Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wirswall, Cheshire

Wirswall 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
ROBERTS1714.655238.96
JOHNSON65.172415.39
SUTTON65.172481.19
CROSS54.310362.66
HORTON54.3103116.01
SPENCE43.4483104.17
BILLINGTON43.4483317.46
BROWN43.44835.23
PURCELL43.4483493.83
FRANCE32.5862170.45
MELLOR21.724148.90
WHITE21.72415.36
BECKETT21.724186.58
PADDOCK21.7241666.67
SMITH21.72411.22
HOUGH21.7241100.00
ARROWSMITH21.7241222.22
WOOD10.86212.71
BEDDOW10.8621312.50
POWNALL10.8621200.00
FURBER10.8621333.33
VAUGHAN10.862125.25
ALLMAN10.8621185.19
DYKES10.8621125.00
CRAVEN10.862144.64
SIDEBOTTOM10.8621149.25
HIGGINS10.862117.06
PRITCHARD10.862116.00
GROVE10.862173.53
TOMLINSON10.862118.69
LEWIS10.86213.28
DUDLEY10.862157.47
CORK10.8621116.28
HASLAM10.862156.82
BENSON10.862131.75
PRESCOTT10.862160.98
GREEN10.86213.06
WATKIN10.862198.04
MOORE10.86214.31
FOWLES10.8621175.44
JONES10.86210.76
SMALLWOOD10.862193.46
GUEST10.862140.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PADDOCK0.12116666.6667
PURCELL0.12116493.8272
FURBER0.12116333.3333
BILLINGTON0.12116317.4603
BEDDOW0.12116312.5000
ARROWSMITH0.12116222.2222
POWNALL0.12116200.0000
ALLMAN0.12116185.1852
FOWLES0.12116175.4386
FRANCE0.12116170.4545
SIDEBOTTOM0.12116149.2537
DYKES0.12116125.0000
CORK0.12116116.2791
HORTON0.12116116.0093
SPENCE0.12116104.1667
HOUGH0.12116100.0000
WATKIN0.1211698.0392
SMALLWOOD0.1211693.4579
BECKETT0.1211686.5801
SUTTON0.1211681.1908
GROVE0.1211673.5294
CROSS0.1211662.6566
PRESCOTT0.1211660.9756
DUDLEY0.1211657.4713
HASLAM0.1211656.8182
MELLOR0.1211648.8998
CRAVEN0.1211644.6429
GUEST0.1211640.3226
ROBERTS0.1211638.9551
BENSON0.1211631.7460
VAUGHAN0.1211625.2525
TOMLINSON0.1211618.6916
HIGGINS0.1211617.0648
PRITCHARD0.1211616.0000
JOHNSON0.1211615.3925
WHITE0.121165.3634
BROWN0.121165.2308
MOORE0.121164.3103
LEWIS0.121163.2787
GREEN0.121163.0609
WOOD0.121162.7056
SMITH0.121161.2211
JONES0.121160.7612

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 116 people called PADDOCK in Wirswall 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 666.6667 in Wirswall means that 666.6667% of the people in Wirswall on census day were called PADDOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PADDOCK 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 PADDOCK 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 PADDOCK 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 PADDOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Wirswall means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PADDOCK in Wirswall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wirswall in 1881

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

ALLMAN (1)  ARROWSMITH (2)  BECKETT (2)  BEDDOW (1)  BENSON (1)  BILLINGTON (4)  BROWN (4)  CHESTERS (2)  CLUTTON (1)  CORK (1)  CRAVEN (1)  CROSS (5)  DYKES (1)  DUDLEY (1)  FENNA (1)  FOWLES (1)  FRANCE (3)  FURBER (1)  GREEN (1)  GROVE (1)  GUEST (1)  HASLAM (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HOPLEY (3)  HORTON (5)  HOUGH (2)  JOHNSON (6)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (1)  MELLOR (2)  MOORE (1)  NUNNERLEY (7)  PADDOCK (2)  POWNALL (1)  PRESCOTT (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PURCELL (4)  ROBERTS (17)  SIDEBOTTOM (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCE (4)  SUTTON (6)  THELWELL (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WATKIN (1)  WHITE (2)  WICHLANTON (1)  WITCKER (1)  WOAM (1)  WOOD (1)