Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poole, Cheshire

Poole 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
ELLSON64.08162,500.00
SMITH64.08162.89
WILKINSON64.081626.75
DAVIES53.40146.69
GREEN53.401412.08
WRIGHT53.401410.60
VARLEY53.4014247.52
BLACKBURN42.721172.20
BOSTOCK42.7211289.86
BETTLEY32.04083,750.00
BATES32.040832.09
GORDON32.040832.40
DUTTON32.040890.09
ROBINSON32.04086.40
HORNBY32.0408179.64
PACE21.3605307.69
DONE21.3605392.16
PRINCE21.360560.24
MOTTRAM21.3605250.00
FARBER21.360520,000.00
THOMAS21.36053.30
CHARLESWORTH21.3605105.26
YOUNG21.36056.33
WELCH10.680319.34
JONAS10.6803400.00
DUNNING10.680380.00
TAYLOR10.68031.06
ASHLEY10.680340.65
JACKSON10.68032.43
RIGBY10.680323.47
BUCKLEY10.680312.50
FAULKNER10.680325.13
MERRILL10.6803238.10
JOHNSON10.68032.02
HUNT10.68035.12
DAVENPORT10.680335.84
BISBY10.6803909.09
LLOYD10.68035.83
ASHTON10.680313.89
JAMES10.68033.46
DODD10.680316.72
PARRY10.68038.94
FOULES10.68035,000.00
BLACKMORE10.680347.17
MORETON10.680390.91
ETCHELLS10.6803175.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FARBER0.1514720000.0000
FOULES0.151475000.0000
BETTLEY0.151473750.0000
ELLSON0.151472500.0000
BISBY0.15147909.0909
JONAS0.15147400.0000
DONE0.15147392.1569
PACE0.15147307.6923
BOSTOCK0.15147289.8551
MOTTRAM0.15147250.0000
VARLEY0.15147247.5248
MERRILL0.15147238.0952
HORNBY0.15147179.6407
ETCHELLS0.15147175.4386
CHARLESWORTH0.15147105.2632
MORETON0.1514790.9091
DUTTON0.1514790.0901
DUNNING0.1514780.0000
BLACKBURN0.1514772.2022
PRINCE0.1514760.2410
BLACKMORE0.1514747.1698
ASHLEY0.1514740.6504
DAVENPORT0.1514735.8423
GORDON0.1514732.3974
BATES0.1514732.0856
WILKINSON0.1514726.7499
FAULKNER0.1514725.1256
RIGBY0.1514723.4742
WELCH0.1514719.3424
DODD0.1514716.7224
ASHTON0.1514713.8889
BUCKLEY0.1514712.5000
GREEN0.1514712.0802
WRIGHT0.1514710.6022
PARRY0.151478.9366
DAVIES0.151476.6872
ROBINSON0.151476.4007
YOUNG0.151476.3331
LLOYD0.151475.8275
HUNT0.151475.1230
JAMES0.151473.4638
THOMAS0.151473.2971
SMITH0.151472.8907
JACKSON0.151472.4343
JOHNSON0.151472.0247
TAYLOR0.151471.0637

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called FARBER in Poole 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 20000.0000 in Poole means that 20000.0000% of the people in Poole on census day were called FARBER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FARBER 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 FARBER 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 FARBER 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 FARBER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Poole means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FARBER in Poole than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poole in 1881

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

ARTHERN (1)  ASHLEY (1)  ASHTON (1)  BADRICK (1)  BADROCK (1)  BATES (3)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BETTLEY (3)  BETLEY (1)  BISBY (1)  BLACKBURN (4)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOSTOCK (4)  BROOKBANK (2)  BUCKLEY (1)  CHARLESWORTH (2)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (5)  DODD (1)  DONE (2)  DUNNING (1)  DUTTON (3)  EARDEY (6)  EBURY (1)  ELLSON (6)  ETCHELLS (1)  FARBER (2)  FAULKNER (1)  FOULES (1)  GORDON (3)  GREEN (5)  HALFPENNY (8)  HORNBY (3)  HUNT (1)  IKIN (6)  AMSON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JONAS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  LIVESLEY (3)  LLOYD (1)  MERRILL (1)  MORETON (1)  MOTTRAM (2)  PACE (2)  PASSAY (1)  PARRY (1)  PRINCE (2)  ROWLINSON (1)  RIGBY (1)  ROBINSON (3)  SCRAGG (8)  SMITH (6)  TAWBERT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (2)  VARLEY (5)  WELCH (1)  WHITAWAY (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (2)