Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brimstage, Cheshire

Brimstage 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
CARROLL105.3763268.10
WARING94.8387384.62
EVANS94.838711.07
ANDERSON84.301121.77
DAVIES84.30118.46
JOYNSON84.30111,860.47
BLACKSTOCK73.76342,592.59
ROOK73.7634551.18
CROFT73.7634159.45
SMITH73.76342.67
COTTRELL63.2258361.45
GARNETT63.2258259.74
BEATY63.22581,428.57
BRITTON63.2258182.37
WEBB63.225823.80
RUSSELL52.688222.02
HOWARD42.150521.92
FORSHAW31.6129240.00
DEVLIN21.0753131.58
WATSON21.07534.64
FEGAN21.0753909.09
WILKINSON21.07537.05
JOHNSON21.07533.20
GRUNDY21.075352.49
FORD10.53765.52
PRESTON10.537610.76
LLOYD10.53764.60
THORNE10.537625.51
SHERWOOD10.537642.19
PHILLIPS10.53763.00
CONELLY10.5376769.23
TAYLOR10.53760.84
HAMPSON10.537629.85
SHERIDAN10.537689.29
BARD10.5376666.67
RICE10.537617.33
ORR10.537631.95
TURNER10.53761.93
CHATTERTON10.537694.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLACKSTOCK0.191862592.5926
JOYNSON0.191861860.4651
BEATY0.191861428.5714
FEGAN0.19186909.0909
CONELLY0.19186769.2308
BARD0.19186666.6667
ROOK0.19186551.1811
WARING0.19186384.6154
COTTRELL0.19186361.4458
CARROLL0.19186268.0965
GARNETT0.19186259.7403
FORSHAW0.19186240.0000
BRITTON0.19186182.3708
CROFT0.19186159.4533
DEVLIN0.19186131.5789
CHATTERTON0.1918694.3396
SHERIDAN0.1918689.2857
GRUNDY0.1918652.4934
SHERWOOD0.1918642.1941
ORR0.1918631.9489
HAMPSON0.1918629.8507
THORNE0.1918625.5102
WEBB0.1918623.8001
RUSSELL0.1918622.0167
HOWARD0.1918621.9178
ANDERSON0.1918621.7746
RICE0.1918617.3310
EVANS0.1918611.0728
PRESTON0.1918610.7643
DAVIES0.191868.4558
WILKINSON0.191867.0472
FORD0.191865.5188
WATSON0.191864.6350
LLOYD0.191864.6041
JOHNSON0.191863.2005
PHILLIPS0.191863.0048
SMITH0.191862.6654
TURNER0.191861.9312
TAYLOR0.191860.8407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called BLACKSTOCK in Brimstage 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 2592.5926 in Brimstage means that 2592.5926% of the people in Brimstage on census day were called BLACKSTOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLACKSTOCK 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 BLACKSTOCK 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 BLACKSTOCK 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 BLACKSTOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Brimstage means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLACKSTOCK in Brimstage than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brimstage in 1881

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

ANDERSON (8)  ASTBURY (4)  BARD (1)  BEATY (6)  BLACKSTOCK (7)  BRITTON (6)  BUNNAN (1)  CARROLL (10)  CHATTERTON (1)  MC CLANCY (1)  CONELLY (1)  COTTRELL (6)  CROFT (7)  DAVIES (8)  DEVLIN (2)  EVANS (9)  FEGAN (2)  FORD (1)  FORSHAW (3)  GARNETT (6)  GRUNDY (2)  HAMPSON (1)  HOWARD (4)  JOHNSON (2)  JOYNSON (8)  JOINSON (4)  LLOYD (1)  MC GOUGH (1)  MC INTOSH (7)  MC KEVATT (1)  MC KEVITS (1)  ORR (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRESTON (1)  RICE (1)  ROOK (7)  RUSSELL (5)  SHAKESHAFT (12)  SHERIDAN (1)  SCARRATT (3)  SHERWOOD (1)  SMITH (7)  TARBUCK (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNE (1)  TURNER (1)  VENABLES (1)  WARING (9)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (6)  WILKINSON (2)