Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridgemere, Cheshire

Bridgemere 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
BRERETON139.70152,321.43
EVANS139.701522.20
DUNN96.716480.79
PLATT85.9701225.35
BUTLER75.223953.56
WHITBY75.2239853.66
JINKS64.47761,071.43
BIRCHALL64.4776458.02
MOSS64.477672.64
LEA64.4776226.42
EDWARDS53.731313.39
SALMON53.7313163.40
BROOKSHAW53.73135,555.56
RAVENSCROFT42.9851869.57
HALL42.985110.15
DOBSON21.492533.84
HOUGH21.492586.58
HEWITT21.492530.63
ROBINSON21.49254.68
CHALLINOR21.4925425.53
SUMMERFIELD10.7463114.94
HARVEY10.74636.99
BAILEY10.74634.96
MADDOCK10.746381.97
WILLIAMS10.74631.04
DUTTON10.746333.00
LIGHTFOOT10.746353.76
DEAN10.746310.75
JACKSON10.74632.67
BARNETT10.746316.56
HUGHES10.74632.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROOKSHAW0.131345555.5556
BRERETON0.131342321.4286
JINKS0.131341071.4286
RAVENSCROFT0.13134869.5652
WHITBY0.13134853.6585
BIRCHALL0.13134458.0153
CHALLINOR0.13134425.5319
LEA0.13134226.4151
PLATT0.13134225.3521
SALMON0.13134163.3987
SUMMERFIELD0.13134114.9425
HOUGH0.1313486.5801
MADDOCK0.1313481.9672
DUNN0.1313480.7899
MOSS0.1313472.6392
LIGHTFOOT0.1313453.7634
BUTLER0.1313453.5578
DOBSON0.1313433.8409
DUTTON0.1313433.0033
HEWITT0.1313430.6279
EVANS0.1313422.1995
BARNETT0.1313416.5563
EDWARDS0.1313413.3869
DEAN0.1313410.7527
HALL0.1313410.1471
HARVEY0.131346.9881
BAILEY0.131344.9554
ROBINSON0.131344.6806
JACKSON0.131342.6702
HUGHES0.131342.6631
WILLIAMS0.131341.0389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 134 people called BROOKSHAW in Bridgemere 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 5555.5556 in Bridgemere means that 5555.5556% of the people in Bridgemere on census day were called BROOKSHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROOKSHAW 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 BROOKSHAW 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 BROOKSHAW 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 BROOKSHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Bridgemere means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROOKSHAW in Bridgemere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridgemere in 1881

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

ANKEY (1)  ASTBURY (1)  BAILEY (1)  BARNETT (1)  BIRCHALL (6)  BRERETON (13)  BROOKSHAW (5)  BUTLER (7)  CHALLINOR (2)  DEAN (1)  DOBSON (2)  DUNN (9)  DUTTON (1)  EDWARDS (5)  EVANS (13)  HALL (4)  HARVEY (1)  HEWITT (2)  HILDITCH (3)  HOUGH (2)  HUGHES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JINKS (6)  LEA (6)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  MADDOCK (1)  MOSS (6)  NODEN (4)  PLATT (8)  RAVENSCROFT (4)  ROBINSON (2)  SALMON (5)  SUMMERFIELD (1)  WHITBY (7)  WILLIAMS (1)