Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moore, Cheshire

Moore 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
DAWSON153.768834.19
FORSTER143.5176107.28
MILLINGTON112.7638182.42
SMITH102.51261.78
HAYES92.261336.36
BENNION92.26131,000.00
JOHNSON92.26136.73
ANTROBUS92.26131,139.24
TAYLOR82.01013.14
LAWTON82.010177.97
BARRY71.758897.22
BRAITHWAITE71.7588151.52
FLEETWOOD71.7588503.60
MULLIN71.7588393.26
HICKS71.758842.02
LEACH71.758842.63
HARTLEY71.758828.06
HEYWOOD71.758888.38
DOBSON61.507534.17
GUEST61.507570.59
ANDREWS61.507515.73
BURKE61.507551.24
SADLER61.507563.97
BURGESS51.256318.09
DARBYSHIRE51.2563236.97
DENNING51.2563326.80
CARTWRIGHT51.256332.96
GLEAVE51.2563297.62
DAVIDSON51.256314.94
BRODIE41.005074.91
BANNER41.0050184.33
MILBOURNE41.00501,052.63
BOOTH41.005010.19
ROYLE41.005076.34
ROWLAND30.753826.53
VICKERS30.753829.35
RIGBY30.753826.00
FAIRCLOUGH30.753872.29
MIDDLETON30.753814.36
PODMORE30.7538211.27
ELLIOTT30.75388.88
CARMAN30.7538227.27
LEIGH20.502521.83
HEWITT20.502510.31
WILLIAMS20.50250.70
HAMMOND20.50258.83
BRIERLEY20.502528.29
KILFOYLE20.50252,000.00
SEWELL20.502523.78
BATE20.502529.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KILFOYLE0.403982000.0000
ANTROBUS0.403981139.2405
MILBOURNE0.403981052.6316
BENNION0.403981000.0000
HAGEN0.40398526.3158
FLEETWOOD0.40398503.5971
STOKE0.40398416.6667
MULLIN0.40398393.2584
DENNING0.40398326.7974
GLEAVE0.40398297.6190
DONEGAN0.40398250.0000
SWINTON0.40398243.9024
DARBYSHIRE0.40398236.9668
CARMAN0.40398227.2727
PODMORE0.40398211.2676
BANNER0.40398184.3318
MILLINGTON0.40398182.4212
MANION0.40398178.5714
BRAITHWAITE0.40398151.5152
GROUNDS0.40398149.2537
FORSTER0.40398107.2797
BARRY0.4039897.2222
STRINGFELLOW0.4039896.1538
HOLMS0.4039889.2857
HEYWOOD0.4039888.3838
OUTRAM0.4039885.4701
LAWTON0.4039877.9727
ROYLE0.4039876.3359
BRODIE0.4039874.9064
FAIRCLOUGH0.4039872.2892
GUEST0.4039870.5882
VASEY0.4039870.4225
BURK0.4039869.9301
SADLER0.4039863.9659
GANDY0.4039862.5000
BURKE0.4039851.2383
WINSTANLEY0.4039850.0000
REGAN0.4039849.0196
CAWLEY0.4039847.3934
LEACH0.4039842.6309
HICKS0.4039842.0168
POVEY0.4039841.4938
HAYES0.4039836.3636
CLARE0.4039834.7222
DAWSON0.4039834.1919
DOBSON0.4039834.1686
MEE0.4039833.0033
CARTWRIGHT0.4039832.9598
GIBBINS0.4039832.7869
BODEN0.4039830.9598

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 398 people called KILFOYLE in Moore 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 2000.0000 in Moore means that 2000.0000% of the people in Moore on census day were called KILFOYLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KILFOYLE 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 KILFOYLE 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 KILFOYLE 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 KILFOYLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Moore means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KILFOYLE in Moore than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moore in 1881

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

ANDREWS (6)  ANTROBUS (9)  BAMIER (3)  BANNER (4)  BATE (2)  BENNION (9)  BARRY (7)  BURKE (6)  BURK (1)  BOOTH (4)  BODEN (1)  BRAITHWAITE (7)  BRIERLEY (2)  BRIDGE (1)  BRODIE (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BURGESS (5)  CARMAN (3)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CLARE (2)  CLARK (1)  CAWLEY (1)  CRODOSHAW (5)  CONDLIFFE (7)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (15)  DEAN (1)  DENNING (5)  DENTITH (1)  DARBYSHIRE (5)  DIVERRYHOUSE (1)  DOBSON (6)  DONEGAN (1)  DUNBARAND (3)  DUTTON (1)  ELLIOTT (3)  FAIRCLOUGH (3)  FINAGIN (1)  FLEETWOOD (7)  FORSTER (14)  GANDY (1)  GIBBINS (1)  KILFOYLE (2)  GLEAVE (5)  GROUNDS (1)  GUEST (6)  HAGEN (2)  HAMMOND (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARTLEY (7)  HAYES (9)  HEPWORTH (1)  HERON (1)  HEWITT (2)  HEYWOOD (7)  HICKS (7)  HIGGINS (1)  HOLMS (1)  HOUGTON (6)  HUNT (1)  HUSSEY (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (2)  KILSHAW (3)  KIRKHAM (1)  LAWTON (8)  LEACH (7)  LEIGH (2)  LINES (1)  MANNERING (1)  MANION (1)  MEE (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MILBOURNE (4)  MILLINGTON (11)  MILNER (2)  MORES (1)  MULLIN (7)  NEWBY (1)  OULTON (5)  OUTRAM (1)  OWLTON (4)  PICKERING (1)  PODMORE (3)  POVEY (1)  DE PREZ (15)  REGAN (2)  REED (1)  RIGBY (3)  ROUGHSEDGE (1)  ROWLAND (3)  ROYLE (4)  RYAN (1)  SADLER (6)  SEWELL (2)  SILCOCK (4)  SMITH (10)  STELFOX (1)  STOKE (1)  STRINGER (1)  STRINGFELLOW (1)  SWINTON (2)  SWINDLES (2)  TAYLOR (8)  VASEY (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  VICKERS (3)  WARBURTON (1)  WHITTLE (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINSTANLEY (2)  WOODWARD (1)