Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moreton, Cheshire

Moreton 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
SMITH569.10576.45
DODD376.0163147.94
PARKINSON284.552894.92
STANLEY274.3902114.21
RICHARDS193.089420.46
WILSON172.76426.02
GODWIN132.1138163.32
EDWARDS111.78866.42
THOMAS111.78864.33
DOYLE101.626066.80
JONES101.62601.44
WILKINSON91.46349.59
BRISCOE91.4634227.85
MUTCH91.4634327.27
POTTER91.463422.57
WHARTON91.4634104.53
RIMMER81.300881.47
HEATH81.300826.20
PARR81.300852.08
COOPER81.30085.35
GARDNER81.300819.16
EVANS71.13822.60
MAXWELL71.138247.91
JORDAN71.138225.76
LESTER71.138272.31
DOWNS71.138263.99
BIDDLE71.1382158.01
DUNCAN71.138216.64
WARING71.138290.56
BENNETT60.97565.94
SPARK60.9756222.22
WOODFIN50.81301,562.50
MEALOR50.81301,428.57
WYLIE50.813069.83
SALISBURY40.650465.47
HALE40.650418.12
WALL40.650418.60
MATTHEWS40.65047.46
LANGLEY40.650429.65
MASSEY40.650425.43
HALLIDAY40.650431.47
GLOVER30.487811.44
MERCER30.487818.59
SUTTON30.48787.66
GARLAND30.487836.81
HARDCASTLE30.487855.15
DAVIES30.48780.96
MEADOWS30.487834.88
PRICE30.48782.79
SHELLEY30.487863.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILBY0.626152000.0000
WOODFIN0.626151562.5000
MEALOR0.626151428.5714
MUTCH0.62615327.2727
DARCEY0.62615232.5581
BRISCOE0.62615227.8481
SPARK0.62615222.2222
SNODGRASS0.62615178.5714
GODWIN0.62615163.3166
BIDDLE0.62615158.0135
DODD0.62615147.9408
LAVELL0.62615142.8571
STANLEY0.62615114.2132
WHARTON0.62615104.5296
PARKINSON0.6261594.9153
WARING0.6261590.5563
WESLEY0.6261583.6820
RIMMER0.6261581.4664
CRANSTON0.6261580.3213
LESTER0.6261572.3140
WYLIE0.6261569.8324
DOYLE0.6261566.8003
SALISBURY0.6261565.4664
DOWNS0.6261563.9854
SHELLEY0.6261563.0252
ANSLOW0.6261562.8931
DRYSDALE0.6261557.6923
RYCROFT0.6261556.8182
HARDCASTLE0.6261555.1471
PARR0.6261552.0833
MAXWELL0.6261547.9124
WARNE0.6261544.5434
BROAD0.6261538.3632
GARLAND0.6261536.8098
MEADOWS0.6261534.8837
HALLIDAY0.6261531.4713
LANGLEY0.6261529.6516
HORNBY0.6261528.5714
ACTON0.6261528.0899
COOKSON0.6261527.5862
POVEY0.6261526.8817
DOOLEY0.6261526.3852
HEATH0.6261526.1952
JORDAN0.6261525.7637
MASSEY0.6261525.4291
POTTER0.6261522.5677
PENNINGTON0.6261521.9539
RICHARDS0.6261520.4565
RANDLE0.6261519.4175
GARDNER0.6261519.1617

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 615 people called MILBY in Moreton 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 Moreton means that 2000.0000% of the people in Moreton on census day were called MILBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILBY 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 MILBY 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 MILBY 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 MILBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Moreton means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILBY in Moreton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moreton in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ANSLOW (1)  ASHCROFT (1)  BENNETT (6)  BIDDLE (7)  BLAIRNS (1)  BRASSEY (25)  BRISCOE (9)  BROAD (3)  BROSTER (10)  BURNS (1)  CLARK (1)  COATHUP (1)  COOKSON (2)  COOPER (8)  CORRIS (1)  COTTON (1)  CRANSTON (2)  CUMMINGS (1)  DARCEY (1)  DAVIES (3)  DODD (37)  DOOLEY (1)  DOVAN (1)  DOWNS (7)  DOYLE (10)  DRYSDALE (3)  DUCKWORTH (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUNCAN (7)  EDWARDS (11)  MC ELHINNEY (4)  EVANS (7)  FARROL (1)  FEARNLEY (13)  GARDNER (8)  GARLAND (3)  GERRATT (4)  GLOVER (3)  GOFLIN (1)  GODWIN (13)  JORDAN (7)  HALE (4)  HALLIDAY (4)  HARDCASTLE (3)  HARVY (1)  HAZLEHURST (7)  HEATH (8)  HITTEROTH (6)  HORNBY (2)  HOWARD (1)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (10)  JOINSON (1)  KELLY (1)  LANGLEY (4)  LAVELL (1)  LEDSHAM (2)  LEDSAM (1)  LEE (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LESTER (7)  MASSEY (4)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAXWELL (7)  MC NAUGHTON (1)  MEADOWS (3)  MEALOR (5)  MERCER (3)  MILBY (2)  MOORBY (4)  MUTCH (9)  OWEN (1)  PARKINSON (28)  PARR (8)  PENNINGTON (2)  PIGGETT (4)  POTTER (9)  POVEY (1)  PRICE (3)  PRINCE (1)  RANDLE (1)  RANDALL (1)  RICHARDS (19)  RIMMER (8)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBSON (2)  ROLLET (4)  ROWLAND (2)  RYCROFT (1)  SALISBURY (4)  SHELLEY (3)  SMITH (56)  SNODGRASS (1)  SPARK (6)  STANLEY (27)  SUTTON (3)  THOMAS (11)  WALL (4)  WARING (7)  WARNE (2)  WEIR (1)  WESLEY (2)  WHARTON (9)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (17)  WOODFIN (5)  WYLIE (5)  YOUDS (2)