Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lach Dennis, Cheshire

Lach Dennis 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
CARTER1219.3548115.27
WRENCH812.90323,809.52
PLATT812.9032487.80
DAVENPORT69.6774512.82
SHAW69.677452.68
BELL58.064542.92
CRIMES46.45168,000.00
OAKES46.4516444.44
CANNON11.612989.29
ASHLEY11.612996.15
JACKSON11.61295.77
BOOTH11.612916.34
TAYLOR11.61292.52
PENNEL11.612910,000.00
DALE11.612938.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PENNEL0.066210000.0000
CRIMES0.06628000.0000
WRENCH0.06623809.5238
DAVENPORT0.0662512.8205
PLATT0.0662487.8049
OAKES0.0662444.4444
CARTER0.0662115.2738
ASHLEY0.066296.1538
CANNON0.066289.2857
SHAW0.066252.6778
BELL0.066242.9185
DALE0.066238.1679
BOOTH0.066216.3399
JACKSON0.06625.7703
TAYLOR0.06622.5221

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 62 people called PENNEL in Lach Dennis 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 10000.0000 in Lach Dennis means that 10000.0000% of the people in Lach Dennis on census day were called PENNEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PENNEL 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 PENNEL 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 PENNEL 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 PENNEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Lach Dennis means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PENNEL in Lach Dennis than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lach Dennis in 1881

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

ASHLEY (1)  BELL (5)  BOOTH (1)  CANNON (1)  CARTER (12)  CRIMES (4)  DALE (1)  DAVENPORT (6)  JACKSON (1)  OAKES (4)  PENKETH (1)  PENNEL (1)  PLATT (8)  RHYLE (1)  SHAW (6)  TAYLOR (1)  WRENCH (8)