Top surnames from the 1881 census in Basford, Cheshire

Basford 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
JOHNSON1217.142951.02
COOMER57.14298,333.33
PARTON57.14291,315.79
DARLINGTON57.14291,041.67
SHORE57.1429666.67
NEVITT45.71434,444.44
NEWTON34.285755.97
SMITH34.28573.04
GROCOTT34.28571,500.00
SUTTON22.857144.84
POTTS22.857185.47
WHITMORE22.8571327.87
CLARKE11.42867.05
BENTLEY11.428633.78
DODD11.428635.09
COPE11.428663.29
BROWN11.42862.17
HARDING11.428619.72
DAVIES11.42862.81
BRAZIER11.4286151.52
MALEY11.4286714.29
SWINTON11.4286714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COOMER0.07708333.3333
NEVITT0.07704444.4444
GROCOTT0.07701500.0000
PARTON0.07701315.7895
DARLINGTON0.07701041.6667
MALEY0.0770714.2857
SWINTON0.0770714.2857
SHORE0.0770666.6667
WHITMORE0.0770327.8689
BRAZIER0.0770151.5152
POTTS0.077085.4701
COPE0.077063.2911
NEWTON0.077055.9701
JOHNSON0.077051.0204
SUTTON0.077044.8430
DODD0.077035.0877
BENTLEY0.077033.7838
HARDING0.077019.7239
CLARKE0.07707.0522
SMITH0.07703.0352
DAVIES0.07702.8082
BROWN0.07702.1673

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called COOMER in Basford 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 8333.3333 in Basford means that 8333.3333% of the people in Basford on census day were called COOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COOMER 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 COOMER 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 COOMER 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 COOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Basford means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COOMER in Basford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Basford in 1881

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

BENTLEY (1)  BRAZIER (1)  BROWN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOMER (5)  COPE (1)  DARLINGTON (5)  DAVIES (1)  DODD (1)  EDGELEY (1)  GROCOTT (3)  HARDING (1)  JOHNSON (12)  LINDOP (8)  MALEY (1)  NEVITT (4)  NEWTON (3)  PARTON (5)  POTTS (2)  SHORE (5)  SMITH (3)  SUTTON (2)  SWINTON (1)  WHITMORE (2)