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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Alderley, Cheshire

Nether Alderley 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
BARBER244.188569.59
BASKERVILLE203.49041,481.48
WORTHINGTON193.3159165.36
SLATER162.792346.12
POTTS162.792383.68
HAGUE132.2688144.28
HENSHALL132.2688467.63
WORTH122.0942233.01
MOTTRAM122.0942387.10
OWEN122.094217.64
DALE111.919745.44
WYCHE101.74525,555.56
BICKHAM101.74522,941.18
POWELL91.570712.59
BURGESS91.570722.61
READ91.570724.36
DAVIES81.39622.74
BELLHOUSE81.39621,311.48
NORBURY81.3962275.86
WEBB81.396210.30
LEIGH81.396260.70
NEWTON81.396218.22
SUMMERFIELD71.2216188.68
BELL71.22166.50
DAWSON71.221611.08
BRADBURY71.221642.27
BOSTOCK71.2216130.11
MOSS61.047116.99
MASSEY61.047140.96
TAYLOR61.04711.64
KNOWLES61.047119.61
MORRIS61.04714.70
LAWTON61.047140.62
MOORES61.0471126.58
BUCKLEY61.047119.24
BARKER50.87266.67
JOHNSON50.87262.60
HIGGINBOTHAM50.8726337.84
ROWBOTHAM50.8726177.94
DOWNES50.872670.52
RIDGWAY50.872695.06
WILSON50.87261.90
HATTON50.872644.44
HULME40.698132.65
FARRINGTON40.698181.30
BIDDULPH40.6981310.08
OXFORD40.6981202.02
LOMAS40.698137.77
STEEL40.698117.13
PERRIN40.698168.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYCHE0.575735555.5556
BICKHAM0.575732941.1765
BOTTIN0.575732500.0000
BASKERVILLE0.575731481.4815
BELLHOUSE0.575731311.4754
POSTLES0.57573740.7407
HENSHALL0.57573467.6259
MOTTRAM0.57573387.0968
HIGGINBOTHAM0.57573337.8378
BIDDULPH0.57573310.0775
NORBURY0.57573275.8621
WORTH0.57573233.0097
CRIMES0.57573217.3913
OXFORD0.57573202.0202
SUMMERFIELD0.57573188.6792
ROWBOTHAM0.57573177.9359
WORTHINGTON0.57573165.3612
HAGUE0.57573144.2841
BOSTOCK0.57573130.1115
MOORES0.57573126.5823
MOTTERSHEAD0.57573104.1667
RIDGWAY0.5757395.0570
TOFT0.5757389.2857
POTTS0.5757383.6820
FARRINGTON0.5757381.3008
LEAMAN0.5757381.3008
HANDCOCK0.5757375.1880
DOWNES0.5757370.5219
BARBER0.5757369.5854
PERRIN0.5757368.2594
LEIGH0.5757360.6980
DEW0.5757359.8802
HAMMERSLEY0.5757355.5556
SLATER0.5757346.1228
DALE0.5757345.4358
HATTON0.5757344.4444
YARWOOD0.5757342.9185
BRADBURY0.5757342.2705
MASSEY0.5757340.9556
LAWTON0.5757340.6229
LOMAS0.5757337.7715
WINSTANLEY0.5757334.7222
BROADHURST0.5757334.4828
HULME0.5757332.6531
SHERWIN0.5757332.4675
BROCKLEHURST0.5757331.9489
GORTON0.5757328.0899
READ0.5757324.3638
TOPHAM0.5757323.8663
BURGESS0.5757322.6131

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 573 people called WYCHE in Nether Alderley 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 5555.5556 in Nether Alderley means that 5555.5556% of the people in Nether Alderley on census day were called WYCHE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYCHE 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 WYCHE 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 WYCHE 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 WYCHE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Nether Alderley means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYCHE in Nether Alderley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nether Alderley in 1881

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

ADSHEAD (1)  ALLAN (2)  BAILEY (3)  BAYLEY (1)  BARBER (24)  BARKER (5)  BASKERVILLE (20)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BEECH (1)  BELL (7)  BELLHOUSE (8)  BICKHAM (10)  BIDDULPH (4)  BLEASE (5)  BOAG (1)  BOOTH (2)  BOSTOCK (7)  BOTTIN (1)  BOWERS (1)  BRACEGIRDLE (1)  BRADBURY (7)  BRADLEY (2)  BROADHURST (2)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (6)  BURGESS (9)  BURROWS (1)  CALLWOOD (8)  CANN (1)  CLEGG (1)  CLIFF (1)  CRIMES (1)  DALE (11)  DAVIES (8)  DAWSON (7)  DEMESTON (1)  DEW (2)  DORAN (1)  DOWNES (5)  EDEN (1)  ELLAM (5)  ELLIOT (1)  FAIRHURST (1)  FARRINGTON (4)  FERNEYHOUGH (3)  FODEN (18)  FORD (1)  FROST (1)  GOLLEDGE (1)  GOODWIN (3)  GORTON (1)  GRAHAM (1)  HAGUE (13)  HALLWORTH (1)  HAMMERSLEY (1)  HAMNET (5)  HANDCOCK (1)  HATTON (5)  HENSHALL (13)  HIGGINBOTHAM (5)  HULME (4)  HORROCKS (1)  HORTON (3)  JACKSON (2)  JODRELL (1)  JOHNS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (3)  KNOWLES (6)  LANCASTER (1)  LAWTON (6)  LEIGH (8)  LEAMAN (1)  LOMAS (4)  LOMAX (1)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (2)  MASSEY (6)  MC COMBS (1)  MOORES (6)  MORRIS (6)  MOSS (6)  MOTTERSHEAD (2)  MOTTRAM (12)  MURKIN (1)  NEWTON (8)  NORBURY (8)  OLDHAM (2)  OWEN (12)  OXFORD (4)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERRIN (4)  POTTER (1)  POSTLES (2)  POTTS (16)  POWELL (9)  READ (9)  RIDGWAY (5)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (4)  ROWBOTHAM (5)  SALTHOUSE (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERWIN (1)  SHUFFLEBOTTOM (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SLATER (16)  SOUTHERON (1)  SPENESLY (1)  SPENSLEY (5)  STEEL (4)  STOPFORD (1)  STREET (1)  SUMMERFIELD (7)  SUMNER (1)  TATLER (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TIPPER (1)  TOFT (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOPHAM (1)  WADDINGTON (1)  WARD (1)  WARREN (1)  WEBB (8)  WEST (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WYCHE (10)  WILSON (5)  WINSTANLEY (2)  WOODHALL (2)  WORTH (12)  WORTHINGTON (19)  YARWOOD (1)