Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barnton, Cheshire

Barnton 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
HICKSON432.7940404.90
BOWYER392.5341232.42
MILLS382.469119.04
LIGHTFOOT332.1442154.13
CLARKE322.079310.26
GOODIER322.0793581.82
ALLEN322.079311.01
ASHLEY281.8194108.74
HOUGHTON271.754450.20
TAYLOR241.55952.44
HARRISON221.42956.44
CAPPER211.3645259.58
FOGG211.3645234.90
ALLCOCK201.2995120.34
HINDLEY201.2995157.85
HAYES201.299520.90
WOODWARD181.169623.71
OWEN171.10469.31
ROBINSON171.10463.46
CROSS171.104616.05
JOHNSON171.10463.29
BURGESS161.039614.97
MOORE150.97474.87
WARBURTON150.974739.50
WALKER140.90972.72
CARTER140.90975.42
ROSE140.909712.27
MOLYNEUX140.9097119.15
APPLETON130.844753.90
SHARPS130.84471,274.51
JACKSON130.84473.02
RUTTER120.779751.19
COMBS120.7797398.67
ARNOLD110.714713.26
DOWNS110.714740.19
HADDOCK110.7147111.34
BELL110.71473.80
BEECH100.649844.01
RYDER100.649837.52
BANKS100.649812.67
DALL100.6498352.11
HANTON90.5848335.82
EVENS90.5848222.77
COMBES90.5848276.92
SIDDELL90.5848957.45
EATON90.584820.89
POOLE90.584812.14
LYON90.584827.91
BARLOW90.584810.83
ACTON80.519889.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARPS1.541,5391274.5098
SIDDELL1.541,539957.4468
GOODIER1.541,539581.8182
BIRKENHEAD1.541,539535.7143
HICKSON1.541,539404.8964
COMBS1.541,539398.6711
DALL1.541,539352.1127
HANTON1.541,539335.8209
HAUGH1.541,539307.0175
COMBES1.541,539276.9231
CAPPER1.541,539259.5797
MORREY1.541,539241.3793
FOGG1.541,539234.8993
MINSHALL1.541,539232.5581
BOWYER1.541,539232.4195
EVENS1.541,539222.7723
HINDLEY1.541,539157.8532
LIGHTFOOT1.541,539154.1336
GATLEY1.541,539150.9434
HANKEY1.541,539136.6120
CLEWES1.541,539133.9286
BLAIN1.541,539131.0861
HESFORD1.541,539130.4348
GLEAVE1.541,539123.4568
ALLCOCK1.541,539120.3369
MOLYNEUX1.541,539119.1489
PROPHET1.541,539113.6364
HADDOCK1.541,539111.3360
SPELLMAN1.541,539111.1111
ASHLEY1.541,539108.7379
BENTLY1.541,539100.5025
PALIN1.541,53990.9091
ACTON1.541,53989.7868
WOODWORTH1.541,53985.8369
STOCKTON1.541,53985.6531
NETTLETON1.541,53975.6430
CAWLEY1.541,53973.6196
OAKS1.541,53972.2022
HOOLEY1.541,53967.7507
SPRUCE1.541,53964.5161
YARWOOD1.541,53963.8978
DONE1.541,53956.6038
APPLETON1.541,53953.8972
RUTTER1.541,53951.1945
HOUGHTON1.541,53950.2045
STRINGFELLOW1.541,53949.8753
PLUMB1.541,53948.1928
BEECH1.541,53944.0141
KIRKMAN1.541,53940.6504
DOWNS1.541,53940.1900

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,539 people called SHARPS in Barnton 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 1274.5098 in Barnton means that 1274.5098% of the people in Barnton on census day were called SHARPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARPS 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 SHARPS 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 SHARPS 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 SHARPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.54 in Barnton means that you are 1.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARPS in Barnton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barnton in 1881

