Top surnames from the 1881 census in Matley, Cheshire

Matley 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
BRADBURY104.8780168.92
HEAP104.8780287.36
BENNETT94.390226.71
OLDHAM83.9024222.22
STUBBS83.9024147.87
BAGSHAW73.4146426.83
PARKEY73.414623,333.33
HARRISON73.414615.38
JOLLY73.4146240.55
COOKE73.414661.89
HOPKINSON73.4146208.96
THOMPSON62.92689.77
WRIGHT62.92689.12
REDDISH62.92681,538.46
HARRIS62.926811.52
MARSH62.926841.04
MALLALIEU52.43903,125.00
EATON52.439087.11
BROWN52.43903.70
MAKIN41.9512227.27
DODD41.951247.96
DEVILLE41.95122,857.14
SHEPLEY41.9512714.29
MOORHOUSE41.9512157.48
ROBINSON31.46344.59
TURNER31.46345.26
ANDREW31.463446.15
COOPER20.97564.01
FRANCE20.975664.10
SIDEBOTTOM20.9756169.49
WHITWORTH20.975658.48
PEARSON20.97568.40
WHITEHEAD20.975614.43
HAMBLETON20.9756240.96
STEVENS10.48784.67
ALLEN10.48782.58
LAWTON10.487818.94
HOLLAND10.48786.85
CALLIGAN10.4878243.90
WAIN10.487858.14
MILWARD10.4878105.26
TAGG10.4878128.21
ASHTON10.48789.96
HEARNE10.4878144.93
BUCKLEY10.48788.96
FAITH10.4878526.32
LOMAS10.487826.39
CASH10.487873.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARKEY0.2120523333.3333
MALLALIEU0.212053125.0000
DEVILLE0.212052857.1429
REDDISH0.212051538.4615
SHEPLEY0.21205714.2857
FAITH0.21205526.3158
BAGSHAW0.21205426.8293
HEAP0.21205287.3563
CALLIGAN0.21205243.9024
HAMBLETON0.21205240.9639
JOLLY0.21205240.5498
MAKIN0.21205227.2727
OLDHAM0.21205222.2222
HOPKINSON0.21205208.9552
SIDEBOTTOM0.21205169.4915
BRADBURY0.21205168.9189
MOORHOUSE0.21205157.4803
STUBBS0.21205147.8743
HEARNE0.21205144.9275
TAGG0.21205128.2051
MILWARD0.21205105.2632
EATON0.2120587.1080
CASH0.2120573.5294
FRANCE0.2120564.1026
COOKE0.2120561.8921
WHITWORTH0.2120558.4795
WAIN0.2120558.1395
DODD0.2120547.9616
ANDREW0.2120546.1538
MARSH0.2120541.0397
BENNETT0.2120526.7142
LOMAS0.2120526.3852
LAWTON0.2120518.9394
HARRISON0.2120515.3812
WHITEHEAD0.2120514.4300
HARRIS0.2120511.5163
ASHTON0.212059.9602
THOMPSON0.212059.7704
WRIGHT0.212059.1241
BUCKLEY0.212058.9606
PEARSON0.212058.3998
HOLLAND0.212056.8540
TURNER0.212055.2576
STEVENS0.212054.6729
ROBINSON0.212054.5900
COOPER0.212054.0104
BROWN0.212053.6999
ALLEN0.212052.5820

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 205 people called PARKEY in Matley 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 23333.3333 in Matley means that 23333.3333% of the people in Matley on census day were called PARKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARKEY 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 PARKEY 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 PARKEY 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 PARKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Matley means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARKEY in Matley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Matley in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (3)  ASHTON (1)  BAGSHAW (7)  BENNETT (9)  BRADBURY (10)  BROWN (5)  BUCKLEY (1)  CALLIGAN (1)  CASH (1)  COOKE (7)  COOPER (2)  CORNILL (1)  DEVILLE (4)  DODD (4)  EATON (5)  FAITH (1)  FRANCE (2)  HAMBLETON (2)  HARRIS (6)  HARRISON (7)  HEAP (10)  HEARNE (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINSON (7)  JAFFREY (2)  JOLLY (7)  LAWTON (1)  LOMAS (1)  LORDMAN (2)  MAKIN (4)  MALLALIEU (5)  MARROWS (1)  MARSH (6)  MILWARD (1)  MOORHOUSE (4)  OLDHAM (8)  OLLERENSHAW (10)  PARKEY (7)  PEARSON (2)  ROBINSON (3)  REDDISH (6)  SHEPLEY (4)  SIDEBOTTOM (2)  STEVENS (1)  STUBBS (8)  TAGG (1)  THOMPSON (6)  TURNER (3)  WAIN (1)  WHITEHEAD (2)  WHITWORTH (2)  WRIGHT (6)