Top surnames from the 1881 census in Noctorum, Cheshire

Noctorum 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
SPARK1411.57022,641.51
BIRCHALL75.7851588.24
DAWES75.7851424.24
PYE64.9587331.49
JACKSON64.958717.74
MARQUIS54.13222,380.95
WHITWORTH54.1322247.52
NICKELS54.13223,846.15
JONES43.30582.92
BRYSON43.3058430.11
KERR43.305860.61
PHILLIPS32.479313.86
BOWES32.4793270.27
ROBERTS21.65294.39
HANLON21.6529357.14
CREASY10.8264400.00
RADFORD10.826443.67
HUGHES10.82642.95
WALKER10.82642.47
HANNON10.8264526.32
MOLE10.8264106.38
FERGUSON10.826411.66
SANDFORD10.8264116.28
LIDDELL10.826490.09
WILLIAMS10.82641.15
HESKETH10.826486.21
TYSON10.826463.29
PARRY10.826410.86
SMITH10.82640.59
EVANS10.82641.89
ROWLANDS10.826433.22
LAMB10.826415.67
DAVIE10.826490.09
REILLY10.826478.13
PUGH10.826421.65
HAYWARD10.826419.38
STUART10.826434.60
FORRESTER10.826461.73
SCHOFIELD10.826415.24
LISHMAN10.8264400.00
EDWARDS10.82642.97
ROSE10.826411.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NICKELS0.121213846.1538
SPARK0.121212641.5094
MARQUIS0.121212380.9524
BIRCHALL0.12121588.2353
HANNON0.12121526.3158
BRYSON0.12121430.1075
DAWES0.12121424.2424
CREASY0.12121400.0000
LISHMAN0.12121400.0000
HANLON0.12121357.1429
PYE0.12121331.4917
BOWES0.12121270.2703
WHITWORTH0.12121247.5248
SANDFORD0.12121116.2791
MOLE0.12121106.3830
LIDDELL0.1212190.0901
DAVIE0.1212190.0901
HESKETH0.1212186.2069
REILLY0.1212178.1250
TYSON0.1212163.2911
FORRESTER0.1212161.7284
KERR0.1212160.6061
RADFORD0.1212143.6681
STUART0.1212134.6021
ROWLANDS0.1212133.2226
PUGH0.1212121.6450
HAYWARD0.1212119.3798
JACKSON0.1212117.7410
LAMB0.1212115.6740
SCHOFIELD0.1212115.2439
PHILLIPS0.1212113.8568
FERGUSON0.1212111.6550
ROSE0.1212111.1483
PARRY0.1212110.8578
ROBERTS0.121214.3937
EDWARDS0.121212.9656
HUGHES0.121212.9490
JONES0.121212.9189
WALKER0.121212.4685
EVANS0.121211.8914
WILLIAMS0.121211.1505
SMITH0.121210.5853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 121 people called NICKELS in Noctorum 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 3846.1538 in Noctorum means that 3846.1538% of the people in Noctorum on census day were called NICKELS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NICKELS 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 NICKELS 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 NICKELS 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 NICKELS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Noctorum means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NICKELS in Noctorum than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Noctorum in 1881

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

BIRCHALL (7)  BOWES (3)  BRYSON (4)  CUBBINS (7)  COCHIAN (1)  CREASY (1)  DAVIE (1)  DAWES (7)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (1)  FERGUSON (1)  FORRESTER (1)  HANLON (2)  HANNON (1)  O HARE (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HESKETH (1)  HUGHES (1)  IRVEN (4)  JACKSON (6)  JONES (4)  KERR (4)  LAMB (1)  LISHMAN (1)  LIDDELL (1)  LUIDYE (1)  MARQUIS (5)  MOLE (1)  MURDIE (1)  NICKELS (5)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PUGH (1)  PYE (6)  RADFORD (1)  REILLY (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROSE (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  SANDFORD (1)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SMITH (1)  SPARK (14)  STUART (1)  TARRENT (1)  TRAUNER (1)  TYSON (1)  WALKER (1)  WHITWORTH (5)  WILLIAMS (1)