Top surnames from the 1881 census in Adlington, Cheshire

Adlington 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
WAINWRIGHT485.5620262.87
CLAYTON384.403280.99
BURGESS303.476250.05
BARTON273.128657.92
WOOD263.01279.46
BRADDOCK202.3175813.01
ARNOLD171.969936.54
WHITE171.96996.13
MOTTRAM161.8540342.61
KIRK151.738140.15
NEEDHAM151.738181.70
JACKSON151.73816.22
CADMAN131.5064184.92
LEWIS131.50645.73
BOOTH131.506415.27
COOKE121.390525.19
DUDLEY121.390592.66
POTTS121.390541.67
GREEN121.39054.94
SNAPE111.2746138.19
SHELDON101.158776.16
KING101.15875.32
LEIGH101.158750.35
ROYLE91.042979.30
HOLROYD91.042993.75
WARD91.04294.77
WALTERS91.042921.87
MOTTERSHEAD91.0429310.34
HOOLEY80.9270193.24
PEARSON80.92707.98
BAYLEY80.927057.51
WALTON80.927013.17
BAILEY70.81115.39
BLAIR70.811131.29
WALKER70.81112.42
GOULDEN70.8111230.26
WARBURTON60.695228.18
BARBER60.695211.55
HUNT60.69525.23
BURTON60.69528.16
STEER60.695259.52
RIDGWAY60.695275.76
CLIFF60.695279.58
HOPKINS50.57949.62
GOODWIN50.579411.00
SLATER50.57949.57
SHADWELL50.5794510.20
BANN50.5794505.05
CARSWELL50.5794158.23
LIVESEY50.579459.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRADDOCK0.86863813.0081
SHADWELL0.86863510.2041
BANN0.86863505.0505
SHRIGLEY0.86863357.1429
MOTTRAM0.86863342.6124
MOTTERSHEAD0.86863310.3448
WAINWRIGHT0.86863262.8697
VAUX0.86863254.2373
BASKERVILLE0.86863245.0980
STENNETT0.86863230.7692
GOULDEN0.86863230.2632
STANHOPE0.86863193.2367
HOOLEY0.86863193.2367
MORICE0.86863192.3077
CADMAN0.86863184.9218
HIGGINBOTHAM0.86863179.3722
KERFOOT0.86863176.4706
SHEPLEY0.86863170.2128
CARSWELL0.86863158.2278
SNAPE0.86863138.1910
CRITTENDEN0.86863125.0000
HOLROYD0.8686393.7500
WIGGLESWORTH0.8686393.6768
DUDLEY0.8686392.6641
CRITCHLOW0.8686389.2857
BROOMHALL0.8686385.4701
NEEDHAM0.8686381.6993
CLAYTON0.8686380.9889
CLIFF0.8686379.5756
ROYLE0.8686379.2952
SHELDON0.8686376.1615
RIDGWAY0.8686375.7576
HENSHALL0.8686371.5990
STEER0.8686359.5238
LIVESEY0.8686359.1716
BARTON0.8686357.9151
BAYLEY0.8686357.5126
BRIDSON0.8686351.2821
LEIGH0.8686350.3525
BURGESS0.8686350.0501
REEDER0.8686342.7350
PICKFORD0.8686342.6743
POTTS0.8686341.6667
KIRK0.8686340.1499
SIMCOCK0.8686339.8406
ARNOLD0.8686336.5434
BRAMHALL0.8686336.4964
HIBBERT0.8686331.6206
CASEY0.8686331.4465
BLAIR0.8686331.2919

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 863 people called BRADDOCK in Adlington 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 813.0081 in Adlington means that 813.0081% of the people in Adlington on census day were called BRADDOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRADDOCK 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 BRADDOCK 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 BRADDOCK 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 BRADDOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Adlington means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRADDOCK in Adlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Adlington in 1881

