Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walton Superior, Cheshire

Walton Superior 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
TAYLOR114.45346.96
PARSONS114.453458.64
BARLOW83.238959.97
HOLT72.834042.32
ARNOLD72.834052.55
BESWICK72.8340290.46
WOODCOCK72.834099.29
MASSEY72.8340110.76
BAILEY72.834018.82
HARRIS72.834011.15
EVANS72.83406.49
CROSSFIELD62.42911,714.29
SHEARN62.42912,142.86
WILKINSON52.024313.27
MUSKETT52.02431,190.48
WRIGHT52.02436.31
YARWOOD52.0243500.00
WORRALL52.0243159.24
KIPPS41.61942,666.67
WEIR41.619462.31
KEMP41.619429.20
WEBSTER41.619418.62
TOFT41.6194412.37
CONNALLY31.21462,142.86
GANNON31.2146280.37
BROADY31.21461,428.57
PHILLIPS31.21466.79
JONES31.21461.07
JACKSON31.21464.35
DAVIES31.21462.39
BELL20.80974.31
MORRIS20.80973.64
CROSS20.809711.76
TURNER20.80972.91
CLAUGHTON20.8097769.23
SHALLCROSS20.8097465.12
HUGHES20.80972.89
MORT20.8097168.07
LYONS10.404918.18
RICHARDSON10.40492.38
LAVEY10.40491,666.67
WAINWRIGHT10.404919.12
HARDING10.40495.59
PEACOCK10.404911.35
NIXON10.404913.30
WYNN10.404946.73
JEPSON10.404941.32
DICKSON10.404910.93
HUMPHREY10.404915.20
SAUNDERS10.40494.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIPPS0.252472666.6667
SHEARN0.252472142.8571
CONNALLY0.252472142.8571
CROSSFIELD0.252471714.2857
LAVEY0.252471666.6667
BROADY0.252471428.5714
MUSKETT0.252471190.4762
CLAUGHTON0.25247769.2308
CURLY0.25247714.2857
YARWOOD0.25247500.0000
SHALLCROSS0.25247465.1163
TOFT0.25247412.3711
BENFORD0.25247303.0303
BESWICK0.25247290.4564
GANNON0.25247280.3738
GROUNDS0.25247238.0952
MORT0.25247168.0672
WORRALL0.25247159.2357
MASSEY0.25247110.7595
LOWRY0.25247100.0000
WOODCOCK0.2524799.2908
SHERWIN0.2524775.1880
WEIR0.2524762.3053
BARLOW0.2524759.9700
PARSONS0.2524758.6354
ARNOLD0.2524752.5526
FLANAGAN0.2524751.5464
WYNN0.2524746.7290
HOLT0.2524742.3216
JEPSON0.2524741.3223
BROADHURST0.2524740.0000
KEMP0.2524729.1971
CLARE0.2524727.9330
DICKENSON0.2524726.7380
RUTTER0.2524726.5957
BLACKWELL0.2524722.2222
LATHAM0.2524719.8807
HAWORTH0.2524719.2308
WAINWRIGHT0.2524719.1205
BAILEY0.2524718.8172
WEBSTER0.2524718.6220
LYONS0.2524718.1818
CROFT0.2524717.1527
PLATT0.2524715.2905
HUMPHREY0.2524715.1976
NIXON0.2524713.2979
WILKINSON0.2524713.2661
DANIELS0.2524712.8866
CROSS0.2524711.7647
PEACOCK0.2524711.3507

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 247 people called KIPPS in Walton Superior 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 2666.6667 in Walton Superior means that 2666.6667% of the people in Walton Superior on census day were called KIPPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIPPS 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 KIPPS 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 KIPPS 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 KIPPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Walton Superior means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIPPS in Walton Superior than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walton Superior in 1881

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

ALGLING (1)  ARNOLD (7)  BAILEY (7)  BARLOW (8)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BELL (2)  BENFORD (1)  BESWICK (7)  BLACKWELL (1)  BROADHURST (1)  BROADY (3)  BERRILL (1)  CLARE (1)  CLAUGHTON (2)  CONNALLY (3)  CROFT (1)  CROSS (2)  CROSSFIELD (6)  CURLY (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (3)  DICKENSON (1)  DICKSON (1)  ESSENBIGH (1)  EVANS (7)  FLANAGAN (1)  GANNON (3)  JEPSON (1)  GREENALE (4)  GROUNDS (1)  GURLING (2)  HAMILTON (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (7)  HAWORTH (1)  AGEN (1)  HOFFLAND (1)  HOLT (7)  HUGHES (2)  HUMPHREY (1)  JACKSON (3)  JENKINS (1)  JEFFCOTT (1)  JONES (3)  KEMP (4)  KIPPS (4)  LAMB (1)  LATHAM (1)  LOWRY (1)  LAVEY (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKAID (1)  LONGSHAW (5)  LYONS (1)  MASSEY (7)  MORRIS (2)  MORT (2)  MOULSDALE (7)  MUSKETT (5)  NIXON (1)  OULTON (4)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (11)  PEACOCK (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PLATT (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUTTER (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SHALLCROSS (2)  SHEARN (6)  SHERWIN (1)  SUTTON (1)  TAYLOR (11)  TOFT (4)  TURNER (2)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WEIR (4)  WEBSTER (4)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WYNN (1)  WOODCOCK (7)  WORRALL (5)  WRIGHT (5)  YARWOOD (5)  YOUNG (1)