Top surnames from the 1881 census in Capenhurst, Cheshire

Capenhurst 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
EVANS148.805020.15
MADDOCK138.1761896.55
JONES116.91826.11
JACKSON95.660420.25
MOUND95.66047,500.00
ELLIS95.660438.98
KNOWLES85.031494.23
WARRINGTON85.0314615.38
CASH74.4025666.67
HACKNEY63.7736869.57
DAWSON53.144728.52
PEERS53.1447537.63
URMSTON53.14473,846.15
LEA53.1447159.24
THOMAS53.14477.62
WILLIAMSON42.515728.07
HUMPHREYS42.515771.43
WILLIAMS31.88682.63
RICHARDSON31.886811.08
BAXTER21.257921.10
PICKERING21.257934.84
BENNETT21.25797.65
PARRY21.257916.53
SADDLER10.6289208.33
OXTON10.62891,111.11
WALKER10.62891.88
MELLER10.6289370.37
ELLIOT10.628924.63
TAYLOR10.62890.98
LEE10.62893.85
ROBERTS10.62891.67
WYNNE10.628965.36
MCALISTER10.62893,333.33
DORMAN10.6289196.08
SPARK10.6289142.86
JOHNSON10.62891.87
WOODS10.62899.97
HAYMAN10.628982.64
MELLOR10.628917.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUND0.161597500.0000
URMSTON0.161593846.1538
MCALISTER0.161593333.3333
OXTON0.161591111.1111
MADDOCK0.16159896.5517
HACKNEY0.16159869.5652
CASH0.16159666.6667
WARRINGTON0.16159615.3846
PEERS0.16159537.6344
MELLER0.16159370.3704
SADDLER0.16159208.3333
DORMAN0.16159196.0784
LEA0.16159159.2357
SPARK0.16159142.8571
KNOWLES0.1615994.2285
HAYMAN0.1615982.6446
HUMPHREYS0.1615971.4286
WYNNE0.1615965.3595
ELLIS0.1615938.9779
PICKERING0.1615934.8432
DAWSON0.1615928.5225
WILLIAMSON0.1615928.0702
ELLIOT0.1615924.6305
BAXTER0.1615921.0970
JACKSON0.1615920.2520
EVANS0.1615920.1497
MELLOR0.1615917.8571
PARRY0.1615916.5289
RICHARDSON0.1615911.0824
WOODS0.161599.9701
BENNETT0.161597.6540
THOMAS0.161597.6208
JONES0.161596.1087
LEE0.161593.8476
WILLIAMS0.161592.6265
WALKER0.161591.8786
JOHNSON0.161591.8720
ROBERTS0.161591.6717
TAYLOR0.161590.9835

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 159 people called MOUND in Capenhurst 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 7500.0000 in Capenhurst means that 7500.0000% of the people in Capenhurst on census day were called MOUND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUND 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 MOUND 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 MOUND 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 MOUND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Capenhurst means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUND in Capenhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Capenhurst in 1881

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

BAXTER (2)  BENNETT (2)  CASH (7)  DAWSON (5)  DORMAN (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLIS (9)  EVANS (14)  HACKNEY (6)  HAYMAN (1)  HUMPHREYS (4)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (11)  KNOWLES (8)  LANCELYN (1)  LEA (5)  LEE (1)  LOVATT (1)  MADDOCK (13)  MCALISTER (1)  MELLOR (1)  MELLER (1)  MOUND (9)  OXTON (1)  URMSTON (5)  PEERS (5)  PARRY (2)  PICKERING (2)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBERTS (1)  SADDLER (1)  SPARK (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (5)  WARRINGTON (8)  WALKER (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WYNNE (1)  WOODS (1)