Top surnames from the 1881 census in Old Withington, Cheshire

Old Withington 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
STREET193.2646139.81
SLATER183.092851.08
POTTS142.405572.09
SNELSON142.40551,060.61
WOOD132.23377.01
BICKERTON132.2337532.79
NEWTON122.061926.91
BRADLEY122.061925.68
NORBURY122.0619408.16
DAVIES111.89003.72
CAPPER111.8900359.48
WORTH111.8900210.33
MEE91.5464203.16
ROBINSON91.54644.85
MASSY91.54642,571.43
THORLEY91.5464238.10
BURGESS91.546422.27
HEATH81.374627.68
KENNERLY81.37465,714.29
PARROTT81.3746120.85
HALE81.374638.31
BARBER71.202719.98
GOODIER71.2027336.54
MOLTON71.20271,590.91
CLARKE71.20275.94
CASEY71.202781.59
BOWER61.030956.29
HOLDING61.0309116.28
CHALLINOR61.0309292.68
COOPER61.03094.24
PEARSON50.85917.40
CARTER50.85915.12
TENCH50.8591595.24
BASKERVILLE50.8591362.32
BASFORD40.6873228.57
SUMMERFIELD40.6873106.10
HARRISON40.68733.10
JERVIS40.687389.49
GALLIMORE40.6873217.39
BEECH40.687346.57
DERBYSHIRE40.687365.90
GREGORY40.68739.80
MOTTERSHEAD40.6873205.13
WARD40.68733.15
ROYLANCE40.6873493.83
DEAN40.68739.90
CHATHAM30.5155326.09
PLATT30.515519.47
BUCKLEY30.51559.47
DUTTON30.515522.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENNERLY0.585825714.2857
WITTERS0.585823333.3333
MASSY0.585822571.4286
MOLTON0.585821590.9091
BUN0.585821250.0000
SNELSON0.585821060.6061
TENCH0.58582595.2381
BICKERTON0.58582532.7869
ROYLANCE0.58582493.8272
NORBURY0.58582408.1633
BASKERVILLE0.58582362.3188
CAPPER0.58582359.4771
GOODIER0.58582336.5385
CHATHAM0.58582326.0870
WILLERS0.58582312.5000
CHALLINOR0.58582292.6829
THORLEY0.58582238.0952
BASON0.58582232.5581
BASFORD0.58582228.5714
GALLIMORE0.58582217.3913
WORTH0.58582210.3250
MOTTERSHEAD0.58582205.1282
MEE0.58582203.1603
SHINGLES0.58582161.2903
STANIER0.58582140.8451
STREET0.58582139.8087
PARROTT0.58582120.8459
WEATHERBY0.58582120.4819
HOLDING0.58582116.2791
SUMMERFIELD0.58582106.1008
BLACKHURST0.5858298.0392
JERVIS0.5858289.4855
COPPOCK0.5858281.9672
CASEY0.5858281.5851
DINGLE0.5858278.7402
GRADWELL0.5858274.0741
POTTS0.5858272.0906
DERBYSHIRE0.5858265.8979
BLOOR0.5858262.3053
BOWER0.5858256.2852
CLIFFE0.5858254.7945
SLATER0.5858251.0783
LOWNDES0.5858251.0204
BEECH0.5858246.5658
ORME0.5858241.1523
HALE0.5858238.3142
HAUGHTON0.5858233.7838
BROCKLEHURST0.5858231.4465
HEATH0.5858227.6817
NEWTON0.5858226.9058

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 582 people called KENNERLY in Old Withington 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 5714.2857 in Old Withington means that 5714.2857% of the people in Old Withington on census day were called KENNERLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY 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 KENNERLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Old Withington means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENNERLY in Old Withington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Old Withington in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  BAGNALL (1)  BAYLEY (1)  BARBER (7)  BASFORD (4)  BASKERVILLE (5)  BASON (2)  BEECH (4)  BICKERTON (13)  BIRCHALS (5)  BLACKHURST (1)  BLACKSHAW (8)  BLOOR (2)  BOWER (6)  BOWERS (1)  BRADLEY (12)  BRINDLY (1)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BUCKLEY (3)  BUN (2)  BURGESS (9)  CHALLINER (2)  CHALLINOR (6)  CAPPER (11)  CARTER (5)  CASEY (7)  CHATHAM (3)  CLARKE (7)  CLIFFE (2)  COLE (2)  COOPER (6)  COPPOCK (1)  COX (1)  DALE (1)  DAVIES (11)  DEAN (4)  DERBYSHIRE (4)  DINGLE (2)  DUTTON (3)  AIDLEY (4)  FLAMMING (1)  FODEN (28)  PHULER (5)  GALLIMORE (4)  GEE (1)  GILBERT (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GOODIER (7)  GRADWELL (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (4)  GRETTON (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  HALE (8)  HARDING (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARROP (1)  HASSALE (1)  HEATH (8)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HILDITCH (1)  HOLDING (6)  HOUGH (2)  HAUGHTON (1)  HOWARTH (1)  HURSTFIELD (3)  JERVIS (4)  JENNINGTON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KENNERLY (8)  KENNERLEY (5)  LEA (3)  LEIGHTON (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOWNDES (1)  LOWNDS (5)  MASSY (9)  MEE (9)  MONKS (1)  MOSS (1)  MOTTERSHEAD (4)  MOLTON (7)  NEWTON (12)  NOLAN (1)  NORBURY (12)  ORME (2)  PARROTT (8)  PARTINGTON (1)  PEARSON (5)  PENNINGTON (2)  PEIRCY (1)  PIMLOTT (24)  PLATT (3)  POTTS (14)  PRESCOTT (2)  PRESTON (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROYLANCE (4)  SHINGLES (1)  SLACK (1)  SLATER (18)  SNELSON (14)  STANIER (1)  STAYLEY (8)  STREET (19)  STUBBS (2)  SUMMERFIELD (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TENCH (5)  THORLEY (9)  TUCKER (1)  UPTON (1)  VENABLES (21)  WALKLY (5)  WALSH (1)  WALTON (1)  WARBURTON (2)  WARD (4)  WEATHERBY (1)  WILLERS (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WOOD (13)  WORTH (11)  WITTERS (2)