Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thelwall, Cheshire

Thelwall 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
DITCHFIELD163.2258946.75
HOUGHTON122.419469.24
HANKINSON112.2177674.85
FAIRHURST112.2177270.94
COOKE102.016136.54
MILLER102.016111.27
HEWITT102.016141.39
LYONS102.016190.58
DAVIES91.81453.57
RYLANDS91.81451,304.35
WRIGHT91.81455.66
TAYLOR91.81452.84
HARRISON81.61297.27
HUNT81.612912.14
STUBBS81.612961.07
GIBSON81.612913.29
WARBURTON81.612965.36
BECKETT71.411370.85
RANCE71.4113378.38
LEAH71.4113397.73
WILLIAMSON71.411315.74
SEARLE71.411370.21
JOHNSON71.41134.20
ELLISON71.411366.79
BROCKLEHURST71.4113258.30
WHITLOW71.41131,147.54
GEORGE61.209720.62
MILLS61.20979.33
LEWIS61.20974.60
KITE61.2097212.77
DEAN61.209717.43
HARDING51.008113.93
WINSTANLEY51.0081100.40
GRIME51.0081192.31
MARSH51.008114.13
CHAMBERLAIN40.806529.65
ASKEY40.8065341.88
FAIRCLOUGH40.806577.22
WORTHINGTON40.806540.24
CROFTS40.806599.75
HOUGH40.806546.84
HORSFALL40.806580.00
WILKINSON40.80655.28
BERRY40.806510.16
BUCKLEY40.806514.81
EDEN40.806579.37
PAULSON40.8065727.27
KELLEY30.604852.08
ROEBUCK30.604889.29
JONES30.60480.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHADDICK0.504962500.0000
RAGIN0.504961666.6667
RYLANDS0.504961304.3478
WHITLOW0.504961147.5410
DEVAN0.504961111.1111
DITCHFIELD0.50496946.7456
GRANBY0.50496833.3333
LARNEY0.50496769.2308
PAULSON0.50496727.2727
HANKINSON0.50496674.8466
BUFF0.50496434.7826
LEAH0.50496397.7273
RANCE0.50496378.3784
ASKEY0.50496341.8803
FAIRHURST0.50496270.9360
BROCKLEHURST0.50496258.3026
GROUNDS0.50496238.0952
KITE0.50496212.7660
MCLOUGHLIN0.50496208.3333
NAUGHTON0.50496202.0202
BRUNDRETT0.50496196.0784
GRIME0.50496192.3077
OATS0.50496178.5714
POMFRET0.50496175.4386
NEVITT0.50496156.2500
HANNON0.50496129.8701
MULVEY0.50496119.0476
MALLOY0.50496116.2791
ODGERS0.50496109.8901
DUGAN0.50496103.0928
WINSTANLEY0.50496100.4016
CROFTS0.5049699.7506
HADDOCK0.5049694.3396
LYONS0.5049690.5797
ROEBUCK0.5049689.2857
HORSFALL0.5049680.0000
EDEN0.5049679.3651
FAIRCLOUGH0.5049677.2201
BECKETT0.5049670.8502
SEARLE0.5049670.2106
HOUGHTON0.5049669.2441
ELLISON0.5049666.7939
SEVERN0.5049666.2252
WARBURTON0.5049665.3595
DOWD0.5049664.1026
HANNAN0.5049663.2911
STUBBS0.5049661.0687
KELLEY0.5049652.0833
HOUGH0.5049646.8384
HEWITT0.5049641.3907

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 496 people called CHADDICK in Thelwall 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 2500.0000 in Thelwall means that 2500.0000% of the people in Thelwall on census day were called CHADDICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHADDICK 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 CHADDICK 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 CHADDICK 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 CHADDICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Thelwall means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHADDICK in Thelwall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thelwall in 1881

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

ASKEY (4)  BAKER (1)  BATE (3)  BECKETT (7)  BERRISFORD (6)  BERRY (4)  BLEASE (3)  BLECKLY (4)  BOWERS (3)  BRUNDRETT (1)  BRANNELLY (1)  BRE...ALL (3)  BROADEY (7)  BROCKLEHURST (7)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (4)  BUFF (1)  BURNS (1)  CHADDICK (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  CLARKE (2)  CAWLEY (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOKE (10)  COOK (2)  COOPER (1)  CRAGHAM (2)  CRAGG (1)  CRAWSHAW (1)  CROFTS (4)  CUNNELLY (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  D...RY (2)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (9)  DEAN (6)  DEVAN (1)  DITCHFIELD (16)  DOWD (1)  DONAHOUE (1)  DUGAN (1)  EDEN (4)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (7)  EVANS (3)  EVISON (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (4)  FAIRHURST (11)  FORRESTER (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GEORGE (6)  GIBSON (8)  GOSLING (1)  GRANBY (1)  GRIME (5)  GROUNDS (2)  HADDOCK (3)  HANKINSON (11)  HANNAN (1)  HANNON (1)  HARDING (5)  HARRISON (8)  HAZELDINE (1)  HEWITT (10)  HILL (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HORROCK (3)  HORSFALL (4)  HORSEFALL (1)  HOUGH (4)  HOUGHTON (12)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (8)  HURST (1)  EARLAM (5)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (3)  JOSEPH (1)  KAY (1)  KELLEY (3)  KITE (6)  KRUP (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LARNEY (1)  LAUGHON (1)  LEAH (7)  LEIGH (2)  LEWIS (6)  LONG (3)  LONGSHAW (7)  LYONS (10)  MARRYATT (1)  MARSDEN (1)  MARSH (5)  MASSEY (1)  MCLOUGHLIN (1)  NAUGHTON (2)  MILLER (10)  MILLS (6)  MILNER (1)  MALLOY (1)  MORRISON (1)  MULVEY (1)  NAYLOR (3)  NEVITT (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  OATS (2)  ODGERS (1)  OVERTON (1)  PARR (2)  PAULSON (4)  POMFRET (3)  POWELL (1)  QUIN (2)  RAGIN (1)  RANCE (7)  ROWLINSON (2)  REID (2)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROEBUCK (3)  RYLANDS (9)  SEARLE (7)  SEDDON (1)  SEVERN (1)  SHARPLES (1)  SPADE (1)  STUBBS (8)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMASON (1)  THORN (1)  TUDOR (1)  WALLIS (1)  WALSH (1)  WARBURTON (8)  WATSON (1)  WHITLOW (7)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLIAMSON (7)  WILSON (1)  WINSTANLEY (5)  WOOLNOUGH (1)  WORTHINGTON (4)  WRIGHT (9)