Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barnston, Cheshire

Barnston 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
JONES176.07145.36
WILLIAMS124.28575.97
PETERS113.9286112.02
BIRCH103.571487.18
OWENS103.571471.89
SMITH93.21432.28
FORSHAW82.8571425.53
PRINCE82.8571126.38
HUGHES82.857110.20
WARING72.5000198.86
MITCHELL62.142910.56
ANDREW62.142967.64
HERBERT51.785747.80
MOORE51.78578.93
STEWART51.785711.41
LEWIS41.42865.43
WEBSTER41.428616.43
THOMAS41.42863.46
GILL41.428620.19
WHILBY41.428610,000.00
PEERS41.4286245.40
HOWARD41.428614.56
GLENN31.0714340.91
BUFF31.07142,307.69
DODD31.071426.34
WILLIAM31.0714125.52
BOURNE31.071455.25
SINCLAIR31.071420.78
BENNETT31.07146.52
PRICE31.07146.12
FORWOOD31.07143,333.33
BLANCHARD20.714386.96
ELLIS20.71434.92
PEARSON20.71436.15
CASSELS20.7143392.16
JENKINS20.71436.06
NELSON20.714314.75
CARTER20.71434.26
TAYLOR20.71431.12
EVANS20.71431.63
LIGHTFOOT20.714351.28
HANCOCK20.714315.70
CALDON20.71432,000.00
PRIOR10.357115.43
HARRISON10.35711.61
PHILLIPS10.35712.00
CURSON10.3571156.25
LAMB10.35716.77
GRIFFITHS10.35712.18
HOUGHTON10.357110.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHILBY0.2828010000.0000
FORWOOD0.282803333.3333
BUFF0.282802307.6923
CALDON0.282802000.0000
WILLIANS0.282801666.6667
HAZELHURST0.28280454.5455
CRIMES0.28280434.7826
FORSHAW0.28280425.5319
CASSELS0.28280392.1569
GLENN0.28280340.9091
PEERS0.28280245.3988
WARING0.28280198.8636
CURSON0.28280156.2500
PRINCE0.28280126.3823
WILLIAM0.28280125.5230
PETERS0.28280112.0163
GREER0.28280106.3830
BIRCH0.2828087.1840
BLANCHARD0.2828086.9565
OWENS0.2828071.8907
ANDREW0.2828067.6437
BOURNE0.2828055.2486
HITCHEN0.2828052.3560
LIGHTFOOT0.2828051.2821
HERBERT0.2828047.8011
DODD0.2828026.3389
KIRKHAM0.2828025.5754
SINCLAIR0.2828020.7756
GILL0.2828020.1918
LEA0.2828018.0832
WEBSTER0.2828016.4271
HANCOCK0.2828015.6986
PRIOR0.2828015.4321
NELSON0.2828014.7493
HOWARD0.2828014.5560
STEWART0.2828011.4129
MITCHELL0.2828010.5634
HOUGHTON0.2828010.2249
HUGHES0.2828010.1963
MOORE0.282808.9302
LAW0.282807.8927
LAMB0.282806.7705
BENNETT0.282806.5189
PEARSON0.282806.1482
PRICE0.282806.1224
JENKINS0.282806.0606
WILLIAMS0.282805.9660
HAYES0.282805.7438
LEWIS0.282805.4333
JONES0.282805.3609

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 280 people called WHILBY in Barnston 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 10000.0000 in Barnston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Barnston on census day were called WHILBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHILBY 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 WHILBY 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 WHILBY 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 WHILBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Barnston means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHILBY in Barnston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barnston in 1881

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

AMERY (6)  ANDREW (6)  BENEDETH (1)  BENNETT (3)  BIRCH (10)  BLANCHARD (2)  BOUMFREY (1)  BRAIMAN (1)  BRANTHWAITE (1)  BROSTER (9)  BUFF (3)  BOURNE (3)  CALDON (2)  CURSON (1)  CARTER (2)  CASSELS (2)  COLLINS (1)  COLINSON (2)  CRIMES (1)  DAVIES (1)  DODD (3)  EASTDOWN (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (2)  FELTHOUSE (3)  FORSHAW (8)  FORWOOD (3)  GERTREY (4)  GILL (4)  GLENN (3)  GORST (1)  GREGORY (1)  GREER (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYES (1)  HAZELHURST (1)  HERBERT (5)  HIGNETT (1)  HITCHEN (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWARD (4)  HUGHES (8)  IONELY (1)  JELLICOE (6)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (17)  KIRKHAM (1)  LAMB (1)  LAW (1)  LEA (1)  LEWIS (4)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LLOYD (1)  MC ELROY (1)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MITCHELL (6)  MOORE (5)  NELSON (2)  NEWLEY (7)  OWENS (10)  PEERS (4)  PEARSON (2)  PARRY (1)  PETERS (11)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRICE (3)  PRINCE (8)  PRIOR (1)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMITH (9)  SPARKE (2)  STEWART (5)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TOLTY (2)  WARING (7)  WEBSTER (4)  WHILBY (4)  WILLIAM (3)  WILLIAMS (12)  WILLIANS (1)