Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poulton, Cheshire

Poulton 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
GILLAM138.07452,096.77
DAVIES106.211212.21
RICHARDSON95.590132.83
GIBSON95.590146.06
PICKERING95.5901154.91
JONES95.59014.94
MERCER84.9689189.13
THOMAS84.968912.04
HEWITT63.726776.53
ACKERLEY53.10562,173.91
POWELL53.105624.90
WILSON53.10566.76
HUXLEY53.1056684.93
PATE53.1056746.27
JACKSON31.86346.67
MANLEY31.8634166.67
DEAN21.242217.89
CHALLINOR21.2422350.88
ROBERTS21.24223.30
BURNS10.62119.25
HOUGH10.621136.10
DENSON10.6211526.32
LEWIS10.62112.36
CRUMP10.621157.47
SMITH10.62110.44
BIRD10.62118.13
PRITCHARD10.621111.53
EVANS10.62111.42
VERNON10.621137.74
ATHERTON10.621134.60
PRICE10.62113.55
EDWARDS10.62112.23
WOODS10.62119.85
LIGHTFOOT10.621144.64
JOHNSON10.62111.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ACKERLEY0.161612173.9130
GILLAM0.161612096.7742
PATE0.16161746.2687
HUXLEY0.16161684.9315
DENSON0.16161526.3158
CHALLINOR0.16161350.8772
MERCER0.16161189.1253
MANLEY0.16161166.6667
PICKERING0.16161154.9053
HEWITT0.1616176.5306
CRUMP0.1616157.4713
GIBSON0.1616146.0594
LIGHTFOOT0.1616144.6429
VERNON0.1616137.7358
HOUGH0.1616136.1011
ATHERTON0.1616134.6021
RICHARDSON0.1616132.8347
POWELL0.1616124.9004
DEAN0.1616117.8891
DAVIES0.1616112.2115
THOMAS0.1616112.0409
PRITCHARD0.1616111.5340
WOODS0.161619.8522
BURNS0.161619.2507
BIRD0.161618.1301
WILSON0.161616.7622
JACKSON0.161616.6681
JONES0.161614.9358
PRICE0.161613.5486
ROBERTS0.161613.3020
LEWIS0.161612.3624
EDWARDS0.161612.2287
JOHNSON0.161611.8488
EVANS0.161611.4215
SMITH0.161610.4399

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 161 people called ACKERLEY in Poulton 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 2173.9130 in Poulton means that 2173.9130% of the people in Poulton on census day were called ACKERLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY 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 ACKERLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Poulton means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ACKERLEY in Poulton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poulton in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (5)  ATHERTON (1)  BIRD (1)  BLYTHING (10)  BURNS (1)  CHALLINOR (2)  CLUTTON (2)  MC CORMACK (1)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIES (10)  DEAN (2)  DENSON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (1)  GIBSON (9)  GILLAM (13)  HEWITT (6)  HOUGH (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (9)  LEWIS (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  MANLEY (3)  MERCER (8)  MULLOCK (7)  HUXLEY (5)  PATE (5)  PARRAY (4)  PICKERING (9)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  RICHARDSON (9)  ROBERTS (2)  SCHRAYN (1)  SMITH (1)  THOMAS (8)  TILSTONE (1)  TOMKINSON (1)  VERNON (1)  WILSON (5)  WOODS (1)