Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Little Saughall, Cheshire

Great Little Saughall 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
JONES537.45436.58
HUGHES365.063318.07
GRIFFITHS324.500727.50
COOPER253.516214.46
SHEPHEARD223.09421,788.62
WARRINGTON192.6723325.90
WILLIAMS192.67233.72
DAVIES162.25044.42
BENION152.10975,357.14
DODD121.687841.51
DARLINGTON121.6878248.45
MOORES111.5471187.07
BROWN101.40652.13
MERCER101.406553.59
MOORE91.26586.33
DAVIDSON91.265815.06
LAWSON91.265821.47
OWEN81.12529.48
MARTIN81.12524.57
EVANS81.12522.57
GRANT81.125211.34
EDWARDS70.98453.53
BENNETT70.98455.99
ROBERTS70.98452.62
ELLIS70.98456.78
DONE70.9845285.71
WOODS70.984515.61
LEWIS60.84393.21
SADLER60.843935.80
CRUMP60.843978.13
TICKLE50.7032157.23
ROBINSON50.70322.21
BRADFORD50.703236.08
DUTTON50.703231.08
FRODSHAM50.7032568.18
THORNTON50.703213.99
WHITE50.70322.19
STEPHEN50.703240.10
SMITH50.70320.50
PLATT50.703226.57
CARTWRIGHT50.703218.45
NICHOLAS50.703236.02
TAYLOR50.70321.10
SPEED50.703287.57
BENTLEY40.562613.30
WOOD40.56261.77
HARVEY40.56265.27
WHALEY40.5626167.36
LANGFORD40.562635.78
SHONE40.5626138.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENION0.717115357.1429
SMATHERS0.717113333.3333
FETTER0.717112000.0000
SHEPHEARD0.717111788.6179
FRODSHAM0.71711568.1818
WILCOXON0.71711476.1905
JENKENS0.71711454.5455
URMSTON0.71711338.9831
WARRINGTON0.71711325.9005
DONE0.71711285.7143
DARLINGTON0.71711248.4472
CHEVALIER0.71711238.0952
WHITTY0.71711204.0816
MOORES0.71711187.0748
WHALEY0.71711167.3640
TICKLE0.71711157.2327
BLACKLEDGE0.71711156.2500
CORBIN0.71711142.8571
FARRALL0.71711141.8440
SHONE0.71711138.4083
STRETCH0.71711125.0000
PARROT0.71711121.9512
CRAN0.7171199.0099
SPEED0.7171187.5657
CRUMP0.7171178.1250
NEWALL0.7171173.5294
MADDOCKS0.7171169.1244
LEVER0.7171162.4025
LIMB0.7171162.1118
SHEEHAN0.7171157.4713
PADDOCK0.7171154.9451
MERCER0.7171153.5906
FAIRBROTHER0.7171149.5050
OUTRAM0.7171148.0769
FOULKES0.7171145.3172
DODD0.7171141.5081
HORSMAN0.7171140.1606
STEPHEN0.7171140.0962
BRADFORD0.7171136.0750
NICHOLAS0.7171136.0231
SADLER0.7171135.7995
LANGFORD0.7171135.7782
COTTERELL0.7171133.1126
HENSHAW0.7171133.0033
DUTTON0.7171131.0752
KENDRICK0.7171129.2398
GRIFFITHS0.7171127.5032
PLATT0.7171126.5675
HOUGH0.7171124.5098
PEERS0.7171124.0964

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 711 people called BENION in Great Little Saughall 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 5357.1429 in Great Little Saughall means that 5357.1429% of the people in Great Little Saughall on census day were called BENION.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENION 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 BENION 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 BENION 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 BENION here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Great Little Saughall means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENION in Great Little Saughall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Little Saughall in 1881

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

ACHERLY (1)  AKELL (1)  ALLEN (1)  BIRTLES (4)  BASSENDALE (9)  BELLISE (2)  BELLISSE (1)  BENNETT (7)  BENION (15)  BENYON (1)  BENTLEY (4)  BERHETT (1)  BITHEL (9)  BETLEY (1)  BLACKLEDGE (3)  BRADFORD (5)  BRINDLE (1)  BROWN (10)  BULLOCK (2)  CHALLENOR (1)  CHALLONER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CHALANDER (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHARMLEY (5)  CHEVALIER (1)  COLE (1)  COOPER (25)  COPPACK (1)  CORBIN (2)  MC CORMACK (1)  COTTERELL (1)  COWAP (2)  CRAN (1)  CRESSWELL (1)  CRUMP (6)  DARLINGTON (12)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIDSON (9)  DAVIES (16)  DEANE (1)  DICKENSON (2)  DODD (12)  DONE (7)  DUTTON (5)  EDWARDS (7)  ELLIS (7)  EVANS (8)  FAIRBROTHER (2)  FARRALL (2)  FARRAL (2)  FAULKNER (3)  FETTER (2)  FOLEY (1)  FOULKES (3)  FRODSHAM (5)  GIBSON (1)  GILCHRIS (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GRANT (8)  GRIFFITHS (32)  GRIFFITH (1)  O'HANLON (1)  HARVEY (4)  HEALING (8)  HENSHAW (2)  HOPLEY (1)  HORSMAN (1)  HOUGH (3)  HUGHES (36)  HULSE (1)  INGLEFIELD (2)  JEFFERY (1)  JENKENS (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (53)  KENDRICK (2)  LAACH (1)  LANCELOTT (9)  LANGFORD (4)  LAWSON (9)  LEVER (4)  LEWIS (6)  LIMB (1)  FLOYD (1)  MADDOCKS (3)  MARTIN (8)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MELLOR (1)  MERCER (10)  MILLIGAN (1)  MILNES (1)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MOORE (9)  MOORES (11)  MORGAN (2)  MOULSDALE (1)  NEWALL (3)  NICHOLAS (5)  URMSTON (2)  OUTRAM (1)  OWEN (8)  PADDOCK (1)  PARROT (1)  PEERS (1)  PLATT (5)  POWELL (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  RANDLE (1)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (5)  ROSEDALE (6)  ROWLANDS (1)  SADLER (6)  SHEEHAN (1)  SHEPHEARD (22)  SHONE (4)  SMATHERS (2)  SMITH (5)  SNELL (2)  SPEED (5)  STEPHEN (5)  STRETCH (2)  TAYLOR (5)  TEGGENS (1)  THORNTON (5)  TICKLE (5)  TILSTON (8)  TRELAWNEY (7)  VANDENHOFF (2)  VAUGHAN (4)  VENABLES (4)  VICKERS (2)  WARRINGTON (19)  WALKER (1)  WHALLEY (2)  WHALEY (4)  WARING (2)  WEAVER (2)  WHITE (5)  WILCOXON (1)  WILLIAMS (19)  WYNNE (1)  WHITTY (2)  WOOD (4)  WOODS (7)  WRIGHT (1)