Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cotton Edmunds, Cheshire

Cotton Edmunds 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
WOODCOCK816.6667583.94
TOFT612.50003,157.89
DODD612.5000307.69
LYONS612.5000560.75
MASSEY36.2500243.90
HARRIS36.250024.59
CRIMES24.16675,000.00
CUNNINGHAM12.083344.25
BRODY12.083310,000.00
JONES12.08331.84
DUTTON12.083391.74
MADDOCK12.0833227.27
CRAWFORD12.083342.55
ROBERTS12.08335.54
EDWARDS12.08337.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRODY0.054810000.0000
CRIMES0.05485000.0000
TOFT0.05483157.8947
WOODCOCK0.0548583.9416
LYONS0.0548560.7477
DODD0.0548307.6923
MASSEY0.0548243.9024
MADDOCK0.0548227.2727
DUTTON0.054891.7431
CUNNINGHAM0.054844.2478
CRAWFORD0.054842.5532
HARRIS0.054824.5902
EDWARDS0.05487.4738
ROBERTS0.05485.5371
JONES0.05481.8396

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 48 people called BRODY in Cotton Edmunds 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 Cotton Edmunds means that 10000.0000% of the people in Cotton Edmunds on census day were called BRODY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRODY 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 BRODY 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 BRODY 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 BRODY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Cotton Edmunds means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRODY in Cotton Edmunds than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cotton Edmunds in 1881

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

BRODY (1)  CRAWFORD (1)  CRIMES (2)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DODD (6)  DUTTON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  GRINDLEY (3)  HOLLYWELL (1)  HARRIS (3)  JONES (1)  LYONS (6)  MADDOCK (1)  MASSEY (3)  ROBERTS (1)  SWINDLEY (2)  TOFT (6)  WOODCOCK (8)