Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eccleston, Cheshire

Eccleston 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
GRIFFITHS185.572834.05
DAVIES164.95369.74
WEST123.715238.59
DUTTON103.0960136.80
BECKETT103.0960155.28
JONES103.09602.73
PARKER92.786414.65
BASKERVILLE92.78641,184.21
ALLMAN82.4768526.32
EDWARDS72.16727.78
WILLIAMS61.85762.59
WRIGHT61.85765.79
BROWN61.85762.82
RAVENSCROFT61.8576545.45
WATKINS51.548025.55
GRASS51.54802,000.00
PRICE51.54808.84
EVANS51.54803.54
ROBERTS51.54804.11
DODD51.548038.05
ROBINS41.238458.39
HARTSHORN41.2384285.71
CLAY41.238460.33
HUMPHREYS41.238435.18
NEWTON41.238416.16
MOULTON30.9288187.50
HILLIARD30.9288344.83
POWELL30.92887.45
ALLEN20.61923.28
MORTIMER20.619229.63
WILLIAMSON20.61926.91
HAWKINS20.61928.55
MAHON10.309669.93
BAXTER10.30965.19
PENNY10.309617.39
CUNNINGHAM10.30966.57
LEES10.30966.98
TAYLOR10.30960.48
CLUBB10.3096178.57
HUSBAND10.309653.19
SMITH10.30960.22
EWEN10.309672.99
BRAILSFORD10.309687.72
MARSHALL10.30961.85
BENTLEY10.30967.32
LYNN10.309635.46
VINE10.309633.33
GREGORY10.30964.41
PARTRIDGE10.309611.85
COLLINSON10.309626.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRASS0.323232000.0000
BASKERVILLE0.323231184.2105
BEYER0.32323909.0909
RAVENSCROFT0.32323545.4545
ALLMAN0.32323526.3158
HILLIARD0.32323344.8276
GILLIAM0.32323322.5806
BOOTS0.32323303.0303
HARTSHORN0.32323285.7143
MANGER0.32323250.0000
MOULTON0.32323187.5000
CLUBB0.32323178.5714
NUTTING0.32323169.4915
BECKETT0.32323155.2795
DUTTON0.32323136.7989
BRAILSFORD0.3232387.7193
EWEN0.3232372.9927
MAHON0.3232369.9301
CLAY0.3232360.3318
ROBINS0.3232358.3942
HUSBAND0.3232353.1915
SEDGWICK0.3232342.7350
WEST0.3232338.5852
DODD0.3232338.0518
LYNN0.3232335.4610
HUMPHREYS0.3232335.1803
GRIFFITHS0.3232334.0522
VINE0.3232333.3333
MORTIMER0.3232329.6296
KELLEY0.3232326.6667
COLLINSON0.3232326.3852
SQUIRE0.3232326.1097
WATKINS0.3232325.5493
HEALEY0.3232318.9394
PENNY0.3232317.3913
DENTON0.3232316.8350
NEWTON0.3232316.1616
WHITFIELD0.3232315.5039
PARKER0.3232314.6508
ROWLANDS0.3232312.4224
PARTRIDGE0.3232311.8483
TAIT0.3232310.5152
DAVIES0.323239.7389
PRICE0.323238.8449
HAWKINS0.323238.5543
EDWARDS0.323237.7760
POWELL0.323237.4460
BENTLEY0.323237.3206
LEES0.323236.9832
WILLIAMSON0.323236.9061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 323 people called GRASS in Eccleston 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 Eccleston means that 2000.0000% of the people in Eccleston on census day were called GRASS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS 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 GRASS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Eccleston means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRASS in Eccleston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eccleston in 1881

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

OLDRIEVE (3)  ALLEN (2)  ALLMAN (8)  ASHMALL (3)  BASKERVILLE (9)  BAXTER (1)  BEYER (1)  BECKETT (10)  BENYON (16)  BENTLEY (1)  BOOTS (1)  BORE (1)  BRAILSFORD (1)  BROWN (6)  BUDGETT (2)  CHALTON (8)  CHANLINOR (1)  CHAUNELL (4)  CLAY (4)  CLUBB (1)  COBBOLD (1)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (1)  CONNAH (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIES (16)  DENTON (1)  DEYLAND (3)  DODD (5)  DUTTON (10)  EDWARDS (7)  EVANS (5)  EWEN (1)  GIBSON (1)  GRASS (5)  GREEN (1)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFITHS (18)  HANWELL (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARTSHORN (4)  HAWKINS (2)  HEALEY (1)  HILLIARD (3)  HOLLAND (1)  HUMPHREYS (4)  HUNDLY (2)  HUSBAND (1)  JONES (10)  KELLEY (1)  LEYFIELD (9)  LEES (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOLLY (3)  LYNN (1)  MAHON (1)  MANGER (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (1)  MESSHAM (1)  MC FARLAND (5)  MC GREGOR (1)  MORTIMER (2)  MOULTON (3)  NEWTON (4)  NUTTING (1)  PARKER (9)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PENNY (1)  PARRY (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (5)  RAVENSCROFT (6)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINS (4)  ROWLANDS (1)  SEDGWICK (1)  SMITH (1)  SQUIRE (1)  SWINDLEY (8)  TAIT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TILSTON (5)  VINE (1)  VON KATTLITR (1)  WATKINS (5)  WEBB (1)  WEST (12)  WHEELER (1)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  GILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WRIGHT (6)