Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moulton, Cheshire

Moulton 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
BUCKLEY335.5556102.07
SHAW274.545524.75
GARNER193.1987101.17
GOULDING172.8620293.10
MADDOCK162.6936294.66
HODGKINSON162.6936156.71
HAMLET152.52531,485.15
LATHAM122.020299.26
DAVIES122.02023.97
WOODALL101.6835209.21
THOMPSON101.68355.62
WALTON101.683523.92
LUNT101.6835261.78
HARRISON91.51526.83
HEWITT81.346827.65
BLOWER81.3468227.92
SMITH81.34680.95
CRITCHLEY81.3468151.23
THOMAS81.34683.26
WALKER71.17853.52
LYON71.178556.22
FOWLES71.1785240.55
HOPE61.010129.67
PLANT61.010145.70
RILEY61.010112.77
GIBSON61.01018.32
PARTINGTON61.010171.17
COOKSON61.010185.71
ASHMORE61.0101135.44
TOMLINSON61.010121.91
ROBINSON61.01013.17
GLEAVE50.8418200.00
VERNON50.841851.12
BRADBURN50.8418210.97
THORPE50.841821.29
MOSELEY50.841892.25
FINNEY50.841897.09
TAYLOR50.84181.32
CLOUGH50.841837.71
ATKIN50.841862.97
HOLLIER50.8418427.35
WAKEFIELD50.841846.99
WOOD50.84182.64
FOOT50.841884.89
VICKERS50.841832.79
QUINN50.841844.01
CLARK40.67342.24
LYONS40.673430.26
BROCKLEHURST40.6734123.46
LEVER40.673474.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOUYER0.595944285.7143
HAMLET0.595941485.1485
POSTLES0.595941071.4286
EMBREY0.595941000.0000
HOLLIER0.59594427.3504
BROADY0.59594392.1569
MADDOCK0.59594294.6593
GOULDING0.59594293.1034
LUNT0.59594261.7801
FOWLES0.59594240.5498
BLOWER0.59594227.9202
MARROW0.59594217.3913
BRADBURN0.59594210.9705
WOODALL0.59594209.2050
GLEAVE0.59594200.0000
HODGKINSON0.59594156.7091
CRITCHLEY0.59594151.2287
ASHMORE0.59594135.4402
POYSER0.59594126.5823
BROCKLEHURST0.59594123.4568
BUCKLEY0.59594102.0724
TWIST0.59594102.0408
GARNER0.59594101.1715
FLEET0.59594100.5025
LATHAM0.5959499.2556
FINNEY0.5959497.0874
MOSELEY0.5959492.2509
COOKSON0.5959485.7143
FOOT0.5959484.8896
BODEN0.5959483.1601
SUCH0.5959477.5194
LEVER0.5959474.7664
PARTINGTON0.5959471.1744
ATKIN0.5959462.9723
MOLLOY0.5959461.7284
GRANGE0.5959458.4795
KETTLE0.5959457.6923
LYON0.5959456.2249
ELSON0.5959453.7634
VERNON0.5959451.1247
GALLEY0.5959447.1698
WAKEFIELD0.5959446.9925
PLANT0.5959445.6969
WHITTINGHAM0.5959444.7427
QUINN0.5959444.0141
PLUMB0.5959441.5800
YARWOOD0.5959441.3223
SANKEY0.5959440.6504
CLOUGH0.5959437.7074
EGERTON0.5959434.2466

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 594 people called BOUYER in Moulton 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 4285.7143 in Moulton means that 4285.7143% of the people in Moulton on census day were called BOUYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOUYER 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 BOUYER 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 BOUYER 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 BOUYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Moulton means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOUYER in Moulton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moulton in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ASHMORE (6)  ATKIN (5)  BECKETT (1)  BLOWER (8)  BODEN (4)  BOUYER (3)  BRADBURN (5)  BRADSHAW (1)  BROADY (2)  BROCKLEHURST (4)  BROOKS (4)  BUCKLEY (33)  BARROW (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (3)  CLOUGH (5)  COLEMAN (4)  COOKSON (6)  COOPER (1)  COTTERILL (1)  CRITCHLEY (8)  DALE (4)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (12)  DISBURY (1)  DUDLEY (2)  DUTTON (1)  EDGE (3)  EGERTON (1)  ELSON (2)  FINNEY (5)  FLEET (4)  FOOT (5)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLES (7)  GALLEY (1)  GARNER (19)  GIBBONS (1)  GIBSON (6)  GLEAVE (5)  GOULDING (17)  GRANGE (2)  GREGORY (2)  GRIFFITH (2)  GROVES (3)  HALL (1)  HAMLET (15)  HARRISON (9)  HARROP (2)  HATTON (1)  HEWITT (8)  HODGKINSON (16)  HOLLIER (5)  HOPE (6)  IKIN (3)  EMBREY (4)  JACKSON (3)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KENNERLEY (9)  KENNESLEY (5)  KETTLE (3)  KINNERLEY (1)  LATHAM (12)  LEE (3)  LEVER (4)  LORD (1)  LUNT (10)  LYON (7)  LYONS (4)  MADDOCK (16)  MAHLEY (1)  MARROW (2)  MOLLOY (2)  MOSELEY (5)  NODEN (4)  PARKER (2)  PARTINGTON (6)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PHIPPS (1)  PLANT (6)  PLUMB (2)  POSTLES (3)  POYSER (2)  PRICE (3)  PRINCE (1)  QUINN (5)  RAWLINSON (1)  RILEY (6)  ROBINSON (6)  SANKEY (1)  SHAW (27)  SMITH (8)  SPARKS (2)  STEELE (2)  STEEL (2)  SUCH (1)  SUMNER (1)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (8)  THOMPSON (10)  THORPE (5)  TOMLINSON (6)  TWIST (3)  VENABLES (6)  VERNON (5)  VICKERS (5)  WAKEFIELD (5)  WALKER (7)  WALTON (10)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITTAKER (3)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITTINGHAM (2)  WILDING (2)  WOODS (2)  WOOD (5)  WOODALL (10)  WOODIER (17)  YARWOOD (1)