Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ollerton, Cheshire

Ollerton 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
STEPHENS134.513981.35
RICHARDSON113.819422.44
HOPE113.8194112.24
TAYLOR103.47225.43
BOWERS103.4722190.48
HOWARTH93.125065.03
CHORLTON93.1250957.45
BROWN93.12504.74
WILLIAMS82.77783.87
WILKINSON82.777818.20
DAKIN82.7778386.47
YARWOOD72.4306598.29
CHEETHAM72.4306156.95
WEBSTER62.083323.95
SIMCOCK62.0833714.29
STREET62.083389.15
HARTLEY51.736127.70
STONIER51.7361980.39
POTTS51.736152.03
WEBB41.388910.25
ANDREWS41.388914.49
WARBURTON41.388956.34
GRAINGER41.388990.29
GARNER31.041732.97
HILL31.04174.09
JOHNSON31.04173.10
BICKERTON31.0417247.93
WOODWARD31.041721.11
TOMLINSON31.041722.59
BELL31.04175.54
MOORE20.69443.47
ATKINSON20.69447.13
LEES20.694415.66
JONES20.69440.61
PHILLIPS20.69443.88
DAVIES20.69441.37
NORBURY20.6944136.99
TURNER20.69442.49
GRAY20.69444.86
HOUGH20.694440.32
BAILEY20.69444.61
POOL20.694459.88
JACKSON20.69442.48
SLATER10.34725.73
CLARK10.34721.16
ALLEN10.34721.84
WALKER10.34721.04
GRIFFEN10.3472106.38
BURGESS10.34725.00
TOFT10.347288.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STONIER0.29288980.3922
CHORLTON0.29288957.4468
SIMCOCK0.29288714.2857
YARWOOD0.29288598.2906
DAKIN0.29288386.4734
STANIER0.29288285.7143
BICKERTON0.29288247.9339
BOWERS0.29288190.4762
CHEETHAM0.29288156.9507
NORBURY0.29288136.9863
HOPE0.29288112.2449
GRIFFEN0.29288106.3830
GRAINGER0.2928890.2935
STREET0.2928889.1530
TOFT0.2928888.4956
STEPHENS0.2928881.3517
NEWPORT0.2928868.0272
DARBYSHIRE0.2928865.3595
HOWARTH0.2928865.0289
POOL0.2928859.8802
WARBURTON0.2928856.3380
ASHMAN0.2928853.4759
POTTS0.2928852.0291
DARLINGTON0.2928851.0204
HICKSON0.2928850.2513
HOUGH0.2928840.3226
GARNER0.2928832.9670
KELLEY0.2928829.8507
HARTLEY0.2928827.7008
HADFIELD0.2928824.9377
WEBSTER0.2928823.9521
PENNINGTON0.2928823.4742
TOMLINSON0.2928822.5904
RICHARDSON0.2928822.4352
WOODWARD0.2928821.1119
OLDHAM0.2928819.7628
BOWER0.2928818.9394
WILKINSON0.2928818.2025
LEES0.2928815.6617
MILNER0.2928815.1515
ANDREWS0.2928814.4928
SMALL0.2928813.6799
DANIELS0.2928811.0497
WEBB0.2928810.2459
DICKINSON0.292888.1301
ATKINSON0.292887.1301
BARLOW0.292886.4309
SLATER0.292885.7339
BELL0.292885.5432
TAYLOR0.292885.4295

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 288 people called STONIER in Ollerton 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 980.3922 in Ollerton means that 980.3922% of the people in Ollerton on census day were called STONIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STONIER 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 STONIER 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 STONIER 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 STONIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Ollerton means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STONIER in Ollerton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ollerton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (4)  ASHMAN (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAILEY (2)  BARLOW (1)  BELL (3)  BICKERTON (3)  BOWERS (10)  BOWER (1)  BRACEGIRDLE (1)  BRANDROTH (1)  BROWN (9)  BURGESS (1)  CHORLTON (9)  CHEETHAM (7)  CLARK (1)  CONIGAN (1)  CUNUNNON (1)  DAKIN (8)  DANIELS (1)  DARLINGTON (1)  DAVIES (2)  DARBYSHIRE (1)  DICKINSON (1)  EDESON (1)  EVAUNR (1)  FORD (1)  GARNER (3)  GRAINGER (4)  GRAY (2)  GRESTY (6)  GRIFFEN (1)  HADFIELD (1)  HARRAP (16)  HART (1)  HARTLEY (5)  HICKSON (1)  HILL (3)  HOPE (11)  HOUGH (2)  HOWARTH (9)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (2)  KELLY (1)  KELLEY (1)  KENEDY (1)  LAYNTIN (1)  LEES (2)  MASON (1)  MILNER (1)  MOORE (2)  MOTTERSHOD (1)  NEWPORT (1)  NORBURY (2)  OLDHAM (1)  PAULDEN (1)  PENNINGTON (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  POOL (2)  POTTS (5)  POWDERHILL (1)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROBERTS (1)  RUDLAND (5)  SIMCOCK (6)  SLATER (1)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (1)  STANIER (1)  STEPHENS (13)  STONIER (5)  STREET (6)  TAYLOR (10)  THORNEYCROFT (4)  TOFT (1)  TOMLINSON (3)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (1)  WARBURTON (4)  WEBB (4)  WEBSTER (6)  WILKINSON (8)  WILLIAMS (8)  WOOD (1)  WOODWARD (3)  YARWOOD (7)