1881 census place

Wuerdle Wardle surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wuerdle Wardle, 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

237 surnames are listed for Wuerdle Wardle, Lancashire, covering 6,935 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Butterworth, with 425 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wuerdle Wardle

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	Butterworth	425	4.04%	112.48x
2	Bamford	296	2.81%	186.87x
3	Howarth	284	2.70%	56.16x
4	Kershaw	282	2.68%	83.09x
5	Stott	267	2.54%	81.22x
6	Holt	266	2.53%	37.76x
7	Lord	257	2.44%	52.97x
8	Schofield	243	2.31%	42.60x
9	Mills	220	2.09%	16.12x
10	Crossley	169	1.61%	58.50x
11	Ashworth	164	1.56%	39.06x
12	Leach	153	1.45%	35.24x
13	Brierley	138	1.31%	73.84x
14	Whitworth	135	1.28%	76.79x
15	Hartley	121	1.15%	18.35x
16	Dearden	118	1.12%	114.34x
17	Rigg	111	1.05%	125.45x
18	Cryer	105	1.00%	181.32x
19	Greenwood	105	1.00%	12.85x
20	Wild	105	1.00%	24.49x
21	Chadwick	103	0.980%	22.38x
22	Law	98	0.930%	20.59x
23	Matthew	94	0.890%	118.31x
24	Fielding	92	0.870%	39.16x
25	Buckley	91	0.860%	15.89x
26	Clegg	90	0.860%	25.12x
27	Shepherd	81	0.770%	10.50x
28	Fitton	79	0.750%	66.76x
29	Grindrod	70	0.670%	165.88x
30	Midgley	67	0.640%	47.51x
31	Hollows	64	0.610%	310.83x
32	Whitehead	64	0.610%	9.00x
33	Crabtree	63	0.600%	29.73x
34	Sutcliffe	54	0.510%	12.99x
35	Cheetham	52	0.490%	31.94x
36	Hoyle	51	0.480%	21.00x
37	Royds	51	0.480%	296.17x
38	Shore	50	0.480%	44.18x
39	Whipp	49	0.470%	144.37x
40	Whatmough	45	0.430%	201.70x
41	Pickup	41	0.390%	30.14x
42	Stansfield	36	0.340%	22.16x
43	Mellor	35	0.330%	9.44x
44	Travis	33	0.310%	26.73x
45	Cropper	31	0.290%	48.90x
46	Heap	30	0.290%	16.80x
47	Whitaker	29	0.280%	9.76x
48	Woolfenden	28	0.270%	185.31x
49	Crowther	27	0.260%	8.59x
50	Woodhead	27	0.260%	13.69x
51	Wrigley	25	0.240%	18.78x
52	Heyworth	24	0.230%	49.46x
53	Sladen	23	0.220%	126.58x
54	Binns	22	0.210%	12.62x
55	Coupe	21	0.200%	28.59x
56	Rayner	21	0.200%	8.00x
57	Entwistle	20	0.190%	10.91x
58	Healey	20	0.190%	11.64x
59	Wallwork	20	0.190%	32.67x
60	Tattersall	19	0.180%	13.00x
61	Boss	18	0.170%	134.83x
62	Bottomley	18	0.170%	10.27x
63	Fairburn	18	0.170%	66.18x
64	Halkyard	18	0.170%	149.38x
65	Radcliffe	17	0.160%	13.91x
66	Wilde	17	0.160%	11.10x
67	Earnshaw	16	0.150%	12.30x
68	Wilcock	16	0.150%	10.69x
69	Diggle	15	0.140%	38.98x
70	Garside	15	0.140%	9.88x
71	Helliwell	15	0.140%	15.47x
72	Sugden	15	0.140%	12.33x
73	Trippier	15	0.140%	273.72x
74	Belfield	14	0.130%	52.49x
75	Brearley	14	0.130%	21.30x
76	Catterall	14	0.130%	21.04x
77	Hey	14	0.130%	15.02x
78	Ridings	14	0.130%	59.91x
79	Watmough	14	0.130%	54.64x
80	Highley	13	0.120%	76.92x
81	Rawson	13	0.120%	11.32x
82	Hawkyard	12	0.110%	132.89x
83	Higginbottom	12	0.110%	17.45x
84	Longworth	12	0.110%	17.85x
85	Mathew	12	0.110%	30.39x
86	Fielden	11	0.100%	17.93x
87	Haworth	11	0.100%	4.97x
88	Normington	11	0.100%	41.53x
89	Tayler	11	0.100%	19.00x
90	Whittles	11	0.100%	66.35x
91	Bently	10	0.100%	36.76x
92	Blomley	10	0.100%	96.15x
93	Buckly	10	0.100%	77.76x
94	Halstead	10	0.100%	11.42x
95	Helm	10	0.100%	21.27x
96	Hindley	10	0.100%	11.55x
97	Horsfall	10	0.100%	9.42x
98	Lenord	10	0.100%	249.38x
99	Livsey	10	0.100%	26.87x
100	Swire	10	0.100%	95.15x