Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashley, Cheshire

Ashley 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
STOCKTON215.4545897.44
BROWN205.19487.88
HOPE102.597476.34
BAKER102.597411.85
BURGESS92.337733.66
PALIN92.3377545.45
WATSON82.07798.96
SMITH82.07791.47
RODGER82.0779147.87
NORBURY71.8182358.97
MOORE71.81829.09
WHALLEY71.8182115.51
FLETCHER71.818215.93
HARRISON71.81828.19
DAVENPORT61.558482.30
CARTER61.55849.28
DANIEL61.558470.51
SHERWIN61.5584289.86
FOSTER51.29879.71
CHAPMAN51.29879.14
HEWITT51.298726.67
ROSCOE51.2987209.21
JACKSON51.29874.65
BECKETT51.298765.19
MASON41.03907.73
RIDGWAY41.0390113.31
CROSBY41.039087.72
HARROP41.039091.32
KENDALL41.039048.25
PATTERSON30.779222.35
JOHNSON30.77922.32
WORTHINGTON30.779238.86
SHAW30.77924.24
RICHARDSON30.77924.58
DARLINGTON30.7792114.50
CRAGG30.7792122.95
SCOTT30.77923.08
ARCHER30.779218.84
VERNON30.779247.32
WILSON30.77921.70
BARBER20.51958.63
HALL20.51951.77
WARD20.51952.38
PARTINGTON20.519536.63
LOWE20.51956.93
BRADBURY20.519517.99
MURPHY20.51956.50
HUGHES10.25970.93
SANT10.2597129.87
AMOS10.259715.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MALAN0.393851666.6667
STOCKTON0.39385897.4359
PALIN0.39385545.4545
NORBURY0.39385358.9744
GOWLER0.39385322.5806
SHERWIN0.39385289.8551
ROSCOE0.39385209.2050
RODGER0.39385147.8743
SANT0.39385129.8701
CRAGG0.39385122.9508
WHALLEY0.39385115.5116
DARLINGTON0.39385114.5038
RIDGWAY0.39385113.3144
DOUGAN0.39385108.6957
GOWING0.39385105.2632
HARROP0.3938591.3242
CROSBY0.3938587.7193
DAVENPORT0.3938582.3045
HOPE0.3938576.3359
GOULDEN0.3938573.5294
DANIEL0.3938570.5053
TOFT0.3938566.2252
BECKETT0.3938565.1890
KINDER0.3938561.7284
KENDALL0.3938548.2509
VERNON0.3938547.3186
HULSE0.3938540.9836
WORTHINGTON0.3938538.8601
HITCHEN0.3938538.1679
PARTINGTON0.3938536.6300
CORK0.3938535.0877
BURGESS0.3938533.6574
BODEN0.3938532.0513
HEWITT0.3938526.6667
DOWLING0.3938523.4192
PATTERSON0.3938522.3547
ARCHER0.3938518.8442
BRADBURY0.3938517.9856
CLARE0.3938517.9533
DUDLEY0.3938517.3010
FLETCHER0.3938515.9272
AMOS0.3938515.7978
BOWERS0.3938514.2450
HULME0.3938512.1507
GREY0.3938511.9760
DUFFY0.3938511.8906
BAKER0.3938511.8540
MAXWELL0.3938510.9290
SWAN0.3938510.0301
PLATT0.393859.8135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called MALAN in Ashley 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 1666.6667 in Ashley means that 1666.6667% of the people in Ashley on census day were called MALAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MALAN 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 MALAN 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 MALAN 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 MALAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Ashley means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MALAN in Ashley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashley in 1881

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

ALDCROFT (1)  AMOS (1)  ARCHER (3)  BAKER (10)  BARBER (2)  BECKETT (5)  BIRLWELL (6)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLEASE (2)  BOOTH (1)  BODEN (1)  BOWERS (1)  BRACEGIRDLE (15)  BRADBURY (2)  BRANWOOD (4)  BROWN (20)  BURGESS (9)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARTER (6)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARE (1)  CLAYOR (1)  COOK (1)  CORK (1)  CRAGG (3)  CROSBY (4)  DANIEL (6)  DARLINGTON (3)  DAVENPORT (6)  DODDY (1)  DOUGAN (1)  DOWLING (1)  DUDLEY (1)  DUFFY (1)  EYERS (4)  EYRES (11)  FLETCHER (7)  FOSTER (5)  GAVICAN (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GOULDEN (1)  GOUBOURNE (1)  GOWING (1)  GOWLER (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREY (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (2)  HARRISON (7)  HARROP (4)  HEWITT (5)  HITCHEN (1)  HULME (1)  HOPE (10)  HUGHES (1)  HULSE (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  ERLAM (11)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (1)  KENDALL (4)  KENNIWAY (1)  KINDER (1)  LANGSDORFF (3)  LONGSDON (1)  LOURES (1)  LOWE (2)  MALAN (1)  MASON (4)  MAXWELL (1)  MOORE (7)  MOULT (1)  MURPHY (2)  MAC NEIL (1)  NELSON (1)  NORBURY (7)  OVEREND (7)  PALIN (9)  PARTINGTON (2)  PATTERSON (3)  PLATT (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDGWAY (4)  RODGER (8)  ROSCOE (5)  SANT (1)  SCOTT (3)  SHAW (3)  SHERWIN (6)  SYMMS (5)  SKELHORN (2)  SMITH (8)  SPILSBURY (6)  STOCKTON (21)  SWAN (1)  TOFT (1)  TOUGHER (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VERNON (3)  VICKARS (1)  WHALLEY (7)  WARD (2)  WATSON (8)  WEBB (1)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (1)  WORSTENCROFT (1)  WORTHINGTON (3)