Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rowton, Cheshire

Rowton 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
DAY105.848062.11
JONES95.26324.65
STRETCH95.26322,368.42
OWENS84.678494.23
CADMAN74.0936503.60
PEMBERTON74.0936322.58
YOUD74.09363,333.33
FAULKNER74.0936151.19
KENNEDY74.093667.90
HEWITT63.508872.03
WOODCOCK52.9240102.46
MAYERS52.9240980.39
FELLOWS52.9240216.45
WALKER42.33926.99
SALMON42.3392102.56
HOLLAND31.754424.65
ALLWOOD31.7544428.57
RALPHS31.7544666.67
BEECH31.7544119.05
LUNT21.1696181.82
STOKES21.169627.70
FORRESTER21.169686.96
CAWLEY21.1696219.78
HOWELL21.169627.74
LITTLER21.1696176.99
NIELD10.584885.47
GOULD10.584816.18
CLARK10.58481.95
HUGHES10.58482.09
BRADSHAW10.584814.25
MORRIS10.58482.63
TURNER10.58482.10
LOWE10.58487.80
EATON10.584820.88
SIDDELL10.58481,000.00
PUGH10.584815.31
OWEN10.58484.93
GRIFFITH10.584817.95
WEAVER10.584822.47
JACKSON10.58482.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YOUD0.171713333.3333
STRETCH0.171712368.4211
SIDDELL0.171711000.0000
MAYERS0.17171980.3922
RALPHS0.17171666.6667
CADMAN0.17171503.5971
ALLWOOD0.17171428.5714
PEMBERTON0.17171322.5806
CAWLEY0.17171219.7802
FELLOWS0.17171216.4502
LUNT0.17171181.8182
LITTLER0.17171176.9912
FAULKNER0.17171151.1879
BEECH0.17171119.0476
SALMON0.17171102.5641
WOODCOCK0.17171102.4590
OWENS0.1717194.2285
FORRESTER0.1717186.9565
NIELD0.1717185.4701
HEWITT0.1717172.0288
KENNEDY0.1717167.8952
DAY0.1717162.1118
HOWELL0.1717127.7393
STOKES0.1717127.7008
HOLLAND0.1717124.6508
WEAVER0.1717122.4719
EATON0.1717120.8768
GRIFFITH0.1717117.9533
GOULD0.1717116.1812
PUGH0.1717115.3139
BRADSHAW0.1717114.2450
LOWE0.171717.8003
WALKER0.171716.9881
OWEN0.171714.9261
JONES0.171714.6473
MORRIS0.171712.6274
TURNER0.171712.1008
JACKSON0.171712.0925
HUGHES0.171712.0868
CLARK0.171711.9455

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 171 people called YOUD in Rowton 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 3333.3333 in Rowton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Rowton on census day were called YOUD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YOUD 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 YOUD 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 YOUD 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 YOUD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Rowton means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YOUD in Rowton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rowton in 1881

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

ALLWOOD (3)  ALWOOD (ALLWOOD) (2)  BEECH (3)  BRADSHAW (1)  CADMAN (7)  CLARK (1)  CAWLEY (2)  DAY (10)  EATON (1)  FAULKNER (7)  FELLOWS (5)  FORRESTER (2)  GASCOINE (1)  GOULD (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  GRINDLEY (1)  HEWITT (6)  HOLLAND (3)  HOWELL (2)  HUGHES (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (9)  KENNEDY (7)  LITTLER (2)  LOWE (1)  LUNT (2)  MAULT (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOUNTFIELD (2)  MAYERS (5)  NIELD (1)  OWENS (8)  OWEN (1)  PEMBERTON (7)  PLEAVIN (3)  PUGH (1)  RIDGEY (9)  RALPHS (3)  ROSSANGROVE (2)  SALMON (4)  SIDDELL (1)  SKELLAND (5)  STOCTON (5)  STOKES (2)  STRETCH (9)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (4)  WEAVER (1)  WILDIG (1)  WOODCOCK (5)  YOUD (7)