Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lea By Backford, Cheshire

Lea By Backford 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
WILLIAMS147.07079.84
JONES136.56575.80
DAVIES115.555610.92
HUGHES94.545516.22
ROBERTS94.545512.08
LEE84.040424.72
GLAVES63.03035,000.00
BILBY63.03033,000.00
BROAD52.5253198.41
DEAN52.525336.39
LLOYD52.525321.63
MAJOR52.5253187.27
MORRIS42.02029.08
JAMES42.020210.29
MASON42.020215.03
CROFTS42.0202250.00
HOUGH42.0202117.30
CHALONER42.02021,212.12
FARRINGTON42.0202235.29
MATTHEWS42.020223.16
BASNETT31.51521,200.00
FAIRCLOUGH31.5152144.93
OWENS31.515230.52
HUGHSON31.5152833.33
PICKERING21.010128.01
FORD21.010110.37
MOORE21.01015.05
KNIGHT21.01018.19
EDWARDS21.01013.62
PARRY10.50516.64
KEATING10.5051102.04
ADAMS10.50513.43
DYKES10.505173.53
THOMAS10.50511.22
MADDOCK10.505155.25
OXTON10.5051909.09
BARNETT10.505111.20
ELLIS10.50513.48
HUMPHREYS10.505114.35
MALLINSON10.505161.35
GILL10.50517.14
PHILLIPS10.50512.82
ALLEN10.50512.67
JOHNSON10.50511.50
WILCOXON10.50511,666.67
HIBBERT10.505134.48
RAVENSCROFT10.5051149.25
BUTT10.505139.22
LEWIS10.50511.92
GIBSON10.50514.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GLAVES0.201985000.0000
BILBY0.201983000.0000
WILCOXON0.201981666.6667
CHALONER0.201981212.1212
BASNETT0.201981200.0000
OXTON0.20198909.0909
HUGHSON0.20198833.3333
CROFTS0.20198250.0000
FARRINGTON0.20198235.2941
BROAD0.20198198.4127
MAJOR0.20198187.2659
RAVENSCROFT0.20198149.2537
FAIRCLOUGH0.20198144.9275
HOUGH0.20198117.3021
KEATING0.20198102.0408
DYKES0.2019873.5294
MALLINSON0.2019861.3497
MADDOCK0.2019855.2486
BUTT0.2019839.2157
DEAN0.2019836.3901
HIBBERT0.2019834.4828
OWENS0.2019830.5188
PICKERING0.2019828.0112
LEE0.2019824.7219
MATTHEWS0.2019823.1616
LLOYD0.2019821.6263
HUGHES0.2019816.2221
MASON0.2019815.0263
HUMPHREYS0.2019814.3472
ROBERTS0.2019812.0822
BARNETT0.2019811.1982
DAVIES0.2019810.9225
FORD0.2019810.3681
JAMES0.2019810.2854
WILLIAMS0.201989.8432
MORRIS0.201989.0765
KNIGHT0.201988.1934
GILL0.201987.1378
PARRY0.201986.6357
JONES0.201985.7974
MOORE0.201985.0518
GIBSON0.201984.1615
EDWARDS0.201983.6245
ELLIS0.201983.4783
ADAMS0.201983.4270
PHILLIPS0.201982.8225
ALLEN0.201982.6738
LEWIS0.201981.9209
JOHNSON0.201981.5031
THOMAS0.201981.2238

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 198 people called GLAVES in Lea By Backford 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 5000.0000 in Lea By Backford means that 5000.0000% of the people in Lea By Backford on census day were called GLAVES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GLAVES 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 GLAVES 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 GLAVES 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 GLAVES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Lea By Backford means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GLAVES in Lea By Backford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lea By Backford in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (DAVIES) (10)  ALLEN (1)  HADKINSON (2)  BARNETT (1)  BASNETT (3)  BILBY (6)  BROAD (5)  BROSTER (1)  BUTT (1)  CHALONER (4)  COPPACK (4)  CROFTS (4)  DAVIES (11)  DEAN (5)  DYKES (1)  DRIMMAN (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (1)  ENNEVER (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (3)  FARRINGTON (4)  FORD (2)  GEAVE (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (1)  GLAVES (6)  GLEGG (3)  HIBBERT (1)  HOUGH (4)  HUGHES (9)  HUGHSON (3)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JAMES (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (13)  KEATING (1)  KNIGHT (2)  LEE (8)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (5)  MADDOCK (1)  MAJOR (5)  MALLINSON (1)  MASON (4)  MATTHEWS (4)  MEMORINE (1)  MINSHULL (3)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (4)  OXTON (1)  OWENS (3)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKERING (2)  RAVENSCROFT (1)  ROBERTS (9)  THOMAS (1)  WILCOXON (1)  WILLIAMS (14)