Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barrow, Cheshire

Barrow 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
DUTTON263.5912158.63
NEWPORT253.4530679.35
WRIGHT223.03879.47
SHALLCROSS212.90061,653.54
HUGHES202.76249.86
DAVIES152.07184.07
DODD152.071850.95
DARLINGTON152.0718304.88
HIGGINSON152.0718206.90
HITCHEN131.7956263.69
MOSS121.657526.89
GILBERT111.519326.67
JONES101.38121.22
WILLIAMS101.38121.92
CHALLINOR101.3812392.16
CHEERS101.38122,272.73
WOODCOCK91.243143.56
GRIFFITHS91.24317.60
WILLIS91.243123.38
OWEN81.10509.31
FLETCHER81.10509.68
KNOWLES81.105020.69
FELLOWS81.105081.63
FLEET81.1050164.61
FAULKNER81.105040.77
PLATT81.105041.73
JEFFS81.1050141.09
HODGES70.966932.97
ADAMS70.96696.56
BAILY70.9669152.84
JOYNSON70.9669416.67
LITTLER70.9669145.83
BROOKE60.828755.66
WATSON60.82873.57
CROSS60.828712.04
LONGWORTH50.6906108.23
SMITH50.69060.49
ASBURY50.6906294.12
BESWICK50.690670.62
GARNER50.690621.85
SHEPHERD50.69069.43
SWAN50.690626.67
OWENS50.690613.90
CHARLES40.552526.74
CROWDER40.5525138.89
LLOYD40.55254.73
JOHNSON40.55251.64
GREGORY40.55257.87
COKE40.5525434.78
ASHBROOK30.4144454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHEERS0.727242272.7273
SHALLCROSS0.727241653.5433
MAPES0.72724882.3529
NEWPORT0.72724679.3478
CRIMES0.72724517.2414
BROADY0.72724483.8710
WRAGGE0.72724454.5455
ASHBROOK0.72724454.5455
COKE0.72724434.7826
JOYNSON0.72724416.6667
CHALLINOR0.72724392.1569
DARLINGTON0.72724304.8780
ASBURY0.72724294.1176
HITCHEN0.72724263.6917
HIGGINSON0.72724206.8966
FLEET0.72724164.6091
DUTTON0.72724158.6333
BAILY0.72724152.8384
LITTLER0.72724145.8333
JEFFS0.72724141.0935
CROWDER0.72724138.8889
CRANK0.72724136.0544
LONGWORTH0.72724108.2251
TOFT0.72724106.0071
HASSELL0.7272487.7193
FELLOWS0.7272481.6327
BESWICK0.7272470.6215
SPRUCE0.7272468.4932
BROOKE0.7272455.6586
CAWLEY0.7272452.2193
FLOWERS0.7272451.1073
DODD0.7272450.9511
STOWE0.7272446.9484
CRAGG0.7272443.5730
WOODCOCK0.7272443.5624
LUNT0.7272442.9185
PLATT0.7272441.7319
CARMAN0.7272441.4938
FAULKNER0.7272440.7747
KAVANAGH0.7272435.7143
HODGES0.7272432.9722
GERRARD0.7272432.4324
HUXLEY0.7272430.6748
MOSS0.7272426.8938
CHARLES0.7272426.7380
GILBERT0.7272426.6731
SWAN0.7272426.6667
LUDLOW0.7272426.4550
WILLIS0.7272423.3827
BLOWER0.7272423.3645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 724 people called CHEERS in Barrow 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 2272.7273 in Barrow means that 2272.7273% of the people in Barrow on census day were called CHEERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHEERS 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 CHEERS 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 CHEERS 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 CHEERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Barrow means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHEERS in Barrow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barrow in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ALDFORD (3)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ASHBROOK (3)  ASTBURY (1)  ASBURY (5)  BAILY (7)  BALL (1)  BANAHAM (1)  BANKS (1)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (3)  BARNES ? (1)  BATLIE (6)  BAUSHAM (1)  BECKETT (2)  BESWICK (5)  BITHEL (1)  BURKHILL (1)  BLOWER (1)  BOWERS (1)  BOYCOTT (5)  BRADLEY (1)  BROADY (3)  BROCK (1)  BROOKE (6)  BROOKS (1)  BROSTER (7)  BURGESS (1)  BURNETT (2)  BURNS (1)  CHALLINOR (10)  CARMAN (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  KAVANAGH (1)  CHARLES (4)  CHEERS (10)  CHESTERS (8)  CHRISTIE (1)  CLARK (2)  CAWLEY (2)  COOKSON (1)  COTGREAVE (3)  COWAN (1)  COKE (4)  CRAGG (2)  CRANK (2)  CRAWFORD (3)  CRIMES (3)  CRUMMACK (7)  CROUK (1)  CROSBY (1)  CROSS (6)  CROWDER (4)  DALE (1)  DARLINGTON (15)  DAVIES (15)  DEAN (2)  DODD (15)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUTTON (26)  EDGE (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (1)  FAULKNER (8)  FELLOWS (8)  FINCHETT (2)  FITTON (1)  FLEET (8)  FLETCHER (8)  FLOWERS (3)  GARNER (5)  GERRARD (3)  GILBERT (11)  GREGORY (4)  GRIFFITH (3)  GRIFFITHS (9)  HARBRIDGE (4)  HASSELL (2)  HEATON (1)  HELLIOT (1)  HIGGINSON (15)  HIORNS (1)  HITCHEN (13)  HODGES (7)  HOULBROOK (13)  HOLLAND (1)  HOUGH (1)  HOWCROFT (3)  HUGHES (20)  JACKSON (2)  JEFFS (8)  JONISON (5)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (10)  JOYNSON (7)  JOINSON (9)  KELLY (1)  KETTLE (1)  KNOWLES (8)  LANCELEY (8)  LANCELY (4)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEACH (1)  LEE (1)  LEONARD (1)  LEVERINGTON (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIDGETT (11)  LITTLE (2)  LITTLER (7)  LLOYD (4)  LONGWORTH (5)  LOVESEY (6)  LUDLOW (1)  LUNT (2)  MAPES (3)  MEKUSEN (1)  MIDDLEHURST (5)  MILLIGAN (1)  MOSS (12)  NEWPORT (25)  OKELL (8)  OAKLEY (1)  OWEN (8)  OWENS (5)  HUXLEY (1)  PARKER (2)  PIRIE (1)  PLATT (8)  PRITCHARD (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (2)  SHALLCROSS (21)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHURLOCK (6)  SMITH (5)  SPRUCE (1)  STANYER (6)  STOKES (2)  STOWE (1)  SUNTER (1)  SWAN (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (2)  TOFT (3)  TURNER (1)  WARBOUTON (5)  WARDLE (1)  WATSON (6)  WELSH (1)  WILLCOXON (2)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILLIS (9)  WILSON (1)  WOODCOCK (9)  WOODFUR (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WRAGGE (1)  WRIGHT (22)