Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pott Shrigley, Cheshire

Pott Shrigley 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
BROWN338.571413.00
JACKSON194.935117.66
BURTON174.415651.83
WAINWRIGHT164.1558196.32
POTTS153.8961116.73
GARDINER143.6364126.58
HOPE133.376699.24
HARDING112.857139.48
DAVENPORT102.5974137.17
HEATHCOTE102.5974321.54
WOOD102.59748.15
FROST102.597446.19
KIRKHAM92.3377167.60
CLAYTON92.337743.00
HOOLEY92.3377486.49
BEARD82.077978.97
BOOTH82.077921.06
GREEN71.81826.46
KIRK61.558435.99
HOWE61.558439.68
NEEDHAM61.558473.26
TRUMAN61.5584250.00
NIELD61.5584227.27
PORTER51.298717.31
OLDFIELD51.298778.62
BENNETT51.29877.90
HATTON41.039052.91
BARTON41.039019.23
WHITE41.03903.23
BERRY41.039013.09
WALTON41.039014.76
STANHOPE41.0390434.78
WILKINSON41.03906.81
DOWNES41.039084.03
BENNET30.779256.39
OLDHAM30.779244.38
BRINING20.51952,857.14
KEY20.519537.66
JARVIS20.519511.57
FLINT20.519528.94
BOWLER20.519542.55
HEAPS20.5195119.05
FLETCHER20.51954.55
MILLER10.25971.45
SHAW10.25971.41
JOLLY10.259718.32
FRITH10.259726.04
FIDLER10.259740.65
DODD10.25976.39
MELLOR10.25977.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRINING0.393852857.1429
HOOLEY0.39385486.4865
STANHOPE0.39385434.7826
HEATHCOTE0.39385321.5434
TRUMAN0.39385250.0000
NIELD0.39385227.2727
WAINWRIGHT0.39385196.3190
KIRKHAM0.39385167.5978
DAVENPORT0.39385137.1742
GARDINER0.39385126.5823
HEAPS0.39385119.0476
POTTS0.39385116.7315
HOPE0.3938599.2366
DOWNES0.3938584.0336
BEARD0.3938578.9733
OLDFIELD0.3938578.6164
NEEDHAM0.3938573.2601
COTTERELL0.3938561.3497
POWNALL0.3938560.2410
BENNET0.3938556.3910
HATTON0.3938552.9101
BURTON0.3938551.8293
FROST0.3938546.1894
OLDHAM0.3938544.3787
CLAYTON0.3938543.0005
BOWLER0.3938542.5532
FIDLER0.3938540.6504
HOWE0.3938539.6825
HARDING0.3938539.4831
KEY0.3938537.6648
KIRK0.3938535.9928
FLINT0.3938528.9436
FRITH0.3938526.0417
BOOTH0.3938521.0637
BROOM0.3938521.0526
BAYLISS0.3938520.5339
BARTON0.3938519.2308
JOLLY0.3938518.3150
JACKSON0.3938517.6580
PORTER0.3938517.3070
WALTON0.3938514.7601
DOWNS0.3938514.5985
HALLAM0.3938513.9276
BERRY0.3938513.0933
BROWN0.3938513.0029
JARVIS0.3938511.5741
WOOD0.393858.1520
BENNETT0.393857.9014
MELLOR0.393857.3746
WILKINSON0.393856.8085

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called BRINING in Pott Shrigley 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 2857.1429 in Pott Shrigley means that 2857.1429% of the people in Pott Shrigley on census day were called BRINING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRINING 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 BRINING 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 BRINING 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 BRINING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Pott Shrigley means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRINING in Pott Shrigley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pott Shrigley in 1881

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

APTHORP (7)  BARTON (4)  BAYLISS (1)  BEARD (8)  BENNET (3)  BENNETT (5)  BERRY (4)  BILLANGE (1)  BOOTH (8)  BOWLER (2)  BRACEGIRDLE (1)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (33)  BRINING (2)  BURTON (17)  CANTEBY (5)  CLAYTON (9)  COTTERELL (1)  DAVENPORT (10)  DAY (1)  DODD (1)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  DOWNE (8)  DOWNES (4)  DOWNS (1)  FIDLER (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FLINT (2)  FRITH (1)  FROST (10)  GARDINER (14)  GREEN (7)  GREENHOUGH (2)  HALLAM (1)  HARDING (11)  HARTHCOTE (5)  HATTON (4)  HEAPS (2)  HEATHCOTE (10)  HOOLEY (9)  HOPE (13)  HOWE (6)  JACKSON (19)  JARVIS (2)  JOLLY (1)  KENT (1)  KEY (2)  KIRK (6)  KIRKHAM (9)  MC KEAN (1)  MELLOR (1)  MILLER (1)  MORTON (1)  MURSDEN (1)  NEEDHAM (6)  NIELD (6)  OLDFIELD (5)  OLDHAM (3)  PEARSON (1)  PORTER (5)  POTTS (15)  POWNALL (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SHAW (1)  SILCOCK (4)  STANHOPE (4)  TRUMAN (6)  VARE (4)  WAINWRIGHT (16)  WALTON (4)  WHITE (4)  WILKINSON (4)  WOLSTONCROFT (2)  WOOD (10)