Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bexton, Cheshire

Bexton 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
BARBER2223.4043388.69
BESWICK1010.63831,086.96
SHAW99.574552.11
MORREY77.44683,888.89
PLATT66.3830240.96
HAUGH66.38304,285.71
MERRICK55.3191714.29
GRICE33.1915309.28
HEWITT22.127743.67
DAVIS22.12779.68
MATHERS22.1277357.14
WEBB22.127715.70
CASH11.0638161.29
QUINN11.063855.56
WALLER11.063842.19
BUCKLEY11.063819.53
WALKER11.06383.18
SALMON11.063846.73
OLIVER11.063814.90
GROVER11.0638169.49
SLEET11.06381,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAUGH0.09944285.7143
MORREY0.09943888.8889
SLEET0.09941666.6667
BESWICK0.09941086.9565
MERRICK0.0994714.2857
BARBER0.0994388.6926
MATHERS0.0994357.1429
GRICE0.0994309.2784
PLATT0.0994240.9639
GROVER0.0994169.4915
CASH0.0994161.2903
QUINN0.099455.5556
SHAW0.099452.1135
SALMON0.099446.7290
HEWITT0.099443.6681
WALLER0.099442.1941
BUCKLEY0.099419.5313
WEBB0.099415.6986
OLIVER0.099414.9031
DAVIS0.09949.6805
WALKER0.09943.1776

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 94 people called HAUGH in Bexton 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 4285.7143 in Bexton means that 4285.7143% of the people in Bexton on census day were called HAUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAUGH 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 HAUGH 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 HAUGH 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 HAUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Bexton means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAUGH in Bexton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bexton in 1881

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

BARBER (22)  BESWICK (10)  BUCKLEY (1)  CASH (1)  CORBISHLEY (8)  DAVIS (2)  GRICE (3)  GROVER (1)  HAUGH (6)  HEWITT (2)  LOVATT (1)  MATHERS (2)  MERRICK (5)  MORREY (7)  OLIVER (1)  PLATT (6)  QUINN (1)  SALMON (1)  SHAW (9)  SLEET (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLER (1)  WEBB (2)