Top surnames from the 1881 census in Handforth, Cheshire

Handforth 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
HAMMOND364.891385.92
BROWN283.80435.77
MOTTERSHEAD273.66851,093.12
GIBBON222.9891295.30
WARDLE192.5815133.43
COOPER182.445710.05
JONES162.17391.92
BURGESS162.173931.30
BOOTH152.038020.66
CUNLIFFE141.9022152.84
HEWITT141.902239.05
ROGERSON141.9022154.53
HULME141.902288.95
HOPE131.766351.90
LLOYD121.630413.96
FINNEY121.6304188.09
SCOTT101.35875.37
DOWNS91.222868.75
JACKSON91.22284.38
PEARSON91.222810.53
CROFT81.087046.00
SYMONDS81.087090.19
EARNSHAW70.951176.92
HENSHAW70.9511111.64
JOHNSON70.95112.83
PERCIVAL70.951160.71
KENYON70.951145.54
THOMPSON70.95113.17
WILSON70.95112.07
WHALLEY70.951160.40
MEAD60.815234.97
DAVIES60.81521.60
LAMB60.815215.45
BARRATT60.815240.19
CRONSHAW60.8152327.87
HOWARD60.81528.31
WATSON60.81523.51
SIMPSON50.67933.88
HUNT50.67935.12
HANKINSON50.6793206.61
POWNALL50.6793157.23
OGDEN50.679324.03
FAULKNER50.679325.08
BOON50.679372.46
DOWNES50.679354.88
ACTON40.543593.90
PRESTWOOD40.54351,250.00
SCHOFIELD40.543510.03
YOUNG40.54352.53
BURY40.543573.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TURKS0.747365000.0000
PRESTWOOD0.747361250.0000
MOTTERSHEAD0.747361093.1174
MORGEN0.747361000.0000
ROBBINSON0.74736714.2857
STANIER0.74736444.4444
ROYLANCE0.74736388.3495
CRONSHAW0.74736327.8689
GIBBON0.74736295.3020
SIDDON0.74736270.2703
HANKINSON0.74736206.6116
FINNEY0.74736188.0878
RYLEY0.74736157.8947
POWNALL0.74736157.2327
ROGERSON0.74736154.5254
CUNLIFFE0.74736152.8384
RIDGEWAY0.74736140.1869
MILLETT0.74736136.9863
WARDLE0.74736133.4270
CHORLTON0.74736125.5230
SLOANE0.74736117.6471
HENSHALL0.74736112.0448
HENSHAW0.74736111.6427
HERDMAN0.74736108.1081
VAUX0.74736100.0000
ACTON0.7473693.8967
SYMONDS0.7473690.1917
HULME0.7473688.9454
HAMMOND0.7473685.9189
EARNSHAW0.7473676.9231
BURY0.7473673.1261
BOON0.7473672.4638
TURTLE0.7473669.9301
DOWNS0.7473668.7548
COPPOCK0.7473664.9351
PERCIVAL0.7473660.7112
WHALLEY0.7473660.3969
FOULGER0.7473657.1429
DOWNES0.7473654.8847
HOPE0.7473651.8962
SOUTHWOOD0.7473646.7290
CROFT0.7473646.0035
KENYON0.7473645.5433
BESWICK0.7473641.7246
BARRATT0.7473640.1875
BRUNT0.7473639.4477
HEWITT0.7473639.0516
MEAD0.7473634.9650
PALIN0.7473631.6456
BURGESS0.7473631.2989

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 736 people called TURKS in Handforth 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 5000.0000 in Handforth means that 5000.0000% of the people in Handforth on census day were called TURKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TURKS 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 TURKS 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 TURKS 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 TURKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Handforth means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TURKS in Handforth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Handforth in 1881

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

ACTON (4)  AKED (5)  ANDREW (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BARRATT (6)  BELL (3)  BENNETT (4)  BURY (4)  BESWICK (3)  BLAIR (1)  BOON (5)  BOOTH (15)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRADY (1)  BRENNAN (1)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROUGHTON (1)  BROWN (28)  BRUNT (2)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURGESS (16)  BURROWS (3)  CANTRILL (1)  CHORLTON (3)  CLAFTON (5)  COCHRANE (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (18)  COPPOCK (1)  CROFT (8)  CRONSHAW (6)  CUNLIFFE (14)  CUTLER (1)  DAVENPORT (3)  DAVIES (6)  DOMNS (1)  DOWNS (9)  DOWNES (5)  DOODSON (9)  DUNCLIFFE (1)  EARNSHAW (7)  FAULKNER (5)  FINNEY (12)  FLATTLEY (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FOULGER (1)  GIBBON (22)  GIBSON (1)  HAMMOND (36)  HANKINSON (5)  HANSON (1)  HENSHAW (7)  HENSHALL (4)  HERDMAN (2)  HEWITT (14)  HILL (1)  HOBSON (2)  HULME (14)  HOLT (3)  HOPE (13)  HOWARD (6)  HOWARTH (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUNT (5)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (16)  KENYON (7)  LAMB (6)  LAWTON (1)  LEA (1)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (12)  MADDOCKS (1)  MANLEY (1)  MASSEY (3)  MASTERS (1)  MC FARLANE (4)  MEAD (6)  MELLOR (2)  MELODEW (1)  MILLETT (4)  MITON (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORGEN (1)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOTTERSHEAD (27)  NEWTON (1)  NOLAN (1)  OGDEN (5)  PALIN (1)  PEARSON (9)  PERCIVAL (7)  PERRY (1)  PIMLOTT (5)  POWELL (4)  POWNALL (5)  PRESTWOOD (4)  RATCLIFFE (1)  ROWLINSON (8)  RENSHAW (2)  RIDGEWAY (3)  RYLEY (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBBINSON (2)  RODGERS (1)  ROGERSON (14)  ROSS (3)  ROYLANCE (4)  SCHOFIELD (4)  SCOTT (10)  SHATWELL (14)  SIDDON (1)  SYMONDS (8)  SIMPSON (5)  SLACK (1)  SLOANE (2)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  STANIER (4)  STOCKALL (5)  STODDART (1)  STUBBS (2)  SWINDELS (4)  SWINDELLS (8)  THOMPSON (7)  TIMPERLEY (5)  TUNNICLIFFE (11)  TURKS (1)  TURNOCK (4)  TURTLE (1)  VAUX (1)  WHALLEY (7)  WARBURTON (1)  WARDLE (19)  WATSON (6)  WEBB (1)  WHITTAKER (3)  WHITNALL (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLOCKS (2)  WILSON (7)  WOLSTENCROFT (2)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (4)