Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Sutton, Cheshire

Great Sutton 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
GRIFFITH236.8452210.05
KNIGHT216.250050.70
JONES164.76194.20
HAYES123.571457.44
SHALLCROSS123.57142,033.90
LLOYD102.976225.49
LEWIS102.976211.32
DAVIES92.67865.27
MASON82.381017.71
PRESTON82.381047.68
COOPER82.38109.79
SALES72.0833341.46
OWEN72.083317.55
SHONE72.0833510.95
HUGHES72.08337.43
CASH72.0833313.90
EVANS61.78574.09
LOWRY51.4881367.65
SUTTON51.488123.38
NIXON41.190539.06
WILCOXON41.19054,000.00
WILSON41.19052.59
KELLETT41.1905136.99
MERCER41.190545.35
JENKINS41.190510.10
PULFORD41.1905465.12
DORMAN41.1905370.37
PLATT30.892933.71
SPARK30.8929202.70
MADDOCK30.892997.72
HARRIS30.89293.51
EVENS30.8929340.91
BALL30.892910.81
YEARSLEY30.8929441.18
CURTIS20.595210.49
COLES20.595217.08
LEE20.59523.64
ELLISON20.595228.17
MAYALL20.5952196.08
PRICE20.59523.40
THOMAS20.59521.44
SPEAKMAN20.5952129.87
URMSTON20.5952714.29
MANIFOLD10.2976277.78
BAXTER10.29765.00
THOMPSON10.29760.99
BAKER10.29761.36
STOUT10.297662.11
HANCOCK10.29766.54
PARR10.297611.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILCOXON0.343364000.0000
SHALLCROSS0.343362033.8983
URMSTON0.34336714.2857
SHONE0.34336510.9489
PULFORD0.34336465.1163
YEARSLEY0.34336441.1765
DORMAN0.34336370.3704
LOWRY0.34336367.6471
SALES0.34336341.4634
EVENS0.34336340.9091
CASH0.34336313.9013
MANIFOLD0.34336277.7778
CASON0.34336263.1579
BASNETT0.34336238.0952
LUTHER0.34336212.7660
GRIFFITH0.34336210.0457
SPARK0.34336202.7027
MAYALL0.34336196.0784
CADWALLADER0.34336147.0588
KELLETT0.34336136.9863
BENNION0.34336131.5789
SPEAKMAN0.34336129.8701
VAUGHN0.3433699.0099
MADDOCK0.3433697.7199
HARGRAVES0.3433685.4701
CREIGHTON0.3433675.1880
STOUT0.3433662.1118
FOWLES0.3433660.6061
HAYES0.3433657.4438
KNIGHT0.3433650.7001
PRESTON0.3433647.6758
MERCER0.3433645.3515
CARRICK0.3433641.3223
NIXON0.3433639.0625
MOLYNEUX0.3433638.9105
WARRINGTON0.3433636.3636
ORME0.3433635.7143
PLATT0.3433633.7079
BOSWELL0.3433631.7460
ELLISON0.3433628.1690
LLOYD0.3433625.4907
SUTTON0.3433623.3754
SPARKS0.3433619.6850
MASON0.3433617.7069
OWEN0.3433617.5527
COLES0.3433617.0794
FARROW0.3433615.8479
WAITE0.3433614.3472
PARR0.3433611.9190
LEWIS0.3433611.3199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 336 people called WILCOXON in Great Sutton 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 4000.0000 in Great Sutton means that 4000.0000% of the people in Great Sutton on census day were called WILCOXON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILCOXON 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 WILCOXON 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 WILCOXON 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 WILCOXON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Great Sutton means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILCOXON in Great Sutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Sutton in 1881

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

ASPREY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (3)  BASNETT (1)  BAXTER (1)  BENNION (1)  BOSWELL (1)  BURROWS (1)  CADWALLADER (1)  CARRICK (1)  CASH (7)  CASON (1)  COLES (2)  COOPER (8)  CRAB (1)  CREIGHTON (1)  CURTIS (2)  DAVIES (9)  DIXON (1)  DORMAN (4)  DUNBABIN (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLAMS (8)  ELLISON (2)  EVENS (3)  EVANS (6)  FARROW (1)  FORGHAM (4)  FFOULKES (1)  FOWLES (1)  GALLANTRY (1)  GRIFFITH (23)  HANCOCK (1)  HARGRAVES (1)  HARRIS (3)  HAYES (12)  HODGETTS (2)  HUGHES (7)  HURST (1)  JENKINS (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (16)  KELLETT (4)  KNIGHT (21)  LOWRY (5)  LEDSON (8)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (10)  LLOYD (10)  LUTHER (1)  MADDOCK (3)  MANIFOLD (1)  MASON (8)  MC INTYRE (1)  MAYLOR (3)  MERCER (4)  MAYALL (2)  MOLYNEUX (1)  NIXON (4)  OLLERHEAD (1)  ORME (1)  URMSTON (2)  OWEN (7)  PARR (1)  PEARSON (1)  PICKERING (1)  PLATT (3)  PRESTON (8)  PRICE (2)  PULFORD (4)  ROBINSON (1)  SALES (7)  SHALLCROSS (12)  SHONE (7)  SPARK (3)  SPARKS (1)  SPEAKMAN (2)  STOUT (1)  SUTTON (5)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TONKISS (7)  VAUGHN (1)  WARRINGTON (1)  WILCOXON (4)  WILSON (4)  WOODS (1)  WOOD (1)  WOOLLAM (1)  WAITE (1)  YEARSLEY (3)  YOUNG (1)