Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crewe In Chester, Cheshire

Crewe In Chester 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
SHAW916.981192.40
FLEET59.43401,388.89
BAKER59.434043.07
DAVIES47.547214.84
BOWEN47.5472182.65
SMITH35.66044.01
LITTLER23.7736571.43
MORREY23.77362,000.00
LEACH23.773691.32
MADDISON23.7736384.62
WILLIAMS11.88682.63
GREEN11.88686.70
FOWLES11.8868384.62
SMART11.886841.49
JONES11.88681.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORREY0.05532000.0000
FLEET0.05531388.8889
LITTLER0.0553571.4286
MADDISON0.0553384.6154
FOWLES0.0553384.6154
BOWEN0.0553182.6484
SHAW0.055392.4025
LEACH0.055391.3242
BAKER0.055343.0663
SMART0.055341.4938
DAVIES0.055314.8368
GREEN0.05536.7024
SMITH0.05534.0091
WILLIAMS0.05532.6267
JONES0.05531.6661

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 53 people called MORREY in Crewe In Chester 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 2000.0000 in Crewe In Chester means that 2000.0000% of the people in Crewe In Chester on census day were called MORREY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Crewe In Chester in 1881

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

BAKER (5)  BARNSTON (6)  BOWEN (4)  DAVIES (4)  DIGGORY (1)  FLEET (5)  FOWLES (1)  GREEN (1)  JONES (1)  LEACH (2)  LITTLER (2)  MADDISON (2)  MORREY (2)  SHAW (9)  SHERROT (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (3)  SWETTENHAM (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WYCHERLEY (1)