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 Cormell, with 7 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
801	Cormell	7	0.010%	83.23x
802	Crews	7	0.010%	8.23x
803	Diamond	7	0.010%	3.11x
804	Dixson	7	0.010%	15.63x
805	Donahue	7	0.010%	28.10x
806	Donohue	7	0.010%	6.25x
807	Dooner	7	0.010%	94.09x
808	Dowswell	7	0.010%	60.98x
809	Durnan	7	0.010%	72.16x
810	Finny	7	0.010%	46.05x
811	Frayne	7	0.010%	20.71x
812	Fynn	7	0.010%	23.40x
813	Gabbott	7	0.010%	22.42x
814	Halpin	7	0.010%	8.07x
815	Hannon	7	0.010%	9.33x
816	Hemsworth	7	0.010%	9.33x
817	Hickinson	7	0.010%	50.91x
818	Hulse	7	0.010%	2.28x
819	Japp	7	0.010%	14.33x
820	Jonathan	7	0.010%	25.02x
821	Kearn	7	0.010%	27.74x
822	Kinane	7	0.010%	333.33x
823	Lathom	7	0.010%	22.42x
824	Liptrott	7	0.010%	27.40x
825	Mahony	7	0.010%	6.36x
826	Matter	7	0.010%	333.33x
827	Mauley	7	0.010%	53.44x
828	Maycock	7	0.010%	3.12x
829	Moan	7	0.010%	29.24x
830	Mounsey	7	0.010%	5.04x
831	Nurden	7	0.010%	66.60x
832	Nuttal	7	0.010%	9.13x
833	Ollerenshaw	7	0.010%	6.11x
834	Percey	7	0.010%	21.75x
835	Peterkin	7	0.010%	9.35x
836	Phythian	7	0.010%	14.47x
837	Pollitt	7	0.010%	1.87x
838	Rouke	7	0.010%	45.54x
839	Saxon	7	0.010%	4.36x
840	Sefton	7	0.010%	4.40x
841	Sharmon	7	0.010%	40.84x
842	Smallshaw	7	0.010%	24.05x
843	Snelson	7	0.010%	6.36x
844	Spedding	7	0.010%	4.66x
845	Spellman	7	0.010%	12.33x
846	Summer	7	0.010%	6.30x
847	Tacker	7	0.010%	73.38x
848	Tally	7	0.010%	77.35x
849	Tracy	7	0.010%	5.24x
850	Trowbridge	7	0.010%	5.42x
851	Wigan	7	0.010%	20.91x
852	Wilford	7	0.010%	3.59x
853	Wolstencroft	7	0.010%	3.69x
854	Youd	7	0.010%	11.57x
855	Agan	6	0.010%	55.35x
856	Allard	6	0.010%	3.52x
857	Backley	6	0.010%	47.58x
858	Bartham	6	0.010%	55.35x
859	Belsham	6	0.010%	8.55x
860	Bernard	6	0.010%	2.99x
861	Blaylock	6	0.010%	7.11x
862	Bleasdale	6	0.010%	4.04x
863	Blight	6	0.010%	2.74x
864	Blundel	6	0.010%	48.82x
865	Briers	6	0.010%	6.58x
866	Briody	6	0.010%	77.32x
867	Brydone	6	0.010%	33.73x
868	Cairnie	6	0.010%	20.61x
869	Carberry	6	0.010%	18.64x
870	Carmody	6	0.010%	25.23x
871	Caslin	6	0.010%	57.09x
872	Caunce	6	0.010%	8.43x
873	Connoly	6	0.010%	9.25x
874	Corwell	6	0.010%	75.66x
875	Craft	6	0.010%	5.61x
876	Cryan	6	0.010%	34.68x
877	Cubby	6	0.010%	50.80x
878	Cumberbatch	6	0.010%	32.54x
879	Dirkin	6	0.010%	33.73x
880	Elsworth	6	0.010%	3.38x
881	Emmison	6	0.010%	63.97x
882	Farrelly	6	0.010%	23.18x
883	Feilding	6	0.010%	19.63x
884	Fenny	6	0.010%	15.99x
885	Finley	6	0.010%	4.48x
886	Fitzhenry	6	0.010%	40.76x
887	Fitzsimmons	6	0.010%	5.06x
888	Foggon	6	0.010%	27.08x
889	Fort	6	0.010%	5.27x
890	Gavaghan	6	0.010%	46.99x
891	Gaynor	6	0.010%	11.66x
892	Gornall	6	0.010%	4.34x
893	Goulbourn	6	0.010%	31.43x
894	Greives	6	0.010%	36.01x
895	Griffen	6	0.010%	3.79x
896	Hains	6	0.010%	7.29x
897	Hargraves	6	0.010%	3.54x
898	Harold	6	0.010%	5.71x
899	Hasler	6	0.010%	4.96x
900	Hawarth	6	0.010%	23.18x