Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chorley In Nantwich, Cheshire

Chorley In Nantwich 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
BOSTOCK95.4217576.92
PERRY84.819365.52
WILKINSON84.819331.58
WILLIAMS74.21695.87
READE74.21691,400.00
KETTLE74.2169482.76
SANT74.21692,121.21
BATEMAN74.2169163.17
SPEED63.6145451.13
LLOYD63.614530.96
NEVITT63.61452,857.14
STARKEY63.6145363.64
WALLEY42.4096512.82
HARDING42.409633.31
WILLIAMSON42.409626.88
DAVIES42.40964.74
WOOLLEY42.4096121.58
EDWARDS31.80726.49
KIRKBY31.8072319.15
WINDSOR31.8072217.39
TURNER31.80726.49
SADLER21.204851.15
SHARPES21.20486,666.67
BRERETON10.6024144.93
HEATH10.602412.14
ALLMAN10.6024128.21
STOCKTON10.602499.01
MANNING10.602418.94
COOPER10.60242.48
BROWN10.60240.91
JACKSON10.60242.16
PENNELL10.6024208.33
EATON10.602421.51
STEPHENSON10.602410.53
YEARSLEY10.6024294.12
CAWLEY10.6024113.64
SMITH10.60240.43
BROOKES10.602425.64
HUNT10.60244.54
WEST10.60246.26
POOLE10.602412.50
EVANS10.60241.38
TOMKINS10.602458.14
LEWIS10.60242.29
BURROWS10.602413.76
SINCLAIR10.602411.68
JONES10.60240.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARPES0.171666666.6667
NEVITT0.171662857.1429
SANT0.171662121.2121
READE0.171661400.0000
BOSTOCK0.17166576.9231
WALLEY0.17166512.8205
KETTLE0.17166482.7586
SPEED0.17166451.1278
STARKEY0.17166363.6364
KIRKBY0.17166319.1489
YEARSLEY0.17166294.1176
WINDSOR0.17166217.3913
PENNELL0.17166208.3333
BATEMAN0.17166163.1702
BRERETON0.17166144.9275
ALLMAN0.17166128.2051
WOOLLEY0.17166121.5805
CAWLEY0.17166113.6364
STOCKTON0.1716699.0099
PERRY0.1716665.5201
TOMKINS0.1716658.1395
SADLER0.1716651.1509
HARDING0.1716633.3056
WILKINSON0.1716631.5831
LLOYD0.1716630.9598
WILLIAMSON0.1716626.8817
BROOKES0.1716625.6410
EATON0.1716621.5054
MANNING0.1716618.9394
BURROWS0.1716613.7552
POOLE0.1716612.5000
HEATH0.1716612.1359
SINCLAIR0.1716611.6822
STEPHENSON0.1716610.5263
TURNER0.171666.4921
EDWARDS0.171666.4851
WEST0.171666.2578
WILLIAMS0.171665.8700
DAVIES0.171664.7371
HUNT0.171664.5351
COOPER0.171662.4765
LEWIS0.171662.2915
JACKSON0.171662.1556
EVANS0.171661.3785
BROWN0.171660.9138
JONES0.171660.5319
SMITH0.171660.4267

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 166 people called SHARPES in Chorley In Nantwich 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 6666.6667 in Chorley In Nantwich means that 6666.6667% of the people in Chorley In Nantwich on census day were called SHARPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARPES 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 SHARPES 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 SHARPES 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 SHARPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Chorley In Nantwich means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARPES in Chorley In Nantwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chorley In Nantwich in 1881

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

ALLMAN (1)  ANKERS (1)  BATEMAN (7)  BOFFEY (1)  BOSTOCK (9)  BRERETON (1)  BROOKES (1)  BROWN (1)  BURROWS (1)  CHESTERS (1)  CHESWORTH (1)  CAWLEY (1)  COCKSEY (1)  COOPER (1)  DAVIES (4)  EATON (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (1)  HARDING (4)  HASSALL (3)  HEATH (1)  HOCKENHULL (4)  HUNT (1)  IKIN (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  KETTLE (7)  KIRKBY (3)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (6)  MANNING (1)  MOUSON (1)  NEVITT (6)  PENNELL (1)  PERRY (8)  POOLE (1)  READE (7)  SADLER (2)  SANT (7)  SHARPES (2)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (1)  SPEED (6)  STARKEY (6)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOCKTON (1)  THELWELL (4)  TOMKINS (1)  TURNER (3)  WALLEY (4)  WEST (1)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WINDSOR (3)  WOOLRICH (4)  WOOLLEY (4)  YEARSLEY (1)