1881 census place

Wigan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wigan, 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

1,668 surnames are listed for Wigan, Lancashire, covering 32,983 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Curtain, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wigan

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
1301	Curtain	2	0.000%	7.40x
1302	Deacy	2	0.000%	34.36x
1303	Devany	2	0.000%	8.35x
1304	Devereaux	2	0.000%	7.45x
1305	Diffley	2	0.000%	47.62x
1306	Donaghy	2	0.000%	3.98x
1307	Dootson	2	0.000%	2.86x
1308	Dorgan	2	0.000%	14.05x
1309	Doward	2	0.000%	8.96x
1310	Driscol	2	0.000%	6.06x
1311	Dryhurst	2	0.000%	23.34x
1312	Dugan	2	0.000%	2.12x
1313	Dunigan	2	0.000%	20.96x
1314	Ell	2	0.000%	7.59x
1315	Falla	2	0.000%	2.74x
1316	Fanning	2	0.000%	3.89x
1317	Faughnan	2	0.000%	312.50x
1318	Flanigan	2	0.000%	2.39x
1319	Flitcher	2	0.000%	51.55x
1320	Flitcroft	2	0.000%	2.13x
1321	Fone	2	0.000%	4.39x
1322	Frane	2	0.000%	16.93x
1323	Garrity	2	0.000%	2.32x
1324	Gatfield	2	0.000%	5.40x
1325	Gillibrand	2	0.000%	2.03x
1326	Goldstone	2	0.000%	2.47x
1327	Gorrie	2	0.000%	1.94x
1328	Gorse	2	0.000%	2.94x
1329	Grattan	2	0.000%	5.28x
1330	Gribben	2	0.000%	5.65x
1331	Grocott	2	0.000%	1.44x
1332	Grounds	2	0.000%	2.44x
1333	Grylls	2	0.000%	9.23x
1334	Hailes	2	0.000%	2.97x
1335	Hallows	2	0.000%	2.10x
1336	Hanney	2	0.000%	2.58x
1337	Hardey	2	0.000%	4.77x
1338	Haring	2	0.000%	28.78x
1339	Haselton	2	0.000%	16.71x
1340	Hasleden	2	0.000%	19.94x
1341	Hatchell	2	0.000%	28.09x
1342	Heaphy	2	0.000%	103.09x
1343	Henny	2	0.000%	6.37x
1344	Histon	2	0.000%	25.22x
1345	Hoey	2	0.000%	2.41x
1346	Horder	2	0.000%	3.43x
1347	Horridge	2	0.000%	1.66x
1348	Horrock	2	0.000%	10.22x
1349	Johnsons	2	0.000%	26.32x
1350	Keddy	2	0.000%	13.90x
1351	Kerns	2	0.000%	9.81x
1352	Kirwin	2	0.000%	6.99x
1353	Kneller	2	0.000%	3.91x
1354	Kniveton	2	0.000%	6.58x
1355	Laughran	2	0.000%	19.32x
1356	Laven	2	0.000%	9.30x
1357	Leddy	2	0.000%	9.23x
1358	Lillis	2	0.000%	11.04x
1359	Lindon	2	0.000%	2.46x
1360	Loughman	2	0.000%	14.73x
1361	Lowton	2	0.000%	5.31x
1362	Malling	2	0.000%	17.42x
1363	Marren	2	0.000%	7.49x
1364	Marrey	2	0.000%	88.50x
1365	Marron	2	0.000%	5.42x
1366	Mcallister	2	0.000%	6.51x
1367	Mcgill	2	0.000%	4.16x
1368	Mcgough	2	0.000%	18.45x
1369	Michaelson	2	0.000%	29.46x
1370	Miley	2	0.000%	11.34x
1371	Mountfield	2	0.000%	7.63x
1372	Muldowney	2	0.000%	11.67x
1373	Naylon	2	0.000%	53.76x
1374	Neagle	2	0.000%	5.52x
1375	Nevitt	2	0.000%	3.19x
1376	Night	2	0.000%	8.24x
1377	Ormes	2	0.000%	6.41x
1378	Pilkinton	2	0.000%	14.21x
1379	Proper	2	0.000%	26.32x
1380	Reily	2	0.000%	4.50x
1381	Rowen	2	0.000%	4.00x
1382	Roylance	2	0.000%	2.96x
1383	Shawcross	2	0.000%	1.25x
1384	Shee	2	0.000%	5.70x
1385	Sherridan	2	0.000%	7.98x
1386	Sidebotham	2	0.000%	2.03x
1387	Skilling	2	0.000%	4.12x
1388	Skillings	2	0.000%	10.85x
1389	Stopford	2	0.000%	1.95x
1390	Tarpey	2	0.000%	6.47x
1391	Tayor	2	0.000%	17.42x
1392	Trainor	2	0.000%	3.34x
1393	Wason	2	0.000%	4.85x
1394	Waywell	2	0.000%	7.93x
1395	Whitelegge	2	0.000%	15.86x
1396	Widdows	2	0.000%	2.35x
1397	Wolff	2	0.000%	3.75x
1398	Abbett	1	0.000%	12.61x
1399	Adkinson	1	0.000%	3.72x
1400	Alcott	1	0.000%	6.44x