Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cranage, Cheshire

Cranage 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
GALLIMORE204.52491,428.57
HILL194.298616.88
CARSON173.8462349.08
LEA163.6199183.28
BASKERVILLE112.48871,057.69
ROSSON102.26243,571.43
CLARKE102.262411.17
LEECH102.2624138.89
BUTTERS102.2624460.83
SNELSON92.0362900.00
JACKMAN92.0362219.51
WALKER92.03626.08
JOHNSON81.81005.39
CLEGG71.583746.51
STONIER71.5837897.44
YOXALL71.5837972.22
WALTON71.583722.50
WALMSLEY61.357565.57
BRERETON61.3575326.09
DAVIES61.35752.67
BOWDEN61.357547.06
WEAVER51.131243.48
HESKETH51.1312118.20
GOUGH51.131238.58
HENSHAW51.1312132.63
PLANT51.131251.18
DUTTON51.131249.95
BOSTOCK51.1312120.48
TENCH51.1312781.25
FINNEY40.9050104.44
PHIPPS40.905061.16
DUGDALE40.9050131.58
KINSEY40.9050138.41
WINSTANLEY40.905090.09
EGERTON40.9050184.33
PARROTT40.905079.68
COATES40.905024.27
CARTWRIGHT40.905023.74
OAKES40.905062.50
THORLEY30.6787104.53
NEWTON30.67878.86
BAMFORD30.678745.11
HOBSON30.678726.16
POSTLES30.67871,428.57
WOOLLEY30.678734.21
NEWALL30.6787118.11
STREET30.678729.07
PERCIVAL30.678743.35
DEVANEY30.6787545.45
SHERWIN30.6787126.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROSSON0.444423571.4286
GALLIMORE0.444421428.5714
POSTLES0.444421428.5714
BASKERVILLE0.444421057.6923
YOXALL0.44442972.2222
MAYDEW0.44442909.0909
SNELSON0.44442900.0000
STONIER0.44442897.4359
TENCH0.44442781.2500
BAGNELL0.44442689.6552
DEVANEY0.44442545.4545
BUTTERS0.44442460.8295
STANIER0.44442370.3704
CARSON0.44442349.0760
BRERETON0.44442326.0870
WITTER0.44442222.2222
JACKMAN0.44442219.5122
EGERTON0.44442184.3318
LEA0.44442183.2761
LEECH0.44442138.8889
KINSEY0.44442138.4083
HENSHAW0.44442132.6260
DUGDALE0.44442131.5789
SHERWIN0.44442126.0504
BOSTOCK0.44442120.4819
HESKETH0.44442118.2033
NEWALL0.44442118.1102
SANT0.44442113.6364
THORLEY0.44442104.5296
FINNEY0.44442104.4386
JOYNSON0.4444298.0392
WINSTANLEY0.4444290.0901
PARROTT0.4444279.6813
MANUEL0.4444275.1880
HULSE0.4444271.4286
STALEY0.4444268.9655
WALMSLEY0.4444265.5738
OAKES0.4444262.5000
PHIPPS0.4444261.1621
YARWOOD0.4444255.5556
GLEAVE0.4444253.7634
PLANT0.4444251.1771
DUTTON0.4444249.9500
BOWDEN0.4444247.0588
CLEGG0.4444246.5116
PETTY0.4444245.7666
BAMFORD0.4444245.1128
WEAVER0.4444243.4783
PERCIVAL0.4444243.3526
HARLOW0.4444241.3223

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 442 people called ROSSON in Cranage 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 3571.4286 in Cranage means that 3571.4286% of the people in Cranage on census day were called ROSSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROSSON 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 ROSSON 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 ROSSON 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 ROSSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Cranage means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROSSON in Cranage than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cranage in 1881

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

BAGNELL (2)  BAKER (1)  BAMFORD (3)  BARLOW (2)  BIRTLES (1)  BASKERVILLE (11)  BASSON (4)  BIGGLESTONE (1)  BIRCHALL (1)  BLEASE (3)  BOLSHAW (1)  BOSTOCK (5)  BOWDEN (6)  BRERETON (6)  BUTTERS (10)  CARSON (17)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CAVENS (1)  CHERREY (1)  CLARKE (10)  CLEGG (7)  COATES (4)  COOPER (1)  COSTELLO (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (6)  DEVANEY (3)  DODD (1)  DUFFIECY (1)  DUGDALE (4)  DUTTON (5)  EGERTON (4)  FINNEY (4)  FORD (1)  GALLIMORE (20)  GILBERT (1)  GLEAVE (1)  GOUGH (5)  GRANGE (1)  GREVAN (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HAMPSON (2)  HARLOW (1)  HORROP (4)  HASLEHURST (4)  HENSHAW (5)  HESKETH (5)  HILL (19)  HOBSON (3)  HOCKNELL (7)  HOLFOLD (9)  HULME (1)  HULSE (2)  JACKMAN (9)  JACKSON (1)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (8)  JOYNSON (1)  KENDALL (2)  KENNELEY (4)  KENNERLEY (1)  LEECH (10)  LEA (16)  MAYDEW (1)  MANUEL (1)  KINSEY (4)  MINSHULL (5)  MURRAY (1)  NELSON (1)  NEWALL (3)  NEWTON (3)  O'HORA (1)  OAKES (4)  PARROTT (4)  PEAKE (1)  PENKETH (1)  PERCIVAL (3)  PETTY (2)  PHIPPS (4)  PLANT (5)  POSTLES (3)  RYDER (1)  RILEY (2)  RODGERS (1)  ROSSON (10)  SANT (1)  SHERRATT (1)  SHERWIN (3)  SLACK (1)  SNELSON (9)  SOUTHERN (1)  SPENCER (1)  STALEY (1)  STANIER (2)  STEWART (1)  STONIER (7)  STREET (3)  TAYLOR (2)  TENCH (5)  THOMPSON (1)  THORLEY (3)  TODD (1)  WALDRUM (2)  WALKER (9)  WALMSLEY (6)  WALTON (7)  WATSON (2)  WEAVER (5)  WELLSTEAD (4)  WHITTAKER (2)  WINSTANLEY (4)  WITTER (1)  WOLDRAM (4)  WOOLLEY (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YARWOOD (1)  YOXALL (7)