Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bunbury, Cheshire

Bunbury 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
VICKERS414.6380180.62
STOCKTON303.3937558.66
ELSON273.0543487.36
LATHAM242.7149133.41
PARKER232.601813.68
BROOKS212.375624.30
LARGE192.1493208.56
DUTTON161.810079.96
GUEST161.810084.70
YOUNG151.69687.90
FRODSHAM151.69681,363.64
WILLIAMSON131.470616.40
WELSH131.470637.14
DAVENPORT131.470677.61
SMITH121.35750.96
SHEEN111.2443186.44
MOTTRAM111.2443229.65
WOODWARD111.244325.22
RAVENSCROFT111.2443366.67
DODD101.131227.82
LOWE101.131215.09
HUGHES91.01813.63
CORNES91.0181463.92
SHORE91.018194.64
WINDSOR91.0181122.12
NIGHTINGALE80.905053.69
CAWLEY80.9050170.94
BARNES80.90507.52
HODKINSON80.9050128.21
WILLIAMS80.90501.26
BIRCH80.905022.09
CLIFFE70.7919126.13
THOMPSON70.79192.64
DYKES70.7919115.13
CLARKE70.79193.91
ALDRED60.678779.05
FLEET60.6787101.18
EDWARDS60.67872.44
CORNS60.6787242.92
BIRD60.67878.88
WOOLLEY60.678734.21
WOODFIN60.67871,276.60
SUMNER60.678741.93
WHITE60.67872.11
HARDING60.67879.38
BAILEY60.67874.51
DOBIE50.5656169.49
JOHNSON50.56561.68
NIELD50.565682.37
HOUGH50.565632.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOWELS0.888845000.0000
WITHENSHAW0.888844000.0000
MILLAM0.888841666.6667
FRODSHAM0.888841363.6364
WOODFIN0.888841276.5957
CONDE0.88884937.5000
STOCKTON0.88884558.6592
ELSON0.88884487.3646
CORNES0.88884463.9175
RAVENSCROFT0.88884366.6667
CORNS0.88884242.9150
MOTTRAM0.88884229.6451
LARGE0.88884208.5620
SHEEN0.88884186.4407
VICKERS0.88884180.6167
TAPLEY0.88884176.4706
CAWLEY0.88884170.9402
DOBIE0.88884169.4915
LATHAM0.88884133.4074
HODKINSON0.88884128.2051
CLIFFE0.88884126.1261
WINDSOR0.88884122.1167
DIXSON0.88884121.9512
DYKES0.88884115.1316
FLEET0.88884101.1804
SHORE0.8888494.6372
NEVITT0.8888487.7193
GUEST0.8888484.7009
NIELD0.8888482.3723
DUTTON0.8888479.9600
ALDRED0.8888479.0514
DAVENPORT0.8888477.6119
PEERS0.8888477.5194
HUXLEY0.8888475.3769
WALLEY0.8888472.1154
HULSE0.8888471.5564
SODEN0.8888469.4444
EDMOND0.8888467.1141
PEET0.8888464.2398
GLAZEBROOK0.8888463.2911
DANDY0.8888460.9756
RIVETT0.8888460.7903
HINDE0.8888454.3478
NIGHTINGALE0.8888453.6913
PALIN0.8888452.7704
SUMMER0.8888449.2611
DILLON0.8888445.7666
PAGET0.8888442.4628
SUMNER0.8888441.9287
KIRKHAM0.8888440.5515

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 884 people called TOWELS in Bunbury 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 5000.0000 in Bunbury means that 5000.0000% of the people in Bunbury on census day were called TOWELS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOWELS 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 TOWELS 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 TOWELS 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 TOWELS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Bunbury means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOWELS in Bunbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bunbury in 1881

