Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lower Whitley, Cheshire

Lower Whitley 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
BRADBURN115.11631,279.07
HADDOCK104.6512724.64
CLIFFE94.1860666.67
BELL94.186022.28
MOORE94.186020.94
JOYNSON94.18601,800.00
KEEN83.7209185.61
RUTTER83.7209243.90
TAYLOR83.72095.82
SMALLWOOD62.7907303.03
SPRUCE62.79071,395.35
SANDERS52.325651.28
WALSH31.395326.20
MORETON31.3953186.34
WHITE31.39534.34
CORCORAN31.3953288.46
WHITLOW31.39531,153.85
ROWLAND31.395349.10
HANDLEY31.395382.64
BARBER20.930215.46
ROSE20.930212.55
WILKINSON20.93026.10
FAITH20.93021,000.00
WITTER20.9302909.09
ANTROBUS20.9302465.12
MULLIGAN20.9302166.67
GARNETT20.930274.91
SMITH10.46510.33
LEWIS10.46511.77
WHITFIELD10.465123.31
CUNINGHAM10.4651666.67
ACTON10.465180.65
HORNBY10.465140.82
HAMMER10.4651625.00
TWIST10.465194.34
BRODIE10.465134.60
PAYTON10.4651116.28
YARWOOD10.4651114.94
GOUGH10.465115.87
STUBBS10.465117.61
ASHBROOK10.4651500.00
HEATH10.46519.36
WALKER10.46511.39
CLARK10.46511.55
PLATT10.465117.57
TOWERY10.465110,000.00
OWEN10.46513.92
GLEAVE10.4651109.89
BATES10.46517.31
DOYLE10.465119.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWERY0.2221510000.0000
JOYNSON0.222151800.0000
SPRUCE0.222151395.3488
BRADBURN0.222151279.0698
WHITLOW0.222151153.8462
FAITH0.222151000.0000
WITTER0.22215909.0909
HADDOCK0.22215724.6377
CLIFFE0.22215666.6667
CUNINGHAM0.22215666.6667
HAMMER0.22215625.0000
ASHBROOK0.22215500.0000
ANTROBUS0.22215465.1163
SMALLWOOD0.22215303.0303
CORCORAN0.22215288.4615
RUTTER0.22215243.9024
SHARKEY0.22215204.0816
MORETON0.22215186.3354
KEEN0.22215185.6148
MULLIGAN0.22215166.6667
PAYTON0.22215116.2791
YARWOOD0.22215114.9425
GLEAVE0.22215109.8901
TWIST0.2221594.3396
HANDLEY0.2221582.6446
ACTON0.2221580.6452
GARNETT0.2221574.9064
SANDERS0.2221551.2821
ROWLAND0.2221549.0998
HORNBY0.2221540.8163
BRODIE0.2221534.6021
CASEY0.2221531.5457
VERNON0.2221528.2486
COOMBS0.2221527.5482
WALSH0.2221526.2009
WHITFIELD0.2221523.3100
BELL0.2221522.2772
PLANT0.2221521.0526
MOORE0.2221520.9351
DOYLE0.2221519.0840
WARBURTON0.2221518.8679
STUBBS0.2221517.6056
PLATT0.2221517.5747
GOUGH0.2221515.8730
BARBER0.2221515.4560
ROSE0.2221512.5471
HEATH0.222159.3633
BATES0.222157.3099
WILKINSON0.222156.0957
TAYLOR0.222155.8186

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 215 people called TOWERY in Lower Whitley 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 Lower Whitley means that 10000.0000% of the people in Lower Whitley on census day were called TOWERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOWERY 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 TOWERY 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 TOWERY 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 TOWERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Lower Whitley means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOWERY in Lower Whitley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lower Whitley in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ANTROBUS (2)  ASHBROOK (1)  BARBER (2)  BATES (1)  BEADEN (1)  BELL (9)  BENNETT (1)  BRADBURN (11)  BRODIE (1)  CASEY (1)  CLARK (1)  CLIFFE (9)  CORCORAN (3)  COOMBS (1)  CUNINGHAM (1)  DOYLE (1)  DUMFELL (1)  FAITH (2)  FAZE (1)  GANLIN (1)  GARNETT (2)  GLEAVE (1)  GOODAIR (1)  GOUGH (1)  GRAHAM (1)  HADDOCK (10)  HANDLEY (3)  HAMMER (1)  HARTLAND (3)  HEESOM (9)  HEATH (1)  HORNBY (1)  JOYNSON (9)  KEEN (8)  KILGRAFFE (1)  LEWIS (1)  MALANNIE (1)  MC DERMOTT (2)  MULLIGAN (2)  MOORE (9)  MORNFIELD (13)  MORRISROW (1)  MORETON (3)  NEEDALL (2)  NILESNEL (1)  OWEN (1)  PAYTON (1)  PLANT (1)  PLATT (1)  PLUNET (1)  RAYNOLD (1)  ROSE (2)  ROWLAND (3)  RUTTER (8)  SANDBACK (2)  SANDERS (5)  SHARKEY (1)  SHRED (1)  SMALLWOOD (6)  SMITH (1)  SPRUCE (6)  STUBBS (1)  STUBS (1)  TAYLOR (8)  TOWERY (1)  TWIST (1)  VERNON (1)  WALKER (1)  WALSH (3)  WARBURTON (1)  WEEDALL (1)  WHEGINS (1)  WHITE (3)  WITTER (WHITE) (2)  WHITLOW (3)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WITTER (2)  YARWOOD (1)