Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ince, Cheshire

Ince 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
WHITE3510.479032.60
NIELD205.9880873.36
JONES175.08984.49
JOHNSON164.790414.26
ELLIS144.191628.87
PROFFITT133.89223,939.39
HUGHES113.293411.75
DARLINGTON102.9940440.53
WEAVER102.9940115.07
NEWPORT102.9940588.24
WORRALL92.6946211.76
LITTLER82.3952360.36
BROWN82.39523.63
BEECH82.3952162.27
CULLUM82.3952610.69
HASSELL72.0958666.67
WILLIAMS72.09582.92
NICHOLSON61.796425.28
LEWIS61.79646.83
FAIRHURST51.4970183.15
PERCIVAL41.197676.48
WHITBY41.1976197.04
HOYLAND41.1976322.58
READ41.197618.58
LLOYD41.197610.26
COBB41.197684.21
HARDING30.898212.41
HOUGHLAND30.89823,750.00
EDWARDS30.89823.22
BRISCOE20.598893.02
WALKER20.59881.79
MORRIS20.59882.69
ANTROBUS20.5988298.51
WILKINSON20.59883.92
BROMLEY20.598838.91
HUTCHINSON20.598810.54
HOLMAN10.299421.10
SWAIN10.299415.53
DIXON10.29942.73
MALES10.2994243.90
SHALLCROSS10.2994169.49
CROFT10.299412.67
GARNER10.29949.47
BETHEL10.2994185.19
THOMAS10.29940.73
MITCHELL10.29941.48
HINLEY10.2994500.00
STEWART10.29941.91
LOCKETT10.299441.15
WINWARD10.2994285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PROFFITT0.333343939.3939
HOUGHLAND0.333343750.0000
NIELD0.33334873.3624
HASSELL0.33334666.6667
CULLUM0.33334610.6870
MATES0.33334588.2353
NEWPORT0.33334588.2353
HINLEY0.33334500.0000
HARNEY0.33334500.0000
DARLINGTON0.33334440.5286
LITTLER0.33334360.3604
HOYLAND0.33334322.5806
ANTROBUS0.33334298.5075
WINWARD0.33334285.7143
WILLINGTON0.33334250.0000
MALES0.33334243.9024
WORRALL0.33334211.7647
WHITBY0.33334197.0443
BETHEL0.33334185.1852
FAIRHURST0.33334183.1502
SHALLCROSS0.33334169.4915
BEECH0.33334162.2718
CORKER0.33334121.9512
WEAVER0.33334115.0748
GANDER0.33334106.3830
BRISCOE0.3333493.0233
COBB0.3333484.2105
PERCIVAL0.3333476.4818
LOCKETT0.3333441.1523
BROMLEY0.3333438.9105
WHITE0.3333432.6006
ELLIS0.3333428.8660
NICHOLSON0.3333425.2845
HOLMAN0.3333421.0970
READ0.3333418.5787
SWAIN0.3333415.5280
JOHNSON0.3333414.2577
CROFT0.3333412.6743
HARDING0.3333412.4121
HUGHES0.3333411.7534
HUTCHINSON0.3333410.5430
LLOYD0.3333410.2564
SWIFT0.333349.6899
GARNER0.333349.4697
LEWIS0.333346.8329
OWENS0.333346.0277
HAMMOND0.333345.2576
HAYES0.333344.8146
GORDON0.333344.7506
JONES0.333344.4941

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 334 people called PROFFITT in Ince 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 3939.3939 in Ince means that 3939.3939% of the people in Ince on census day were called PROFFITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PROFFITT 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 PROFFITT 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 PROFFITT 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 PROFFITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Ince means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PROFFITT in Ince than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ince in 1881

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

ANTROBUS (2)  BEECH (8)  BETHEL (1)  BRISCOE (2)  BROMLEY (2)  BROWN (8)  CHIDZJOY (4)  COBB (4)  CORKER (1)  CROFT (1)  DARLINGTON (10)  DIXON (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLAMS (9)  ELLAM (1)  ELLIS (14)  FAIRHURST (5)  FINCHETT (1)  GANDER (1)  GARAGAN (1)  GARNER (1)  GORDON (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARDING (3)  HARNEY (1)  HARVEY (1)  HASSELL (7)  HAYES (1)  HELSBY (1)  HINLEY (1)  HODGINGS (1)  HOLMAN (1)  HOUGHLAND (3)  HOYLAND (4)  HUGHES (11)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JOHNSON (16)  JONES (17)  LANCELOTT (1)  LEWIS (6)  LITTLER (8)  LLOYD (4)  LOCKETT (1)  LYTHROE (1)  MALES (1)  MATES (1)  CULLUM (8)  MITCHELL (1)  MORRIS (2)  NEWPORT (10)  NICHOLSON (6)  NIELD (20)  OLLIAS (1)  OMALIS (1)  OWENS (1)  PENDLEBURY (1)  PERCIVAL (4)  PROFFITT (13)  RAN... (2)  READ (4)  SHALLCROSS (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (1)  SWAIN (1)  SWIFT (1)  SWINDLEY (1)  THOMAS (1)  UPPERTON (6)  WALKER (2)  WEAVER (10)  WILLINGTON (1)  WHITBY (4)  WHITE (35)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  WINWARD (1)  WORRALL (9)  WRIGHT (1)