Top surnames from the 1881 census in Church Lawton, Cheshire

Church Lawton 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
CARTWRIGHT242.909176.31
BOOTH212.545525.80
RIGBY192.303079.40
MORRIS172.06069.26
MASSEY151.818271.09
BARLOW151.818233.67
OSWALD151.8182395.78
BOULTON131.575887.42
JONES131.57581.39
CHADWICK121.454533.26
MILLWARD101.2121107.99
HIGGINS101.212123.98
COLCLOUGH101.2121266.67
WOOD101.21213.80
FOX101.212113.05
BALL101.212114.67
LOWE101.212116.17
HALL91.09093.71
FORD91.090911.20
JOHNSON91.09093.25
ATHERTON91.090960.69
WRIGHT91.09093.40
BURGESS91.090915.71
MACHIN80.969796.85
BIDDULPH80.9697432.43
HIGHFIELD80.9697347.83
SHAW80.96975.28
HARRISON80.96974.37
MILLWOOD80.9697695.65
HANKEY80.9697408.16
FRYER80.969752.25
WHITTAKER80.969720.48
ARROWSMITH70.8485109.38
KENT70.848520.14
LAWTON70.848532.93
MARTIN70.84853.44
GRANTHAM70.8485137.80
LOUNDS70.84851,129.03
PEPPER70.848560.34
WAKEFIELD70.848547.39
LEA60.727336.83
GREENWOOD60.72739.36
WARBURTON60.727329.48
HOLT60.727310.86
DALE60.727317.21
JOYNSON60.7273314.14
LUCAS60.727315.73
WILKS50.606138.52
RICHARDSON50.60613.56
GILBERT50.606110.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EMMONS0.838251290.3226
LOUNDS0.838251129.0323
BRATH0.838251111.1111
RAYCROFT0.83825769.2308
ROSSON0.83825769.2308
MILLWOOD0.83825695.6522
WILKE0.83825526.3158
BIDDULPH0.83825432.4324
HANKEY0.83825408.1633
OSWALD0.83825395.7784
HIGHFIELD0.83825347.8261
JOYNSON0.83825314.1361
STANIER0.83825297.0297
MEARES0.83825285.7143
COLCLOUGH0.83825266.6667
BELFIELD0.83825143.5407
GRANTHAM0.83825137.7953
MAXFIELD0.83825137.6147
TAVERNER0.83825133.3333
ARROWSMITH0.83825109.3750
BADDELEY0.83825109.2896
MILLWARD0.83825107.9914
SHERRATT0.83825105.4852
TIMMIS0.83825104.7120
MACHIN0.8382596.8523
BOULTON0.8382587.4243
POINTON0.8382586.2069
RIGBY0.8382579.3982
HULSE0.8382576.6284
CARTWRIGHT0.8382576.3116
EGERTON0.8382574.0741
HYATT0.8382573.8007
MASSEY0.8382571.0900
BAGNALL0.8382570.5219
STENSON0.8382565.7895
ANTROBUS0.8382560.9756
ATHERTON0.8382560.6878
PEPPER0.8382560.3448
BRERETON0.8382558.3090
POWNALL0.8382556.1798
FRYER0.8382552.2534
TRAVIS0.8382551.6529
WAKEFIELD0.8382547.3934
WITHINGTON0.8382545.8716
BRODIE0.8382545.1671
SHEPLEY0.8382544.4444
WILKS0.8382538.5208
NEWELL0.8382538.3436
LEA0.8382536.8324
FRITH0.8382536.4520

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 825 people called EMMONS in Church Lawton 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 1290.3226 in Church Lawton means that 1290.3226% of the people in Church Lawton on census day were called EMMONS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EMMONS 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 EMMONS 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 EMMONS 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 EMMONS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Church Lawton means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EMMONS in Church Lawton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Church Lawton in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLMAN (1)  ANTROBUS (1)  ARROWSMITH (7)  ATHERTON (9)  BADDELEY (2)  BAGNALL (5)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (1)  BALL (10)  BARLOW (15)  BARNARD (1)  BARNET (1)  BEECH (3)  BELFIELD (3)  BENNETT (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BERESFORD (2)  BERRISFORD (4)  BERTTE (1)  BEST (1)  BIBBEY (1)  BIDDULPH (8)  BLOCKLEY (1)  BOULTON (13)  BOO...D (5)  BOON (1)  BOOTH (21)  BOSSONS (17)  BOSTON (1)  BRATH (1)  BRERELIN (1)  BRERETON (2)  BRESFORD (1)  BRISCOLL (6)  BROAD (2)  BRODIE (5)  BROOKS (4)  BROOME (1)  BROUGH (2)  BURGESS (9)  CADMAN (1)  CARTWRIGHT (24)  CATON (1)  CHADWICK (12)  CHARLESWORTH (2)  CHESNEAU (5)  CLARE (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEGG (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  COLCLOUGH (10)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (1)  COOKE (4)  COOPER (3)  COPE (4)  CORK (1)  COTTON (1)  DALE (6)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DUFFEY (1)  DUNSLOW (5)  EDWARDS (4)  EGERTON (3)  ELDON (1)  EMMONS (4)  EVANS (1)  FARMER (3)  FATHERSON (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLYNN (5)  FORD (9)  FOX (10)  FRANCIS (1)  FRITH (3)  FRYER (8)  GILBERT (5)  GLOVER (1)  GODDARD (1)  GOODALL (2)  GODWIN (1)  GRANTHAM (7)  GREATREX (3)  GREENWOOD (6)  GREGORY (2)  HACKNEY (1)  HALL (9)  HALLAM (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HANKEY (8)  HARDING (1)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARRISON (8)  HARVEY (1)  HEATH (2)  HEATON (1)  HIGGINS (10)  HIGGINSON (1)  HIGHFIELD (8)  HILDITCH (1)  HODGKINSON (2)  HODKINSON (1)  HODKISSON (1)  HOLDCROFT (4)  HOLT (6)  HULSE (4)  HYATT (2)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFRIES (1)  JENKINSON (3)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (13)  JOYNSON (6)  KENT (7)  NIELL OR NELL (4)  LANCASTER (3)  LAWTON (7)  LEE (4)  LEA (6)  LEWIS (1)  LISTER (1)  LONGSHAW (7)  LOVETT (1)  LOWE (10)  LOUNDS (7)  LUCAS (6)  MACHIN (8)  MAJOR (2)  MARTIN (7)  MASSEY (15)  MAXFIELD (3)  MILLWARD (10)  MILLWOOD (8)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (17)  MEARES (1)  NEWELL (5)  NEWTON (1)  NUNN (2)  OLLIER (9)  OLLERHEAD (3)  OSWALD (15)  OULSNAM (3)  OWEN (2)  PENDLEBURY (4)  PEPPER (7)  PERRY (1)  POINTON (3)  POTTER (1)  POTTS (3)  POWNALL (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIGBY (19)  ROBERTS (1)  ROUND (1)  ROSSON (4)  RAYCROFT (1)  SCRAGG (5)  SHAW (8)  SHENTON (1)  SHERRATT (5)  SHEPLEY (1)  SIMS (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (3)  SQUIRE (1)  STENSON (1)  STANIER (3)  STEEL (3)  STEVENSON (1)  STUBBS (1)  SUMNALL (1)  TAVERNER (2)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TIMMIS (2)  TRAVIS (5)  TUNDLEY (3)  TURNER (2)  TWEMLOW (5)  VENABLES (1)  VICERS (1)  VIGRESS (1)  WADE (5)  WAINWRIGHT (3)  WAKEFIELD (7)  WALKER (2)  WARBURTON (6)  WATTS (2)  WELCH (2)  WELLINGS (1)  WHIMPANNY (8)  WHITTAKER (8)  WILKS (5)  WILKE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (1)  WITHINGTON (1)  WOOD (10)  WOODAS (1)  WOOLLEY (1)  WRIGHT (9)  YOUNG (3)