Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weaver, Cheshire

Weaver 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
WADDINGTON96.4748398.23
MORRIS85.755425.86
PACE85.75541,290.32
BAKER75.036022.98
SUMNER75.0360311.11
DAVIES75.03609.90
WILLIAMS53.59715.01
JOYNSON53.59711,562.50
WILLIAMSON53.597140.13
OAKES53.5971248.76
SHAW53.597119.58
BOSTOCK42.8777305.34
OWEN42.877724.24
WALTON42.877740.90
EGERTON32.1583441.18
TOMLINSON32.158346.80
THOMAS32.15835.23
FINCH32.158364.79
COOPER32.15838.87
HOLLAND21.438820.20
GROOM21.4388102.56
BATE21.438884.75
VICKERS10.719428.01
SEATON10.719484.75
BROOKS10.71947.36
WILSON10.71941.57
BENION10.71942,000.00
SMITH10.71940.51
PRESTON10.719414.41
BRATT10.7194208.33
JACKSON10.71942.57
WOOD10.71942.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENION0.141392000.0000
JOYNSON0.141391562.5000
PACE0.141391290.3226
EGERTON0.14139441.1765
WADDINGTON0.14139398.2301
SUMNER0.14139311.1111
BOSTOCK0.14139305.3435
OAKES0.14139248.7562
BRATT0.14139208.3333
GROOM0.14139102.5641
BATE0.1413984.7458
SEATON0.1413984.7458
FINCH0.1413964.7948
TOMLINSON0.1413946.8019
WALTON0.1413940.8998
WILLIAMSON0.1413940.1284
VICKERS0.1413928.0112
MORRIS0.1413925.8565
OWEN0.1413924.2424
BAKER0.1413922.9810
HOLLAND0.1413920.2020
SHAW0.1413919.5848
PRESTON0.1413914.4092
DAVIES0.141399.9010
COOPER0.141398.8731
BROOKS0.141397.3584
THOMAS0.141395.2301
WILLIAMS0.141395.0075
JACKSON0.141392.5740
WOOD0.141392.2578
WILSON0.141391.5664
SMITH0.141390.5095

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 139 people called BENION in Weaver 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 2000.0000 in Weaver means that 2000.0000% of the people in Weaver on census day were called BENION.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENION 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 BENION 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 BENION 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 BENION here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Weaver means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENION in Weaver than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weaver in 1881

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

BAKER (7)  BATE (2)  BEBBINGTON (16)  BENION (1)  BERRINGTON (1)  BOSTOCK (4)  BRATT (1)  BROOKS (1)  COOPER (3)  DAVIES (7)  EGERTON (3)  FINCH (3)  GROOM (2)  HOLLAND (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOYNSON (5)  MORRIS (8)  OAKES (5)  OWEN (4)  PACE (8)  PRESTON (1)  SEATON (1)  SHAW (5)  SMITH (1)  SUMNER (7)  THOMAS (3)  THREADGOLD (2)  TOMLINSON (3)  TRELFA (6)  VICKERS (1)  WADDINGTON (9)  WALTON (4)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLIAMSON (5)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)