Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wettenhall, Cheshire

Wettenhall 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
WOOD115.092615.98
DUNNING104.6296546.45
FAULKNER83.7037136.75
WALLEY73.2407686.27
HULSE73.2407510.95
BUCKLEY62.777851.02
DOBSON62.777862.96
BOLTON62.777864.52
BEECH62.7778188.09
PLATT62.7778104.90
BLAND62.7778133.93
JINKS62.7778666.67
ASHLEY52.3148138.50
STONES52.3148194.55
DODD52.314856.95
COMES41.85196,666.67
CHADDERTON41.8519769.23
TICKLE41.8519412.37
BATE31.388981.97
OWEN31.388911.70
CAPPER31.3889263.16
MANNING31.388943.67
WALKER20.92592.77
BOSWELL20.925998.52
KETTLE20.9259105.82
DAVENPORT20.925948.90
CHARLESWORTH20.925971.68
BARNETT20.925920.53
ATHERTON10.463025.77
GREENWOOD10.46305.96
ROACH10.463031.45
ARDEN10.4630192.31
PACE10.4630104.17
BENTLEY10.463010.94
WILKINSON10.46303.03
JACKSON10.46301.66
GRANTHAM10.463075.19
BROWN10.46300.70
RILEY10.46305.85
JOHNSON10.46301.38
ARROWSMITH10.463059.88
FOSTER10.46303.46
BOYD10.463013.19
COOKSON10.463039.22
BATES10.46307.27
CHALLINOR10.4630131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COMES0.222166666.6667
CHADDERTON0.22216769.2308
WALLEY0.22216686.2745
JINKS0.22216666.6667
DUNNING0.22216546.4481
HULSE0.22216510.9489
TICKLE0.22216412.3711
CAPPER0.22216263.1579
STONES0.22216194.5525
ARDEN0.22216192.3077
BEECH0.22216188.0878
ASHLEY0.22216138.5042
FAULKNER0.22216136.7521
BLAND0.22216133.9286
CHALLINOR0.22216131.5789
KETTLE0.22216105.8201
PLATT0.22216104.8951
PACE0.22216104.1667
BOSWELL0.2221698.5222
BATE0.2221681.9672
GRANTHAM0.2221675.1880
CHARLESWORTH0.2221671.6846
BOLTON0.2221664.5161
DOBSON0.2221662.9591
ARROWSMITH0.2221659.8802
DODD0.2221656.9476
BUCKLEY0.2221651.0204
DAVENPORT0.2221648.8998
MANNING0.2221643.6681
COOKSON0.2221639.2157
ROACH0.2221631.4465
ATHERTON0.2221625.7732
BARNETT0.2221620.5339
WOOD0.2221615.9837
BOYD0.2221613.1926
OWEN0.2221611.7005
BENTLEY0.2221610.9409
BATES0.222167.2727
GREENWOOD0.222165.9630
RILEY0.222165.8514
FOSTER0.222163.4626
WILKINSON0.222163.0340
WALKER0.222162.7659
JACKSON0.222161.6565
JOHNSON0.222161.3780
BROWN0.222160.7023

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 216 people called COMES in Wettenhall 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 6666.6667 in Wettenhall means that 6666.6667% of the people in Wettenhall on census day were called COMES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COMES 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 COMES 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 COMES 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 COMES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Wettenhall means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COMES in Wettenhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wettenhall in 1881

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

ARDEN (1)  ARROWSMITH (1)  ASHLEY (5)  ATHERTON (1)  BARNETT (2)  BATE (3)  BATES (1)  BEECH (6)  BENTLEY (1)  BELLINGTON (6)  BLAND (6)  BOFFEY (7)  BOLDESTONE (5)  BOLTON (6)  BOSWELL (2)  BOYD (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (6)  CHALLINOR (1)  CAPPER (3)  CHADDERTON (4)  CHARLESWORTH (2)  COOKSON (1)  COMES (4)  DAVENPORT (2)  DOBSON (6)  DODD (5)  DUNNING (10)  ELLANES (2)  FAULKNER (8)  FOSTER (1)  GRANTHAM (1)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIFFITHES (1)  GRIFFTHES (1)  HIL... (4)  HILCTEN ? (1)  HORAKIM (2)  HOULKWORTH (5)  HULSE (7)  JACKSON (1)  JINKS (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KETTLE (2)  MANNING (3)  O'DONELL (1)  MC DONALD (1)  NODEN (14)  OWEN (3)  PACE (1)  PLATT (6)  PORAL OR POVAL (2)  RAKIN ? (7)  RILEY (1)  ROACH (1)  STONES (5)  TICKLE (4)  TOMKINSON (1)  WALKER (2)  WALLEY (7)  WITTIN (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WONALL (1)  WOOD (11)