Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huxley, Cheshire

Huxley 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
DUTTON218.8983393.26
FAULKNER166.7797250.39
BECKETT114.6610234.04
YOUNG104.237319.72
PEACOCK104.2373118.91
ACKERLEY83.38982,352.94
COOKSON83.3898287.77
GREGORY83.389848.31
HOPE72.966187.17
WRIGHT72.96619.25
SHEEN62.5424379.75
SINCLAIR62.542449.30
BENSON62.542493.75
LEE62.542415.56
WOOLLEY52.1186106.84
EDGE41.694998.28
PEMBERTON41.6949133.33
CRANK41.6949833.33
WILLIAMSON41.694918.90
FARRALL41.6949851.06
SPENCER31.271213.92
VERNON31.271277.12
SADLER31.271253.96
SHIELD31.2712280.37
APPLETON31.271281.08
RUTTER31.271283.33
DAWSON20.84757.69
WILSON20.84751.85
LLOYD20.84757.26
DYKES20.8475123.46
ROBINSON20.84752.66
STOCKTON20.8475139.86
EDWARDS20.84753.04
JACKSON20.84753.03
WALKER20.84752.53
BROOKE20.847556.82
PARTINGTON20.847559.70
LOCKETT10.423758.48
LEACH10.423710.27
ROWLAND10.423714.90
FLEET10.423763.29
BONNER10.423748.31
OWENS10.42378.53
EVANS10.42370.97
BARNES10.42373.52
JONES10.42370.37
BROWN10.42370.64
MADDISON10.423743.29
COOPER10.42371.74
ROBERTS10.42371.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ACKERLEY0.242362352.9412
FARRALL0.24236851.0638
CRANK0.24236833.3333
DUTTON0.24236393.2584
SHEEN0.24236379.7468
COOKSON0.24236287.7698
SHIELD0.24236280.3738
FAULKNER0.24236250.3912
BECKETT0.24236234.0426
STOCKTON0.24236139.8601
PEMBERTON0.24236133.3333
DYKES0.24236123.4568
PEACOCK0.24236118.9061
WOOLLEY0.24236106.8376
EDGE0.2423698.2801
BENSON0.2423693.7500
HOPE0.2423687.1731
RUTTER0.2423683.3333
APPLETON0.2423681.0811
VERNON0.2423677.1208
FRAME0.2423666.6667
FLEET0.2423663.2911
PARTINGTON0.2423659.7015
LOCKETT0.2423658.4795
BROOKE0.2423656.8182
SADLER0.2423653.9568
SINCLAIR0.2423649.3016
GREGORY0.2423648.3092
BONNER0.2423648.3092
MADDISON0.2423643.2900
YOUNG0.2423619.7239
WILLIAMSON0.2423618.9036
LEE0.2423615.5561
ROWLAND0.2423614.9031
SPENCER0.2423613.9211
LEACH0.2423610.2669
WRIGHT0.242369.2458
OWENS0.242368.5324
DAWSON0.242367.6894
LLOYD0.242367.2569
BARNES0.242363.5199
EDWARDS0.242363.0409
JACKSON0.242363.0326
ROBINSON0.242362.6578
WALKER0.242362.5316
WILSON0.242361.8452
COOPER0.242361.7419
ROBERTS0.242361.1263
EVANS0.242360.9696
BROWN0.242360.6428

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called ACKERLEY in Huxley 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 2352.9412 in Huxley means that 2352.9412% of the people in Huxley on census day were called ACKERLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Huxley means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ACKERLEY in Huxley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huxley in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (8)  ANKERS (3)  APPLETON (3)  BARNES (1)  BECKETT (11)  BENSON (6)  BEOUGH (1)  BETELEY (1)  BONNER (1)  BROOKE (2)  BROWN (1)  COOKSON (8)  COOPER (1)  CRANK (4)  DAWSON (2)  DYKES (2)  DUTTON (21)  EDGE (4)  EDWARDS (2)  EVANS (1)  FARRALL (4)  FAULKNER (16)  FLEET (1)  FRAME (1)  GREGORY (8)  HARNOTT (4)  HARROTT (1)  HIGNETT (1)  HOPE (7)  JACKSON (2)  JONES (1)  JOINSON (1)  LEACH (1)  LEE (6)  LIDGETT (2)  LLOYD (2)  LOCKETT (1)  MADDISON (1)  OWENS (1)  PARTINGTON (2)  PEACOCK (10)  PEMBERTON (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROWLAND (1)  RUTTER (3)  SADLER (3)  SHEEN (6)  SHIELD (3)  SINCLAIR (6)  SINKER (1)  SPENCER (3)  STOCKTON (2)  SWINDLEY (4)  VERNON (3)  WALKER (2)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (2)  WOOLLAMS (5)  WOOLLEY (5)  WHOOLLEY (3)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (10)