Top surnames from the 1881 census in Raby, Cheshire

Raby 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
FOGG114.6025791.37
ELLISON114.6025217.82
TURTON104.1841373.13
WHITEHEAD104.184161.92
HILTON93.7657109.49
HEYES93.7657486.49
RADFORD83.3473176.60
WILLIAMSON83.347337.33
MILLER72.928916.37
GRIMES72.9289253.62
PRICE72.928916.73
BAWDEN62.5105500.00
GRIFFITHS62.510515.34
LLOYD52.092117.91
JONES52.09211.85
LATHAM41.673682.30
LIGHTFOOT41.6736120.48
LANGLEY41.673676.34
BETHELL41.6736454.55
BAMFORD41.6736111.11
DAVIES41.67363.29
MEALOR41.67362,857.14
URMSTON31.25521,500.00
TAYLOR31.25521.96
WILLETT31.2552159.57
ASQUITH20.8368142.86
EDWARDS20.83683.00
PHEONIX20.83684,000.00
HARVEY20.83687.84
ROBINSON20.83682.62
VERNON20.836850.89
THOMAS20.83682.03
SALT10.418428.17
BENNETT10.41842.55
WILLIAMS10.41840.58
RIMMER10.418426.18
WHALLEY10.418426.60
COOPER10.41841.72
MOORE10.41842.09
CHALLENDER10.41841,250.00
MCQUEEN10.41841,000.00
WRIGHT10.41841.30
GREEN10.41841.49
WARING10.418433.33
DAVIS10.41841.90
PERRY10.41845.69
CHARLES10.418420.24
SMITH10.41840.30
LYALL10.418461.35
GEE10.418416.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHEONIX0.242394000.0000
MEALOR0.242392857.1429
URMSTON0.242391500.0000
CHALLENDER0.242391250.0000
MCQUEEN0.242391000.0000
FOGG0.24239791.3669
BAWDEN0.24239500.0000
HEYES0.24239486.4865
BETHELL0.24239454.5455
TURTON0.24239373.1343
GRIMES0.24239253.6232
ELLISON0.24239217.8218
RADFORD0.24239176.6004
WILLETT0.24239159.5745
ASQUITH0.24239142.8571
LIGHTFOOT0.24239120.4819
BAMFORD0.24239111.1111
HILTON0.24239109.4891
LATHAM0.2423982.3045
LANGLEY0.2423976.3359
WHITEHEAD0.2423961.9195
LYALL0.2423961.3497
VERNON0.2423950.8906
WILLIAMSON0.2423937.3308
WARING0.2423933.3333
SALT0.2423928.1690
WHALLEY0.2423926.5957
RIMMER0.2423926.1780
CHARLES0.2423920.2429
LLOYD0.2423917.9147
PRICE0.2423916.7344
GEE0.2423916.3934
MILLER0.2423916.3704
LAWTON0.2423916.2338
CHAMBERLAIN0.2423915.3846
GRIFFITHS0.2423915.3413
OWENS0.242398.4246
HARVEY0.242397.8370
HAYES0.242396.7295
PERRY0.242395.6883
DAVIES0.242393.2903
EDWARDS0.242393.0026
ELLIS0.242392.8810
ROBINSON0.242392.6243
BENNETT0.242392.5458
MOORE0.242392.0925
THOMAS0.242392.0278
TAYLOR0.242391.9628
DAVIS0.242391.9040
JONES0.242391.8472

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 239 people called PHEONIX in Raby 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 4000.0000 in Raby means that 4000.0000% of the people in Raby on census day were called PHEONIX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHEONIX 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 PHEONIX 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 PHEONIX 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 PHEONIX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Raby means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHEONIX in Raby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Raby in 1881

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

ALDRILT (8)  ASQUITH (2)  BAMFORD (4)  BENNETT (1)  BETHELL (4)  BAWDEN (6)  CHALLENDER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHARLES (1)  CUNNAH (1)  COOPER (1)  DAVIES (4)  DAVIS (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (11)  FOGG (11)  GEE (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  GRIMES (7)  HARVEY (2)  HASSALL (5)  HEYES (9)  HAYES (1)  HAZLEHURST (7)  HILTON (9)  JELLICO (7)  JONES (5)  LANGLEY (4)  LATHAM (4)  LAWTON (1)  LIGHTFOOT (4)  LLOYD (5)  LYALL (1)  MCQUEEN (1)  MEALOR (4)  MILLER (7)  MOORE (1)  URMSTON (3)  OWENS (1)  PEEVER (6)  PERRY (1)  PHEONIX (2)  PRICE (7)  RADFORD (8)  RIMMER (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SALT (1)  SCOTSON (1)  SEALBY (4)  SHAKESHAFT (6)  SMITH (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (2)  TURTON (10)  VERNON (2)  WHALLEY (1)  WARING (1)  WHITEHEAD (10)  WILLETT (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (8)  WRIGHT (1)