Top surnames from the 1881 census in Somerford Booths, Cheshire

Somerford Booths 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
WEATHERBY209.25936,451.61
MASSEY156.9444271.74
BASON146.48154,375.00
LEA94.1667211.27
GALLIMORE94.16671,323.53
BOON94.1667445.54
BOOTH94.166742.23
FORSTER83.7037112.99
POOLE73.240767.24
GEE73.2407127.04
HODGKINSON62.7778161.73
JEPSON62.7778284.36
WAINWRIGHT62.7778131.29
ROYLE52.3148176.06
MORRIS52.314810.40
SIMS41.851961.73
WARD41.85198.48
THORLEY41.8519285.71
OLIVER31.388919.47
TAYLOR31.38892.17
WILKINSON31.38899.10
GOODWIN31.388926.36
SPRAGG31.3889491.80
COPPOCK31.3889666.67
CAPPER31.3889263.16
DALE20.925921.91
BROCKLEHURST20.9259169.49
BAILEY20.92596.15
BARRATT10.463022.83
DAVENPORT10.463024.45
POTTS10.463013.87
ASHMORE10.463062.11
HULME10.463021.65
TUDOR10.463068.97
CONWAY10.463024.69
HALLIDAY10.463022.42
BROOKS10.46304.74
MOSS10.46307.51
STONIER10.4630263.16
MASON10.46303.44
DOUGHTY10.463036.36
BAKER10.46302.11
KNOTT10.463023.36
TIMMS10.463045.87
CLARKE10.46302.28
NIXON10.463015.20
TANSEY10.4630303.03
MALKIN10.4630140.85
WHITTAKER10.46309.78
DAVIES10.46300.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEATHERBY0.222166451.6129
BASON0.222164375.0000
GALLIMORE0.222161323.5294
COPPOCK0.22216666.6667
SPRAGG0.22216491.8033
BOON0.22216445.5446
TANSEY0.22216303.0303
THORLEY0.22216285.7143
JEPSON0.22216284.3602
MASSEY0.22216271.7391
CAPPER0.22216263.1579
STONIER0.22216263.1579
LEA0.22216211.2676
ROYLE0.22216176.0563
BROCKLEHURST0.22216169.4915
HODGKINSON0.22216161.7251
MALKIN0.22216140.8451
WAINWRIGHT0.22216131.2910
GEE0.22216127.0417
YARWOOD0.22216113.6364
FORSTER0.22216112.9944
HENSHALL0.2221695.2381
PASS0.2221695.2381
FARNWORTH0.2221690.0901
TUDOR0.2221668.9655
POOLE0.2221667.2430
ASHMORE0.2221662.1118
SIMS0.2221661.7284
TIMMS0.2221645.8716
BOOTH0.2221642.2337
DOUGHTY0.2221636.3636
GOODWIN0.2221626.3620
CONWAY0.2221624.6914
DAVENPORT0.2221624.4499
KNOTT0.2221623.3645
BARRATT0.2221622.8311
HALLIDAY0.2221622.4215
DALE0.2221621.9058
HULME0.2221621.6450
OLIVER0.2221619.4679
STUBBS0.2221617.5439
NIXON0.2221615.1976
POTTS0.2221613.8696
RITCHIE0.2221613.4048
MORRIS0.2221610.3993
WHITTAKER0.222169.7752
WILKINSON0.222169.1019
WARD0.222168.4764
MOSS0.222167.5131
BAILEY0.222166.1463

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 216 people called WEATHERBY in Somerford Booths 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 6451.6129 in Somerford Booths means that 6451.6129% of the people in Somerford Booths on census day were called WEATHERBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEATHERBY 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 WEATHERBY 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 WEATHERBY 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 WEATHERBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Somerford Booths means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEATHERBY in Somerford Booths than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Somerford Booths in 1881

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

ASHMORE (1)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BARRATT (1)  BASON (14)  BOON (9)  BOOTH (9)  BROCKLEHURST (2)  BROOKS (1)  CAPPER (3)  CLARKE (1)  CONWAY (1)  COPPOCK (3)  CAPPOCK (1)  DALE (2)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (1)  DOUGHTY (1)  FARNWORTH (1)  FORSTER (8)  GALLIMORE (9)  GEE (7)  JEPSON (6)  GOODWIN (3)  HALLIDAY (1)  HENSHALL (1)  HODGKINSON (6)  HULME (1)  KNOTT (1)  NOWLES (1)  LEA (9)  MALKIN (1)  MASON (1)  MASSEY (15)  MORRIS (5)  MOSS (1)  MOSTON (1)  NEWTON (1)  NIXON (1)  OLIVER (3)  PASS (1)  POOLE (7)  POTTS (1)  RITCHIE (1)  ROYLE (5)  SCRAGG (1)  SIMS (4)  SPRAGG (3)  STONIER (1)  STUBBS (1)  SWETENHAM (5)  TANSEY (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THORLEY (4)  TIMMS (1)  TOMKINSON (3)  TUDOR (1)  TWEMLOW (1)  WAINWRIGHT (6)  WARD (4)  WEATHERBY (20)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILKINSON (3)  YARWOOD (1)