Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Stanney, Cheshire

Little Stanney 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
DAVIES1912.025323.64
JONES116.96206.15
BUNNELL74.430411,666.67
FAIRCLOUGH63.7975363.64
PRICE63.797521.70
WARRINGTON53.1646384.62
BRADSHAW53.164677.04
LINDSAY53.164697.09
SCOTT53.164612.51
DILWORTH53.16461,086.96
GRIMES42.5316219.78
BRASHAW42.531613,333.33
GREY42.5316116.62
NIXON31.898762.37
SHEPHERD31.898725.91
BALL31.898722.99
PENNANT31.89877,500.00
WESTBURY31.8987697.67
MASON31.898714.12
FOX21.265813.63
DAVIS21.26585.76
MANIFOLD21.26581,176.47
CARTER21.26587.54
ROBERTS21.26583.36
PERCIVAL21.265880.65
GASKIN21.2658338.98
ROBY21.2658526.32
BIRD10.63298.29
POPE10.632918.35
WOOD10.63291.99
ABBEY10.6329172.41
HUGHES10.63292.26
GREGG10.632990.09
WILLIAMS10.63290.88
MONAGHAN10.632986.96
WALKER10.63291.89
BOOTH10.63296.42
ASHBROOK10.6329666.67
DAVENPORT10.632933.44
SPARKES10.632986.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRASHAW0.1615813333.3333
BUNNELL0.1615811666.6667
PENNANT0.161587500.0000
MANIFOLD0.161581176.4706
DILWORTH0.161581086.9565
WESTBURY0.16158697.6744
ASHBROOK0.16158666.6667
ROBY0.16158526.3158
WARRINGTON0.16158384.6154
FAIRCLOUGH0.16158363.6364
GASKIN0.16158338.9831
GRIMES0.16158219.7802
ABBEY0.16158172.4138
GREY0.16158116.6181
LINDSAY0.1615897.0874
GREGG0.1615890.0901
MONAGHAN0.1615886.9565
SPARKES0.1615886.2069
PERCIVAL0.1615880.6452
BRADSHAW0.1615877.0416
NIXON0.1615862.3701
DAVENPORT0.1615833.4448
SHEPHERD0.1615825.9067
DAVIES0.1615823.6407
BALL0.1615822.9885
PRICE0.1615821.6998
POPE0.1615818.3486
MASON0.1615814.1243
FOX0.1615813.6333
SCOTT0.1615812.5063
BIRD0.161588.2850
CARTER0.161587.5415
BOOTH0.161586.4185
JONES0.161586.1473
DAVIS0.161585.7604
ROBERTS0.161583.3647
HUGHES0.161582.2589
WOOD0.161581.9865
WALKER0.161581.8907
WILLIAMS0.161580.8811

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 158 people called BRASHAW in Little Stanney 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 13333.3333 in Little Stanney means that 13333.3333% of the people in Little Stanney on census day were called BRASHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRASHAW 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 BRASHAW 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 BRASHAW 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 BRASHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Little Stanney means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRASHAW in Little Stanney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Stanney in 1881

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

ABBEY (1)  ASHBROOK (1)  BALL (3)  BIMSTONE (1)  BIRD (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRADSHAW (5)  BRASHAW (4)  BUNNELL (7)  CARTER (2)  CHESTERS (3)  COWAP (6)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (19)  DAVIS (2)  DENITH (2)  DENTITH (2)  DILWORTH (5)  FAIRCLOUGH (6)  FERNAYHOUGH (1)  FOX (2)  GASKIN (2)  GREY (4)  GREGG (1)  GRIMES (4)  HOCKNELL (1)  HUGHES (1)  JONES (11)  LINDSAY (5)  MANIFOLD (2)  MASON (3)  MONAGHAN (1)  NIXON (3)  PENNANT (3)  PERCIVAL (2)  POPE (1)  PRICE (6)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBY (2)  SCOTT (5)  SHEPHERD (3)  SIMCOTT (5)  SPARKES (1)  VENABLES (2)  WARRINGTON (5)  WALKER (1)  WESTBURY (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (1)  WORSLEY (YOX) (2)