Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bostock, Cheshire

Bostock 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
RAYNOR157.61421,094.89
SHERWIN94.5685849.06
STATHAM84.0609701.75
STRINGER84.0609204.08
DUTTON84.0609179.37
HAYHURST73.5533813.95
EVANSON73.55333,181.82
HOPKINS63.045750.59
WILLIAMSON63.045733.98
PENNELL52.5381877.19
KITCHEN52.5381148.81
CHAMBERLAIN52.538193.28
CHAMBERLIN42.0305606.06
MILES42.030534.42
RAVENSCROFT42.0305597.01
BUCKLEY42.030537.31
OAKES31.5228105.26
MILLS31.522811.74
HOLMES31.522812.51
GARNER21.015232.10
WILLIAMS21.01521.41
RAWSON21.015293.02
ATKINSON21.015210.42
HENSHALL21.0152208.33
GRIFFITHS21.01526.20
FAIRHURST21.0152124.22
CROSS21.015214.75
MERROW21.015220,000.00
DUNNING21.0152119.76
PODMORE21.0152281.69
ASPLEY10.50761,428.57
HANNON10.5076322.58
COSEY10.50765,000.00
ACTON10.507687.72
SCHOLES10.507643.86
CARTY10.5076217.39
MERRILL10.5076175.44
EATON10.507618.12
BRETT10.507626.74
HOWLEY10.5076238.10
VICKERS10.507619.76
DUDLEY10.507633.78
DAVIES10.50761.00
NOON10.507670.42
ALCOCK10.507635.21
RICKETTS10.507652.36
CABLE10.5076101.01
WAKEFIELD10.507628.33
BOOTH10.50765.15
TWIST10.5076103.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MERROW0.2019720000.0000
COSEY0.201975000.0000
DAVISSON0.201973333.3333
EVANSON0.201973181.8182
ASPLEY0.201971428.5714
RAYNOR0.201971094.8905
PENNELL0.20197877.1930
SHERWIN0.20197849.0566
HAYHURST0.20197813.9535
STATHAM0.20197701.7544
CHAMBERLIN0.20197606.0606
RAVENSCROFT0.20197597.0149
GARNET0.20197476.1905
HANNON0.20197322.5806
STEPTOE0.20197285.7143
PODMORE0.20197281.6901
HOWLEY0.20197238.0952
CARTY0.20197217.3913
HENSHALL0.20197208.3333
STRINGER0.20197204.0816
DUTTON0.20197179.3722
MERRILL0.20197175.4386
TRIM0.20197169.4915
KEARNS0.20197163.9344
KITCHEN0.20197148.8095
FAIRHURST0.20197124.2236
DUNNING0.20197119.7605
PALIN0.20197119.0476
OAKES0.20197105.2632
TWIST0.20197103.0928
CABLE0.20197101.0101
CHAMBERLAIN0.2019793.2836
RAWSON0.2019793.0233
ACTON0.2019787.7193
NOON0.2019770.4225
RICKETTS0.2019752.3560
HOPKINS0.2019750.5902
SCHOLES0.2019743.8596
BUCKLEY0.2019737.3134
ALCOCK0.2019735.2113
MILES0.2019734.4234
WILLIAMSON0.2019733.9751
DUDLEY0.2019733.7838
GARNER0.2019732.1027
WAKEFIELD0.2019728.3286
ATHERTON0.2019728.2486
BRETT0.2019726.7380
BARRATT0.2019725.0000
WAINWRIGHT0.2019723.9808
VICKERS0.2019719.7628

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 197 people called MERROW in Bostock 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 20000.0000 in Bostock means that 20000.0000% of the people in Bostock on census day were called MERROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MERROW 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 MERROW 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 MERROW 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 MERROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Bostock means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MERROW in Bostock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bostock in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ADAMS (1)  ALCOCK (1)  ASPLEY (1)  ATHERTON (1)  ATKINSON (2)  ATTENBOROUGH (1)  BARRATT (1)  BOOTH (1)  BRASSINGTON (4)  BRETT (1)  BUCKLEY (4)  CABLE (1)  KEARNS (1)  CARTY (1)  CHAMBERLIN (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (5)  CLEAVE (1)  COSEY (1)  CROSS (2)  DAVISSON (1)  DAVIES (1)  DODD (1)  DUDLEY (1)  DUNNING (2)  DUTTON (8)  EATON (1)  EVANSON (7)  FAIRHURST (2)  FALSAY (1)  FODEN (1)  GARNER (2)  GARNET (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HANNON (1)  HAYHURST (7)  HENSHALL (2)  HOLMES (3)  HOPKINS (6)  HOWLEY (1)  KINNERLEY (5)  KITCHEN (5)  MERRILL (1)  MERROW (2)  MILES (4)  MILLS (3)  NEWTON (1)  NIDDRIE (7)  NOON (1)  OAKES (3)  OULT (1)  PALIN (1)  PENNELL (5)  PITHER (1)  PODMORE (2)  RAVENSCROFT (4)  RAWSON (2)  RAYNOR (15)  RICKETTS (1)  SCHOLES (1)  SHAW (1)  SHERWIN (9)  SPROSTON (1)  STATHAM (8)  STEPTOE (1)  STRINGER (8)  TATTNELL (1)  TRIM (1)  TWIST (1)  VICKERS (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WILBORE (4)