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

ADSHEAD (1)  ARNOLD (17)  ASHLEY (3)  ASHNESS (1)  ATHERTON (2)  BAILEY (7)  BEELEY (13)  BAYLEY (8)  BANN (5)  BARBER (6)  BARLOW (2)  BARRETT (1)  BARROTT (KELSALL) (2)  BARTON (27)  BARTON (BRADDOCK) (2)  BASKERVILLE (5)  BEARD (1)  BELL (4)  BENNETT (2)  BLAIR (7)  BLOOD (1)  BOFFE (1)  BOOTH (13)  BOWDEN (2)  BOWERS (1)  BOWETT (4)  BRACEGIRDLE (1)  BRADDOCK (20)  BRADLEY (3)  BROOMHALL (1)  BRAMHALL (1)  BRIDSON (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROUGH (1)  BUCKNALL (5)  BURGESS (30)  BURTON (6)  CADMAN (13)  CARSWELL (5)  CASEY (4)  CASH (1)  CASSIDY (1)  CHETHAM (1)  CLAYTON (38)  CLIFF (6)  COCKCROFT (1)  COOKE (12)  COOK (3)  COOKE (COOK) (6)  COOPER (2)  CRANE (4)  CRITCHLOW (2)  CRITTENDEN (1)  CUMBERBIRCH (3)  DAVIES (2)  DAVIS (1)  DICKINSON (1)  DUDLEY (12)  DUNCALF (1)  DUNN (1)  ELLISON (1)  EVANS (1)  FOSTER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FRITH (1)  FROST (1)  MC GARTH (1)  GOULDEN (7)  GOODWIN (5)  GREASLY (1)  GREEN (12)  HALL (1)  HEMER (1)  HANDFORTH (2)  HARTLEY (4)  HARVEY (5)  HATTON (4)  HALEY (1)  HEEPS (2)  HEATH (1)  HENSHALL (3)  HEWER (1)  HIBBERT (4)  HIGGINBOTHAM (4)  HOLROYD (9)  HOOLEY (8)  HOPKINS (5)  HARDERN (6)  HUDSON (1)  HUGUESSEY (1)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (15)  JARMAN (1)  JODDREL (3)  KELSALL (2)  KEMP (1)  KERFOOT (3)  KILBURN (1)  KING (10)  KIRK (15)  KIRCK (4)  LEGH (1)  LEIGH (10)  LEWIS (13)  LIVESEY (5)  FLOYD (1)  MELLOR (4)  MILLS (3)  MORRELL (1)  MORICE (1)  MOTTERSHEAD (9)  MOTTRAM (16)  MURPHY (1)  NEEDHAM (15)  NORBURY (1)  NORRICE (2)  OLLERENSHAW (4)  PATON (3)  PAYNE (2)  PEARSON (8)  PENNINGTON (1)  PICKFORD (3)  PLUMBLEY (4)  POTTS (12)  POOTS (1)  QUIN (1)  REEDER (1)  REEVES (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGWAY (6)  ROBINSON (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROYLE (9)  RYAN (1)  SARGANT (2)  SCHORR (1)  SCRAGG (1)  SHADWELL (5)  SHATWELL (1)  SHEPLEY (4)  SHRIGLEY (2)  SIMCOCK (1)  SIMPSON (2)  SHELDON (10)  SLATER (5)  SMITH (2)  SNAPE (11)  STAFFORD (1)  STANHOPE (4)  STEER (6)  STENNETT (3)  SWINDELLS (3)  THOMASON (1)  VAUX (3)  WADWORTH (4)  WADSWORTH (3)  WAINWRIGHT (48)  WALKER (7)  WALTERS (9)  WALTON (8)  WARBURTON (6)  WARD (9)  WATKINSON (1)  WATTS (2)  WEBB (1)  WHEELTON (3)  WHITE (17)  WIGGLESWORTH (4)  WOLSTENCROFT (8)  WOOD (26)  WOOLGROVE (1)  WORSENCROFT (1)  WORSLEY (1)  WORTH (1)  WRIGHT (4)