1881 census place

Worsley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Worsley, 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

754 surnames are listed for Worsley, Lancashire, covering 12,215 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Berry, with 344 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Worsley

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	Berry	344	1.61%	20.29x
2	Chapman	250	1.17%	8.24x
3	Yates	181	0.850%	12.33x
4	Jackson	177	0.830%	2.96x
5	Wallwork	171	0.800%	137.58x
6	Royle	157	0.730%	55.85x
7	Seddon	148	0.690%	42.64x
8	Rushton	146	0.680%	33.13x
9	Greenhalgh	143	0.670%	32.67x
10	Hardman	137	0.640%	31.87x
11	Grundy	136	0.640%	31.09x
12	Cooke	134	0.630%	11.36x
13	Collier	129	0.600%	18.06x
14	Morris	129	0.600%	2.71x
15	Sharples	126	0.590%	33.73x
16	Brooks	116	0.540%	5.55x
17	Knight	116	0.540%	4.40x
18	Owen	115	0.540%	4.53x
19	Marsh	109	0.510%	7.15x
20	Pollitt	105	0.490%	63.68x
21	Barnes	103	0.480%	4.00x
22	Booth	101	0.470%	4.79x
23	Potter	100	0.470%	7.22x
24	Edge	99	0.460%	26.89x
25	Halliday	97	0.450%	21.97x
26	Mather	96	0.450%	18.12x
27	Pearson	95	0.440%	3.83x
28	Farnworth	94	0.440%	85.49x
29	Hilton	94	0.440%	12.80x
30	Hope	91	0.430%	12.51x
31	Walton	90	0.420%	5.98x
32	Rawlinson	87	0.410%	34.15x
33	Barlow	86	0.400%	7.45x
34	Partington	82	0.380%	27.05x
35	Hayes	78	0.370%	5.87x
36	Eckersley	76	0.360%	56.87x
37	Mullineux	73	0.340%	334.40x
38	Crossley	72	0.340%	12.27x
39	Howard	72	0.340%	3.43x
40	Whitehead	71	0.330%	4.92x
41	Brookes	70	0.330%	13.95x
42	Howarth	70	0.330%	6.82x
43	Hurst	70	0.330%	9.17x
44	Parkinson	69	0.320%	6.73x
45	Boardman	65	0.300%	18.96x
46	York	62	0.290%	21.95x
47	Aldred	61	0.290%	33.24x
48	Higson	61	0.290%	44.64x
49	Redford	61	0.290%	52.97x
50	Mullineaux	58	0.270%	364.55x
51	Whittle	58	0.270%	12.46x
52	Crompton	57	0.270%	15.85x
53	Dyson	56	0.260%	8.09x
54	Unsworth	56	0.260%	22.80x
55	Bradshaw	55	0.260%	6.27x
56	Clough	55	0.260%	11.53x
57	Rothwell	55	0.260%	14.00x
58	Hampson	54	0.250%	14.02x
59	Arden	53	0.250%	103.17x
60	Parr	52	0.240%	9.74x
61	Morton	50	0.230%	4.38x
62	Cheetham	48	0.220%	14.52x
63	Ainsworth	47	0.220%	11.11x
64	Longworth	47	0.220%	34.43x
65	Tyldesley	47	0.220%	163.48x
66	Worthington	47	0.220%	10.97x
67	Howell	46	0.220%	5.11x
68	Kershaw	45	0.210%	6.53x
69	Tonge	45	0.210%	33.07x
70	Entwistle	43	0.200%	11.55x
71	Higginbottom	42	0.200%	30.08x
72	Gaskell	41	0.190%	18.72x
73	Lane	41	0.190%	2.78x
74	Heaton	40	0.190%	7.82x
75	Lomas	40	0.190%	10.13x
76	Blower	38	0.180%	30.11x
77	Gorton	38	0.180%	28.65x
78	Fildes	37	0.170%	72.22x
79	Gratrix	37	0.170%	144.47x
80	Higgins	37	0.170%	3.42x
81	Wolstenholme	37	0.170%	21.70x
82	Eden	36	0.170%	16.59x
83	Whittaker	36	0.170%	3.56x
84	Ashworth	35	0.160%	4.11x
85	Healey	35	0.160%	10.03x
86	Wolstencroft	35	0.160%	41.82x
87	Worrall	35	0.160%	12.89x
88	Worsley	35	0.160%	18.74x
89	Cunliffe	34	0.160%	12.78x
90	Meadowcroft	34	0.160%	43.80x
91	Ridyard	34	0.160%	109.54x
92	Andrew	33	0.150%	4.87x
93	Kenyon	33	0.150%	7.40x
94	Mann	33	0.150%	2.93x
95	Sackfield	33	0.150%	457.70x
96	Smethurst	33	0.150%	20.17x
97	Astle	32	0.150%	46.04x
98	Heywood	32	0.150%	7.53x
99	Pendlebury	32	0.150%	23.35x
100	Derbyshire	31	0.150%	13.92x