Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willington, Cheshire

Willington 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
VERNON128.2759502.09
ARDEN85.51722,285.71
MOORE85.517227.59
DARLINGTON74.8276707.07
JONES74.82764.26
HAMILTON64.137955.15
NEWPORT53.4483675.68
JOHNSON53.448310.26
PAWLEY53.44831,219.51
HANLON42.7586597.01
WINFIELD42.7586333.33
GILBERT42.758648.43
JAMESON32.0690187.50
BRISCOE32.0690322.58
HULSE32.0690326.09
WHITE21.37934.29
DUTTON21.379360.98
WILKINSON10.68974.52
BRATT10.6897200.00
RATHBONE10.6897123.46
FAWCETT10.689735.71
TRIGGS10.6897204.08
MARSHALL10.68974.11
TAYLOR10.68971.08
BROWN10.68971.05
SCOTT10.68972.73
HODKINSON10.689798.04
WILD10.689716.92
BALL10.68978.35
WALKER10.68972.06
TOWERS10.689759.52
LEECH10.689742.37
CLARK10.68972.29
SPENCER10.68977.55
WILSON10.68971.50
ROBERTS10.68971.83
HIGSON10.6897107.53
WHITNEY10.6897133.33
ASHBROOK10.6897769.23
PARRY10.68979.06
MAYERS10.6897232.56
DEAN10.68979.93
THOMSON10.68975.16
WRIGHT10.68972.15
BUCKLEY10.689712.67
SHERLOCK10.6897102.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARDEN0.151452285.7143
PAWLEY0.151451219.5122
ASHBROOK0.15145769.2308
DARLINGTON0.15145707.0707
NEWPORT0.15145675.6757
HANLON0.15145597.0149
VERNON0.15145502.0921
WINFIELD0.15145333.3333
HULSE0.15145326.0870
BRISCOE0.15145322.5806
MAYERS0.15145232.5581
TRIGGS0.15145204.0816
BRATT0.15145200.0000
JAMESON0.15145187.5000
WHITNEY0.15145133.3333
RATHBONE0.15145123.4568
HIGSON0.15145107.5269
SHERLOCK0.15145102.0408
HODKINSON0.1514598.0392
DUTTON0.1514560.9756
TOWERS0.1514559.5238
HAMILTON0.1514555.1471
GILBERT0.1514548.4262
LEECH0.1514542.3729
FAWCETT0.1514535.7143
MOORE0.1514527.5862
WILD0.1514516.9205
BUCKLEY0.1514512.6743
JOHNSON0.1514510.2627
DEAN0.151459.9305
PARRY0.151459.0580
BALL0.151458.3472
SPENCER0.151457.5529
THOMSON0.151455.1626
WILKINSON0.151454.5188
WHITE0.151454.2909
JONES0.151454.2626
MARSHALL0.151454.1118
SCOTT0.151452.7255
CLARK0.151452.2946
WRIGHT0.151452.1496
WALKER0.151452.0602
ROBERTS0.151451.8332
WILSON0.151451.5015
TAYLOR0.151451.0784
BROWN0.151451.0462

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 145 people called ARDEN in Willington 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 2285.7143 in Willington means that 2285.7143% of the people in Willington on census day were called ARDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARDEN 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 ARDEN 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 ARDEN 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 ARDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Willington means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARDEN in Willington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willington in 1881

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

ARDEN (8)  ASHBROOK (1)  BALL (1)  BICKESTETH (1)  BRATT (1)  BRISCOE (3)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (1)  CHALLONER (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYS (1)  DARLINGTON (7)  DEAN (1)  DUTTON (2)  FAWCETT (1)  GILBERT (4)  GOLBOURNE (15)  HAMILTON (6)  HANLON (4)  HIGSON (1)  HODKINSON (1)  HULSE (3)  JAMESON (3)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (7)  JOINSON (1)  KRIDENS (1)  LEECH (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MOORE (8)  MAYERS (1)  NEWPORT (5)  PAWLEY (5)  PARRY (1)  RATHBONE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SANDBACH (3)  SCOTT (1)  SHERLOCK (1)  SPENCER (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMSON (1)  TOMKINSON (5)  TOWERS (1)  TRIGGS (1)  VERNON (12)  WALKER (1)  WHITE (2)  WHITNEY (1)  WILD (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WINFIELD (4)  WRIGHT (1)