Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pickton, Cheshire

Pickton 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
JACKSON98.035728.75
TUDOR87.14291,066.67
HAYES87.1429114.94
DENSON87.14296,153.85
WILKINSON87.142946.81
OWEN76.250052.67
DUGDALE76.2500909.09
LLOYD76.250053.52
PRITCHARD43.571466.34
JONES43.57143.15
STOKES43.571484.57
CRIMES21.78572,222.22
DARLINGTON21.7857263.16
DEAN10.892912.87
HENRY10.892935.34
ROBERTS10.89292.37
HUGHES10.89293.19
THOMPSON10.89292.98
CUNNINGHAM10.892918.98
HIBBERT10.892960.98
HARRISON10.89294.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENSON0.111126153.8462
CRIMES0.111122222.2222
TUDOR0.111121066.6667
DUGDALE0.11112909.0909
DARLINGTON0.11112263.1579
HAYES0.11112114.9425
STOKES0.1111284.5666
PRITCHARD0.1111266.3350
HIBBERT0.1111260.9756
LLOYD0.1111253.5168
OWEN0.1111252.6712
WILKINSON0.1111246.8110
HENRY0.1111235.3357
JACKSON0.1111228.7540
CUNNINGHAM0.1111218.9753
DEAN0.1111212.8700
HARRISON0.111124.0225
HUGHES0.111123.1867
JONES0.111123.1536
THOMPSON0.111122.9806
ROBERTS0.111122.3730

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 112 people called DENSON in Pickton 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 6153.8462 in Pickton means that 6153.8462% of the people in Pickton on census day were called DENSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENSON 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 DENSON 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 DENSON 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 DENSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Pickton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENSON in Pickton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pickton in 1881

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

MC CORMICK (1)  CRIMES (2)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DARLINGTON (2)  DEAN (1)  DENSON (8)  DENTITH (5)  DONBANAND (3)  DUGDALE (7)  GAULTON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYES (8)  HENRY (1)  HIBBERT (1)  HUGHES (1)  JACKSON (9)  JONES (4)  KELSALL (12)  LLOYD (7)  LOCHERN (1)  OWEN (7)  POVER (3)  PRITCHARD (4)  ROBERTS (1)  STOKES (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TUDOR (8)  WILKINSON (8)