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 Gatley, with 3 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
801	Gatley	3	0.010%	6.98x
802	Gayner	3	0.010%	22.88x
803	Gormally	3	0.010%	300.00x
804	Greyson	3	0.010%	29.21x
805	Groome	3	0.010%	7.61x
806	Hagerty	3	0.010%	14.14x
807	Hamblet	3	0.010%	18.43x
808	Hamlet	3	0.010%	7.05x
809	Hartigan	3	0.010%	31.81x
810	Hartle	3	0.010%	7.90x
811	Heacock	3	0.010%	49.26x
812	Hedgcock	3	0.010%	17.04x
813	Hillock	3	0.010%	33.26x
814	Histon	3	0.010%	73.35x
815	Holdham	3	0.010%	43.29x
816	Hulton	3	0.010%	6.04x
817	Inglefield	3	0.010%	22.61x
818	Joslyn	3	0.010%	31.25x
819	Kenedy	3	0.010%	9.12x
820	Kestle	3	0.010%	33.59x
821	Lawry	3	0.010%	6.32x
822	Leicester	3	0.010%	5.34x
823	Luce	3	0.010%	6.88x
824	Mallin	3	0.010%	8.83x
825	Mallon	3	0.010%	7.27x
826	Markinson	3	0.010%	179.64x
827	Marney	3	0.010%	6.08x
828	Meacock	3	0.010%	8.87x
829	Melody	3	0.010%	44.91x
830	Merryman	3	0.010%	12.39x
831	Middlehurst	3	0.010%	8.81x
832	Moorcroft	3	0.010%	3.61x
833	Moulds	3	0.010%	6.92x
834	Murtagh	3	0.010%	21.26x
835	Myerscough	3	0.010%	8.06x
836	Nyland	3	0.010%	35.93x
837	Olliver	3	0.010%	5.81x
838	Pearcy	3	0.010%	6.34x
839	Pinches	3	0.010%	6.82x
840	Prendergast	3	0.010%	8.44x
841	Ratford	3	0.010%	22.19x
842	Rearden	3	0.010%	15.83x
843	Rickerby	3	0.010%	13.46x
844	Rigley	3	0.010%	8.76x
845	Rimer	3	0.010%	40.82x
846	Ritter	3	0.010%	25.49x
847	Salters	3	0.010%	115.83x
848	Scrutton	3	0.010%	11.52x
849	Spelman	3	0.010%	11.59x
850	Stirk	3	0.010%	6.38x
851	Streets	3	0.010%	8.83x
852	Stynes	3	0.010%	74.81x
853	Tarbuck	3	0.010%	7.20x
854	Walkley	3	0.010%	7.39x
855	Watney	3	0.010%	37.83x
856	Whitely	3	0.010%	5.67x
857	Allkins	2	0.010%	23.72x
858	Asker	2	0.010%	12.67x
859	Axton	2	0.010%	16.75x
860	Baring	2	0.010%	18.43x
861	Blockley	2	0.010%	3.97x
862	Bonny	2	0.010%	4.62x
863	Brockley	2	0.010%	11.04x
864	Brophy	2	0.010%	5.96x
865	Broster	2	0.010%	4.84x
866	Byrom	2	0.010%	2.95x
867	Cafferty	2	0.010%	13.76x
868	Callander	2	0.010%	3.93x
869	Camble	2	0.010%	17.11x
870	Carten	2	0.010%	77.22x
871	Cleworth	2	0.010%	8.74x
872	Conboy	2	0.010%	24.45x
873	Corbishley	2	0.010%	5.12x
874	Cording	2	0.010%	6.90x
875	Deary	2	0.010%	9.94x
876	Diskin	2	0.010%	26.04x
877	Disley	2	0.010%	3.99x
878	Donohoe	2	0.010%	5.77x
879	Driffield	2	0.010%	9.66x
880	Dunsby	2	0.010%	15.97x
881	Ellaby	2	0.010%	23.04x
882	Fahey	2	0.010%	6.81x
883	Farnall	2	0.010%	35.78x
884	Feeny	2	0.010%	15.76x
885	Flanigan	2	0.010%	4.63x
886	Fogarty	2	0.010%	6.47x
887	Frain	2	0.010%	6.08x
888	Garnet	2	0.010%	7.65x
889	Giblin	2	0.010%	4.13x
890	Gillgrass	2	0.010%	33.73x
891	Gleason	2	0.010%	26.92x
892	Glenton	2	0.010%	10.74x
893	Gorse	2	0.010%	5.70x
894	Guttridge	2	0.010%	4.07x
895	Hamblett	2	0.010%	5.17x
896	Hannon	2	0.010%	5.16x
897	Hession	2	0.010%	20.66x
898	Hidden	2	0.010%	19.80x
899	Hingley	2	0.010%	3.45x
900	Hoey	2	0.010%	4.68x