Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashton, Cheshire

Ashton 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
SHALLCROSS143.60822,058.82
GREENWAY123.0928415.22
WRIGHT123.09289.64
LEWIS112.835110.78
WOODCOCK112.835199.37
JEFFS102.5773328.95
WADE102.577364.39
BIRCHWOOD92.31968,181.82
NORCROSS92.31962,142.86
DEAN92.319633.42
ASTLE92.3196714.29
FAULKNER92.319685.63
RIMMER92.3196145.16
BAXTER82.061934.60
BRERETON82.0619496.89
RUTTER82.0619135.36
LIGHTFOOT71.8041129.63
OWEN61.546413.03
SCOTT61.54646.11
EDWARDS61.54645.55
PLANT61.546469.93
PARRY61.546420.32
LEA61.546478.33
REECE51.2887147.49
LLOYD51.288711.04
FITTON51.2887114.68
WESTON51.288731.61
LANGTON51.2887162.34
DUTTON51.288756.95
BRIGGS41.030918.98
MOLINEAUX41.03091,904.76
HAYES41.030916.58
LITTLER41.0309155.64
JONES41.03090.91
BLYTHE41.0309135.59
WAIT41.0309204.08
HUGHES41.03093.68
SMITH30.77320.55
LAWSON20.51558.75
WATERS20.515512.83
LARGE20.515550.00
BOWYER20.515547.28
THOMAS20.51551.25
PHILLIPS20.51552.88
WATSON20.51552.22
SUTTON10.25774.05
GRIFFITHS10.25771.58
PERKIN10.257747.85
CHEERS10.2577434.78
ASHWORTH10.25776.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIRCHWOOD0.393888181.8182
NORCROSS0.393882142.8571
SHALLCROSS0.393882058.8235
MOLINEAUX0.393881904.7619
PARRIN0.39388833.3333
ASTLE0.39388714.2857
BRERETON0.39388496.8944
CHEERS0.39388434.7826
GREENWAY0.39388415.2249
JEFFS0.39388328.9474
LOCKET0.39388227.2727
WAIT0.39388204.0816
LANGTON0.39388162.3377
LITTLER0.39388155.6420
REECE0.39388147.4926
RIMMER0.39388145.1613
BLYTHE0.39388135.5932
RUTTER0.39388135.3638
LIGHTFOOT0.39388129.6296
CRANK0.39388126.5823
FITTON0.39388114.6789
SNELSON0.39388113.6364
WOODCOCK0.3938899.3677
FAULKNER0.3938885.6327
LEA0.3938878.3290
BRATT0.3938874.0741
PLANT0.3938869.9301
WADE0.3938864.3915
DUTTON0.3938856.9476
LARGE0.3938850.0000
PERKIN0.3938847.8469
BOWYER0.3938847.2813
NIELD0.3938837.5940
DYKES0.3938837.4532
BAXTER0.3938834.6021
DEAN0.3938833.4200
MEAKIN0.3938833.0033
WESTON0.3938831.6056
BRAITHWAITE0.3938822.2222
STONES0.3938821.6920
PARRY0.3938820.3183
BRIGGS0.3938818.9843
HAYES0.3938816.5769
SLACK0.3938816.3666
OWEN0.3938813.0293
BECKETT0.3938812.9366
WATERS0.3938812.8287
LANGLEY0.3938811.7509
LLOYD0.3938811.0375
LEWIS0.3938810.7833

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 388 people called BIRCHWOOD in Ashton 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 8181.8182 in Ashton means that 8181.8182% of the people in Ashton on census day were called BIRCHWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD 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 BIRCHWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Ashton means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIRCHWOOD in Ashton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashton in 1881

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

ASHWORTH (1)  ASPERY (1)  ASTBURY (1)  ASTLE (9)  BADROCK (9)  BALL (1)  BAXTER (8)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BECKETT (1)  BIRCHWOOD (9)  BLYTHE (4)  BOWYER (2)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRATT (1)  BRERETON (8)  BRIGGS (4)  BUCKLEY (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CHEERS (1)  CHESTERSON (2)  CLARKE (1)  COWAP (3)  CRANK (1)  DAY (1)  DEAN (9)  DYKES (1)  DODD (1)  DUTTON (5)  EDWARDS (6)  FAULKNER (9)  FITTON (5)  FOSTER (1)  GAULTON (4)  GILBERT (1)  GREENWAY (12)  GRESTY (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HARBRIDGE (2)  HARRISON (1)  HAYES (4)  HIGNETT (8)  HUGHES (4)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFS (10)  JONES (4)  JOINSON (8)  KAY (1)  LANGLEY (1)  LANGTON (5)  LARGE (2)  LAWRINSON (1)  LAWSON (2)  LEA (6)  LEWIS (11)  LIGHTFOOT (7)  LITTLER (4)  LLOYD (5)  LOCKET (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MC VEAN (11)  MEAKIN (1)  MOLINEAUX (4)  O NEIL (1)  NIELD (1)  NORCROSS (9)  OWEN (6)  PERKIN (1)  PARRIN (1)  PARRY (6)  PHILLIPS (2)  PLANT (6)  PLATT (1)  POWELL (1)  REECE (5)  RIMMER (9)  RUTTER (8)  SCOTT (6)  SHALLCROSS (14)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (3)  SNELSON (1)  SPROSON (1)  STAITE (1)  STONES (1)  STIRTON (10)  SUTTON (1)  THOMAS (2)  TILSTONE (1)  TILSTON (1)  WADE (10)  WALKER (1)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (2)  WESTON (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLOCKS (5)  WIMSLOW (1)  WYN (1)  WOODCOCK (11)  WRIGHT (12)  WAIT (4)