Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton In Macclesfield, Cheshire

Newton In Macclesfield 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
HOLT1620.5128306.51
FAULKNER810.2564379.15
PARK78.9744289.26
LEIGH67.6923335.20
CHESHIRE56.4103833.33
LATER45.128240,000.00
FOSTER33.846228.76
SUTTON33.846260.36
HATTON33.8462196.08
CRAGG22.5641408.16
CAUFIELD11.28212,000.00
MAHON11.2821285.71
BAILEY11.28218.51
GREEN11.28214.55
WALKER11.28213.83
BRADSHAW11.282131.25
LOWE11.282117.09
WOODALL11.2821158.73
NORBURY11.2821256.41
BARLOW11.282123.75
WEBB11.28219.46
SHADWELL11.28211,111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATER0.087840000.0000
CAUFIELD0.08782000.0000
SHADWELL0.08781111.1111
CHESHIRE0.0878833.3333
CRAGG0.0878408.1633
FAULKNER0.0878379.1469
LEIGH0.0878335.1955
HOLT0.0878306.5134
PARK0.0878289.2562
MAHON0.0878285.7143
NORBURY0.0878256.4103
HATTON0.0878196.0784
WOODALL0.0878158.7302
SUTTON0.087860.3622
BRADSHAW0.087831.2500
FOSTER0.087828.7632
BARLOW0.087823.7530
LOWE0.087817.0940
WEBB0.08789.4607
BAILEY0.08788.5106
GREEN0.08784.5537
WALKER0.08783.8300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 78 people called LATER in Newton In Macclesfield 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 40000.0000 in Newton In Macclesfield means that 40000.0000% of the people in Newton In Macclesfield on census day were called LATER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATER 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 LATER 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 LATER 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 LATER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Newton In Macclesfield means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATER in Newton In Macclesfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton In Macclesfield in 1881

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

BAILEY (1)  BARLOW (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  CAUFIELD (1)  CHESHIRE (5)  CRAGG (2)  CUMBERBIRCH (1)  FAULKNER (8)  FOSTER (3)  GREEN (1)  HATTON (3)  HOLT (16)  HOCKTON (7)  LATER (4)  LEIGH (6)  LOWE (1)  MAHON (1)  NORBURY (1)  PARK (7)  SHADWELL (1)  SHELMERDINE (1)  SUTTON (3)  WALKER (1)  WEBB (1)  WOODALL (1)