Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buerton In Chester, Cheshire

Buerton In Chester 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
JONES1218.750016.56
PAYNTER812.50004,444.44
SHANE710.937511,666.67
THOMAS69.375022.72
BEDDOW57.81252,777.78
PORRITT57.81252,777.78
GOULD34.6875129.87
EDWARDS23.125011.21
TURNER23.125011.22
ROBERTS23.12508.31
JOHNSON23.12509.30
CLUBBS11.562510,000.00
FOSTER11.562511.68
BURTON11.562518.35
TAYLOR11.56252.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHANE0.066411666.6667
CLUBBS0.066410000.0000
PAYNTER0.06644444.4444
BEDDOW0.06642777.7778
PORRITT0.06642777.7778
GOULD0.0664129.8701
THOMAS0.066422.7187
BURTON0.066418.3486
JONES0.066416.5563
FOSTER0.066411.6822
TURNER0.066411.2233
EDWARDS0.066411.2108
JOHNSON0.06649.3023
ROBERTS0.06648.3056
TAYLOR0.06642.4432

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 64 people called SHANE in Buerton In Chester 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 11666.6667 in Buerton In Chester means that 11666.6667% of the people in Buerton In Chester on census day were called SHANE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHANE 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 SHANE 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 SHANE 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 SHANE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Buerton In Chester means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHANE in Buerton In Chester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buerton In Chester in 1881

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

BEDDOW (5)  BURTON (1)  CLUBBS (1)  CUFFIN (3)  EDWARDS (2)  FORMSTONE (3)  FOSTER (1)  GOULD (3)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (12)  PAYNTER (8)  PORRITT (5)  ROBERTS (2)  SHANE (7)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (6)  TURNER (2)