Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huntington, Cheshire

Huntington 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
WOODCOCK86.7797237.39
SALISBURY86.7797683.76
FRIAR86.77974,444.44
MOORE86.779733.90
DUTTON75.9322262.17
WALLEY75.93221,250.00
PHOENIX54.23733,125.00
FARNSWORTH54.23731,020.41
LOCKLEY43.3898888.89
WINDSOR43.3898408.16
MELTON32.5424714.29
LLOYD21.694914.51
ROBERTS21.69494.51
HOWELL21.694940.24
LARGE21.6949163.93
RIGBY21.694958.48
LLYOD21.69496,666.67
WARD21.69497.76
CHESTER10.847568.97
SIMPSON10.84754.85
ASHLEY10.847550.76
KENNEDY10.847514.06
MOLYNEUX10.8475111.11
BENTLY10.8475333.33
KELLY10.84757.74
PARRY10.847511.14
CUNNINGHAM10.847517.99
THOMAS10.84752.05
BATEMAN10.847532.79
RODEN10.8475181.82
LAKER10.8475200.00
RAMSEY10.847578.13
JONES10.84750.75
MADDOCKS10.8475138.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LLYOD0.121186666.6667
FRIAR0.121184444.4444
PHOENIX0.121183125.0000
WALLEY0.121181250.0000
FARNSWORTH0.121181020.4082
LOCKLEY0.12118888.8889
MELTON0.12118714.2857
SALISBURY0.12118683.7607
WINDSOR0.12118408.1633
BENTLY0.12118333.3333
DUTTON0.12118262.1723
WOODCOCK0.12118237.3887
LAKER0.12118200.0000
RODEN0.12118181.8182
LARGE0.12118163.9344
MADDOCKS0.12118138.8889
MOLYNEUX0.12118111.1111
RAMSEY0.1211878.1250
CHESTER0.1211868.9655
RIGBY0.1211858.4795
ASHLEY0.1211850.7614
HOWELL0.1211840.2414
MOORE0.1211833.8983
BATEMAN0.1211832.7869
CUNNINGHAM0.1211817.9856
LLOYD0.1211814.5138
KENNEDY0.1211814.0647
PARRY0.1211811.1359
WARD0.121187.7580
KELLY0.121187.7399
SIMPSON0.121184.8450
ROBERTS0.121184.5055
THOMAS0.121182.0538
JONES0.121180.7483

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called LLYOD in Huntington 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 6666.6667 in Huntington means that 6666.6667% of the people in Huntington on census day were called LLYOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LLYOD 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 LLYOD 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 LLYOD 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 LLYOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Huntington means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LLYOD in Huntington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huntington in 1881

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

AKITT (6)  ASHLEY (1)  BARWISE (1)  BATEMAN (1)  BENTLY (1)  CHESTER (1)  COTGREVE (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DUCKERS (3)  DUTTON (7)  FARNSWORTH (5)  FRIAR (8)  HURSON (2)  HOWELL (2)  JONES (1)  KELLY (1)  KENNEDY (1)  LAKER (1)  LARGE (2)  LLOYD (2)  LLYOD (2)  LOCKLEY (4)  MADDOCKS (1)  MAULD (1)  MELTON (3)  MOLYNEUX (1)  MOORE (8)  PARRY (1)  PHOENIX (5)  PLEAVIN (5)  RAMSEY (1)  RIGBY (2)  ROBERTS (2)  RODEN (1)  SALISBURY (8)  SIMPSON (1)  STONLEY (1)  SWINDLY (1)  THOMAS (1)  WALLEY (7)  WARD (2)  WINDSOR (4)  WOODCOCK (8)