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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Baguley, Cheshire

Baguley 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
JACKSON527.065225.28
COOMBS283.8043225.08
HEYWOOD253.3967170.77
WOODALL233.1250388.51
LAMB233.125059.23
HULME222.9891139.77
WHITFIELD172.3098115.65
RENSHAW152.0380215.52
MARSLAND152.0380349.65
LEIGH131.766376.74
DARBYSHIRE121.6304306.91
WALKER111.49464.46
RICHARDSON101.35877.98
MACHIN91.2228122.12
COLEMAN81.087021.81
MELLOR81.087030.85
WEBB81.08708.02
JENKINSON81.087062.06
KINSEY81.0870165.98
MASSEY81.087042.51
JOHNSON81.08703.24
BAMFORTH70.9511213.41
DERBYSHIRE70.951191.26
KNOWLES70.951117.81
TOMLINSON70.951120.62
WYATT70.951132.42
JONES60.81520.72
DODD60.815220.05
WATKINSON60.815269.61
RODGERS60.815229.79
SUTCLIFFE60.815220.64
SAVAGE60.815221.22
DEAN60.815211.74
STATHAM60.8152141.18
GARNER60.815225.80
MERRILL50.6793236.97
RIMMER50.679342.55
HOLT50.679310.15
PILLING50.679356.31
CROWTHER50.679322.76
DORRINGTON50.6793215.52
COOKSON50.679357.60
LEECH40.543533.36
DAVIES40.54351.07
FOSTER40.54354.06
WARREN40.54358.13
NIELD40.543579.21
DAVENPORT40.543528.69
ELLIS40.54353.74
WIGGINS40.543550.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WOODALL0.74736388.5135
MARSLAND0.74736349.6503
DARBYSHIRE0.74736306.9054
MERRILL0.74736236.9668
COOMBS0.74736225.0804
DORRINGTON0.74736215.5172
RENSHAW0.74736215.5172
BAMFORTH0.74736213.4146
HEYWOOD0.74736170.7650
KINSEY0.74736165.9751
STATHAM0.74736141.1765
HULME0.74736139.7713
DUN0.74736125.0000
HANKINSON0.74736123.9669
MACHIN0.74736122.1167
WHITFIELD0.74736115.6463
GOODIER0.74736114.0684
DERBYSHIRE0.7473691.2647
NIELD0.7473679.2079
LEIGH0.7473676.7414
DEY0.7473674.6269
WATKINSON0.7473669.6056
COTTRILL0.7473668.0272
YARWOOD0.7473666.8896
BRIERLY0.7473664.9351
JENKINSON0.7473662.0636
CARDEN0.7473661.3497
LAMB0.7473659.2326
COOKSON0.7473657.6037
PILLING0.7473656.3063
ALDEN0.7473652.9101
WIGGINS0.7473650.3778
RIMMER0.7473642.5532
MASSEY0.7473642.5080
WINSTANLEY0.7473640.5954
LEECH0.7473633.3611
ROGERSON0.7473633.1126
WYATT0.7473632.4224
GLEAVE0.7473632.2581
MELLOR0.7473630.8523
SHIELD0.7473629.8507
RODGERS0.7473629.7915
ALLMAN0.7473628.9017
DAVENPORT0.7473628.6944
RUTTER0.7473626.7618
GARNER0.7473625.7954
JACKSON0.7473625.2808
CROWTHER0.7473622.7583
COLEMAN0.7473621.8103
SAVAGE0.7473621.2239

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 736 people called WOODALL in Baguley 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 388.5135 in Baguley means that 388.5135% of the people in Baguley on census day were called WOODALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WOODALL 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 WOODALL 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 WOODALL 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 WOODALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Baguley means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WOODALL in Baguley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Baguley in 1881

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

ADSHEAD (2)  ALDCROFT (8)  ALDEN (1)  ALLMAN (1)  ASHWORTH (1)  HADKINSON (1)  BAMFORTH (7)  BARDSLEY (1)  BARTON (1)  BIRD (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRIERLY (1)  BROMILEY (3)  BROWN (4)  BROWNHILL (4)  CARDEN (1)  COLEMAN (8)  COOKSON (5)  COOMBS (28)  COTTRILL (1)  COXFORD (1)  CROWTHER (5)  CURTIS (1)  DARNTON (3)  DAVENPORT (4)  DAVIS (1)  DAVIES (4)  DEY (1)  DEAN (6)  DARBYSHIRE (12)  DERBYSHIRE (7)  DICKENSON (1)  DODD (6)  DORRINGTON (5)  DUNN (1)  DUN (1)  DUNVILLE (7)  ELLIS (4)  EVISON (1)  FOSTER (4)  FRENWICK (1)  GARNER (6)  GARDORN (3)  JEPSON (1)  GLEAVE (1)  GLOVER (1)  GOODALL (2)  GOODIER (3)  GREGORY (1)  GREGG (1)  GRESTY (6)  GUNSON (1)  HAMNETT (46)  HAMPSON (1)  HANKINSON (3)  HEESOM (1)  HEYWOOD (25)  HOLLINPRIEST (1)  HULME (22)  HOLT (5)  HOUGH (2)  HOWARD (1)  HOWARTH (1)  HUGHES (2)  ILLINGWORTH (1)  IRLAM (5)  JACKSON (52)  JENKINSON (8)  JOHNSON (8)  JOHNSTON (2)  JONES (6)  KNOWLES (7)  LAMB (23)  LANCELY (4)  LANGARS (1)  LANSLEY (1)  LAWTON (3)  LEECH (4)  LEIGH (13)  LOMAX (1)  MAKIN (1)  MACHIN (9)  MARSLAND (15)  MARTIN (1)  MASSEY (8)  KINSEY (8)  MELLOR (8)  MERRILL (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MOSTON (1)  MURRAY (1)  NEWTON (1)  NIELD (4)  MC PARTHIN (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (3)  PILLING (5)  PRICE (3)  PRIESTNER (4)  PRITCHARD (1)  RENSHAW (15)  RICHARDSON (10)  RIDGWAY (1)  RIMMER (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (2)  RODGERS (6)  ROGERSON (3)  ROPER (2)  ROYLE (1)  RUTTER (3)  SAVAGE (6)  SHEE (1)  SHELMERDINE (29)  SHERLOCK (1)  SHIELD (1)  SMITH (3)  STAFFORD (1)  STENTON (1)  STATHAM (6)  SUTCLIFFE (6)  SWINDLES (1)  TUDDENHAM (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TIMPERLEY (1)  TOMLINSON (7)  WALKDEN (6)  WALKER (11)  WARBURTON (3)  WARREN (4)  WATKINSON (6)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (8)  WESTHEAD (4)  WHITFIELD (17)  WHITTAM (1)  WIGGINS (4)  WILSON (3)  WINSTANLEY (3)  WOODALL (23)  WRIGHT (2)  WYATT (7)  YARWOOD (2)