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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winnington, Cheshire

Winnington 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
GOUGH121.680757.31
HEWITT121.680734.50
FRYER121.680790.57
LITTLER111.5406232.07
DEAKIN111.5406111.45
JOHNSON111.54064.59
MOORE101.40067.00
BRADLEY101.400617.45
GANDY101.4006347.22
LUXTON91.2605284.81
WALKER81.12043.35
HOGAN81.1204111.58
CROSS81.120416.28
BLADES81.1204197.53
NIELD81.1204163.27
ALLMAN81.1204238.81
OAKES81.120477.37
BODEN70.9804120.90
PARKER70.98045.15
DOWNS70.980455.12
PENNY70.980455.07
LAMB70.980418.59
FINNEY70.9804113.09
TAYLOR70.98041.53
DALTON70.980442.71
GRAY70.98046.87
HUNT70.98047.38
DAVIES70.98041.93
HALLETT70.980479.64
BROWN60.84031.27
CAPES60.8403394.74
NORCROSS60.8403779.22
WALTON60.840311.94
HICKSON60.8403121.70
DIXON60.84037.67
TOWERY60.840315,000.00
MARSH60.840311.78
MOUTON60.84038,571.43
MORETON60.8403112.36
ROGERSON60.840368.26
KING60.84033.86
LOWE50.70039.34
DONE50.7003203.25
HARPER50.700310.94
SENIOR50.700330.56
JONES50.70030.62
MADDOCK50.700376.69
POSTLES50.70031,470.59
BURGESS50.700310.08
BRAMHALL50.7003221.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWERY0.7171415000.0000
MOUTON0.717148571.4286
NEUMANN0.717142727.2727
DINWIDDIE0.717142222.2222
POSTLES0.717141470.5882
IGOE0.717141250.0000
NORCROSS0.71714779.2208
HERTZ0.71714769.2308
CARNES0.71714555.5556
CAPES0.71714394.7368
CASTELLO0.71714357.1429
GANDY0.71714347.2222
LUXTON0.71714284.8101
CLEGHORN0.71714255.1020
ALLMAN0.71714238.8060
LOCKEY0.71714235.2941
LITTLER0.71714232.0675
BRAMHALL0.71714221.2389
SHARPS0.71714212.7660
DONE0.71714203.2520
BLADES0.71714197.5309
MARROW0.71714180.1802
NIELD0.71714163.2653
YEARSLEY0.71714138.8889
PROUDFOOT0.71714128.6174
HICKSON0.71714121.7039
BRATT0.71714120.9677
BODEN0.71714120.8981
SHAUGHNESSY0.71714117.6471
FINNEY0.71714113.0856
MORETON0.71714112.3596
HOGAN0.71714111.5760
DEAKIN0.71714111.4488
CLINCH0.7171497.0874
SIMCOCK0.7171496.6184
FRYER0.7171490.5660
HADDOCK0.7171487.3362
BUTTERS0.7171485.4701
HITCHEN0.7171482.3045
WELLINGS0.7171481.3008
HALLETT0.7171479.6359
OAKES0.7171477.3694
MADDOCK0.7171476.6871
MOLYNEUX0.7171473.3945
ROGERSON0.7171468.2594
BICKERTON0.7171466.8896
HOLBROOK0.7171458.2524
GOUGH0.7171457.3066
SKIDMORE0.7171457.1429
DOWNS0.7171455.1181

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 714 people called TOWERY in Winnington 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 15000.0000 in Winnington means that 15000.0000% of the people in Winnington on census day were called TOWERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOWERY 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 TOWERY 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 TOWERY 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 TOWERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Winnington means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOWERY in Winnington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winnington in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ADAMS (1)  ADAMSON (1)  ALBROW (1)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ALKI (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLAN (1)  ALLMAN (8)  ASHART (8)  ATTENSHALL (3)  BARNES (1)  BARNETT (1)  BENTLEY (3)  BICKERTON (2)  BIRCH (2)  BURK (1)  BURKE (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLADES (8)  BOOTH (2)  BODEN (7)  BRADBURNE (3)  BRADLEY (10)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRAMHALL (5)  BRAMMALL (5)  BRATT (3)  BRIEZE (1)  BROOKES (4)  BROCK (2)  BROWN (6)  BRUMEIER (6)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURGESS (5)  BURNBROUGH (8)  BURROWS (1)  BUTTERS (3)  CARNES (2)  CALLAGHAN (1)  CAPES (6)  CASTELLO (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHESHIRE (2)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLEGHORN (5)  CLIFFORD (1)  CLINCH (2)  COLBORNE (1)  COOK (2)  CURBISHLEY (1)  COTTERILL (4)  CROSS (8)  DALE (2)  DALTON (7)  DALLOW (2)  DAVENPORT (4)  DAVIES (7)  DEAKIN (11)  DEAN (1)  DINWIDDIE (4)  DIXON (6)  DONE (5)  DOVE (4)  DOWNS (7)  DOYLE (1)  DUTTON (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (1)  FARNAY (1)  FELSTON (1)  FERNIE (3)  FINNAGE (2)  FINNEY (7)  FLETCHER (2)  FORGAN (6)  FOWLS (2)  FRYER (12)  GANDY (10)  GARNER (2)  GARTON (1)  GERRARD (1)  GOUGH (12)  GRAY (7)  GREY (1)  GREEN (4)  GREENHOUGH (7)  GREGORY (2)  HADDOCK (4)  HOLLOWOOD (1)  HALLETT (7)  HANICAN (3)  HARDING (1)  HARDLEY (1)  HARPER (5)  HAYDON (1)  HEALEY (1)  HERTZ (1)  HEWITT (12)  HICKSON (6)  HIGGINS (2)  HILDITCH (4)  HILL (1)  HINDE (1)  HITCHEN (4)  HITCHIN (1)  HODGKINSON (5)  HOGAN (8)  HOLBROOK (3)  HOLLAND (4)  HORROBIN (1)  HOUGH (1)  HOWARD (4)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (7)  IGOE (2)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (11)  JONES (5)  KELSALL (3)  KING (6)  LAMB (7)  LATHAM (3)  LEWIN (3)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLER (11)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKEY (4)  LOVATT (6)  LOWE (5)  LUXTON (9)  MATKIN ((WALKER)) (2)  MADDOCK (5)  MARROW (2)  MARSH (6)  MAUROR (1)  MC DONNELL (4)  MALAM (5)  MELLOR (4)  MIDDLETON (2)  MOLYNEUX (4)  MOND (1)  MOORE (10)  MORRIS (2)  MORETON (6)  MOSES (3)  MOTTERHEAD (3)  MOUTON (6)  NEUMANN (3)  NEWTON (1)  NIELD (8)  NORCROSS (6)  OAKES (8)  PALIN (1)  PARKER (7)  PATTEN (1)  PENNY (7)  PERCIVAL (2)  PHILLIPSAFE (1)  PHILLIPSAGE (1)  PIMBLISS (5)  POOLE (1)  POSTLES (5)  PROSSER (2)  PROUDFOOT (4)  RADFORD (1)  RAYNER (2)  RENTON (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROGERSON (6)  SCOTT (1)  SCREENAGE (2)  SENIOR (5)  SHARPS (1)  SHAUGHNESSY (1)  SHAUGNESSY (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMCOCK (2)  SINGLETON (1)  SKIDMORE (3)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHERN (1)  SPROSTON (2)  STARKEY (3)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (2)  THOMSON (2)  TOWERY (6)  TRAFFORD (1)  TYSOE (1)  VENABLES (1)  WADE (4)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALKER (8)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (6)  WELSH (2)  WELLINGS (2)  WIDDEN (1)  WHITEHEAD (4)  WITNEY (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINNIN (7)  WINNINGTON (1)  WOOD (1)  YARWOOD (1)  YEARSLEY (2)