Top surnames from the 1881 census in Millington, Cheshire

Millington 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
VOST207.518816,666.67
TAYLOR145.26328.23
BRUNDRETT145.26325,185.19
SMITH124.51133.20
CHORLTON103.75941,162.79
FOGG93.3835580.65
HARRISON93.383515.24
WALTON72.631637.39
BRETT72.6316138.61
CUFF72.6316673.08
CHAPMAN62.255615.88
DAVIES51.87973.70
MASSEY51.879773.53
JOHNSON41.50384.48
MOORES41.5038181.82
LEIGH41.503865.36
WATKINSON41.5038128.21
VERNON41.503891.32
HARDAKER31.1278326.09
LAWTON31.127843.73
REYNOLDS31.127813.02
BROWN31.12781.71
WHITTAKER31.127823.81
MORRIS31.12785.07
ROGERS31.12788.69
FLETCHER31.12789.88
BRAY31.127833.56
BARLOW20.751913.93
ASHCROFT20.751956.18
OWEN20.75196.34
TOFT20.7519192.31
BOWKER20.751977.22
HEWITT20.751915.43
ROWLANDS20.751930.17
GRANTHAM20.7519121.95
PARKER20.75193.95
TWISS20.7519555.56
MARNEY10.3759192.31
WILCOCK10.375926.46
SILVESTER10.375948.54
CRANKSHAW10.3759277.78
HALL10.37591.28
UNSWORTH10.375932.68
FOTHERGILL10.375965.36
HORNSBY10.375957.80
ELLISON10.375917.79
SPENCER10.37594.12
LEWIS10.37591.43
BARBER10.37596.25
HAMMETT10.3759112.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VOST0.2726616666.6667
BRUNDRETT0.272665185.1852
CHORLTON0.272661162.7907
CUFF0.27266673.0769
FOGG0.27266580.6452
TWISS0.27266555.5556
KENRICK0.27266357.1429
HARDAKER0.27266326.0870
CRANKSHAW0.27266277.7778
LAMBETH0.27266208.3333
TOFT0.27266192.3077
MARNEY0.27266192.3077
MOORES0.27266181.8182
BRETT0.27266138.6139
WATKINSON0.27266128.2051
GRANTHAM0.27266121.9512
HAMMETT0.27266112.3596
DITCHFIELD0.27266109.8901
GOODIER0.27266105.2632
VERNON0.2726691.3242
PACE0.2726684.7458
BOWKER0.2726677.2201
MASSEY0.2726673.5294
FOTHERGILL0.2726665.3595
LEIGH0.2726665.3595
CLIFFE0.2726659.8802
HORNSBY0.2726657.8035
ASHCROFT0.2726656.1798
HITCHEN0.2726655.2486
MORETON0.2726650.2513
SILVESTER0.2726648.5437
LAWTON0.2726643.7318
WALTON0.2726637.3932
BRAY0.2726633.5570
UNSWORTH0.2726632.6797
ROWLANDS0.2726630.1659
WILCOCK0.2726626.4550
WHITTAKER0.2726623.8095
ELLISON0.2726617.7936
STREET0.2726616.1031
CHAPMAN0.2726615.8814
HEWITT0.2726615.4321
HARRISON0.2726615.2413
BARLOW0.2726613.9276
UNDERWOOD0.2726613.9276
REYNOLDS0.2726613.0208
HOPE0.2726611.0497
FLETCHER0.272669.8782
ROGERS0.272668.6881
TAYLOR0.272668.2300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called VOST in Millington 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 16666.6667 in Millington means that 16666.6667% of the people in Millington on census day were called VOST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VOST 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 VOST 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 VOST 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 VOST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Millington means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VOST in Millington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Millington in 1881

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

ASHCROFT (2)  ATKINSON (1)  BARBER (1)  BARLOW (2)  BERRIG (1)  BERRY (1)  BOWKER (2)  BRUNDRETT (14)  BRAY (3)  BRETT (7)  BROWN (3)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHORLTON (10)  CHESTERS (2)  CLIFFE (1)  COLLINS (1)  CURBISHLEY (5)  CRANKSHAW (1)  CUFF (7)  DAVIES (5)  DAWSON (1)  DIMSEY (1)  DITCHFIELD (1)  ELLISON (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FOGG (9)  FOTHERGILL (1)  GOODIER (1)  GRANTHAM (2)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HAMMETT (1)  HARDAKER (3)  HARRISON (9)  HEWITT (2)  HITCHEN (1)  HOPE (1)  HORNSBY (1)  HUGHES (1)  IKIN (7)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KENRICK (1)  LAMBETH (1)  LAWTON (3)  LEIGH (4)  LEWIS (1)  MARNEY (1)  MASSEY (5)  MOORES (4)  MORRIS (3)  MORETON (1)  MOUSDALE (1)  OWEN (2)  PACE (1)  PALFREY (1)  PARKER (2)  REYNOLDS (3)  ROGERS (3)  ROUGHSEDGES (1)  ROWLANDS (2)  SILVESTER (1)  SMITH (12)  SPENCER (1)  SPROSTON (5)  STEADE (2)  STELFOX (11)  STREET (1)  TAYLOR (14)  TOFT (2)  TOMKINSON (1)  TWISS (2)  UNDERWOOD (1)  UNSWORTH (1)  VERNON (4)  VOST (20)  WALKDEN (4)  WALTON (7)  WATKINSON (4)  WHITTAKER (3)  WILCOCK (1)  WOOD (1)