Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cholmondeston, Cheshire

Cholmondeston 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
CORNES105.34762,439.02
GRIFFITHS84.278126.14
HOUGH84.2781248.45
BENNION73.74331,666.67
ARROWSMITH73.7433482.76
JONES73.74333.31
MAJOR73.7433277.78
HITCHEN73.7433551.18
KETTLE73.7433426.83
HESKETH73.7433391.06
DUTTON63.2086141.84
JACKSON63.208611.48
WILKINSON63.208621.02
HULSE63.2086508.47
SUTTON52.673841.98
COOKSON52.6738227.27
OWEN52.673822.53
BILLINGTON52.6738246.31
WILLIAMSON42.139023.87
WILLIS42.139040.24
PRINCE42.139094.56
CHESHIRE42.1390277.78
BAYLEY31.604399.67
DUNNING31.6043188.68
DEAN31.604323.11
CHADDERTON21.0695444.44
MAINWARING21.0695277.78
BARKER21.06958.17
MANNING21.069533.61
LATHAM10.534826.25
HADDOCK10.534883.33
TICKLE10.5348119.05
RHODEN10.5348769.23
PACE10.5348120.48
HORNBY10.534846.95
YOUNG10.53482.49
HART10.53486.27
KIRKHAM10.534838.31
JOHNSON10.53481.59
PURCELL10.534876.92
HARDING10.53487.39
VICKERS10.534820.83
GRAY10.53483.75
SPAN10.534810,000.00
JINKS10.5348128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPAN0.1918710000.0000
CORNES0.191872439.0244
BENNION0.191871666.6667
RHODEN0.19187769.2308
HITCHEN0.19187551.1811
HULSE0.19187508.4746
ARROWSMITH0.19187482.7586
CHADDERTON0.19187444.4444
KETTLE0.19187426.8293
HESKETH0.19187391.0615
CHESHIRE0.19187277.7778
MAJOR0.19187277.7778
MAINWARING0.19187277.7778
HOUGH0.19187248.4472
BILLINGTON0.19187246.3054
COOKSON0.19187227.2727
DUNNING0.19187188.6792
DUTTON0.19187141.8440
JINKS0.19187128.2051
PACE0.19187120.4819
TICKLE0.19187119.0476
BAYLEY0.1918799.6678
PRINCE0.1918794.5626
HADDOCK0.1918783.3333
PURCELL0.1918776.9231
HORNBY0.1918746.9484
SUTTON0.1918741.9815
WILLIS0.1918740.2414
KIRKHAM0.1918738.3142
MANNING0.1918733.6134
LATHAM0.1918726.2467
GRIFFITHS0.1918726.1438
WILLIAMSON0.1918723.8663
DEAN0.1918723.1125
OWEN0.1918722.5327
WILKINSON0.1918721.0231
VICKERS0.1918720.8333
JACKSON0.1918711.4811
BARKER0.191878.1733
HARDING0.191877.3910
HART0.191876.2696
GRAY0.191873.7453
JONES0.191873.3053
YOUNG0.191872.4894
JOHNSON0.191871.5916

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called SPAN in Cholmondeston 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 10000.0000 in Cholmondeston means that 10000.0000% of the people in Cholmondeston on census day were called SPAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cholmondeston in 1881

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

ARROWSMITH (7)  BAYLEY (3)  BARKER (2)  BENNION (7)  BILLINGTON (5)  BOFFEY (7)  CHADDERTON (2)  CHESHIRE (4)  CHESTERS (1)  COOKSON (5)  CORNES (10)  DEAN (3)  DUNNING (3)  DUTTON (6)  GRAY (1)  GRIFFITHS (8)  HADDOCK (1)  HARDING (1)  HART (1)  HESKETH (7)  HITCHEN (7)  HORNBY (1)  HOUGH (8)  HULSE (6)  JACKSON (6)  JINKS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (7)  JONKS (7)  KETTLE (7)  KIRKHAM (1)  LATHAM (1)  MAINWARING (2)  MAJOR (7)  MANNING (2)  MULLOCK (3)  OVERR (1)  OWEN (5)  PACE (1)  PRINCE (4)  PURCELL (1)  RHODEN (1)  SPAN (1)  SUTTON (5)  TICKLE (1)  VICKERS (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILLIS (4)  YOUNG (1)