Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoke In Chester, Cheshire

Stoke In Chester 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
GRIFFITH1014.2857438.60
DAVIES710.000019.66
PRESCOTT57.1429505.05
BARKER45.714343.67
SPARKES45.7143784.31
EDWARDS45.714320.50
ELLIS45.714339.37
GERRARD34.2857337.08
WRIGHT34.285713.36
BRADSHAW22.857169.44
BURNS11.428621.28
KNIGHT11.428611.59
HAYNES11.428640.00
LLOYD11.428612.24
BROUGHTON11.428676.34
JONES11.42861.26
GRIMES11.4286123.46
ROGERS11.428611.00
EVANS11.42863.27
PATE11.4286344.83
LITTLER11.4286217.39
JACKSON11.42865.11
WILLIAMS11.42861.99
ROBERTS11.42863.80
OLDFIELD11.428686.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPARKES0.0770784.3137
PRESCOTT0.0770505.0505
GRIFFITH0.0770438.5965
PATE0.0770344.8276
GERRARD0.0770337.0787
LITTLER0.0770217.3913
GRIMES0.0770123.4568
OLDFIELD0.077086.2069
BROUGHTON0.077076.3359
BRADSHAW0.077069.4444
BARKER0.077043.6681
HAYNES0.077040.0000
ELLIS0.077039.3701
BURNS0.077021.2766
EDWARDS0.077020.5023
DAVIES0.077019.6574
WRIGHT0.077013.3571
LLOYD0.077012.2399
KNIGHT0.077011.5875
ROGERS0.077011.0011
JACKSON0.07705.1125
ROBERTS0.07703.7979
EVANS0.07703.2690
WILLIAMS0.07701.9889
JONES0.07701.2614

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called SPARKES in Stoke In Chester 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 784.3137 in Stoke In Chester means that 784.3137% of the people in Stoke In Chester on census day were called SPARKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPARKES 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 SPARKES 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 SPARKES 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 SPARKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Stoke In Chester means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPARKES in Stoke In Chester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stoke In Chester in 1881

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

BARKER (4)  BRADSHAW (2)  BROUGHTON (1)  BUIT (1)  BURNS (1)  DAVIES (7)  EDWARDS (4)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (1)  GERRARD (3)  GRIFFITH (10)  GRIMES (1)  HAYNES (1)  HAZELBY (1)  HOPLEY (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LITTLER (1)  LLOYD (1)  OLDFIELD (1)  PATE (1)  PRESCOTT (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  SHEVELIN (1)  SPARKES (4)  VENABLES (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (3)