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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mere, Cheshire

Mere 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
WILKINSON193.710924.32
PARKER183.515618.48
BROWN183.51565.33
SIMPSON173.320318.98
STODDARD122.34381,428.57
TURNER122.34388.42
BALL122.343828.38
POWER112.1484160.35
ATKINSON112.148422.06
WILLIAMSON101.953121.79
MORRIS101.95318.77
BURGESS101.953128.12
TWISS91.75781,285.71
WORRALL91.7578138.25
BOOTH91.757817.82
SWAIN81.562581.05
BERRY81.562519.69
BUCKLEY81.562528.70
HEWITT71.367228.07
STEAD71.367266.86
PEERS71.3672234.11
COOPER71.36725.62
LAMB71.367225.92
MASHER61.17198,571.43
HORTON61.171931.58
CRUM61.17192,068.97
TAYLOR61.17191.83
MORREY61.1719618.56
HEALD50.9766157.23
TELFER50.9766163.40
ALLSOP50.976695.06
LEWIS50.97663.71
ALLISON50.976634.36
SMITH50.97660.69
BRETT40.781341.15
FLANNERY40.7813392.16
BASKERVILLE40.7813330.58
MURRAY40.78136.30
SOUTHERN40.781384.75
YARWOOD40.7813192.31
GLASSFORD40.78131,818.18
PARR40.781331.27
SUMNER40.781348.25
KETTLE40.781389.29
HUNT40.78135.88
WORTH40.781386.96
LOWE30.58597.82
CORNER30.585980.65
EDWARDS30.58592.10
STREET30.585925.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MASHER0.515128571.4286
NULL0.515123333.3333
CRUM0.515122068.9655
GLASSFORD0.515121818.1818
STODDARD0.515121428.5714
CROGAN0.515121428.5714
TWISS0.515121285.7143
MORREY0.51512618.5567
FLANNERY0.51512392.1569
BASKERVILLE0.51512330.5785
PEERS0.51512234.1137
YARWOOD0.51512192.3077
TELFER0.51512163.3987
POWER0.51512160.3499
HEALD0.51512157.2327
WORRALL0.51512138.2488
DEVENPORT0.51512105.2632
ALLSOP0.5151295.0570
HOWLEY0.5151290.9091
KETTLE0.5151289.2857
WORTH0.5151286.9565
CORRIE0.5151286.2069
SOUTHERN0.5151284.7458
SWEENY0.5151284.0336
SWAIN0.5151281.0537
HENSHALL0.5151280.6452
CORNER0.5151280.6452
WHITNEY0.5151275.1880
LYE0.5151272.4638
STEAD0.5151266.8577
STOCKTON0.5151264.3087
HICKSON0.5151256.6572
BRATT0.5151256.1798
ELKINGTON0.5151251.8135
SUMNER0.5151248.2509
BROOM0.5151247.5436
BRETT0.5151241.1523
FAGAN0.5151240.9836
MORT0.5151240.4858
MICHIE0.5151239.8406
GARROD0.5151237.1747
BLOOR0.5151235.3357
ALLISON0.5151234.3643
MARSLAND0.5151233.5570
THOMASON0.5151233.4448
SHERIDAN0.5151232.4675
HORTON0.5151231.5789
PARR0.5151231.2744
CRAGG0.5151230.7692
BUCKLEY0.5151228.7047

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 512 people called MASHER in Mere 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 8571.4286 in Mere means that 8571.4286% of the people in Mere on census day were called MASHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MASHER 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 MASHER 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 MASHER 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 MASHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Mere means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MASHER in Mere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mere in 1881

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

ALBENSON (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLISON (5)  ALLSOP (5)  ANDERSON (1)  ARDERN (2)  ASHLEY (1)  ATKINSON (11)  BALL (12)  BANCROFT (1)  BASKERVILLE (4)  BELSHAM (4)  BENTLEY (1)  BERRY (8)  BLEASE (12)  BLOOR (1)  BOOTH (9)  BRATT (1)  BRETT (4)  BRIGGS (2)  BROOM (3)  BROWN (18)  BUCKLEY (8)  BULLOCK (1)  BURGESS (10)  BURNETT (1)  CLARKE (1)  KEON (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (7)  CORNER (3)  CORRIE (1)  CRAGG (1)  CROGAN (1)  CRUM (6)  DEVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAWSON (3)  DENTON (1)  DRYSDALE (1)  DUCRANT (1)  DULSON (2)  DUNN (1)  OCKLESTON (3)  EDWARDS (3)  ELKINGTON (1)  FAGAN (1)  FILDES (1)  FLANNERY (4)  FODEN (2)  FORD (3)  FOSTER (3)  GARROD (1)  GLASSFORD (4)  HARKES (5)  HEALD (5)  HEATH (1)  HINDLEY (1)  HENSHALL (2)  HEWITT (7)  HICKSON (2)  HIGNETT (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLINGWORTH (1)  HULME (2)  HOULT (1)  HORTON (6)  HOUGHS (1)  HOWLEY (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (4)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  JOCELYN (1)  KENNERLEY (1)  KETTLE (4)  LAMB (7)  LAMBERT (1)  LYE (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (5)  LOWE (3)  MANAGHAN (1)  MARSLAND (1)  MASHER (6)  MC FADZEAN (1)  MICHIE (1)  MORREY (6)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (10)  MORT (1)  MOSS (1)  MURRAY (4)  NICHOLDS (1)  NULL (1)  OFFLAND (2)  ORME (1)  OULTON (3)  PARKER (18)  PARKINSON (1)  PARR (4)  PATERSON (1)  PATON (1)  PEERS (7)  PENNYGRASS (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POWER (11)  READ (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWARTH (1)  RUSTAGE (3)  SCOTT (1)  SHATARN (1)  SHERIDAN (1)  SIMPSON (17)  SINCLAIR (1)  SMITH (5)  SOUTHERN (4)  STEAD (7)  STOCKTON (2)  STODDARD (12)  STREET (3)  SUMNER (4)  SWAIN (8)  SWEENY (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TELFER (5)  THOMASON (1)  TURNER (12)  TWISS (9)  WALTON (2)  WARD (2)  WATKINS (1)  WATKIN (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITNEY (2)  WILKINSON (19)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (10)  WINSTANLEY (1)  WOODHALL (1)  WORRALL (9)  WORTH (4)  WYMN (1)  YARWOOD (4)