Top surnames from the 1881 census in Caldy, Cheshire

Caldy 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
SMITH2111.22997.95
SHERRATT147.48661,308.41
HUGHES94.812817.18
BENNETT94.812829.29
CROXTON94.81285,000.00
JONES84.27813.78
LEECH73.7433229.51
COOKE73.743367.83
EVANS63.20867.34
EDWARDS63.208611.51
STRONG63.2086215.05
BOOTH52.673827.10
WINSON52.67381,315.79
DAVIES52.67385.26
CLARK42.13907.12
BIRD42.139027.99
WHARTON42.1390152.67
GRAY31.604311.24
HATTON31.604381.74
BARTON21.069519.80
TURNBULL21.069525.38
MOLYNEUX21.0695139.86
THOMPSON21.06953.57
GERRARD21.069583.68
PARKINSON10.534811.15
DOODY10.5348303.03
CROSS10.53487.77
RICHMOND10.534824.39
WHITE10.53481.66
BRERETON10.5348128.21
SINCLAIR10.534810.37
POWELL10.53484.29
EDGE10.534831.06
MCKINLEY10.53481,428.57
JACKSON10.53481.91
COLLINS10.53483.73
HARDY10.53488.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROXTON0.191875000.0000
MCKINLEY0.191871428.5714
WINSON0.191871315.7895
SHERRATT0.191871308.4112
DOODY0.19187303.0303
LEECH0.19187229.5082
STRONG0.19187215.0538
WHARTON0.19187152.6718
MOLYNEUX0.19187139.8601
BRERETON0.19187128.2051
GERRARD0.1918783.6820
HATTON0.1918781.7439
COOKE0.1918767.8295
EDGE0.1918731.0559
BENNETT0.1918729.2873
BIRD0.1918727.9916
BOOTH0.1918727.1003
TURNBULL0.1918725.3807
RICHMOND0.1918724.3902
BARTON0.1918719.8020
HUGHES0.1918717.1756
EDWARDS0.1918711.5119
GRAY0.1918711.2360
PARKINSON0.1918711.1483
SINCLAIR0.1918710.3734
HARDY0.191878.9286
SMITH0.191877.9536
CROSS0.191877.7700
EVANS0.191877.3421
CLARK0.191877.1162
DAVIES0.191875.2565
POWELL0.191874.2863
JONES0.191873.7775
COLLINS0.191873.7272
THOMPSON0.191873.5702
JACKSON0.191871.9135
WHITE0.191871.6636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called CROXTON in Caldy 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 5000.0000 in Caldy means that 5000.0000% of the people in Caldy on census day were called CROXTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROXTON 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 CROXTON 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 CROXTON 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 CROXTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Caldy means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROXTON in Caldy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Caldy in 1881

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

BARTON (2)  BATHER (2)  BENNETT (9)  BIRD (4)  BOOTH (5)  BRERETON (1)  BRIDDEN (7)  CLARK (4)  COLLINS (1)  COOKE (7)  CROSS (1)  CROXTON (9)  DAVIES (5)  DOODY (1)  DRYLAND (1)  EDGE (1)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (6)  GERRARD (2)  GRAY (3)  HARDY (1)  HARRISSON (3)  HATTON (3)  HAZLEHURST (6)  HUGHES (9)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (8)  LEECH (7)  LINEKER (1)  MCKINLEY (1)  MCONVELL (1)  MOLYNEUX (2)  PARKINSON (1)  POWELL (1)  RICHMOND (1)  REALEY (1)  SHERRATT (14)  SCARRETT (1)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (21)  STRONG (6)  THOMPSON (2)  TURNBULL (2)  WHARTON (4)  WHITE (1)  WINSON (5)  YAXLEY (1)  YOUDS (5)