Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanlow, Cheshire

Stanlow 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
HOUGH316.6667967.74
CASSIDAY211.111120,000.00
PROSSER211.1111714.29
ELLISON211.1111526.32
HARDY15.555692.59
EVANS15.555612.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASSIDAY0.021820000.0000
HOUGH0.0218967.7419
PROSSER0.0218714.2857
ELLISON0.0218526.3158
HARDY0.021892.5926
EVANS0.021812.7065

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 18 people called CASSIDAY in Stanlow 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 20000.0000 in Stanlow means that 20000.0000% of the people in Stanlow on census day were called CASSIDAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CASSIDAY 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 CASSIDAY 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 CASSIDAY 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 CASSIDAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.02 in Stanlow means that you are 0.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CASSIDAY in Stanlow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanlow in 1881

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

CASSIDAY (2)  ELLISON (2)  EVANS (1)  HARDY (1)  HOUGH (3)  PROSSER (2)  WELLOCK (7)