Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worleston, Cheshire

Worleston 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
OWEN175.029642.37
CORNES133.84621,756.76
SMITH113.25442.30
ELLSON82.36691,428.57
PREECE82.3669145.45
FARMER82.366975.76
ROBERTS72.07105.50
WHITE72.07106.44
CLARKE72.071010.22
DUNNING61.7751209.06
WILKINSON61.775111.63
BEECH61.7751120.24
WRIGHT51.47934.61
HULSE51.4793233.64
JERVIS51.4793192.31
HEATH51.479329.80
ROBINSON51.47934.64
MAJOR51.4793109.65
PRITCHARD41.183421.98
SMITHSON41.1834123.46
OAKS41.1834655.74
DAVIES41.18342.33
HANMER41.1834800.00
MOTTRAM41.1834218.58
SANT41.1834597.01
PHILLIPS41.18346.61
WEAVER41.183445.51
BROOKES30.887637.78
COXEY30.88766,000.00
LEWIS30.88763.38
HOBSON30.887634.21
LLOYD30.88767.60
HARK30.88763,750.00
PACE30.8876200.00
LEECH30.887654.45
BLAKEMORE30.8876208.33
HUGHES30.88763.17
TAYLOR30.88761.39
HARGREAVES30.887621.29
SCHRODER20.5917714.29
WALKER20.59171.77
BECKETT20.591729.67
BATE20.591734.90
MAILES20.59171,666.67
BURGESS20.59178.52
BARNETT20.591713.12
SPEED20.591773.53
JONES20.59170.52
BOOKER20.591749.38
HOWELL10.29597.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COXEY0.343386000.0000
HARK0.343383750.0000
BOSCH0.343383333.3333
CORNES0.343381756.7568
MAILES0.343381666.6667
SHARPES0.343381428.5714
ELLSON0.343381428.5714
HANMER0.34338800.0000
SCHRODER0.34338714.2857
OAKS0.34338655.7377
SANT0.34338597.0149
WILBURN0.34338416.6667
BOVEY0.34338250.0000
HULSE0.34338233.6449
MOTTRAM0.34338218.5792
DUNNING0.34338209.0592
BLAKEMORE0.34338208.3333
PACE0.34338200.0000
HANNON0.34338192.3077
JERVIS0.34338192.3077
PREECE0.34338145.4545
CRANK0.34338144.9275
BRENCHLEY0.34338136.9863
BEATY0.34338129.8701
SMITHSON0.34338123.4568
BEECH0.34338120.2405
MAJOR0.34338109.6491
CORBET0.34338107.5269
MALIN0.3433889.2857
HANDY0.3433886.2069
PERRYMAN0.3433881.9672
MAINWARING0.3433876.3359
FARMER0.3433875.7576
SPEED0.3433873.5294
TRICKETT0.3433868.0272
LONGDEN0.3433864.1026
RABY0.3433861.7284
LEECH0.3433854.4465
BOOKER0.3433849.3827
STANDING0.3433846.2963
WEAVER0.3433845.5063
OWEN0.3433842.3729
CORK0.3433839.8406
BROOKES0.3433837.7834
BATE0.3433834.9040
HOBSON0.3433834.2075
HEATH0.3433829.7974
BECKETT0.3433829.6736
PRITCHARD0.3433821.9780
HARGREAVES0.3433821.2917

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 338 people called COXEY in Worleston 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 6000.0000 in Worleston means that 6000.0000% of the people in Worleston on census day were called COXEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COXEY 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 COXEY 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 COXEY 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 COXEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Worleston means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COXEY in Worleston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worleston in 1881

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

ADLARD (11)  ALLEN (1)  ANNOW (1)  BAGER (6)  BAYLEY (1)  BARNETT (2)  BATE (2)  BEATY (1)  BECKETT (2)  BEECH (6)  BLAKEMORE (3)  BLAND (1)  BOOKER (2)  BOSCH (1)  BOVEY (1)  BOUGHEY (3)  BRENCHLEY (1)  BRISCALL (1)  BROADBENT (1)  BROOKES (3)  BURGESS (2)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (1)  CLARKE (7)  COLEMAN (1)  COXEY (3)  COPE (1)  CORBET (1)  CORK (1)  CORNES (13)  COTTON (1)  CRANK (1)  DAVIES (4)  DUNNING (6)  DURTNELL (5)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLSON (8)  ENDLEY (1)  FARMER (8)  FILTON (3)  FETTON (4)  FURNIVAL (1)  GIDMAN (3)  GREATBANKS (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAMPSON (1)  HANDY (1)  HANMER (4)  HANNON (1)  HARGREAVES (3)  HARK (3)  HARTHERN (1)  HARVEY (1)  HASSALL (1)  HEATH (5)  HIPKISS (2)  HOBSON (3)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (3)  HULSE (5)  HOMFRAY (1)  JAINSOW (1)  JERVIS (5)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (2)  LEECH (3)  LEWIS (3)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LLOYD (3)  LONGDEN (1)  LOVATT (10)  MAINWARING (1)  MAJOR (5)  MAILES (2)  MALIN (1)  MARTIN (1)  MELLIRING (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOTTRAM (4)  NEWING (1)  NUME (1)  OAKS (4)  OKELL (1)  OWEN (17)  PACE (3)  PERRYMAN (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PREECE (8)  PRITCHARD (4)  RABY (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (5)  SANT (4)  VON SCHRODER (1)  SCHRODER (2)  SEIRESE (1)  SETNE (1)  SHARPES (1)  SMITH (11)  SMITHSON (4)  SPEED (2)  STANDING (1)  SWAIN (1)  SWANWICK (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TOMKINSON (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRICKETT (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALKER (2)  WALSHAW (1)  WEAVER (4)  WILBURN (1)  WHITE (7)  WILD (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHALL (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (1)