Top surnames from the 1881 census in Calveley, Cheshire

Calveley 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
DUTTON248.6022379.75
VICKERS176.0932237.43
WILKINSON176.093239.92
DAVIES124.30118.46
HEWITT124.301188.30
HUGHES113.942714.07
MAJOR103.5842265.96
GORDON103.584256.88
RAVENSCROFT93.2258947.37
WELSH93.225881.45
FLEET72.5090374.33
DODD62.150552.86
VERNON62.1505130.72
JONES62.15051.90
JACKSON51.79216.41
BOURNE51.792192.42
DOBSON51.792140.62
BOSWELL51.7921190.84
CORK41.4337193.24
BAILEY41.43379.52
KAY41.433727.59
CHALLINOR41.4337408.16
WORRALL31.075384.51
ALDRED31.0753125.00
POWEL31.0753422.54
CLARKE31.07535.31
CORNES31.0753491.80
PEET31.0753204.08
WALBY31.07531,200.00
PATON20.716832.05
GORE20.716863.49
BUCKLEY20.716813.17
BEECH20.716848.54
HOLLAND20.716810.07
WILLIAMS20.71681.00
WARHURST20.7168256.41
CAPPER20.7168136.05
EATON20.716825.61
HUNT20.71685.40
HITCHEN20.7168105.26
HEATH20.716814.44
TRICKETT20.7168165.29
DAY20.71687.61
BARNES10.35842.98
HIGGINSON10.358435.84
CARLEY10.3584158.73
EDGE10.358420.79
THACKER10.358449.51
MITCHELL10.35841.77
SIMPSON10.35842.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MALLY0.282791250.0000
WALBY0.282791200.0000
RAVENSCROFT0.28279947.3684
CORNES0.28279491.8033
POWEL0.28279422.5352
CHALLINOR0.28279408.1633
DUTTON0.28279379.7468
FLEET0.28279374.3316
MAJOR0.28279265.9574
WARHURST0.28279256.4103
VICKERS0.28279237.4302
PEET0.28279204.0816
CORK0.28279193.2367
BOSWELL0.28279190.8397
TRICKETT0.28279165.2893
CARLEY0.28279158.7302
CAPPER0.28279136.0544
BEDDOW0.28279131.5789
VERNON0.28279130.7190
ALDRED0.28279125.0000
HITCHEN0.28279105.2632
BOURNE0.2827992.4214
HEWITT0.2827988.3002
WORRALL0.2827984.5070
WELSH0.2827981.4480
GORE0.2827963.4921
GORDON0.2827956.8828
DODD0.2827952.8634
THACKER0.2827949.5050
BEECH0.2827948.5437
ARROWSMITH0.2827946.2963
DOBSON0.2827940.6174
WILKINSON0.2827939.9248
HIGGINSON0.2827935.8423
PATON0.2827932.0513
CALLAGHAN0.2827931.6456
KAY0.2827927.5862
EATON0.2827925.6082
EDGE0.2827920.7900
HEATH0.2827914.4404
HUGHES0.2827914.0701
BUCKLEY0.2827913.1666
HOLLAND0.2827910.0705
BAILEY0.282799.5193
DAVIES0.282798.4561
DAY0.282797.6132
JACKSON0.282796.4127
HUNT0.282795.3967
CLARKE0.282795.3069
BARNES0.282792.9780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 279 people called MALLY in Calveley 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 1250.0000 in Calveley means that 1250.0000% of the people in Calveley on census day were called MALLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MALLY 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 MALLY 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 MALLY 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 MALLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Calveley means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MALLY in Calveley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Calveley in 1881

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

ALDRED (3)  ARROWSMITH (1)  BAILEY (4)  BARNES (1)  BEDDOW (1)  BEECH (2)  BLOURNE (1)  BOFFEY (3)  BOSWELL (5)  BUCKLEY (2)  BOURNE (5)  CALLAGHAN (1)  CHALLINOR (4)  CAPPER (2)  CARLEY (1)  CHESTERS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLAYS (3)  O CONNOR (1)  CORK (4)  CORNES (3)  DAVIES (12)  DAY (2)  DOBSON (5)  DODD (6)  DUTTON (24)  EATON (2)  EDGE (1)  ELLAMS (1)  FLEET (7)  GALLEWAY (1)  GORDON (10)  GORE (2)  HEATH (2)  HEWITT (12)  HIGGINSON (1)  HITCHEN (2)  HOLLAND (2)  HUGHES (11)  HUNT (2)  JACKSON (5)  JONES (6)  JOINSON (5)  KAY (4)  LOWNDS (1)  MAJOR (10)  MALLY (1)  MITCHELL (1)  PATON (2)  PEET (3)  POWEL (3)  RAVENSCROFT (9)  SCRAGG (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SPARM (1)  THACKER (1)  THELWIN (3)  TRICKETT (2)  VERNON (6)  VICKERS (17)  WALBY (3)  WANBY (4)  WARHURST (2)  WELSH (9)  WILKINSON (17)  WILLIAMS (2)  WORRALL (3)