Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Grange, Cheshire

Acton Grange is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cheshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
MASSEY127.5949297.03
WRIGHT85.063315.78
POWELL74.430435.52
DOBSON74.4304100.43
BASNETT63.79753,000.00
HIGGINSON53.1646316.46
TOFT53.1646806.45
VERNON53.1646192.31
RIGBY42.531687.34
CARR42.531635.09
JOHNSON42.53167.53
THOMAS42.53166.14
SPENCER31.898720.80
BAXTER31.898731.85
BALL31.898722.99
COOPER31.89877.81
TAYLOR21.26581.98
HIGGINS21.265825.03
DICKINSON21.265829.63
LINSKY21.26586,666.67
HINDLEY21.2658153.85
HEWITT21.265825.97
BUCKNER21.26582,000.00
JENKS21.2658370.37
BATE10.632937.31
ANDREWS10.63296.61
HARDY10.632910.57
DARLEY10.6329149.25
LAWSON10.632910.74
GREGORY10.63299.02
SADLER10.632926.88
CLARK10.63292.11
KELLY10.63295.78
ENTWISTLE10.632936.36
BRACKEN10.6329384.62
HUSSEY10.632962.89
WARD10.63292.90
DOONEY10.63295,000.00
MILLINGTON10.632941.84
THOMSON10.63294.74
HANNON10.6329416.67
CORLEY10.6329416.67
LAMBERT10.632911.60
GOLDSBOROUGH10.6329833.33
RODDY10.6329666.67
WILSON10.63291.38
EDWARDS10.63292.27
PRITCHARD10.632911.75
DOOLEY10.6329103.09
MAY10.63299.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LINSKY0.161586666.6667
DOONEY0.161585000.0000
BASNETT0.161583000.0000
BUCKNER0.161582000.0000
GOLDSBOROUGH0.16158833.3333
TOFT0.16158806.4516
RODDY0.16158666.6667
HANNON0.16158416.6667
CORLEY0.16158416.6667
BRACKEN0.16158384.6154
JENKS0.16158370.3704
HIGGINSON0.16158316.4557
MASSEY0.16158297.0297
VERNON0.16158192.3077
HINDLEY0.16158153.8462
DARLEY0.16158149.2537
LEADBETTER0.16158121.9512
DOOLEY0.16158103.0928
DOBSON0.16158100.4304
FOULDS0.1615893.4579
RIGBY0.1615887.3362
HUSSEY0.1615862.8931
KENNY0.1615852.9101
MILLINGTON0.1615841.8410
BATE0.1615837.3134
ENTWISTLE0.1615836.3636
POWELL0.1615835.5150
CARR0.1615835.0877
BAXTER0.1615831.8471
ROBINS0.1615829.8507
DICKINSON0.1615829.6296
DUTTON0.1615827.9330
SADLER0.1615826.8817
HEWITT0.1615825.9740
HIGGINS0.1615825.0313
WEIR0.1615824.3309
BALL0.1615822.9885
SPENCER0.1615820.8044
SAVAGE0.1615816.4745
WRIGHT0.1615815.7822
PRITCHARD0.1615811.7509
LAMBERT0.1615811.6009
LAWSON0.1615810.7411
HARDY0.1615810.5708
MAY0.161589.9404
GREGORY0.161589.0171
HAMILTON0.161588.4388
COOPER0.161587.8064
JOHNSON0.161587.5344
ANDREWS0.161586.6050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 158 people called LINSKY in Acton Grange at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 6666.6667 in Acton Grange means that 6666.6667% of the people in Acton Grange on census day were called LINSKY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LINSKY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LINSKY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LINSKY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LINSKY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Acton Grange means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LINSKY in Acton Grange than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Grange in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ANDREWS (1)  BALL (3)  BASNETT (6)  BATE (1)  BAXTER (3)  BOONEY (1)  BRACKEN (1)  BUCKNER (2)  CARR (4)  CLARK (1)  CONCEFE OR CONEEFE (4)  CONEEFE (1)  COOPER (3)  CORLEY (1)  DARKIN (1)  DARLEY (1)  DAVIES (1)  DICKINSON (2)  DOBSON (7)  DOOLEY (1)  DOONEY (1)  DUTTON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ENTWISTLE (1)  FOULDS (1)  GOLDSBOROUGH (1)  GRASHAN (1)  GREGORY (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HANIKEY (1)  HANNON (1)  HARDY (1)  HINDLEY (2)  HEWITT (2)  HIGGINS (2)  HIGGINSON (5)  HUSSEY (1)  JENKS (2)  JOHNSON (4)  KENE (1)  KELLY (1)  KENNY (1)  KODDY (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LAWSON (1)  LEADBETTER (1)  LINSKY (2)  MASSEY (12)  MAY (1)  MILLINGTON (1)  MONOGAN (1)  POWELL (7)  PRITCHARD (1)  RENNISON (3)  RIGBY (4)  ROBINS (1)  RODDY (1)  SADLER (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SHILCOCK (1)  SPENCER (3)  STRNGER (6)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (4)  THOMSON (1)  TOFT (5)  VANS (1)  VERNON (5)  WARD (1)  WEIR (1)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (8)  YOUNG (1)