1881 census place

Witton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Witton, 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

161 surnames are listed for Witton, Lancashire, covering 1,525 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Holden, with 85 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Witton

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	Holden	85	1.95%	35.58x
2	Walsh	58	1.33%	24.98x
3	Haworth	50	1.15%	54.51x
4	Ainsworth	43	0.990%	49.79x
5	Walmsley	38	0.870%	42.11x
6	Sharples	35	0.800%	45.91x
7	Livesey	34	0.780%	79.61x
8	Snape	34	0.780%	84.56x
9	Cronshaw	31	0.710%	286.24x
10	Smalley	31	0.710%	78.56x
11	Eccles	28	0.640%	40.13x
12	Whalley	27	0.620%	39.33x
13	Hindle	25	0.570%	40.80x
14	Grimshaw	24	0.550%	32.94x
15	Duckworth	23	0.530%	27.28x
16	Maudsley	23	0.530%	185.78x
17	Fielding	21	0.480%	21.57x
18	Kenyon	21	0.480%	23.06x
19	Leaver	21	0.480%	74.68x
20	Richmond	20	0.460%	20.93x
21	Dewhurst	17	0.390%	32.85x
22	Earnshaw	17	0.390%	31.53x
23	Hayhurst	17	0.390%	89.19x
24	Spedding	17	0.390%	125.83x
25	Hatch	16	0.370%	42.69x
26	Hodgkinson	16	0.370%	21.35x
27	Markham	16	0.370%	30.82x
28	Riding	16	0.370%	54.44x
29	Rostron	16	0.370%	61.56x
30	Billington	15	0.340%	31.66x
31	Duxbury	15	0.340%	51.25x
32	Eastham	15	0.340%	67.36x
33	Emmett	15	0.340%	41.08x
34	Entwistle	15	0.340%	19.75x
35	Gregson	15	0.340%	24.86x
36	Salisbury	15	0.340%	34.63x
37	Ramsbottom	14	0.320%	47.52x
38	Wilding	14	0.320%	27.31x
39	Croasdale	13	0.300%	187.86x
40	Gilliam	12	0.280%	283.02x
41	Ormerod	12	0.280%	34.40x
42	Duerden	11	0.250%	67.20x
43	Eatough	11	0.250%	217.82x
44	Hamar	11	0.250%	443.55x
45	Corston	10	0.230%	598.80x
46	Coupe	10	0.230%	32.86x
47	Liversedge	10	0.230%	125.47x
48	Pickup	10	0.230%	17.74x
49	Eccleston	9	0.210%	41.17x
50	Heatley	9	0.210%	86.71x
51	Bamber	8	0.180%	23.77x
52	Bullon	8	0.180%	1333.33x
53	Catterall	8	0.180%	29.01x
54	Cottom	8	0.180%	106.67x
55	Lusher	8	0.180%	113.31x
56	Mountford	8	0.180%	20.63x
57	Pinkerton	8	0.180%	74.56x
58	Sanford	8	0.180%	98.40x
59	Sergeant	8	0.180%	38.52x
60	Tatlow	8	0.180%	208.33x
61	Dawber	7	0.160%	72.39x
62	Denney	7	0.160%	66.48x
63	Farran	7	0.160%	220.82x
64	Hacking	7	0.160%	33.90x
65	Haythornthwaite	7	0.160%	187.17x
66	Heald	7	0.160%	25.84x
67	Hesmondhalgh	7	0.160%	238.10x
68	Highton	7	0.160%	70.99x
69	Nulty	7	0.160%	489.51x
70	Parkington	7	0.160%	146.14x
71	Southworth	7	0.160%	31.33x
72	Starkie	7	0.160%	50.18x
73	Thistlethwaite	7	0.160%	99.15x
74	Tootle	7	0.160%	245.61x
75	Walch	7	0.160%	104.79x
76	Woodacre	7	0.160%	510.95x
77	Aspden	6	0.140%	31.27x
78	Boocock	6	0.140%	39.01x
79	Cuerden	6	0.140%	231.66x
80	Farraday	6	0.140%	303.03x
81	Fender	6	0.140%	90.23x
82	Haydock	6	0.140%	43.64x
83	Heyes	6	0.140%	17.77x
84	Omalley	6	0.140%	141.51x
85	Satterthwaite	6	0.140%	80.21x
86	Shorrock	6	0.140%	27.89x
87	Strahan	6	0.140%	284.36x
88	Aspin	5	0.110%	28.47x
89	Beardsworth	5	0.110%	63.13x
90	Blackledge	5	0.110%	42.55x
91	Brade	5	0.110%	146.63x
92	Faucett	5	0.110%	191.57x
93	Gunton	5	0.110%	50.25x
94	Howley	5	0.110%	53.14x
95	Hyland	5	0.110%	28.97x
96	Margerison	5	0.110%	61.88x
97	Ormrod	5	0.110%	35.69x
98	Alty	4	0.090%	50.06x
99	Barow	4	0.090%	888.89x
100	Borrowdale	4	0.090%	117.30x