Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston In Nantwich, Cheshire

Weston In Nantwich 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
MOSES377.1291696.80
BRERETON214.0462972.22
COOKE214.046273.32
HENSHALL163.0829634.92
BASFORD152.8902961.54
ALLEN132.504813.26
DYKES101.9268280.11
CADMAN101.9268236.41
BAILEY91.734111.51
POTTS91.734151.96
STEELE91.734164.79
HARVEY81.541414.44
GOODYEAR81.5414290.91
SALMON81.541467.57
EVANS81.54143.53
HIGGINSON71.3487134.62
WOOD71.34874.23
BROMFIELD71.3487573.77
GARNER71.348742.68
MACHIN71.3487134.62
BARLOW71.348724.97
ROBINSON71.34874.23
LEWIS71.34875.13
WOODWORTH61.1561759.49
CROZIER61.1561245.90
EDWARDS61.15614.15
HODGKINSON61.156167.26
COOPER61.15614.75
WITTER61.15611,132.08
TRICKETT50.9634222.22
ALLMAN50.9634204.92
PLATT50.963436.39
PRICE50.96345.50
MASON50.96347.16
WINDSOR40.770792.38
STUBBS40.770729.20
GROCOTT40.7707268.46
PALIN40.7707179.37
CORK40.7707103.90
HOUGH30.578033.56
COPE30.578025.58
HARDING30.57807.99
JOHNSON30.57801.72
TAYLOR30.57800.90
DAVIES30.57801.14
CORNES30.5780263.16
LEAR30.578099.01
SILVESTER30.578074.81
WALLEY30.5780122.95
HICKMAN30.578034.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WITTER0.525191132.0755
BRERETON0.52519972.2222
BASFORD0.52519961.5385
WOODWORTH0.52519759.4937
MOSES0.52519696.7985
HENSHALL0.52519634.9206
BROMFIELD0.52519573.7705
GROUND0.52519476.1905
HALLMARK0.52519294.1176
GOODYEAR0.52519290.9091
DYKES0.52519280.1120
GROCOTT0.52519268.4564
CORNES0.52519263.1579
CROZIER0.52519245.9016
CADMAN0.52519236.4066
TRICKETT0.52519222.2222
BLACKHURST0.52519219.7802
ALLMAN0.52519204.9180
PALIN0.52519179.3722
TIMMIS0.52519166.6667
ALLDAY0.52519147.0588
MACHIN0.52519134.6154
HIGGINSON0.52519134.6154
WALLEY0.52519122.9508
CORK0.52519103.8961
LEAR0.5251999.0099
FARRALL0.5251997.0874
WINDSOR0.5251992.3788
WAGG0.5251982.6446
SILVESTER0.5251974.8130
COOKE0.5251973.3240
FINDLEY0.5251972.9927
SELWAY0.5251971.9424
SALMON0.5251967.5676
HODGKINSON0.5251967.2646
STEELE0.5251964.7948
DARLINGTON0.5251956.6572
POTTS0.5251951.9630
WILLETT0.5251948.8998
GADSBY0.5251947.1698
GARNER0.5251942.6829
CAPPER0.5251936.6300
PLATT0.5251936.3901
PARTON0.5251935.4610
HICKMAN0.5251934.3643
HOUGH0.5251933.5570
STUBBS0.5251929.1971
HITCHEN0.5251928.3286
COPE0.5251925.5754
BARLOW0.5251924.9732

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 519 people called WITTER in Weston In Nantwich 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 1132.0755 in Weston In Nantwich means that 1132.0755% of the people in Weston In Nantwich on census day were called WITTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WITTER 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 WITTER 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 WITTER 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 WITTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Weston In Nantwich means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WITTER in Weston In Nantwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston In Nantwich in 1881

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

ALLDAY (1)  ALLEN (13)  ALLMAN (5)  ANKERS (5)  ARSCOTT (5)  ASTBURY (16)  BAILEY (9)  BARLOW (7)  BASFORD (15)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BLACKHURST (2)  BRADBURY (1)  BRASSINGTON (5)  BRERETON (21)  BROMFIELD (7)  BROWN (2)  BURGESS (2)  BOURNE (1)  CADMAN (10)  CAPPER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  COOKE (21)  COOK (1)  COOPER (6)  COPE (3)  CORK (4)  CORNES (3)  CROZIER (6)  DARLINGTON (2)  DEVONPORT (3)  DAVIES (3)  DYKES (10)  DIRKEN (1)  DUNN (1)  DUTTON (1)  EATON (1)  EDGE (1)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (8)  FARRALL (1)  FINDLEY (1)  FOXLEY (3)  GADSBY (1)  GARNER (7)  GILDART (9)  GOODYEAR (8)  GROCOTT (4)  GRORMOUR (1)  GROUND (1)  HALDEN (8)  HALLMARK (1)  HANLEY (1)  HARDING (3)  HARVEY (8)  HEMMINGS (1)  HENSHALL (16)  HICKMAN (3)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGINSON (7)  HITCHEN (1)  HODGKINSON (6)  HORWELL (8)  HOUGH (3)  HUNT (1)  AYLIFFE (1)  JOHNSON (3)  LEAR (3)  LEA (1)  LEES (1)  LEWIS (7)  LOVATT (3)  MACHIN (7)  MADEW (4)  MANLEY (1)  MASON (5)  MALAM (18)  MOSES (37)  NEWMAN (2)  OULTON (1)  PALIN (4)  PARKER (1)  PARTON (1)  PARRY (1)  PLATT (5)  POTTS (9)  PRICE (5)  REILLY (1)  ROBINSON (7)  SALMON (8)  SELWAY (1)  SILVESTER (3)  SMITH (2)  STEELE (9)  STUBBS (4)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (2)  TIMMIS (2)  TOMKINSON (3)  TRICKETT (5)  TYLER (3)  WOODWORTH (6)  WAGG (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLEY (3)  WILLETT (2)  WINDSOR (4)  WITTER (6)  WOOD (7)  WRIGLEY (1)