Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tetton, Cheshire

Tetton 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
MERRIL159.316850,000.00
GREGORY95.590179.65
KAY84.968995.69
GREENWOOD84.968964.00
NIXON74.3478142.86
JONES63.72673.29
ALLCOCK53.1056287.36
COOKE53.105656.31
BATE53.1056183.15
WILDING53.1056264.55
PERCIVAL53.1056198.41
POOLE42.484551.55
CAPPER42.4845470.59
WALLACE42.484536.26
SANT31.8634937.50
BROAD31.8634146.34
CLARK31.86346.20
JACKSON31.86346.67
EVANS31.86344.26
BARROW31.863487.98
DAVIES31.86343.66
JOHNSON31.86345.55
WILKINSON21.24228.14
FOX21.242213.38
RYLEY21.2422476.19
PHILLIPS21.24226.94
BOSTON21.2422270.27
RILEY21.242215.70
WILLIAMS21.24221.73
TAYLOR10.62110.97
BOARDMAN10.621138.76
LANGLEY10.621128.33
EDWARDS10.62112.23
JERVIS10.621180.65
PALIN10.6211144.93
WALL10.621117.76
SPENCER10.62116.80
KIRK10.621114.35
DODD10.621115.27
BURROWS10.621114.18
WAKEFIELD10.621134.72
LEWIS10.62112.36
SMITH10.62110.44
KELLY10.62115.67
CHARLESWORTH10.621148.08
HENSHALL10.6211128.21
BUNN10.621163.69
MERRILL10.6211217.39
GALLIMORE10.6211196.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MERRIL0.1616150000.0000
SANT0.16161937.5000
RYLEY0.16161476.1905
CAPPER0.16161470.5882
ALLCOCK0.16161287.3563
BOSTON0.16161270.2703
WILDING0.16161264.5503
MERRILL0.16161217.3913
PERCIVAL0.16161198.4127
GALLIMORE0.16161196.0784
BATE0.16161183.1502
BROAD0.16161146.3415
PALIN0.16161144.9275
NIXON0.16161142.8571
HENSHALL0.16161128.2051
KAY0.1616195.6938
BARROW0.1616187.9765
JERVIS0.1616180.6452
GREGORY0.1616179.6460
GREENWOOD0.1616164.0000
BUNN0.1616163.6943
COOKE0.1616156.3063
POOLE0.1616151.5464
CHARLESWORTH0.1616148.0769
BOARDMAN0.1616138.7597
WALLACE0.1616136.2647
WAKEFIELD0.1616134.7222
LANGLEY0.1616128.3286
WALL0.1616117.7620
RILEY0.1616115.6986
DODD0.1616115.2672
KIRK0.1616114.3472
BURROWS0.1616114.1844
FOX0.1616113.3779
WILKINSON0.161618.1400
PHILLIPS0.161616.9420
SPENCER0.161616.8027
JACKSON0.161616.6681
CLARK0.161616.1996
KELLY0.161615.6721
JOHNSON0.161615.5463
EVANS0.161614.2644
DAVIES0.161613.6635
JONES0.161613.2906
LEWIS0.161612.3624
EDWARDS0.161612.2287
WILLIAMS0.161611.7294
TAYLOR0.161610.9713
SMITH0.161610.4399

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 161 people called MERRIL in Tetton 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 50000.0000 in Tetton means that 50000.0000% of the people in Tetton on census day were called MERRIL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MERRIL 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 MERRIL 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 MERRIL 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 MERRIL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Tetton means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MERRIL in Tetton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tetton in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (5)  BATE (5)  BOARDMAN (1)  BOSTON (2)  BROAD (3)  BUNN (1)  BURROWS (1)  BARROW (3)  CAPPER (4)  CHARLESWORTH (1)  CHESTERS (2)  CLARK (3)  COOKE (5)  CONDLIFFE (4)  DAVIES (3)  DODD (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (3)  FOX (2)  GALLIMORE (1)  GREENWOOD (8)  GREGORY (9)  HENSHALL (1)  JACKSON (3)  JERVIS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (6)  KAY (8)  KELLY (1)  KIRK (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LEWIS (1)  MERRIL (15)  MERRILL (1)  MOUNFIELD (2)  NIXON (7)  PALIN (1)  PERCIVAL (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  POOLE (4)  PROUDMAN (1)  RYLEY (2)  RILEY (2)  SANT (3)  SHAKERLEY (4)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALL (1)  WALLACE (4)  WILDING (5)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (2)