Top surnames from the 1881 census in Davenham, Cheshire

Davenham 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
BUCKLEY335.6314103.45
HITCHEN152.5597375.94
SHAW152.559713.94
DUTTON152.5597113.12
HARRISON152.559711.53
BIRKENHEAD152.55973,571.43
JONES132.21841.96
GARNER132.218470.19
SUCH111.8771866.14
KETTLE101.7065194.93
HORTON101.706545.98
HINE91.5358194.38
DODD91.535837.77
LARGE81.3652132.45
HOLT81.365220.39
WILLIAMS81.36521.90
WHITLOW81.36521,111.11
GOODIER81.3652380.95
TRIM71.1945397.73
TOFT71.1945305.68
OGBURN71.19453,181.82
NEWELL71.194575.59
RAY71.194560.40
RIDING61.0239151.90
DALZIEL61.0239231.66
WHITEHEAD61.023915.15
HUGHES61.02393.65
ROWELL61.0239117.19
BENBOW61.0239258.62
WILKINSON61.02396.71
GRICE61.023999.34
KAY61.023919.70
PLANT61.023946.30
WARBURTON61.023941.49
BOOTH50.85328.65
HOLLAND50.853211.98
JOHNSON50.85322.54
MINSHALL50.8532434.78
EVANS50.85321.95
BANCROFT50.853288.03
HARTLEY50.853213.61
MARSHALL50.85325.09
HANCOCK40.682615.00
BENTLEY40.682616.14
GARTER40.68265,000.00
PIGOTT40.6826177.78
WEEDON40.6826146.52
MATHEWS40.682618.48
STREET40.682629.22
SADLER40.682628.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARTER0.595865000.0000
NEVERSON0.595865000.0000
BIRKENHEAD0.595863571.4286
OGBURN0.595863181.8182
FAIN0.595861176.4706
WHITLOW0.595861111.1111
SUCH0.59586866.1417
BATTERSON0.59586555.5556
RENNER0.59586434.7826
MINSHALL0.59586434.7826
HERRIMAN0.59586434.7826
TRIM0.59586397.7273
GOODIER0.59586380.9524
HITCHEN0.59586375.9398
HOSKINSON0.59586333.3333
TOFT0.59586305.6769
BENBOW0.59586258.6207
DALZIEL0.59586231.6602
KETTLE0.59586194.9318
HINE0.59586194.3844
PIGOTT0.59586177.7778
RIDING0.59586151.8987
WEEDON0.59586146.5201
BASKERVILLE0.59586143.8849
LARGE0.59586132.4503
ROWELL0.59586117.1875
DUTTON0.59586113.1222
HENSHALL0.59586105.6338
BUCKLEY0.59586103.4483
GRICE0.5958699.3377
BANCROFT0.5958688.0282
NEWELL0.5958675.5940
GARNER0.5958670.1944
MORETON0.5958668.3371
CHANTLER0.5958664.9351
RAY0.5958660.3969
BROOKFIELD0.5958659.5238
SEVERN0.5958656.1798
GOULDING0.5958652.4476
LITTLER0.5958651.4139
PURCELL0.5958649.0196
PLANT0.5958646.2963
HORTON0.5958645.9770
HARROP0.5958645.0450
TOWERS0.5958644.1826
WILDING0.5958643.5414
YARWOOD0.5958642.0168
WARBURTON0.5958641.4938
DODD0.5958637.7675
TRAVERS0.5958634.0136

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 586 people called GARTER in Davenham 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 Davenham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Davenham on census day were called GARTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARTER 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 GARTER 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 GARTER 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 GARTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Davenham means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARTER in Davenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Davenham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARNOLD (2)  ASHLEY (3)  BAKER (3)  BANCROFT (5)  BARKER (2)  BARNES (2)  BASKERVILLE (2)  BATTERSON (1)  BEBBINGTON (2)  BEECH (1)  BENBOW (6)  BENTLEY (4)  BERRINGTON (2)  BIRKENHEAD (15)  BOOTH (5)  BODEN (1)  BROOKFIELD (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLEY (33)  BURGESS (4)  CARTER (3)  CHANTLER (1)  CLARKE (1)  COOKE (1)  COOPER (1)  COTTON (2)  COTTERILL (6)  DALZIEL (6)  DAVIES (2)  DEAN (1)  DOO (2)  DICKENSON (1)  DOBELL (2)  DODD (9)  DUTTON (15)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (5)  FAIN (2)  FOSTER (2)  FOWLS (2)  GARNER (13)  GARTER (4)  GATER (4)  GOULDON (1)  GOULDING (3)  GOODIER (8)  GREATBANKS (7)  GREGORY (2)  GRESTY (1)  GRICE (6)  GUEST (1)  HANCOCK (4)  HARREDON (1)  HERRIMAN (1)  HARRISON (15)  HARROP (3)  HARTLEY (5)  HASPELL (3)  HEIGHOE (5)  HENSHALL (3)  HILDITCH (4)  HILL (1)  HINE (9)  HITCHEN (15)  HODGKINSON (1)  HOLLAND (5)  WHITEHEAD (HOLLAND) (2)  HOLT (8)  HORTON (10)  HOUGH (2)  HOWARD (1)  HUGHES (6)  HULSE (1)  HOSKINSON (1)  HYDE (1)  EARLAM (1)  JACKSON (1)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (13)  KAY (6)  KENNERLEY (3)  KETTLE (10)  LARGE (8)  LITTLER (2)  MARSHALL (5)  MASSEY (2)  MATHEWS (4)  MACDOWALL (1)  MACLEAN (1)  METTAM (1)  MILLAR (2)  MINSHALL (5)  MOORE (2)  MOORES (1)  MORTERSHAW (6)  MORTERSHEAD (1)  MORETON (3)  MORTORSHEAD (4)  NEVERSON (1)  NEWELL (7)  NICHOLS (1)  NIXON (1)  OGBURN (7)  OLLIER (1)  OWEN (1)  PERKINS (1)  PHIPPS (1)  PIGOTT (4)  PLANT (6)  POOLE (3)  PURCELL (2)  RAY (7)  RENNER (1)  RIDING (6)  ROWE (2)  ROWELL (6)  ROYLE (1)  RUSCOE (1)  RUVLAND (1)  SADLER (4)  SCOTT (1)  SENIOR (1)  SEVERN (1)  SHAW (15)  SMITH (2)  STREET (4)  STUBBS (1)  SUCH (11)  TOFT (7)  TOWERS (3)  TRAVERS (1)  TRIM (7)  VENABLES (1)  WARBURTON (6)  WARHAM (6)  WEBB (3)  WEEDON (4)  WHEELER (2)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WHITLOW (8)  WHITNEY (1)  WILDING (3)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WORTHINGTON (1)  YARWOOD (1)