Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brindley, Cheshire

Brindley 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
DUTTON179.1892405.73
HODGKINSON158.1081471.70
HUNT126.486548.84
BENNETT94.864929.60
WEST94.864950.53
SHEEN84.3243645.16
BLACKBURN84.3243114.78
MOTTRAM52.7027500.00
DAVENPORT52.7027142.45
SMITH52.70271.91
HULSE52.7027427.35
ROBINSON52.70278.48
JOHNSON52.70278.04
BARNETT42.162247.96
TAYLOR42.16223.38
DODD31.621639.89
READE21.0811357.14
FISHER21.08119.24
ALLMAN21.0811229.89
EDGE21.081162.70
MASSEY21.081142.28
DEARDEN21.0811110.50
COOPER21.08114.44
LATHAM21.081153.05
SHENTON21.0811169.49
HUGHES21.08113.86
OAKES10.540537.31
STOCKTON10.540589.29
PRINCE10.540523.92
FAULKNER10.540519.96
WILLIAMS10.54050.75
WARING10.540543.10
GREGORY10.54057.70
ALLWOOD10.5405133.33
PHILLIPS10.54053.02
EDWARDS10.54051.94
WHITE10.54051.68
MOSS10.54058.77
CORNES10.5405243.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHEEN0.19185645.1613
MOTTRAM0.19185500.0000
HODGKINSON0.19185471.6981
HULSE0.19185427.3504
DUTTON0.19185405.7279
READE0.19185357.1429
CORNES0.19185243.9024
ALLMAN0.19185229.8851
SHENTON0.19185169.4915
DAVENPORT0.19185142.4501
ALLWOOD0.19185133.3333
BLACKBURN0.19185114.7776
DEARDEN0.19185110.4972
STOCKTON0.1918589.2857
EDGE0.1918562.6959
LATHAM0.1918553.0504
WEST0.1918550.5334
HUNT0.1918548.8400
BARNETT0.1918547.9616
WARING0.1918543.1034
MASSEY0.1918542.2833
DODD0.1918539.8936
OAKES0.1918537.3134
BENNETT0.1918529.5955
PRINCE0.1918523.9234
FAULKNER0.1918519.9601
FISHER0.191859.2379
MOSS0.191858.7719
ROBINSON0.191858.4760
JOHNSON0.191858.0438
GREGORY0.191857.7042
COOPER0.191854.4444
HUGHES0.191853.8580
TAYLOR0.191853.3809
PHILLIPS0.191853.0211
EDWARDS0.191851.9395
SMITH0.191851.9142
WHITE0.191851.6815
WILLIAMS0.191850.7525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 185 people called SHEEN in Brindley 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 645.1613 in Brindley means that 645.1613% of the people in Brindley on census day were called SHEEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Brindley in 1881

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

ELLERTON (2)  ALLWOOD (1)  ALLMAN (2)  BADCOCK (2)  BADROCK (1)  BARNETT (4)  BEBBINGTON (14)  BENNETT (9)  BLACKBURN (8)  BOSTONS (1)  CHESTERS (6)  COOPER (2)  CORNES (1)  DAVENPORT (5)  DEARDEN (2)  DODD (3)  DUMNING (1)  DUTTON (17)  EDGE (2)  EDWARDS (1)  FAULKNER (1)  FENNAH (1)  FISHER (2)  GREGORY (1)  HASSALL (3)  HODGKINSON (15)  HUGHES (2)  HULSE (5)  HUNT (12)  IKIN (1)  JOHNSON (5)  LATHAM (2)  MASSEY (2)  MOSS (1)  MOTTRAM (5)  OAKES (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRINCE (1)  READE (2)  ROBINSON (5)  SHEEN (8)  SHENTON (2)  SMITH (5)  STOCKTON (1)  TAYLOR (4)  WARING (1)  WEST (9)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODHALL (1)