Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chelford, Cheshire

Chelford 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
BASKERVILLE175.43132,297.30
SMITH123.83392.72
GLEDHILL92.8754193.97
YOUNG92.875413.38
BURGESS82.555936.80
LOTHIAN72.2364985.92
WARD61.91698.77
DAVIES61.91693.77
TAYLOR61.91693.00
GRAY61.916913.43
PLANT61.916986.71
DALE61.916945.35
WEBB61.916914.14
BELL61.916910.20
HOWSON51.5974256.41
MASSEY51.597462.50
TRAVISS51.59746,250.00
ALLMAN51.5974340.14
DIXON51.597414.58
READ51.597424.78
BASFORD51.5974531.91
HARRISON41.27805.76
EDEN41.2780125.79
POTTER41.278019.70
MOSS41.278020.74
DUNN41.278015.37
STEEL41.278031.35
ALEXANDER41.278024.14
BROOKS30.95859.80
ROBINSON30.95853.01
HILES30.9585422.54
STEELE30.958535.80
HAWORTH30.958545.59
BUCKLEY30.958517.61
SLATER30.958515.83
NIXON30.958531.48
CLAXTON30.9585151.52
LLOYD20.63905.47
KNOWLES20.639011.96
NORBURY20.6390126.58
HOLFORD20.6390200.00
ROBERTS20.63901.70
KENWORTHY20.639096.15
MORRIS20.63902.87
CRANKSHAW20.6390476.19
HILL20.63902.51
EDWARDS20.63902.29
STREET20.639027.36
BAILEY10.31952.12
QUICK10.319528.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRAVISS0.313136250.0000
BASKERVILLE0.313132297.2973
LOTHIAN0.31313985.9155
BASFORD0.31313531.9149
SIDLEY0.31313500.0000
CRANKSHAW0.31313476.1905
HILES0.31313422.5352
COLL0.31313416.6667
ALLMAN0.31313340.1361
KEELY0.31313312.5000
CANFIELD0.31313277.7778
HOWSON0.31313256.4103
CUSWORTH0.31313217.3913
HOLFORD0.31313200.0000
GLEDHILL0.31313193.9655
CLAXTON0.31313151.5152
SNELSON0.31313140.8451
NORBURY0.31313126.5823
EDEN0.31313125.7862
KENWORTHY0.3131396.1538
PLANT0.3131386.7052
KEELEY0.3131378.7402
DINGLE0.3131372.9927
MASSEY0.3131362.5000
COYNE0.3131360.2410
BARHAM0.3131351.5464
HAWORTH0.3131345.5927
DALE0.3131345.3515
SEAMAN0.3131341.1523
LANGTON0.3131340.3226
BURGESS0.3131336.7985
STEELE0.3131335.7995
WINSTANLEY0.3131331.8471
NIXON0.3131331.4795
STEEL0.3131331.3480
QUICK0.3131328.4900
STREET0.3131327.3598
DAVY0.3131325.9067
READ0.3131324.7770
ALEXANDER0.3131324.1400
CASEY0.3131321.6920
MOSS0.3131320.7361
BAYLEY0.3131319.8020
POTTER0.3131319.7044
BUCKLEY0.3131317.6056
BOWERS0.3131317.5131
LOMAS0.3131317.3010
LEA0.3131316.1812
SLATER0.3131315.8311
BARRATT0.3131315.7480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 313 people called TRAVISS in Chelford 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 6250.0000 in Chelford means that 6250.0000% of the people in Chelford on census day were called TRAVISS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS 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 TRAVISS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Chelford means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRAVISS in Chelford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chelford in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALEXANDER (4)  ALLMAN (5)  ARTHAN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAYLEY (1)  BARHAM (1)  BARRATT (1)  BASFORD (5)  BASKERVILLE (17)  BELL (6)  BOULDERSTONE (10)  BOWERS (1)  BROOKS (3)  BUCKLEY (3)  BURGESS (8)  BUTLER (1)  CALLWOOD (11)  CANFIELD (1)  CASEY (1)  CHESWORTH (2)  CLAXTON (3)  COLL (1)  COYNE (1)  CRANKSHAW (2)  CROSS (1)  CUSWORTH (1)  DALE (6)  DAVIES (6)  DAVY (1)  DINGLE (1)  DIXON (5)  DORIA (1)  DUNN (4)  EDEN (4)  EDWARDS (2)  EVANS (1)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GEE (1)  GIBSON (1)  GLEDHILL (9)  GRAY (6)  GREGORY (1)  HOLFORD (2)  HANDFORTH (5)  HARRISON (4)  HASSALL (1)  HAWORTH (3)  HILL (2)  HILES (3)  HOWSON (5)  EARLAM (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEELY (1)  KEELEY (1)  KENWORTHY (2)  KNOWLES (2)  LANGTON (1)  LEA (1)  LLOYD (2)  LOMAS (1)  LOTHIAN (7)  MASSEY (5)  MORRIS (2)  MOSS (4)  MUNSLOW (3)  NICHOLLS (1)  NIXON (3)  NORBURY (2)  ONIONS (1)  PAGE (1)  PLANT (6)  POTTER (4)  QUICK (1)  RAWORTH (1)  READ (5)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (3)  ROWARTH (3)  ROYDS (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SEAMAN (1)  SIDLEY (1)  SLATER (3)  SMITH (12)  SMITHBONE (1)  SNELSON (1)  SPROWSON (6)  STEELE (3)  STEEL (4)  STREET (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TRAVISS (5)  TURNER (1)  WADE (1)  WARD (6)  WEBB (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WINSTANLEY (1)  YOUNG (9)