Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chorlton In Nantwich, Cheshire

Chorlton In Nantwich 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
MADDOCKS1618.82353,076.92
DENNIS910.5882358.57
BUCKLEY67.0588129.59
BANCROFT67.0588731.71
MAYDEW55.882425,000.00
CLARKE55.882429.04
PARTON44.7059869.57
WALKER33.529410.54
SMITH22.35291.67
HORTON22.352963.49
CHRISTOPHER22.3529400.00
POTTS22.352970.42
HUGHES11.17654.20
GIBSON11.17659.69
BROWN11.17651.78
VICKERS11.176545.87
ROBINSON11.17653.69
MOSS11.176519.08
BRERETON11.1765285.71
HULME11.176554.95
WILKINSON11.17657.71
HOLLINSHEAD11.1765454.55
SPENCER11.176512.89
COOKE11.176521.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYDEW0.098525000.0000
MADDOCKS0.09853076.9231
PARTON0.0985869.5652
BANCROFT0.0985731.7073
HOLLINSHEAD0.0985454.5455
CHRISTOPHER0.0985400.0000
DENNIS0.0985358.5657
BRERETON0.0985285.7143
BUCKLEY0.0985129.5896
POTTS0.098570.4225
HORTON0.098563.4921
HULME0.098554.9451
VICKERS0.098545.8716
CLARKE0.098529.0360
COOKE0.098521.3220
MOSS0.098519.0840
SPENCER0.098512.8866
WALKER0.098510.5448
GIBSON0.09859.6899
WILKINSON0.09857.7101
HUGHES0.09854.1982
ROBINSON0.09853.6900
BROWN0.09851.7848
SMITH0.09851.6664

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 85 people called MAYDEW in Chorlton In Nantwich 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 25000.0000 in Chorlton In Nantwich means that 25000.0000% of the people in Chorlton In Nantwich on census day were called MAYDEW.

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

All the surnames recorded in Chorlton In Nantwich in 1881

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

BANCROFT (6)  BASSEY (1)  BRERETON (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (6)  CHRISTOPHER (2)  CLARKE (5)  COOKE (1)  DENNIS (9)  DURSTON (6)  GIBSON (1)  GROCOTTE (3)  HOLLINSHEAD (1)  HULME (1)  HORTON (2)  HUGHES (1)  MADDOCKS (16)  MAYDEW (5)  MOSS (1)  PARTON (4)  POTTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SMITH (2)  SPENCER (1)  SPROSON (1)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (3)  WILKINSON (1)