Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caughall, Cheshire

Caughall 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
EVANS736.842184.34
WORRALL210.5263833.33
HUGHES210.526337.59
HIBBERT15.2632357.14
BARKER15.263240.16
THOMAS15.263212.76
MURRAY15.263242.37
GRIFFITH15.2632161.29
ROBERTS15.263213.99
WILLIAMS15.26327.33
NEALE15.2632222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORRALL0.0219833.3333
HIBBERT0.0219357.1429
NEALE0.0219222.2222
GRIFFITH0.0219161.2903
EVANS0.021984.3373
MURRAY0.021942.3729
BARKER0.021940.1606
HUGHES0.021937.5940
ROBERTS0.021913.9860
THOMAS0.021912.7551
WILLIAMS0.02197.3260

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 19 people called WORRALL in Caughall 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 833.3333 in Caughall means that 833.3333% of the people in Caughall on census day were called WORRALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORRALL 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 WORRALL 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 WORRALL 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 WORRALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.02 in Caughall means that you are 0.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORRALL in Caughall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caughall in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  EVANS (7)  GRIFFITH (1)  HIBBERT (1)  HUGHES (2)  MURRAY (1)  NEALE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  THOMAS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WORRALL (2)