Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Leigh, Cheshire

Little Leigh 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
HORTON163.470793.51
RIGBY163.4707119.67
BROCKLEHURST153.2538595.24
MOORES122.6030314.96
PLUMB112.3861294.91
BANKES102.16923,448.28
HEYWOOD102.1692109.05
PLATT91.952373.71
YOUNG81.73548.08
MASSEY81.735467.85
BENNETT81.735410.56
BOYER81.7354551.72
DAVIDSON81.735420.64
HADDOCK71.5184236.49
SAUNDERS71.518416.56
HORNBY71.5184133.33
ELLIS71.518410.46
BOSTOCK71.5184161.66
BROCK61.3015111.94
NIELD61.3015189.87
DRINKWATER61.3015131.87
THOMASON61.3015223.05
PLANT51.084649.07
DICKENS51.0846103.73
LEIGH51.084647.13
PALIN51.0846252.53
WILKINSON51.08467.11
JACKSON51.08463.88
NAGLE51.0846892.86
TAYLOR51.08461.70
BROTHERTON51.0846212.77
SMITH51.08460.77
JOHNSON51.08463.23
FERGUSON51.084615.30
THOMAS40.86772.10
SPENCER40.86779.50
HAYES40.867713.95
ASHBROOK40.8677952.38
MILLINGTON30.650842.98
GANDY30.6508161.29
BARKER30.65084.97
PERCIVAL30.650841.55
BOWER30.650835.55
NEWPORT30.6508127.66
COMBS30.6508333.33
JAMESON20.433839.22
REGAN20.433842.28
SUMMERFIELD20.433866.89
HIGGINS20.43388.58
DUTTON20.433819.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WITMER0.4646110000.0000
FARRILL0.464615000.0000
BANKES0.464613448.2759
ASHBROOK0.46461952.3810
NAGLE0.46461892.8571
BROCKLEHURST0.46461595.2381
BOYER0.46461551.7241
COMBS0.46461333.3333
MOORES0.46461314.9606
PLUMB0.46461294.9062
PALIN0.46461252.5253
HADDOCK0.46461236.4865
THOMASON0.46461223.0483
BROTHERTON0.46461212.7660
NIELD0.46461189.8734
BOSTOCK0.46461161.6628
GANDY0.46461161.2903
HORNBY0.46461133.3333
DRINKWATER0.46461131.8681
KILROY0.46461128.2051
NEWPORT0.46461127.6596
RIGBY0.46461119.6709
BROCK0.46461111.9403
HEYWOOD0.46461109.0513
SPRUCE0.46461107.5269
DICKENS0.46461103.7344
HORTON0.4646193.5126
PLATT0.4646173.7101
MASSEY0.4646167.8541
SUMMERFIELD0.4646166.8896
POINTER0.4646151.2821
PLANT0.4646149.0677
MADDOCK0.4646147.5059
LEIGH0.4646147.1254
BUTTER0.4646145.6621
WYNNE0.4646145.0450
CORCORAN0.4646145.0450
MILLINGTON0.4646142.9799
REGAN0.4646142.2833
PERCIVAL0.4646141.5512
JAMESON0.4646139.2157
NEWALL0.4646137.8788
BOWER0.4646135.5450
HICKSON0.4646131.4465
BERESFORD0.4646129.4118
FRAZER0.4646128.0112
SUMNER0.4646126.8097
HINDLEY0.4646126.3852
EGAN0.4646126.1780
ROUTLEDGE0.4646125.5102

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 461 people called WITMER in Little Leigh 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 10000.0000 in Little Leigh means that 10000.0000% of the people in Little Leigh on census day were called WITMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WITMER 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 WITMER 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 WITMER 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 WITMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Little Leigh means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WITMER in Little Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Leigh in 1881

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

APPLETON (1)  ASHBROOK (4)  BAKER (1)  BANKES (10)  BARBER (1)  BARKER (3)  BARRATT (1)  LYON BENNETT (12)  BENNETT (8)  BERESFORD (1)  BOSTOCK (7)  BOWHER (10)  BOWER (3)  BOWYER (1)  BOYER (8)  BRITLAND (2)  BROCKLEHURST (15)  BROCK (6)  BROTHERTON (5)  BUCKLEY (1)  BUTTER (1)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (1)  CORCORAN (1)  CONVOY (1)  COMBS (3)  CURBISHLEY (13)  CORBISHLEY (2)  COWAP (10)  COWAPS (6)  DALE (1)  DAVIDSON (8)  DEAKIN (1)  DEERY (1)  DICKENS (5)  DIDSBURY (2)  DIVILY (1)  DOHARTY (1)  DRINKWATER (6)  DUNCALF (1)  DUTTON (2)  EGAN (1)  ELLIS (7)  FARRILL (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FENEY (1)  FOXLEY (2)  FRAZER (1)  GANDY (3)  GERAPHTY (1)  GORDON (1)  GREEN (1)  GRESTY (4)  HADDOCK (7)  HANCOCK (2)  HAYES (4)  HASLEHURST (3)  HINDLEY (1)  HEYWOOD (10)  HICKSON (1)  HIGGINS (2)  HORNBY (7)  HORTON (16)  HUGHES (1)  JACKSON (5)  JAMESON (2)  JOHNSON (5)  JOINSON (1)  KILROY (1)  LEIGH (5)  LYMN (4)  LRVEY (1)  MC CANN (4)  MADDOCK (2)  MASSEY (8)  MACHAM (1)  MILLINGTON (3)  MINSHULL (4)  MOORES (12)  MORRES (2)  MORRISON (1)  MORRISROE (1)  NAGLE (5)  NEWALL (1)  NEWPORT (3)  NIELD (6)  NODON (1)  PALIN (5)  PARTINGTON (1)  PERCIVAL (3)  PICKIRINGE (8)  PLANT (5)  PLATT (9)  PLUMB (11)  POINTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  RAVENCROFT (1)  REGAN (2)  RIGBY (16)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RYAN (1)  SAUNDERS (7)  SANDERS (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (5)  SPENCER (4)  SPRUCE (1)  STEWART (1)  STROYAN (1)  STUBB (1)  SUMMERFIELD (2)  SUMNER (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (4)  THOMASON (6)  THOMPSON (1)  THREADGOLD (1)  TOMLINGSON (1)  VERNON (1)  WALKER (1)  WESTERDALE (1)  WITMER (1)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WYNNE (2)  WOOD (2)  WORRALL (1)  YOUNG (8)