Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chester St Olave, Cheshire

Chester St Olave 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
JONES264.49053.97
DAVIES223.79977.47
SMITH213.62692.57
WILLIAMS142.41803.37
ERRINGTON122.0725371.52
CALDWELL111.8998121.41
KEATON101.72714,347.83
WARING91.5544123.80
FANNON91.55442,727.27
HALL91.55445.28
GIBSON81.381711.38
CUNNINGHAM81.381729.34
ROSE81.381718.63
EDGE81.381780.24
FOULKES71.2090129.87
TAYLOR71.20901.89
LANE71.209017.54
ROBERTS71.20903.21
BENNETT71.20907.36
ROWLANDS71.209048.54
PRESCOTT61.036373.44
LLOYD61.03638.87
JAMES61.03635.28
HUGHES61.03633.70
WALLEY61.0363219.78
LIGHTFOOT61.036374.53
DUNN61.036312.46
LEECH61.036363.63
EMMERSON50.863687.41
DAIN50.8636961.54
DOUGLAS50.863617.83
WALSH50.863616.22
DUTTON50.863638.14
PALMER50.86367.33
BURGESS50.863612.43
CROSSFIELD50.8636609.76
BRANNAN50.8636127.55
FAHEY50.8636735.29
BALL40.69088.36
DWYER40.6908123.46
WEAVER40.690826.56
BOSTOCK40.690873.53
LAST40.690886.77
ANDERSON40.69083.50
HARRISON40.69083.11
GRIFFITHS40.69084.22
SELLER40.6908454.55
DELANEY40.6908107.24
CHAMBERLAIN40.690825.40
KELLEY30.518144.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEATON0.585794347.8261
FANNON0.585792727.2727
DAIN0.58579961.5385
PLEVIN0.58579833.3333
FAHEY0.58579735.2941
CROSSFIELD0.58579609.7561
SELLER0.58579454.5455
ERRINGTON0.58579371.5170
HICKLEY0.58579357.1429
BRUIN0.58579357.1429
WALLEY0.58579219.7802
ALLAWAY0.58579192.3077
BEDDOW0.58579188.6792
BALLAM0.58579172.4138
HANKEY0.58579144.9275
POWIS0.58579135.7466
FOULKES0.58579129.8701
CONNOLY0.58579128.2051
BRANNAN0.58579127.5510
WARING0.58579123.7964
DWYER0.58579123.4568
CALDWELL0.58579121.4128
ACKERLEY0.58579119.0476
DELANEY0.58579107.2386
EMMERSON0.5857987.4126
LAST0.5857986.7679
SHONE0.5857984.7458
DENBY0.5857982.9876
EDGE0.5857980.2407
LIGHTFOOT0.5857974.5342
BOSTOCK0.5857973.5294
PRESCOTT0.5857973.4394
RINGROSE0.5857970.9220
RYLAND0.5857969.4444
LEECH0.5857963.6267
HULSE0.5857954.6448
ROWLANDS0.5857948.5437
GOODIER0.5857948.3092
GASKIN0.5857946.0829
BASS0.5857945.8015
KELLEY0.5857944.5765
REARDON0.5857939.3701
DUTTON0.5857938.1388
JEFFERIES0.5857931.2012
CUNNINGHAM0.5857929.3363
GERRARD0.5857927.0270
WEAVER0.5857926.5604
CHAMBERLAIN0.5857925.3968
COURTNEY0.5857924.0964
SPOONER0.5857923.9521

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 579 people called KEATON in Chester St Olave 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 4347.8261 in Chester St Olave means that 4347.8261% of the people in Chester St Olave on census day were called KEATON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEATON 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 KEATON 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 KEATON 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 KEATON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Chester St Olave means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEATON in Chester St Olave than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chester St Olave in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (1)  ALLAWAY (2)  ANDERSON (4)  ATTERBY (3)  BALL (4)  BALLAM (1)  BASS (3)  BATES (1)  BEDDOW (3)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (7)  BITHELL (3)  BIRCHALL (1)  BLYTHIN (7)  BOSTOCK (4)  BRANNAN (5)  BRUIN (1)  O'BRIAN (1)  BULL (2)  BURGESS (5)  CALDWELL (11)  CARR (1)  CARROLL (1)  CARTNEY (1)  CASSIDY (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (4)  COLES (2)  CONNOLY (1)  CONNOR (1)  COOPER (1)  CORDERY (2)  COURTNEY (1)  CROSSFIELD (5)  CUNNINGHAM (8)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIES (22)  DAVIS (1)  DEAN (3)  DAIN (5)  DELANEY (4)  DENBY (2)  DOUGLAS (5)  DUNN (6)  DUTTON (5)  DWYER (4)  DEAR (1)  EDGE (8)  ELLIS (1)  EMMERSON (5)  ERRINGTON (12)  EVANS (2)  FAHEY (5)  FANNON (9)  FOULKES (7)  GARFT (1)  GASKIN (1)  GERRARD (2)  GIBSON (8)  GILL (1)  GOLOTHAM (1)  GOODIER (1)  GREEN (1)  GRESTY (6)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HALL (9)  HANKEY (2)  HAPSEY (1)  HARGREAVES (2)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAUSBAND (8)  HAIGH (1)  HENLETT (1)  HICKLEY (2)  HITCHINS (2)  HODSON (1)  HOLMES (2)  HOLT (1)  HUGHES (6)  HULSE (2)  HUNT (3)  IZANT (5)  JAMES (6)  JEFFERIES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (26)  MC COY (1)  KEATON (10)  KELLEY (3)  KENDALL (1)  KIBEY (1)  KIRBY (3)  KITCHEN (1)  LANCELEY (6)  LANE (7)  LAST (4)  LEECH (6)  LIGHTFOOT (6)  LLOYD (6)  LOVEWELL (4)  LYNN (1)  MEACOCK (7)  MEANDLEY (1)  MILLS (2)  MOORE (3)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  NEWNS (6)  NORTON (1)  OGDEN (1)  OUSTRAM (1)  OVERTON (1)  OWENS (1)  PALMER (5)  PEMBERTON (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PARRY (2)  PLATT (1)  PLEVIN (2)  POWIS (3)  PRESCOTT (6)  QUINN (1)  REARDON (1)  RINGROSE (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (3)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (8)  ROWLAND (1)  ROWLANDS (7)  ROYLE (1)  RYALLS (6)  RYLAND (1)  RYMASTON (2)  SELLER (4)  SHARNOCK (3)  SHAW (1)  SHONE (2)  SINCLAIR (1)  SYSON (1)  SMITH (21)  SPEED (1)  SPOONER (2)  STEWART (3)  SULLIVAN (1)  SWINDLEY (7)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (1)  UPTON (1)  WAB (5)  WALLEY (6)  WALSH (5)  WARD (1)  WARING (9)  WEAVER (4)  WHYATTE (1)  WIGGINS (1)  WILDING (1)  WILLIAMS (14)  WILSON (1)  WORRAL (1)  WRIGHT (2)