.89x
181	Cooney	18	0.070%	17.35x
182	Crompton	18	0.070%	4.28x
183	Darwell	18	0.070%	135.64x
184	Dorning	18	0.070%	94.99x
185	Oakes	18	0.070%	4.97x
186	Pountain	18	0.070%	146.70x
187	Royle	18	0.070%	5.47x
188	Sherratt	18	0.070%	12.53x
189	Traynor	18	0.070%	30.50x
190	Wharton	18	0.070%	5.14x
191	Bate	17	0.070%	4.01x
192	Callaghan	17	0.070%	6.00x
193	Conway	17	0.070%	3.63x
194	Daly	17	0.070%	6.89x
195	Duggan	17	0.070%	8.88x
196	Fenney	17	0.070%	56.09x
197	Hedgecock	17	0.070%	48.60x
198	Kilroy	17	0.070%	40.00x
199	Palin	17	0.070%	15.86x
200	Power	17	0.070%	5.08x