Top surnames from the 1881 census in Over Whitley, Cheshire

Over Whitley 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
LAWSON185.882499.78
WORRALL154.9020385.60
CLIFFE92.9412468.75
OWEN92.941224.78
ATKINSON92.941230.20
SMITH82.61441.85
WOODWARD82.614453.02
BARBER72.287638.00
PLUMB72.2876282.26
THORNTON72.287645.51
MOORE72.287611.44
THOMASON61.9608335.20
WRIGHT61.96086.11
MOORES61.9608237.15
BUCKLEY61.960836.01
BAXTER61.960832.89
HATCH61.9608228.14
MILLER51.63409.13
EDGERTON51.63401,136.36
HAYES51.634026.27
LITTLER51.6340246.31
LLOYD41.307211.20
WILSON41.30722.85
HOLLAND41.307218.37
STARKEY41.3072131.58
NEILD41.3072512.82
WILKINSON41.30728.57
LOWE41.307217.44
POTTS30.980429.38
FAIRHURST30.9804119.52
HIGHFIELD30.9804352.94
BATE20.653638.54
ALLEN20.65363.46
FLETCHER20.65365.73
WOODALL20.653681.30
BERRY20.65368.24
HARRISON20.65362.94
YOUNG20.65363.04
NORMAN20.653614.10
CLARKE20.65363.23
MASSEY20.653625.58
HANKEY20.6536273.97
COLLINS20.65364.55
BIRMINGHAM20.6536263.16
PLANT20.653629.54
LEWIS10.32681.24
HANDLEY10.326819.34
OLIVER10.32684.58
JONES10.32680.29
MULLOY10.3268222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDGERTON0.313061136.3636
NEILD0.31306512.8205
FINNEGAN0.31306476.1905
CLIFFE0.31306468.7500
WORRALL0.31306385.6041
HIGHFIELD0.31306352.9412
THOMASON0.31306335.1955
PLUMB0.31306282.2581
HANKEY0.31306273.9726
BIRMINGHAM0.31306263.1579
LITTLER0.31306246.3054
MOORES0.31306237.1542
HATCH0.31306228.1369
MULLOY0.31306222.2222
BUCKMAN0.31306204.0816
BOLAND0.31306166.6667
SWINTON0.31306158.7302
SHARKEY0.31306142.8571
STARKEY0.31306131.5789
FAIRHURST0.31306119.5219
LAWSON0.3130699.7783
WOODALL0.3130681.3008
YARWOOD0.3130680.6452
TICKLE0.3130672.9927
BROCKLEHURST0.3130659.8802
WOODWARD0.3130653.0152
HADDOCK0.3130651.0204
THORNTON0.3130645.5137
BATE0.3130638.5356
DUNNING0.3130638.4615
BARBER0.3130638.0022
BUCKLEY0.3130636.0144
BAXTER0.3130632.8947
ATKINSON0.3130630.2013
PLANT0.3130629.5421
POTTS0.3130629.3830
DALEY0.3130627.7778
HAYES0.3130626.2743
MASSEY0.3130625.5754
OWEN0.3130624.7797
HADFIELD0.3130623.4742
PERCIVAL0.3130620.8768
HANDLEY0.3130619.3424
HOLLAND0.3130618.3655
LOWE0.3130617.4368
WALMSLEY0.3130615.7978
HULME0.3130615.2905
DUFFY0.3130614.9701
LEIGH0.3130614.2045
NORMAN0.3130614.1044

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 306 people called EDGERTON in Over Whitley 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 1136.3636 in Over Whitley means that 1136.3636% of the people in Over Whitley on census day were called EDGERTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDGERTON 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 EDGERTON 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 EDGERTON 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 EDGERTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Over Whitley means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDGERTON in Over Whitley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Over Whitley in 1881

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

ADDOCK (1)  ALLEN (2)  ART... (1)  ATKINSON (9)  BARBER (7)  BASSNETT (10)  BATE (2)  BATHER (1)  BAXTER (6)  BERRY (2)  BIRMINGHAM (2)  BOLAND (1)  BOOTH (1)  BROCKLEHURST (1)  BUCKLEY (6)  BUCKMAN (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLARKE (2)  CLIFFE (9)  COCKRANE (1)  COLLINS (2)  COTTREL (10)  COX (1)  DALEY (1)  DELENA (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUNNING (1)  EDGERTON (5)  ELLIS (1)  FAIRHURST (3)  FANEY (1)  FINNEGAN (1)  FLETCHER (2)  HADDOCK (1)  HADFIELD (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HANKEY (2)  HANSBERY (2)  HARRISON (2)  HATCH (6)  HAYES (5)  HEESOM (3)  HAZLEHURST (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGHFIELD (3)  HOLLAND (4)  HULME (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  JEMSON (1)  JONES (1)  LAWSON (18)  LEIGH (1)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLER (5)  LLOYD (4)  LOWE (4)  MASSEY (2)  MAYHE (1)  MILLER (5)  MULLOY (1)  MOORE (7)  MOORES (6)  NEILD (4)  NORMAN (2)  OLIVER (1)  OWEN (9)  PATENT (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PLANT (2)  PLUMB (7)  POTTS (3)  PRIESTNER (2)  ROWLINSON (3)  RILEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHARKEY (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (8)  STARKEY (4)  SWINTON (1)  TEMPERLEY (3)  THOMASON (6)  THORNTON (7)  TICKLE (1)  WALKER (1)  WALMSLEY (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (4)  WOODALE (2)  WOODALL (2)  WOODWARD (8)  WORRALL (15)  WRIGHT (6)  YARWOOD (1)  YOUNG (2)  ZANNIAN (1)