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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 Reilly, with 17 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
201Reilly176.41x
202Small172.68x
203Speakman1714.79x
204Tickle1715.21x
205Woodier17133.12x
206Conroy168.63x
207Cummins167.50x
208Fogg1611.01x
209Gillon1625.02x
210Hanley167.77x
211Hesketh166.69x
212Hollins1612.21x
213Ince1612.85x
214Inns1634.53x
215Kenny165.34x
216Kiddie1663.04x
217Littler169.64x
218Loftus1611.74x
219Lythgoe1620.81x
220Maguire166.26x
221Moores167.74x
222Oultram16208.33x
223Passey1629.85x
224Roche1615.13x
225Ashley153.59x
226Beasley155.54x
227Bellis1510.56x
228Brannan158.87x
229Carlile1540.93x
230Carty1525.56x
231Colquitt15280.90x
232Corrigan1513.39x
233Daugherty15160.43x
234Ditchfield1517.56x
235Donlan1586.81x
236Fulton154.75x
237Furber1523.49x
238Garrity1533.65x
239Goff159.29x
240Hadfield154.31x
241Hewson157.35x
242Hornby155.27x
243Hosker1564.16x
244Joynson1525.89x
245Lomax154.25x
246Murty15152.28x
247Rogerson154.88x
248Rotherham1529.84x
249Wilding155.10x
250Clews1412.35x
251Coombes145.24x
252Devereaux14101.01x
253Devlin146.84x
254Dooley149.08x
255Farrant149.45x
256Kenney1410.17x
257Magee1412.73x
258Meagher1494.21x
259Pardoe1411.38x
260Shannon147.23x
261Spruce1427.76x
262Sweeny1424.16x
263Travers1411.16x
264Truscott1410.30x
265Winders1459.25x
266Worth146.23x
267Beech133.52x
268Brandwood1340.87x
269Bunt1329.38x
270Butter1310.93x
271Callan1316.17x
272Dagnall1323.99x
273Flood135.92x
274Glassey1396.15x
275Hagan1310.40x
276Hallett134.23x
277Hankinson1315.82x
278Hannen1365.99x
279Jessop134.38x
280Kernan1392.13x
281Mitchel135.32x
282Molloy139.52x
283Neil133.93x
284Purcell137.48x
285Riding137.72x
286Shone1312.77x
287Shuttleworth134.38x
288Baskerville1220.30x
289Broome129.65x
290Calaghan12138.25x
291Cank12293.40x
292Caton1210.02x
293Coogan1274.49x
294Corner126.60x
295Darlington127.06x
296Frame127.56x
297Hines125.63x
298Hoole1214.83x
299Hufton1241.31x
300Jolley129.11x