Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunham On The Hill, Cheshire

Dunham On The Hill 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
WEAVER176.1818237.76
BOOTH176.181862.66
WILLIAMS155.45457.59
LITTLER145.0909769.23
WRIGHT134.727314.74
PRITCHARD114.000074.27
FRYER103.6364196.08
PARKINSON103.636475.82
DAWSON82.909126.39
ASBURY72.54551,093.75
CARTWRIGHT72.545566.79
WORRALL72.5455200.00
THOMAS62.18185.29
WINSON62.18181,090.91
TAYLOR51.81822.84
MILMAN51.81823,333.33
LAMB51.818234.46
DUTTON41.454564.31
WOOLLEY41.454573.26
ANTROBUS41.4545727.27
GREEN41.45455.17
RICHARDS31.09097.22
CLARKE31.09095.38
FITTON31.090997.09
ABBOT20.7273153.85
HARRISON20.72733.28
PEACOCK20.727320.41
EDWARDS20.72732.61
DODD20.727317.89
HULME20.727334.01
GRIFFITH20.727322.32
BARTON20.727313.46
DYKE20.727373.26
CONNOR20.727324.63
PLATT20.727327.47
NAYLOR20.727319.31
EVANS20.72731.66
BALL10.36364.40
JOHNSON10.36361.08
DAVIES10.36360.71
BLYTHE10.363647.85
MOSS10.36365.90
LAWTON10.363614.10
CORRIGAN10.363681.30
TITTLE10.3636666.67
ROWLAND10.363612.79
HAYES10.36365.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILMAN0.282753333.3333
ASBURY0.282751093.7500
WINSON0.282751090.9091
LITTLER0.28275769.2308
ANTROBUS0.28275727.2727
TITTLE0.28275666.6667
WEAVER0.28275237.7622
WORRALL0.28275200.0000
FRYER0.28275196.0784
ABBOT0.28275153.8462
FITTON0.2827597.0874
CORRIGAN0.2827581.3008
PARKINSON0.2827575.8150
PRITCHARD0.2827574.2741
WOOLLEY0.2827573.2601
DYKE0.2827573.2601
CARTWRIGHT0.2827566.7939
DUTTON0.2827564.3087
BOOTH0.2827562.6613
BLYTHE0.2827547.8469
LAMB0.2827534.4590
HULME0.2827534.0136
PLATT0.2827527.4725
DAWSON0.2827526.3939
CONNOR0.2827524.6305
GRIFFITH0.2827522.3214
PEACOCK0.2827520.4082
NAYLOR0.2827519.3050
DODD0.2827517.8891
WRIGHT0.2827514.7359
LAWTON0.2827514.1044
BARTON0.2827513.4590
ROWLAND0.2827512.7877
WILLIAMS0.282757.5930
RICHARDS0.282757.2237
MOSS0.282755.8997
HAYES0.282755.8480
CLARKE0.282755.3841
THOMAS0.282755.2873
GREEN0.282755.1653
BALL0.282754.4014
HARRISON0.282753.2765
TAYLOR0.282752.8432
EDWARDS0.282752.6096
EVANS0.282751.6643
JOHNSON0.282751.0823
DAVIES0.282750.7149

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 275 people called MILMAN in Dunham On The Hill 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 3333.3333 in Dunham On The Hill means that 3333.3333% of the people in Dunham On The Hill on census day were called MILMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILMAN 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 MILMAN 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 MILMAN 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 MILMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Dunham On The Hill means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILMAN in Dunham On The Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunham On The Hill in 1881

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

ABBOT (2)  ANTROBUS (4)  ASBURY (7)  BALL (1)  BARTON (2)  BLYTHE (1)  BOOTH (17)  CARTWRIGHT (7)  CLARKE (3)  CONNOR (2)  CORRIGAN (1)  COWAP (4)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (8)  DYKE (2)  DODD (2)  DUNBABU (4)  DUTTON (4)  EDWARDS (2)  EVANS (2)  FETTON (7)  FITTON (3)  FRYER (10)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFITH (2)  HARRISON (2)  HASSALE (2)  HAYES (1)  HULME (2)  HOPLEY (12)  HUNTINGDON (8)  JOHNSON (1)  LAMB (5)  LAWTON (1)  LITTLEMORE (1)  LITTLER (14)  MILMAN (5)  MOSS (1)  NAYLOR (2)  NODEN (5)  OKELL (1)  PARKINSON (10)  PARSONAGE (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PLATT (2)  PRITCHARD (11)  RICHARDS (3)  ROWLAND (1)  LIDLEY (5)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (6)  TITTLE (1)  WEAVER (17)  WILLIAMS (15)  WINSON (6)  WOOLLEY (4)  WORRALL (7)  WORRALE (1)  WRIGHT (13)