1881 census place

Withnell surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Withnell, 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

80 surnames are listed for Withnell, Lancashire, covering 700 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brindle, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Withnell

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
1	Brindle	48	2.26%	314.55x
2	Hodkinson	43	2.02%	286.48x
3	Snape	40	1.88%	203.98x
4	Waring	31	1.46%	116.02x
5	Duxbury	28	1.32%	196.08x
6	Butterfield	26	1.22%	91.48x
7	Livesey	25	1.18%	120.02x
8	Pilkington	24	1.13%	62.79x
9	Butt	23	1.08%	83.82x
10	Hindle	23	1.08%	76.95x
11	Backhouse	21	0.990%	132.58x
12	Sumner	16	0.750%	46.46x
13	Nightingale	15	0.710%	41.84x
14	Whalley	14	0.660%	41.82x
15	Southworth	12	0.560%	110.19x
16	Blackledge	11	0.520%	191.97x
17	Cookson	11	0.520%	43.86x
18	Still	11	0.520%	82.15x
19	Vacher	11	0.520%	909.09x
20	Catterall	10	0.470%	74.35x
21	Glossop	10	0.470%	133.69x
22	Pendlebury	10	0.470%	73.31x
23	Phillipson	10	0.470%	126.74x
24	Rossall	10	0.470%	483.09x
25	Stringfellow	10	0.470%	180.51x
26	Brownlow	9	0.420%	140.41x
27	Raymond	8	0.380%	65.20x
28	Sankey	8	0.380%	90.81x
29	Wignal	8	0.380%	1194.03x
30	Cottam	7	0.330%	54.10x
31	Riding	7	0.330%	48.85x
32	Whipp	7	0.330%	102.04x
33	Basford	6	0.280%	93.90x
34	Cowburn	6	0.280%	77.52x
35	Hacking	6	0.280%	59.58x
36	Heys	6	0.280%	38.61x
37	Houlker	6	0.280%	495.87x
38	Longton	6	0.280%	199.34x
39	Morey	6	0.280%	85.71x
40	Smithies	6	0.280%	79.26x
41	Woodburn	6	0.280%	89.02x
42	Haddington	5	0.240%	495.05x
43	Maye	5	0.240%	625.00x
44	Speak	5	0.240%	67.57x
45	Allsup	4	0.190%	769.23x
46	Alty	4	0.190%	102.56x
47	Beardsworth	4	0.190%	103.63x
48	Caunce	4	0.190%	128.21x
49	Cheney	4	0.190%	61.26x
50	Coulston	4	0.190%	183.49x
51	Gabbott	4	0.190%	291.97x
52	Jarret	4	0.190%	363.64x
53	Parke	4	0.190%	79.37x
54	Ainscough	3	0.140%	52.45x
55	Culshaw	3	0.140%	37.27x
56	Duerden	3	0.140%	37.59x
57	Durcan	3	0.140%	1200.00x
58	Halston	3	0.140%	1034.48x
59	Walmesley	3	0.140%	119.05x
60	Beardwood	2	0.090%	116.28x
61	Bithell	2	0.090%	65.36x
62	Cartmell	2	0.090%	46.73x
63	Crankshaw	2	0.090%	69.44x
64	Ironfield	2	0.090%	307.69x
65	Liptrot	2	0.090%	47.62x
66	Moulden	2	0.090%	75.76x
67	Newbould	2	0.090%	40.90x
68	Taylors	2	0.090%	4000.00x
69	Borton	1	0.050%	47.85x
70	Brach	1	0.050%	434.78x
71	Cafferty	1	0.050%	80.65x
72	Commons	1	0.050%	63.29x
73	Davenhill	1	0.050%	185.19x
74	Highcock	1	0.050%	105.26x
75	Iddon	1	0.050%	18.62x
76	Marriage	1	0.050%	46.08x
77	Rishton	1	0.050%	49.75x
78	Scowcroft	1	0.050%	30.58x
79	Tootle	1	0.050%	71.94x
80	Withnell	1	0.050%	93.46x