Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arclid, Cheshire

Arclid 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
BAILEY123.692324.51
BOOTH123.692337.43
DAVENPORT123.6923194.81
BROAD113.3846266.34
CHILDS92.7692150.75
LOWE82.461532.84
KENNEDY82.461540.84
BROWN82.46153.73
HAGUE72.1538136.99
CAWLEY72.1538406.98
LATHAM61.846290.63
BLISSET61.846210,000.00
NICHOLSON51.538521.65
LEA41.230862.31
MASON41.23089.15
WRIGHT41.23083.84
BECKETT41.230861.73
DAKEN41.23086,666.67
BENNETT41.23087.49
JONES41.23081.09
CORK30.9231124.48
TAYLOR30.92311.44
SMITH30.92310.65
SIMMS30.923181.08
SHAW30.92315.03
GOODALL30.923143.10
STATHAM30.9231159.57
PRICE30.92315.27
GREGORY30.923113.16
BARBER20.615410.22
POYNTON20.6154370.37
KEY20.615444.64
BALL20.61547.45
FLETCHER20.61545.39
DAVIES20.61541.21
PARKER20.61543.24
GRIFFIN20.615413.08
RUSHTON20.615429.85
WILLIAMS20.61540.86
NEWTON20.61548.03
JACKSON20.61542.20
MORRIS20.61542.76
SHERRATT20.6154106.95
ROWLEY20.615423.42
WHITTINGHAM20.615481.97
MURRAY20.61544.96
GEE10.307712.06
STAPLETON10.307730.67
LOCKETT10.307742.37
RAVENSCROFT10.307790.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLISSET0.3332510000.0000
DAKEN0.333256666.6667
ALTMAN0.333251428.5714
CAWLEY0.33325406.9767
POYNTON0.33325370.3704
BROAD0.33325266.3438
DAVENPORT0.33325194.8052
CONLAN0.33325169.4915
STATHAM0.33325159.5745
CHILDS0.33325150.7538
HAGUE0.33325136.9863
COFFIN0.33325126.5823
CORK0.33325124.4813
SHEPLEY0.33325113.6364
SHERRATT0.33325106.9519
RAVENSCROFT0.3332590.9091
LATHAM0.3332590.6344
WHITTINGHAM0.3332581.9672
SIMMS0.3332581.0811
TOFT0.3332578.7402
CULLUM0.3332578.1250
HAMBLETON0.3332575.7576
YARWOOD0.3332575.7576
BRERETON0.3332574.0741
COTTERELL0.3332572.4638
LEESE0.3332569.9301
WALLEY0.3332565.3595
LEA0.3332562.3053
BECKETT0.3332561.7284
NORBURY0.3332560.9756
CAPPER0.3332558.4795
BLOOR0.3332555.8659
STEADMAN0.3332550.0000
TOWNLEY0.3332548.7805
THORLEY0.3332547.3934
DYKES0.3332544.6429
KEY0.3332544.6429
GOODALL0.3332543.1034
LOCKETT0.3332542.3729
KENNEDY0.3332540.8372
MEE0.3332540.4858
JEFFS0.3332539.3701
BOOTH0.3332537.4298
MADDOCK0.3332533.6700
SMALLWOOD0.3332533.3333
LOWE0.3332532.8407
MOSLEY0.3332532.6797
BESWICK0.3332531.4465
STAPLETON0.3332530.6748
GRANGER0.3332530.1205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 325 people called BLISSET in Arclid 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 10000.0000 in Arclid means that 10000.0000% of the people in Arclid on census day were called BLISSET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLISSET 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 BLISSET 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 BLISSET 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 BLISSET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Arclid means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLISSET in Arclid than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arclid in 1881

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

OLDCROFT (1)  ALTMAN (1)  BAILEY (12)  BALL (2)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (1)  BIRTLES (1)  BECKETT (4)  BENNETT (4)  BENTLEY (1)  BESWICK (1)  BILLINGE (1)  BILLINGTON (1)  BLISSET (6)  BLOOR (1)  BOFFEY (7)  BOOTH (12)  BOSSONS (4)  BRERETON (1)  BROAD (11)  BROWN (8)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURGESS (1)  BUTTON (1)  CAPPER (1)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHILDS (9)  COBBE (2)  COFFIN (1)  CAWLEY (7)  CONLAN (1)  CONNOR (1)  COOK (1)  CORK (3)  COTTERELL (1)  CROUTHER (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAKEN (4)  DALE (1)  DAVENPORT (12)  DAVIES (2)  DEAN (1)  DEBORS (2)  DYKES (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FODEN (1)  FORSTER (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  GARNER (1)  GEE (1)  GOODALL (3)  GRANGER (1)  GREGORY (3)  GRIFFIN (2)  GRINDLEY (1)  HAGUE (7)  HAMBLETON (1)  HAMMERSLY (1)  HARKER (1)  HOBBS (1)  HULME (1)  HORTON (1)  HUNT (1)  JACKSON (2)  JEFFS (1)  JONES (4)  JOYSON (1)  KENNEDY (8)  KEY (2)  KIRBY (1)  KIRKHAM (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LARGE (1)  LATHAM (6)  LEA (4)  LEESE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOCKETT (1)  LONG (1)  LOWE (8)  MACKANSE (1)  MADDOCK (1)  MANLEY (1)  MASON (4)  MASSEY (1)  MATTHIR (1)  MEE (1)  MAKELIN (1)  CULLUM (1)  MC GARRY (1)  MC VOY (2)  MILLER (1)  MILLWARD (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (2)  MOSLEY (1)  MURRAY (2)  NEWTON (2)  NICHOLSON (5)  NORBURY (1)  PARKER (2)  PECKEN (1)  PENKETH (1)  PLANT (1)  POYNTON (2)  POOLE (1)  POTTS (1)  BROWNSETT (1)  PEOVER (5)  PRICE (3)  PRINCE (1)  PROUDLOVE (1)  RAVENSCROFT (1)  REEVES (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLEY (2)  ROYCROFT (1)  RUSHTON (2)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SHAW (3)  SHERRATT (2)  SHEPLEY (1)  SHUFFLEBOTTOM (2)  SIMMS (3)  SKELLON (2)  SLATER (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (3)  SOWERBEY (1)  STAPLETON (1)  STATHAM (3)  STEADMAN (1)  STOKES (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWAINS (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THORLEY (1)  THORNLEY (1)  TOFT (1)  TOWNLEY (1)  VENABLES (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALLEY (1)  WARD (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITTINGHAM (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLMOT (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YARWOOD (1)