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 Rafferty, with 40 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
201	Rafferty	40	0.080%	16.01x
202	Roby	40	0.080%	34.11x
203	Rothwell	40	0.080%	4.49x
204	Calland	39	0.080%	50.97x
205	Cunliffe	39	0.080%	6.47x
206	Frost	39	0.080%	1.43x
207	Daniels	38	0.080%	2.50x
208	Forster	38	0.080%	2.39x
209	Foy	38	0.080%	9.50x
210	Ince	38	0.080%	15.75x
211	Jameson	38	0.080%	7.09x
212	Lawson	38	0.080%	1.33x
213	Pendlebury	38	0.080%	12.23x
214	Appleton	37	0.080%	4.87x
215	Bithell	37	0.080%	53.08x
216	Carroll	37	0.080%	3.80x
217	Chamberlain	37	0.080%	2.81x
218	Connell	37	0.080%	4.39x
219	Draper	37	0.080%	3.24x
220	Hague	37	0.080%	4.86x
221	Litherland	37	0.080%	33.69x
222	Longshaw	37	0.080%	43.74x
223	Bullock	36	0.070%	2.28x
224	Doran	36	0.070%	8.94x
225	Fairbrother	36	0.070%	13.07x
226	Thorpe	36	0.070%	1.88x
227	Woodcock	36	0.070%	2.60x
228	Bond	35	0.070%	1.36x
229	Burke	35	0.070%	2.46x
230	Hickey	35	0.070%	11.60x
231	Lyons	35	0.070%	3.25x
232	Mercer	35	0.070%	2.75x
233	Conway	34	0.070%	3.75x
234	Dewhurst	34	0.070%	5.91x
235	Fish	34	0.070%	3.77x
236	Sumner	34	0.070%	4.33x
237	Coates	33	0.070%	1.83x
238	Dennett	33	0.070%	15.78x
239	Entwistle	33	0.070%	3.91x
240	Grimshaw	33	0.070%	4.08x
241	Makinson	33	0.070%	23.81x
242	Hardman	32	0.070%	3.28x
243	Leatherbarrow	32	0.070%	31.60x
244	Pope	32	0.070%	1.92x
245	Rutter	32	0.070%	4.34x
246	Speakman	32	0.070%	14.37x
247	Causey	31	0.060%	180.86x
248	Cheetham	31	0.060%	4.14x
249	Clarkson	31	0.060%	2.41x
250	Dowling	31	0.060%	5.78x
251	Griffin	31	0.060%	1.36x
252	Higgins	31	0.060%	1.27x
253	Monaghan	31	0.060%	8.83x
254	Waddington	31	0.060%	3.94x
255	Bryan	30	0.060%	2.50x
256	Callaghan	30	0.060%	5.47x
257	Dainty	30	0.060%	22.45x
258	Davenport	30	0.060%	3.27x
259	Fogg	30	0.060%	10.66x
260	Hogan	30	0.060%	6.16x
261	Holding	30	0.060%	6.99x
262	Hough	30	0.060%	3.60x
263	Lawton	30	0.060%	2.40x
264	Malone	30	0.060%	7.74x
265	Mitchinson	30	0.060%	24.28x
266	Ormesher	30	0.060%	95.60x
267	Orrell	30	0.060%	16.65x
268	Roper	30	0.060%	2.98x
269	Stockley	30	0.060%	14.35x
270	Sweeney	30	0.060%	4.63x
271	Abbott	29	0.060%	1.36x
272	Bramwell	29	0.060%	10.61x
273	Brogan	29	0.060%	17.75x
274	Donnelly	29	0.060%	4.76x
275	Farrell	29	0.060%	3.16x
276	Gregson	29	0.060%	4.33x
277	Grimes	29	0.060%	5.18x
278	Middlehurst	29	0.060%	43.95x
279	Mort	29	0.060%	12.41x
280	Cahill	28	0.060%	12.56x
281	Cookson	28	0.060%	4.90x
282	Farnworth	28	0.060%	11.23x
283	Gleave	28	0.060%	13.73x
284	Leech	28	0.060%	3.55x
285	Monks	28	0.060%	7.14x
286	Obrien	28	0.060%	3.91x
287	Taberner	28	0.060%	49.60x
288	Wilding	28	0.060%	4.92x
289	Anderton	27	0.060%	4.70x
290	Boyle	27	0.060%	2.15x
291	Disley	27	0.060%	27.77x
292	Eastham	27	0.060%	10.92x
293	Halsall	27	0.060%	10.58x
294	Park	27	0.060%	1.80x
295	Winnard	27	0.060%	44.05x
296	Woosey	27	0.060%	95.91x
297	Astley	26	0.050%	8.09x
298	Bamber	26	0.050%	6.96x
299	Glassbrook	26	0.050%	139.78x
300	Hagan	26	0.050%	10.74x