Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mouldsworth, Cheshire

Mouldsworth 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
SCHOFIELD105.4645100.81
WRIGHT94.918015.33
LIGHTFOOT84.3716313.73
JONES84.37163.86
SMITH84.37163.10
LITTLER84.3716661.16
BLYTHE73.8251503.60
CARTER73.825122.79
BRERETON63.2787789.47
WARING63.2787260.87
BOWYER63.2787300.00
LLOYD52.732223.40
KENDRICK42.1858227.27
GARNER42.185869.20
WILSON42.18584.76
WELCH42.185862.11
NICHOLAS42.1858112.04
PRITCHARD42.185840.61
VICKERS31.639363.83
MARRIS31.63931,200.00
NIXON21.092935.91
WALLACE21.092915.96
WRENCH21.0929327.87
WILLIS21.092920.56
WADE21.092927.32
DONE21.0929317.46
BROWN21.09291.66
WARD21.09295.00
BARROW10.546425.77
SHERLOCK10.546481.30
DODD10.546413.44
LOCKETT10.546475.19
BIRCHWOOD10.54642,000.00
TURNER10.54641.96
DONNELLY10.546443.48
LEECH10.546433.56
BECKETT10.546427.40
GRIFFITHS10.54643.34
WINFIELD10.546465.79
WELSH10.546413.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIRCHWOOD0.181832000.0000
MARRIS0.181831200.0000
BRERETON0.18183789.4737
LITTLER0.18183661.1570
BLYTHE0.18183503.5971
WRENCH0.18183327.8689
DONE0.18183317.4603
LIGHTFOOT0.18183313.7255
BOWYER0.18183300.0000
WARING0.18183260.8696
KENDRICK0.18183227.2727
NICHOLAS0.18183112.0448
SCHOFIELD0.18183100.8065
SHERLOCK0.1818381.3008
LOCKETT0.1818375.1880
GARNER0.1818369.2042
WINFIELD0.1818365.7895
VICKERS0.1818363.8298
WELCH0.1818362.1118
DONNELLY0.1818343.4783
PRITCHARD0.1818340.6091
NIXON0.1818335.9066
LEECH0.1818333.5570
BECKETT0.1818327.3973
WADE0.1818327.3224
BARROW0.1818325.7732
LLOYD0.1818323.3973
CARTER0.1818322.7865
WILLIS0.1818320.5550
WALLACE0.1818315.9617
WRIGHT0.1818315.3296
WELSH0.1818313.8122
DODD0.1818313.4409
WARD0.181835.0025
WILSON0.181834.7591
JONES0.181833.8601
GRIFFITHS0.181833.3389
SMITH0.181833.0961
TURNER0.181831.9631
BROWN0.181831.6580

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 183 people called BIRCHWOOD in Mouldsworth 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 2000.0000 in Mouldsworth means that 2000.0000% of the people in Mouldsworth on census day were called BIRCHWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Mouldsworth means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIRCHWOOD in Mouldsworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mouldsworth in 1881

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

ASTBURY (8)  BECKETT (1)  BIRCHWOOD (1)  BLYTHE (7)  BOWYER (6)  BRERETON (6)  BROWN (2)  BARROW (1)  CARTER (7)  COLFAX (9)  DODD (1)  DONE (2)  DONNELLY (1)  ELLAMS (5)  GARNER (4)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAMBROOK (3)  HOPLEY (6)  JONES (8)  KENDRICK (4)  LEECH (1)  LIGHTFOOT (8)  LITTLER (8)  LLOYD (5)  LOCKETT (1)  MARRIS (3)  NICHOLAS (4)  NIXON (2)  PARSONAGE (6)  PRITCHARD (4)  SCHOFIELD (10)  SHERLOCK (1)  SMITH (8)  TURNER (1)  VICKERS (3)  WADE (2)  WALLACE (2)  WARD (2)  WARING (6)  WELCH (4)  WELSH (1)  WILLIS (2)  WILSON (4)  WINFIELD (1)  WRENCH (2)  WRIGHT (9)