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

EYES (2)  ACTON (8)  ALLCOCK (20)  ALLEN (32)  APPLETON (13)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ARNOLD (11)  ASHLEY (28)  ASTON (6)  ASTBURY (7)  BANKS (10)  BARKER (4)  BARLOW (9)  BARRON (5)  BIRTLES (4)  BARWAYS (1)  BECKETT (6)  BEECH (10)  BELL (11)  BELLARD (1)  BENYON (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BENTLY (4)  BIRKENHEAD (6)  BLAIN (7)  BLEIRS (7)  BLOWER (3)  BOARDMAN (3)  BOLTON (3)  BOULTON (7)  BODEN (4)  BOWERS (1)  BOWYER (39)  BRADBURN (1)  BRITLAND (4)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (6)  BURGESS (16)  BURROWS (6)  BARROW (5)  CANVAN (1)  CAPPER (21)  CARTER (14)  CASHMOSE ? (9)  CATTERALL (10)  CATERALL (4)  CHADWICK (2)  CHANDLER (1)  CHATMAN (1)  CLARKE (32)  CLEWES (3)  CAWLEY (6)  COMBES (9)  COMBS (12)  CROSS (17)  DALE (4)  DALL (10)  DARLINGTON (2)  DEAKIN (5)  DENTITH (4)  DEWSBURY (2)  DUESBURY (3)  DONE (3)  DOWNS (11)  DUDLEY (6)  DUNBOBBIN (1)  DUNCALF (6)  DUTTON (8)  EARLANN (4)  EATON (9)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLISON (4)  EVENS (9)  EYRES (1)  FOGG (21)  FOG (1)  FRYER (3)  GARNER (2)  GARNETT (5)  GATES (8)  GATLEY (4)  GATTEY (1)  GIBSON (1)  GLEAVE (8)  GOULDING (5)  GOODIER (32)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIFFITHS (5)  HADDOCK (11)  HAMPSON (3)  HANCOCK (8)  HANKEY (5)  HANTON (9)  HARRISON (22)  HART (2)  HARTLEY (7)  HASPELL (9)  HASSALL (4)  HATTON (7)  HAUGH (7)  HAYES (20)  HASLEHURST (12)  HEADDOCK (2)  HINDLEY (20)  HESFORD (3)  HEWITT (7)  HICKSON (43)  HEDGES (3)  HIGHAM (1)  HELIER (2)  HITCHEN (2)  HOLLINGSWORTH (3)  HULME (1)  HOOD (5)  HOOLEY (5)  HORROBIN (1)  HOUGH (1)  HOUGHTON (27)  HOUGTON (7)  HOWARD (2)  HUGHES (5)  HULSE (1)  IRVINE (1)  JACKSON (13)  JEFFS (4)  JOHNSON (17)  JONES (4)  KAY (1)  KETTLE (2)  KILGANNON (1)  KIRKAM (7)  KIRKHAM (1)  KIRKMAN (4)  LAIDMAN (3)  LEAR (2)  LAMB (3)  LAWSON (2)  LEICESTER (23)  LEONARD (2)  LEWIS (4)  LIGHTFOOT (33)  LOWE (4)  LUCAS (1)  LYON (9)  MADDOCK (2)  MARTIN (7)  MASSEY (1)  KINSEY (1)  MEEKE (4)  MILLINGTON (4)  MILLS (38)  MINSHALL (7)  MINSHULL (3)  MOLYNEUX (14)  MOORE (15)  MORREY (7)  MORGAN (2)  MORETON (2)  MUSKER (5)  NETTLETON (5)  NEWTON (5)  NORCROSS (1)  OAKS (2)  ORME (1)  OWEN (17)  PALIN (6)  PARKER (2)  PEACH (1)  PEMBERTON (2)  PERCIVAL (4)  PHILIPS (2)  PICKERING (5)  PICKUP (5)  PLATT (7)  PLUMB (6)  POOLE (9)  PEOVER (8)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (4)  PROPHET (2)  PROSSON (1)  ROWLINSON (2)  RYDER (10)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (17)  ROGERSON (2)  ROSE (14)  RUTTER (12)  SANDBACH (8)  SANDERS (1)  SHARPS (13)  SHAW (7)  SHALLCROSS (1)  SIDDELL (9)  SPELLMAN (2)  SPENCER (6)  SPRUCE (2)  STELFOLP (1)  STOCKTON (8)  STRINGFELLOW (2)  TARBUCK (6)  TAYLOR (24)  THALLWOOD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TONKINSON (7)  TURNBULL (2)  TYRE (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WADE (4)  WOODWORTH (2)  WAINWRIGHT (4)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WALKER (14)  WALTON (4)  WARBURTON (15)  WORD (1)  WHETNALL (2)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (7)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WOOD (7)  WOODWARD (18)  WORTHINGTON (1)  WRIGHT (8)  YARWOOD (4)