Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sproston, Cheshire

Sproston 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
LEA96.3830323.74
LEAH85.67381,600.00
EATON85.6738202.53
EGERTON64.2553869.57
CARTER64.255325.35
SHERWIN64.2553789.47
YARWOOD53.5461877.19
BASNETT53.54612,777.78
LANCASTER53.5461142.86
SANT42.83691,428.57
BOOTH42.836928.76
JOHNSON42.83698.44
SUNDERLAND32.1277185.19
HARDING32.127729.38
OAKES32.1277147.06
CARSON32.1277193.55
WALTON32.127730.24
STREET21.418460.79
WHITTAKER21.418429.94
SUMNER21.418487.72
SIMPSON21.41848.11
BEECH21.418496.15
GALLIMORE21.4184444.44
CROSS21.418420.62
HARDY21.418423.67
BROWNING10.709234.84
PRATT10.709212.35
GOODIER10.7092200.00
KELLY10.70926.48
DEAKIN10.709251.28
HILL10.70922.78
GLEAVE10.7092169.49
DAVIES10.70921.39
HENSHALL10.7092147.06
ROBERTS10.70921.89
HAMPTON10.709244.84
MOODY10.709227.17
DRINKWATER10.709271.94
STUBBS10.709226.88
JENNINS10.70922,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASNETT0.141412777.7778
JENNINS0.141412500.0000
LEAH0.141411600.0000
SANT0.141411428.5714
YARWOOD0.14141877.1930
EGERTON0.14141869.5652
SHERWIN0.14141789.4737
GALLIMORE0.14141444.4444
LEA0.14141323.7410
EATON0.14141202.5316
GOODIER0.14141200.0000
CARSON0.14141193.5484
SUNDERLAND0.14141185.1852
GLEAVE0.14141169.4915
HENSHALL0.14141147.0588
OAKES0.14141147.0588
LANCASTER0.14141142.8571
BEECH0.1414196.1538
SUMNER0.1414187.7193
DRINKWATER0.1414171.9424
STREET0.1414160.7903
DEAKIN0.1414151.2821
HAMPTON0.1414144.8430
BROWNING0.1414134.8432
WALTON0.1414130.2419
WHITTAKER0.1414129.9401
HARDING0.1414129.3830
BOOTH0.1414128.7563
MOODY0.1414127.1739
STUBBS0.1414126.8817
CARTER0.1414125.3485
HARDY0.1414123.6686
CROSS0.1414120.6186
PRATT0.1414112.3457
JOHNSON0.141418.4424
SIMPSON0.141418.1103
KELLY0.141416.4767
HILL0.141412.7847
ROBERTS0.141411.8850
DAVIES0.141411.3943

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 141 people called BASNETT in Sproston 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 2777.7778 in Sproston means that 2777.7778% of the people in Sproston on census day were called BASNETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASNETT 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 BASNETT 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 BASNETT 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 BASNETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Sproston means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASNETT in Sproston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sproston in 1881

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

BASNETT (5)  BEBBINGTON (4)  BEECH (2)  BOOTH (4)  BROWNING (1)  CARSON (3)  CARTER (6)  CROSS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DEAKIN (1)  DRINKWATER (1)  EATON (8)  EGERTON (6)  GALLIMORE (2)  GLEAVE (1)  GOODIER (1)  HAMPTON (1)  HARDING (3)  HARDY (2)  HAWTHORNTHWAITE (1)  HENSHALL (1)  HILL (1)  JENNINS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KELLY (1)  KENNERLEY (2)  KINDES (1)  LANCASTER (5)  LEA (9)  LEAH (8)  MOODY (1)  OAKES (3)  PRATT (1)  PRETT (1)  RANON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SANT (4)  SHERWIN (6)  SIMPSON (2)  STELFOX (5)  STREET (2)  STUBBS (1)  SUMNER (2)  SUNDERLAND (3)  TOMKINSON (2)  VENABLES (8)  WALTON (3)  WHITTAKER (2)  YARWOOD (5)