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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kelsall, Cheshire

Kelsall 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
WRIGHT6610.328632.20
JOHNSON406.259818.63
BOOTH203.129931.73
NICHOLAS182.8169144.23
ASHBROOK162.50392,711.86
WILLIAMS152.34743.27
FOSTER142.190916.39
TURNER132.03447.31
LLOYD132.034417.42
NIXON132.034466.77
GARNER101.564949.51
RATHBONE101.5649281.69
GRICE101.5649151.75
GLEAVE101.5649371.75
SMITH91.40851.00
COOKSON91.4085119.52
ROBERTS91.40853.74
WALKER91.40854.21
PENNINGTON81.252084.57
WILLIS71.095520.60
FAULKNER71.095540.42
MANLEY71.095597.77
PRESCOTT60.939066.59
PRITCHARD60.939017.44
JEFFS60.9390120.00
CLARKE60.93904.63
BROWN50.78251.19
FLEET50.7825116.55
MILLER50.78254.37
JONES50.78250.69
ROBINSON50.78252.45
FURNESS50.782598.04
CRAVEN50.782540.52
MAYERS50.7825260.42
MOSLEY50.782583.06
SPENCER50.78258.57
COOPER50.78253.22
PACKER50.782574.29
LITTLER40.626094.34
HIGGINSON40.626062.50
SUTTON40.62609.83
LEWIS40.62602.38
BRITTON40.626035.34
PICTON40.6260184.33
WHITE40.62601.95
PEMBERTON40.626049.26
CRAWFORD30.46959.59
STRECH30.469515,000.00
CORNISH30.469532.54
BENNION30.4695208.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRECH0.6463915000.0000
BUNK0.6463910000.0000
ASHBROOK0.646392711.8644
HERLEY0.64639454.5455
CRIMES0.64639392.1569
GLEAVE0.64639371.7472
RATHBONE0.64639281.6901
MAYERS0.64639260.4167
BENNION0.64639208.3333
PICTON0.64639184.3318
GRICE0.64639151.7451
NICHOLAS0.64639144.2308
LINNELL0.64639138.8889
BOSLEY0.64639133.3333
JEFFS0.64639120.0000
COOKSON0.64639119.5219
FLEET0.64639116.5501
ACKERLEY0.64639107.5269
FURNESS0.6463998.0392
MANLEY0.6463997.7654
LITTLER0.6463994.3396
CARMAN0.6463993.8967
PENNINGTON0.6463984.5666
MOSLEY0.6463983.0565
PACKER0.6463974.2942
NIXON0.6463966.7694
PRESCOTT0.6463966.5927
HODKINSON0.6463966.5188
HIGGINSON0.6463962.5000
DILWORTH0.6463954.3478
LAXTON0.6463951.2821
GARNER0.6463949.5050
PEMBERTON0.6463949.2611
DYKES0.6463945.4545
EARDLEY0.6463941.6667
CRAVEN0.6463940.5186
FAULKNER0.6463940.4157
BRITTON0.6463935.3357
WALLEY0.6463933.2226
CORNISH0.6463932.5380
WRIGHT0.6463932.1967
BOOTH0.6463931.7309
MANNERS0.6463931.6456
BROADHURST0.6463930.9119
CAWLEY0.6463929.5858
SHUTTLEWORTH0.6463926.3852
COLLEY0.6463924.6914
GREENWAY0.6463921.0526
BALE0.6463920.8333
CORMACK0.6463920.7039

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 639 people called STRECH in Kelsall 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 15000.0000 in Kelsall means that 15000.0000% of the people in Kelsall on census day were called STRECH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRECH 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 STRECH 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 STRECH 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 STRECH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Kelsall means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRECH in Kelsall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kelsall in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (1)  ASHBROOK (16)  ASHBROWN (1)  ASHLEY (1)  ASPEY (1)  ASTBURY (17)  ATHERTON (1)  BALE (1)  BARCLAY (1)  BATE (2)  BENNETT (1)  BENNION (3)  BOOTH (20)  BOSLEY (2)  BOWERS (1)  BOUGER (1)  BRADDEY (1)  BRITTON (4)  BROADHURST (2)  BROWN (5)  BUNK (1)  BUTTLETON (1)  CARMAN (2)  CHESTERS (2)  CHESWORTH (1)  CHURCH (1)  CLARKE (6)  CLARK (1)  COLLEY (2)  CAWLEY (1)  COOKSON (9)  COOPER (5)  CAWPER (1)  CORMACK (1)  CORNISH (3)  COUPES (1)  COWAP (1)  COWLEY (2)  CRAVEN (5)  CRAWFORD (3)  CRIMES (2)  DALTON (1)  DEAKIN (1)  DEAN (1)  DYKES (2)  DILWORTH (1)  DODD (3)  DOWNALL (1)  EARDLEY (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FAULKNER (7)  FLEET (5)  FOSTER (14)  FURNESS (5)  GALMAN (4)  GARNER (10)  GASCOINE (1)  GIBBONS (1)  GILBERT (1)  GLEAVE (10)  GREENWAY (1)  GREGORY (2)  GRICE (10)  GUEST (1)  GUNNERY (1)  GUNNESY (1)  HERLEY (1)  HARROP (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HAYES (2)  HEWITT (2)  HIGGINSON (4)  HIGNETT (10)  HODKINSON (3)  HUGHES (3)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFS (6)  JOHNSON (40)  JONES (5)  LAW (3)  LAURISON (2)  LAXTON (1)  LEA (2)  LEICESTER (1)  LEWIS (4)  LINEES (1)  LINNELL (2)  LITTLER (4)  LLOYD (13)  LOVEKIN (8)  MAKIN (1)  MANLEY (7)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEWS (3)  MANNERS (1)  MILLER (5)  MINTISTER (1)  MOSLEY (5)  MAYERS (5)  NAYLOR (2)  NICHOLAS (18)  NIXOLAS (2)  NIXON (13)  NOWOLL (1)  OAKLEY (1)  PACKER (5)  PARTINGTON (1)  PEMBERTON (4)  PENNINGTON (8)  PARRY (2)  PETERS (2)  PICTON (4)  POTTER (2)  PRESCOTT (6)  PRINCE (1)  PRITCHARD (6)  RATHBONE (10)  RIMINGTON (1)  RICTON (7)  ROBERTS (9)  ROBINSON (5)  ROWE (2)  RUSCOE (4)  RUTTER (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (2)  SIMPSON (2)  SHILTON (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (9)  SOTHERBY (1)  SPENCER (5)  STARKEY (1)  STRECH (3)  SUMNER (1)  SUTTON (4)  TURNER (13)  VERNON (2)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (9)  WALLEY (1)  WARBRICK (1)  WARBURTON (1)  WHITE (4)  WITLEY (2)  WILLIAMS (15)  WILLIS (7)  WILSON (1)  WRIGHT (66)