Top surnames from the 1881 census in Baddiley, Cheshire

Baddiley 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
TAPLEY144.91232,545.45
JACKSON144.912317.58
PICKFORD113.8596474.14
BIRCHALL103.5088357.14
SHARPES103.508816,666.67
SMITH103.50882.49
HALE103.508897.75
LEA103.5088177.62
HARDING82.807038.78
EDWARDS82.807010.07
GRIFFITHS82.807017.15
HODKINSON72.4561348.26
RICHARDSON72.456114.43
KETTLE72.4561281.12
READE62.1053697.67
PRINCE62.105393.17
HEATH62.105342.40
WELCH51.754449.90
HUNT51.754413.21
PARKINSON51.754436.58
FURBER51.7544684.93
CORNES51.7544806.45
OWEN51.754414.78
CHAMBERS51.754430.85
HITCHEN51.7544257.73
COOPER51.75447.21
TAYLOR41.40352.19
WILLIAMS41.40351.95
DUTTON31.052646.51
STOCKTON31.0526173.41
JOHNSON31.05263.13
WALLEY31.0526223.88
MOTTRAM31.0526194.81
DAVENPORT20.701837.04
SINCLAIR20.701813.61
BURROWS20.701816.03
WRIGHT20.70182.19
JONES10.35090.31
PLATT10.350913.25
ARROWSMITH10.350945.25
HICKSON10.350950.76
CLOUGH10.350915.72
MORREY10.3509185.19
BOWDEN10.350912.17
LATHAM10.350917.24
WOOLLEY10.350917.67
BARNETT10.35097.78
DUDLEY10.350923.36
PIERCE10.350923.87
MINSHALL10.3509178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARPES0.2928516666.6667
TAPLEY0.292852545.4545
CORNES0.29285806.4516
READE0.29285697.6744
FURBER0.29285684.9315
PICKFORD0.29285474.1379
BIRCHALL0.29285357.1429
HODKINSON0.29285348.2587
KETTLE0.29285281.1245
HITCHEN0.29285257.7320
WALLEY0.29285223.8806
MOTTRAM0.29285194.8052
MORREY0.29285185.1852
MINSHALL0.29285178.5714
LEA0.29285177.6199
STOCKTON0.29285173.4104
HALE0.2928597.7517
PRINCE0.2928593.1677
THOMASON0.2928560.2410
HICKSON0.2928550.7614
WELCH0.2928549.9002
DUTTON0.2928546.5116
ARROWSMITH0.2928545.2489
BODEN0.2928543.2900
HEATH0.2928542.4028
HARDING0.2928538.7785
DAVENPORT0.2928537.0370
PARKINSON0.2928536.5764
CHAMBERS0.2928530.8452
PIERCE0.2928523.8663
DUDLEY0.2928523.3645
SUMNER0.2928521.6920
WOOLLEY0.2928517.6678
JACKSON0.2928517.5769
LATHAM0.2928517.2414
GRIFFITHS0.2928517.1527
BURROWS0.2928516.0256
CLOUGH0.2928515.7233
OWEN0.2928514.7798
RICHARDSON0.2928514.4270
SINCLAIR0.2928513.6054
PLATT0.2928513.2450
HUNT0.2928513.2100
BOWDEN0.2928512.1655
POTTS0.2928510.5152
EDWARDS0.2928510.0718
BARNETT0.292857.7821
COOPER0.292857.2119
AUSTIN0.292857.1788
JOHNSON0.292853.1328

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 285 people called SHARPES in Baddiley 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 16666.6667 in Baddiley means that 16666.6667% of the people in Baddiley on census day were called SHARPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARPES 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 SHARPES 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 SHARPES 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 SHARPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Baddiley means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARPES in Baddiley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Baddiley in 1881

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

ELLERTON (1)  ARDERNE ? (3)  ARROWSMITH (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BARNETT (1)  BEBBINGTON (4)  BIRCHALL (10)  BOWDEN (1)  BODEN (1)  BURROWS (2)  CHAMBERS (5)  CHESTERS (7)  CLOUGH (1)  COOPER (5)  CORNES (5)  DAVENPORT (2)  DAVIES (1)  DUDLEY (1)  DUTTON (3)  EDWARDS (8)  FOXLEY (1)  FURBER (5)  GIBEONS (1)  GRIFFITHS (8)  HALE (10)  HARDING (8)  HARRISON (1)  HASSALL (3)  HEATH (6)  HICKSON (1)  HITCHEN (5)  HOCKENHULL (13)  HODKINSON (7)  HUNT (5)  JACKSON (14)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (1)  KETTLE (7)  LATHAM (1)  LEA (10)  MINSHALL (1)  MORREY (1)  MOTTRAM (3)  NODEN (1)  ONION (1)  OWEN (5)  PARKINSON (5)  PIERCE (1)  PICKFORD (11)  PLATT (1)  POTTS (1)  PRINCE (6)  READE (6)  RICHARDSON (7)  SHARPES (10)  SKERRATT (1)  SINCLAIR (2)  SMITH (10)  STOCKTON (3)  SUMNER (1)  SWINDELLS (1)  TAPLEY (14)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMASON (1)  WALLEY (3)  WELCH (5)  WILLIAMS (4)  WOOLLEY (1)  WRIGHT (2)