Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spurstow, Cheshire

Spurstow 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
VICKERS327.0953276.34
STOCKTON163.5477583.94
WILKINSON163.547723.25
PALIN143.1042725.39
HARDING143.104242.89
WEST122.660827.64
BLACKBURN122.660870.59
GARNER102.217370.13
WINDSOR91.9956239.36
BAILEY81.773811.78
ARMSTRONG81.773823.21
SPENCER81.773819.43
DUTTON81.773878.35
DODD81.773843.62
EDGE81.7738102.96
TAPLEY71.5521804.60
SMITH71.55211.10
POWNALL71.5521358.97
COOKSON61.3304112.78
HUGHES61.33044.75
SPEED61.3304165.75
BROOKS61.330413.61
LATHAM51.108654.47
ROYLE51.108684.32
TURNER51.10863.98
YOUNG51.10865.16
ASHTON51.108622.62
JACKSON40.88693.17
HUNT40.88696.68
BYRD40.88691,111.11
DAVENPORT40.886946.84
AXON40.8869357.14
EDMUNDS40.886968.03
THOMASON40.8869152.09
WARING30.665252.91
TURTON30.665259.17
CORNES30.6652303.03
WALLEY30.6652141.51
JONES30.66520.59
BARKER30.66525.08
GREEN30.66522.36
COOPER30.66522.73
CHURCH30.665230.49
HODKINSON30.665294.34
KETTLE30.665275.95
PERRY20.44356.03
WHITAKER20.443515.70
MANLEY20.443539.60
BROOKES20.443518.89
JOYNSON20.4435190.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYRD0.454511111.1111
TAPLEY0.45451804.5977
PALIN0.45451725.3886
STOCKTON0.45451583.9416
POWNALL0.45451358.9744
AXON0.45451357.1429
BEESE0.45451312.5000
CORNES0.45451303.0303
VICKERS0.45451276.3385
WINDSOR0.45451239.3617
JOYNSON0.45451190.4762
NEVITT0.45451172.4138
SPEED0.45451165.7459
MUNDELL0.45451158.7302
THOMASON0.45451152.0913
WALLEY0.45451141.5094
COOKSON0.45451112.7820
EDGE0.45451102.9601
TIMMIS0.4545195.2381
HODKINSON0.4545194.3396
ROYLE0.4545184.3170
CORNS0.4545179.3651
DUTTON0.4545178.3546
KETTLE0.4545175.9494
BLACKBURN0.4545170.5882
GARNER0.4545170.1262
EDMUNDS0.4545168.0272
HARDAKER0.4545164.1026
TURTON0.4545159.1716
LATHAM0.4545154.4662
WARING0.4545152.9101
HEY0.4545150.0000
HUXLEY0.4545149.2611
DAVENPORT0.4545146.8384
DODD0.4545143.6205
HARDING0.4545142.8922
MANLEY0.4545139.6040
ELSON0.4545135.3357
FLEET0.4545133.0033
DARLINGTON0.4545132.6797
CHURCH0.4545130.4878
WEST0.4545127.6370
SOUTHERN0.4545124.0385
WILKINSON0.4545123.2491
ARMSTRONG0.4545123.2086
ASHTON0.4545122.6244
IRVING0.4545119.9005
SPENCER0.4545119.4316
BROOKES0.4545118.8857
GROOM0.4545115.8228

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 451 people called BYRD in Spurstow 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 1111.1111 in Spurstow means that 1111.1111% of the people in Spurstow on census day were called BYRD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYRD 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 BYRD 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 BYRD 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 BYRD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Spurstow means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYRD in Spurstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spurstow in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (8)  ASHTON (5)  AXON (4)  BADROCK (19)  BAILEY (8)  BARKER (3)  BEBBINGTON (14)  BENNETT (1)  BYRD (4)  BLACKBURN (12)  BOYSTON (2)  BROCKLEY (2)  BROOKES (2)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (2)  BORROWS (1)  BEESE (1)  CHALINOR (2)  CARTMAL (2)  CHESTERS (1)  CHURCH (3)  CLAYS (5)  CLUTTON (4)  COOK (1)  COOKSON (6)  COOPER (3)  CORNS (1)  CORNES (3)  COWAP (3)  DARLINGTON (1)  DAVENPORT (4)  DAVIES (1)  DODD (8)  DUTTON (8)  EDGE (8)  EDMUNDS (4)  ELSON (1)  FLEET (1)  FOXLEY (1)  FRANCE (1)  GARNER (10)  GREEN (3)  GROOM (1)  GROUCOTT (2)  HARDAKER (1)  HARDING (14)  HARRISON (1)  HEY (2)  HEATH (1)  HOARE (1)  HOCKENHILL (1)  HODKINSON (3)  HUGHES (6)  HUNT (4)  IRVING (2)  JACKSON (4)  JERSBY (1)  JONES (3)  JOYNSON (2)  KETTLE (3)  LATHAM (5)  MANLEY (2)  MANNING (2)  MC CAIG (1)  MOULLOCK (1)  MULLOCK (16)  MUNDELL (1)  NEVITT (1)  NEWMAN (1)  HUXLEY (1)  PALIN (14)  PARSONAGE (1)  PERRY (2)  PICKERING (2)  PINNINSTON (1)  POTTS (2)  POWNALL (7)  ROYLE (5)  SANDBACH (3)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHERN (1)  SPEED (6)  SPENCER (8)  STEVENSON (1)  STOCKTON (16)  TAPLEY (7)  THELWELL (5)  THOMASON (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TIM...S (1)  TIMMIS (1)  TURNER (5)  TURTON (3)  VICKERS (32)  WALLEY (3)  WARING (3)  WELSH (2)  WEST (12)  WHITAKER (2)  WILKINSON (16)  WILSON (2)  WINDSOR (9)  YOUNG (5)