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

ALDRED (6)  ALEXANDER (2)  ANKERS (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ARROWSMITH (2)  ASHLEY (2)  ASPINALL (2)  BADCOCK (1)  BADRICK (2)  BADROCK (1)  BAGANT (1)  BAILEY (6)  BAYLEY (1)  BARLOW (2)  BARNES (8)  BELL (1)  BETTELEY (1)  BILLINGTON (1)  BIRCH (8)  BIRD (6)  BISBEY (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLAKWAY (1)  BRADLEY (3)  BROOKS (21)  BROOKES (4)  BROWN (1)  BURROWS (1)  BUTLER (2)  BEARN (1)  CARELESS (1)  CARTER (2)  CHESTERS (10)  CHILTON (1)  CHUTTON (1)  CLARKE (7)  CLEATOR (1)  CLIFFE (7)  CLRITTON (1)  CAWLEY (8)  CONDE (3)  COOKSON (1)  COOPER (1)  CORNS (6)  CORNES (9)  COTTON (2)  COWAP (3)  CROFT (1)  DANDY (1)  DAVENPORT (13)  DAVIES (1)  DEAN (4)  DENHAM (1)  DE VELLING (1)  DYKES (7)  DILLON (4)  DIXSON (1)  DIXON (1)  DOBIE (5)  DODD (10)  DUTTON (16)  EDGE (1)  EDMOND (2)  EDWARDS (6)  ELSON (27)  ELLISON (2)  ELLESTON (1)  FAELBETTER (1)  FERRERS (1)  FLEET (6)  FRODSHAM (15)  FURNNVAL (3)  GARNETT (1)  GILBEE (1)  GLAZEBROOK (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GROUCOTT (10)  GUEST (16)  HAMMERSLEY (1)  HANCOCK (4)  HARDING (6)  HARRIS (1)  HATTON (4)  HENDERSON (1)  HENSTOCK (1)  HESKETH (1)  HEWITT (1)  HINDE (2)  HODKINSON (8)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (1)  HONEY (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HOUGH (5)  HUSLEY (1)  HUGHES (9)  HULSE (4)  HURST (1)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (4)  KEMP (4)  KERSHAW (2)  KIRKHAM (5)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  KNIGHT (2)  KNOWLES (1)  KRIKPATRICK (3)  LARGE (19)  LATHAM (24)  LEDSHAW (3)  LEWIS (5)  LYDGET (1)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LLOYD (1)  LOVEKIN (4)  LOWE (10)  MALTMAN (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MEE (1)  MCLACHLEN (1)  MILLAM (2)  MILLS (1)  MOSELEY (1)  MOSSFORD (5)  MOTTRAM (11)  NEAL (4)  NEVITT (1)  NIELD (5)  NIGHTINGALE (8)  OAKES (1)  HUXLEY (3)  PACE (1)  PAGET (2)  PAINTER (1)  PALIN (2)  PARKER (23)  PEERS (4)  PEET (3)  PINNINGTON (3)  RAVENSCROFT (11)  RAVSTORNE (1)  RAYRAM (1)  READS (4)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIVETT (2)  ROBERTS (3)  SEAVILLE (8)  SHAW (2)  SHEEN (11)  SHORE (9)  SIDDORN (5)  SIDDOVER ? (1)  SMITH (12)  SMITHY (1)  SODEN (1)  SPIBEY (1)  STEVENTON (3)  STOCKTON (30)  STOTT (3)  SUMMER (1)  SUMNER (6)  SWARBRICK (1)  TAPLEY (3)  TAYLOR (4)  THELWALL (10)  THOMAS (2)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNTON (4)  THREADGOLD (1)  TOMLINSON (3)  TOWELS (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  VERNON (2)  VICKERS (41)  WALLEY (3)  WARBURTON (4)  WARD (2)  WATSON (1)  WELSH (13)  WHITE (6)  WHITEHOUSE (3)  WILDING (4)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMSON (13)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (4)  WINDSOR (9)  WITHENSHAW (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOODFIN (6)  WOODWARD (11)  WOODWOOD (2)  WOOLLEY (6)  WORRALL (4)  WORALL (2)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (15)