Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodford, Cheshire

Woodford 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
WORTHINGTON226.0773303.03
HOLLAND154.143658.21
WOOD123.314910.40
PEARSON113.038726.16
WALKER92.48627.43
HEATH82.209944.52
BAILEY82.209914.67
NEWTON82.209928.84
BOOTH71.933719.60
HOOLEY71.9337402.30
HATTON71.933798.45
BARRETT71.933728.79
BRUNT61.6575240.96
LIGHTFOOT51.381299.21
JEPSON51.3812141.24
YATES51.381220.10
GRIMSHAW51.381282.64
CRAGG41.1050173.91
SCHOFIELD41.105020.39
LEECH41.105067.80
BARLOW30.828715.35
GARNER30.828726.22
BARBER30.828713.77
BANCROFT20.552556.98
ALLMAN20.5525117.65
ROSE20.55257.45
LATER20.55253,333.33
JOHNSON20.55251.64
NIELD20.552580.32
CHESHIRE20.552571.68
BROMLEY20.552535.91
BAXTER20.55259.27
CLAYTON20.552510.16
CHADWICK20.552512.63
BRADBURY20.552519.12
KELLY20.55255.04
WILD20.552513.56
HOUGH20.552532.10
CLARK20.55251.84
MEE10.276236.36
HOLDEN10.27625.04
SHIELDS10.276217.86
CASEY10.276218.73
BROWN10.27620.42
GRIBBIN10.2762250.00
PRESTON10.27625.53
WHITEHEAD10.27624.09
WARD10.27621.26
MADDOCK10.276230.21
HERBERT10.27627.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATER0.363623333.3333
HOOLEY0.36362402.2989
WORTHINGTON0.36362303.0303
GRIBBIN0.36362250.0000
BRUNT0.36362240.9639
CRAGG0.36362173.9130
JEPSON0.36362141.2429
ALLMAN0.36362117.6471
LIGHTFOOT0.3636299.2063
HATTON0.3636298.4529
GRIMSHAW0.3636282.6446
NIELD0.3636280.3213
LEAH0.3636278.1250
CHESHIRE0.3636271.6846
LEECH0.3636267.7966
HOLLAND0.3636258.2072
BANCROFT0.3636256.9801
RATHBONE0.3636249.7512
DOOLEY0.3636244.8430
HEATH0.3636244.5186
MEE0.3636236.3636
BROMLEY0.3636235.9066
PICKFORD0.3636233.8983
HOUGH0.3636232.1027
MADDOCK0.3636230.2115
NEWTON0.3636228.8392
BARRETT0.3636228.7947
GARNER0.3636226.2238
PEARSON0.3636226.1593
KENNY0.3636223.0947
SCHOFIELD0.3636220.3874
YATES0.3636220.0965
BOOTH0.3636219.6024
BRADBURY0.3636219.1205
CASEY0.3636218.7266
SHIELDS0.3636217.8571
RYDER0.3636215.9490
BARLOW0.3636215.3453
LOMAS0.3636214.9477
BAILEY0.3636214.6708
BARBER0.3636213.7678
WILD0.3636213.5593
CHADWICK0.3636212.6342
HEATON0.3636211.5473
WOOD0.3636210.4040
CLAYTON0.3636210.1626
BAXTER0.363629.2721
WELCH0.363627.8555
ROSE0.363627.4488
WALKER0.363627.4270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 362 people called LATER in Woodford 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 3333.3333 in Woodford means that 3333.3333% of the people in Woodford on census day were called LATER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATER 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 LATER 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 LATER 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 LATER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Woodford means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATER in Woodford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodford in 1881

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

ADSHEAD (1)  ALLMAN (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (8)  BANCROFT (2)  BARBER (3)  BARLOW (3)  BARRETT (7)  BAXTER (2)  BOOTH (7)  BRACEGIRDLE (7)  BRADBURY (2)  BROMLEY (2)  BROWN (1)  BRUNT (6)  BURGESS (1)  CASEY (1)  CHADWICK (2)  CHESHIRE (2)  CLARK (2)  CLAYTON (2)  CRAGG (4)  DOOLEY (1)  GARNER (3)  JEPSON (5)  GRIBBIN (1)  GRIMSHAW (5)  HALLWORTH (10)  HATTON (7)  HEATH (8)  HEATON (1)  HERBERT (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLAND (15)  HOOLEY (7)  HOUGH (2)  EARLAM (21)  JOHNSON (2)  KELLY (2)  KELSALL (1)  KENNY (1)  LATER (2)  LEECH (4)  LEAH (1)  LIGHTFOOT (5)  LOMAS (1)  MADDOCK (1)  MALPAS (6)  MEE (1)  NEWTON (8)  NIELD (2)  PEARSON (11)  PICKFORD (1)  PIMLOTT (7)  PRESTON (1)  RATHBONE (1)  RYDER (1)  RILEY (1)  ROSE (2)  SCHOFIELD (4)  SHACKHADY (1)  SHARD (15)  SHATWELL (52)  SHELMERDINE (5)  SHIELDS (1)  SPURRELL (1)  SWINDELLS (7)  WALKER (9)  WARD (1)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WYCH (4)  WILD (2)  WOOD (12)  WORTHINGTON (22)  YATES (5)