Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clive, Cheshire

Clive 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
ASHMORE2012.12121,626.02
MADDOCK106.0606662.25
LATHAM106.0606297.62
BECKETT95.4545273.56
WHITLOW84.84854,000.00
BODEN74.2424522.39
SHAW74.242423.09
LEA63.6364184.05
GRAHAM53.030326.40
SUMNER42.4242149.81
KIRK42.424256.02
EGERTON42.4242493.83
OWEN31.818215.32
WHITMORE31.8182206.90
DALE21.212128.69
BUCKLEY21.212122.27
SIMPSON21.21216.93
PALIN21.2121281.69
EARL21.212192.59
BURGESS21.212117.45
HUGHES21.21214.33
ROYLE10.606146.08
ARROWSMITH10.606178.13
MOTTRAM10.6061112.36
EDGE10.606135.21
LIGHTFOOT10.606143.48
HOUGH10.606135.21
BACH10.6061555.56
FIRTH10.606118.25
WOODHOUSE10.606125.58
MORRIS10.60612.72
TWISS10.6061434.78
COYNE10.6061114.94
STANWAY10.6061217.39
JACKSON10.60612.17
HICKSON10.606187.72
DODD10.606114.90
TAYLOR10.60610.95
SINGLETON10.606130.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITLOW0.171654000.0000
ASHMORE0.171651626.0163
MADDOCK0.17165662.2517
BACH0.17165555.5556
BODEN0.17165522.3881
EGERTON0.17165493.8272
TWISS0.17165434.7826
LATHAM0.17165297.6190
PALIN0.17165281.6901
BECKETT0.17165273.5562
STANWAY0.17165217.3913
WHITMORE0.17165206.8966
LEA0.17165184.0491
SUMNER0.17165149.8127
COYNE0.17165114.9425
MOTTRAM0.17165112.3596
EARL0.1716592.5926
HICKSON0.1716587.7193
ARROWSMITH0.1716578.1250
KIRK0.1716556.0224
ROYLE0.1716546.0829
LIGHTFOOT0.1716543.4783
EDGE0.1716535.2113
HOUGH0.1716535.2113
SINGLETON0.1716530.6748
DALE0.1716528.6944
GRAHAM0.1716526.3992
WOODHOUSE0.1716525.5754
SHAW0.1716523.0947
BUCKLEY0.1716522.2717
FIRTH0.1716518.2482
BURGESS0.1716517.4520
OWEN0.1716515.3218
DODD0.1716514.9031
SIMPSON0.171656.9300
HUGHES0.171654.3262
MORRIS0.171652.7226
JACKSON0.171652.1687
TAYLOR0.171650.9477

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 165 people called WHITLOW in Clive 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 4000.0000 in Clive means that 4000.0000% of the people in Clive on census day were called WHITLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITLOW 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 WHITLOW 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 WHITLOW 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 WHITLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Clive means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITLOW in Clive than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clive in 1881

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

ARROWSMITH (1)  ARTINGSTALL (7)  ASHMORE (20)  BACH (1)  BECKETT (9)  BODEN (7)  BUCKLEY (2)  BURGESS (2)  COYNE (1)  DALE (2)  DODD (1)  EARL (2)  EDGE (1)  EGERTON (4)  FIRTH (1)  FODEN (1)  GILLIOTT (1)  GRAHAM (5)  HICKSON (1)  HOOLE (1)  HOUGH (1)  HUGHES (2)  JACKSON (1)  KIRK (4)  LATHAM (10)  LEA (6)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  MADDOCK (10)  MORRIS (1)  MOTTRAM (1)  OWEN (3)  PALIN (2)  ROYLE (1)  SANDBACH (6)  SHAW (7)  SIMPSON (2)  SINGLETON (1)  SPROSTON (12)  STANWAY (1)  SUMNER (4)  SWANWICK (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TWISS (1)  WHITLOW (8)  WHITMORE (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)