Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lyme Handley, Cheshire

Lyme Handley 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
JACKSON165.405419.34
BEARD124.0541154.04
BENNETT124.054124.67
BROWN124.05416.15
WOOD103.378410.60
VERNON103.3784205.34
DUNNINGS103.37848,333.33
HOWARD93.040530.98
HAIG93.0405775.86
CLARKE82.702713.34
KIRKPATRICK82.7027313.73
CLAYTON82.702749.72
GREEN72.36498.40
WAINWRIGHT72.3649111.82
COOPER72.36499.72
GASKELL72.3649231.02
SYMONDS62.0270168.07
COOKE51.689230.60
ALEXANDER51.689231.91
LATHAM51.689282.92
WRIGHT51.68925.27
HEATHCOTE51.6892209.21
LEWIS41.35145.14
LANE41.351419.61
COTTON41.351456.58
BARTON41.351425.02
BULLOCK41.351441.54
WORTH41.3514150.38
BROCKLEHURST31.0135185.19
COMMINS31.01351,000.00
GEE31.013539.74
HUDSON31.013512.38
PEARSON20.67575.82
HAWTHORN20.6757116.96
STANHOPE20.6757281.69
WALTON20.67579.60
ROBINSON20.67572.12
TAYLOR20.67571.06
ETCHELLS20.6757175.44
MARSLAND20.6757116.28
GOODWIN20.675712.82
SMITH20.67570.48
SHELDON20.675744.44
WADSWORTH20.675748.43
THOMPSON10.33781.13
GODDARD10.33788.40
SMART10.33787.42
JENNINGS10.33786.66
FIELD10.33786.79
NORBURY10.337866.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNNINGS0.302968333.3333
STAHL0.302962500.0000
BELLANY0.302962000.0000
COMMINS0.302961000.0000
HAIG0.30296775.8621
WHICKER0.30296526.3158
GUILE0.30296454.5455
KIRKPATRICK0.30296313.7255
STANHOPE0.30296281.6901
LANGSTAFF0.30296270.2703
GASKELL0.30296231.0231
HEATHCOTE0.30296209.2050
VERNON0.30296205.3388
BROCKLEHURST0.30296185.1852
ETCHELLS0.30296175.4386
SYMONDS0.30296168.0672
BEARD0.30296154.0436
WORTH0.30296150.3759
HAWTHORN0.30296116.9591
MARSLAND0.30296116.2791
WAINWRIGHT0.30296111.8211
LATHAM0.3029682.9187
NORBURY0.3029666.6667
COTTON0.3029656.5771
CLAYTON0.3029649.7203
WADSWORTH0.3029648.4262
SIDDALL0.3029646.0829
SHELDON0.3029644.4444
WATERMAN0.3029643.4783
BULLOCK0.3029641.5369
GEE0.3029639.7351
ALEXANDER0.3029631.9081
HOWARD0.3029630.9811
COOKE0.3029630.5998
BARTON0.3029625.0156
BENNETT0.3029624.6660
REDFERN0.3029624.2718
GOSLING0.3029621.5983
LANE0.3029619.6078
JACKSON0.3029619.3424
CLARKE0.3029613.3378
GOODWIN0.3029612.8205
HUDSON0.3029612.3762
BOWDEN0.3029611.7096
WOOD0.3029610.6033
COOPER0.302969.7222
WALTON0.302969.6015
GODDARD0.302968.4034
GREEN0.302968.3983
BOLTON0.302967.8431

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 296 people called DUNNINGS in Lyme Handley 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 8333.3333 in Lyme Handley means that 8333.3333% of the people in Lyme Handley on census day were called DUNNINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNNINGS 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 DUNNINGS 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 DUNNINGS 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 DUNNINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Lyme Handley means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNNINGS in Lyme Handley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lyme Handley in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (5)  BEELEY (13)  BELLANY (1)  BARBER (1)  BARTON (4)  BEARD (12)  BENNETT (12)  BOLTON (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BROCKLEHURST (3)  BROWN (12)  BULLOCK (4)  CLARKE (8)  CLAYTON (8)  COOKE (5)  COOPER (7)  COTTON (4)  COMMINS (3)  DUNNINGS (10)  ETCHELLS (2)  FIELD (1)  FORMSTONE (2)  GASKELL (7)  GEE (3)  GODDARD (1)  GOODWIN (2)  GOSLING (1)  GREEN (7)  GUILE (1)  HAWTHORN (2)  HAIG (9)  HEATHCOTE (5)  HOWARD (9)  HUDSON (3)  JACKSON (16)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (1)  KIRKPATRICK (8)  LANE (4)  LANGSTAFF (1)  LATHAM (5)  LEWIS (4)  MARSLAND (2)  NAYNES (1)  NORBURY (1)  PEARSON (2)  PORTERS (3)  REDFERN (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SIDDALL (1)  SIDEBOTHAM (7)  SYMONDS (6)  SHELDON (2)  SMART (1)  SMITH (2)  STANHOPE (2)  STAHL (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TORKINGTON (2)  TUNES (1)  TURNER (1)  VARE (1)  VERNON (10)  WADSWORTH (2)  WAINWRIGHT (7)  WALTON (2)  WATERMAN (1)  WHICKER (1)  WILLOTT (3)  WOOD (10)  WORTH (4)  WRIGHT (5)