Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston On Hill, Cheshire

Preston On Hill 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
WEBB244.278131.56
TAYLOR223.92166.13
SPEED223.9216487.80
JOHNSON183.20869.55
SPANN122.13908,000.00
LIGHTFOOT122.1390153.85
TICKLE111.9608438.25
CLIFF111.9608224.49
JONES101.78251.57
DAVIES91.60433.15
BASNETT91.60431,285.71
RUTTER91.6043105.26
BRERETON91.6043386.27
THOMPSON91.60435.36
WHITLOW91.60431,304.35
NORMAN81.426030.77
KELLY81.426013.02
PENNINGTON81.426096.27
CLARE81.426098.52
WHITTON71.2478203.49
PRIESTLEY71.247873.76
STRINGFELLOW71.2478479.45
JAMESON71.2478112.72
NEWTON71.247816.28
ROBINSON61.06953.35
SMITH61.06950.76
WILKINSON61.06957.01
HIGHFIELD61.0695382.17
FAULKNER61.069539.47
RYDER61.069561.79
BURGESS50.891312.83
CLARKE50.89134.40
WILKS50.891356.69
HENSHALL50.8913183.82
FRYER40.713038.42
WHITE40.71302.22
EMERY40.713032.65
DEAN40.713010.27
WELLS40.71308.57
WOOD30.53481.68
THOMASON30.534891.74
BENNETT30.53483.25
LYON30.534825.51
SPENCER30.53485.86
BROWN30.53480.81
COOPER30.53482.20
SHIPTON30.5348129.31
POVEY30.534888.24
GIBBONS30.534816.64
KNIGHT30.53484.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPANN0.565618000.0000
TOWERY0.565613333.3333
WHITLOW0.565611304.3478
BASNETT0.565611285.7143
SPEED0.56561487.8049
STRINGFELLOW0.56561479.4521
TICKLE0.56561438.2470
BEEBE0.56561416.6667
BRERETON0.56561386.2661
HIGHFIELD0.56561382.1656
TITTLE0.56561322.5806
SHALLCROSS0.56561303.0303
CLIFF0.56561224.4898
WHITTON0.56561203.4884
HENSHALL0.56561183.8235
ROBISON0.56561160.0000
LIGHTFOOT0.56561153.8462
SUDBURY0.56561136.9863
BURNEY0.56561133.3333
SHIPTON0.56561129.3103
HANNON0.56561114.9425
HAMSON0.56561114.9425
JAMESON0.56561112.7214
RUTTER0.56561105.2632
CLARE0.5656198.5222
PENNINGTON0.5656196.2696
THOMASON0.5656191.7431
DUGAN0.5656191.7431
SPRUCE0.5656188.4956
POVEY0.5656188.2353
TULLEY0.5656186.2069
SNELSON0.5656178.7402
JOYNSON0.5656176.9231
PRIESTLEY0.5656173.7619
BROOME0.5656171.6846
MURREY0.5656165.7895
RYDER0.5656161.7920
SOUTHWOOD0.5656161.3497
PASSMORE0.5656160.9756
WILKS0.5656156.6893
LOWERY0.5656154.6448
FEENEY0.5656152.3560
FLEMMING0.5656144.2478
FAULKNER0.5656139.4737
FRYER0.5656138.4246
LINE0.5656137.5940
PATCHETT0.5656137.1747
SPRING0.5656136.7647
DALY0.5656136.1011
HIGGINSON0.5656135.5872

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 561 people called SPANN in Preston On Hill 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 8000.0000 in Preston On Hill means that 8000.0000% of the people in Preston On Hill on census day were called SPANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Preston On Hill means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPANN in Preston On Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston On Hill in 1881

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

ADAMSON (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAMFORD (1)  BANKS (1)  BARNETT (1)  BASNETT (9)  BE...NAHAN (1)  BEEBE (1)  BEECH (2)  BENNETT (3)  BERRINGTON (1)  BURKE (1)  BOUGHSEDGE (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRERETON (9)  BROMLEY (1)  BROOME (2)  BROWN (3)  O'BRIEN (1)  BURGESS (5)  BURT (1)  BURNEY (1)  CAFFAILE (1)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CLADSOLE (1)  CLARE (8)  CLARKE (5)  CLARK (1)  CLIFF (11)  COOPER (3)  COWAP (7)  CRAWLEY (1)  CREWNANE (1)  COWAY (4)  CUNARN (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DALY (2)  DAVIES (9)  DEAN (4)  DILLON (1)  DUARINE (1)  DUGAN (1)  DUNCALF (6)  ELLESON (1)  EMERY (4)  EVANS (2)  FAULKNER (6)  FEENEY (1)  FILKIN (1)  FLEMMING (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANKLAND (1)  FRANE (1)  FRYER (4)  GAWMAN (1)  GARARD (1)  GIBBONS (3)  GRADEY (1)  GREEN (1)  GROME (4)  GRUNDLEY (1)  HALE (1)  HAMSON (1)  HANNON (1)  HEATH (1)  HENSHALL (5)  HIGGINSON (2)  HIGHFIELD (6)  HODGES (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOUGH (2)  HUSSEY (1)  JACKSON (2)  JAMESON (7)  GINNINS (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (18)  JONES (10)  JOYNSON (1)  KELLY (8)  KENDERICK (2)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LOWERY (1)  LECASTER (1)  LEIGH (1)  LIGHTFOOT (12)  LINE (1)  LITTLE (1)  LONGHEED (3)  LYNN (1)  LYON (3)  MABLONEY (1)  MACKELROY (2)  MADDOCK (1)  MASON (1)  MC GRATH (1)  MILLER (2)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (1)  MORTON (1)  MURREY (1)  MUSSEY (1)  NEWTON (7)  NORMAN (8)  OLLIER (2)  PALETHORPE (1)  PARKINSON (1)  PASSMORE (2)  PATCHETT (1)  PENNINGTON (8)  PHILLIPS (1)  POLLARD (1)  POVEY (3)  PRIESTLEY (7)  PRIESTMAN (6)  QUIN (1)  RAFFERTY (1)  REED (1)  RYDER (6)  RILEY (1)  ROACH (1)  ROBINSON (6)  ROBINSON (ROBISON) (2)  ROBISON (2)  ROUGHSEDGE (13)  RUTTER (9)  SALT (2)  SANDERS (1)  SHOFIELD (1)  SCRAGG (10)  SHARENY (3)  SHALLCROSS (3)  SHIPTON (3)  SMITH (6)  SNELSON (1)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SPANN (12)  SPEED (22)  SPENCER (3)  SPRING (1)  SPRUCE (1)  STRINGFELLOW (7)  SUDBURY (1)  TAYLOR (22)  THOMPSON (9)  THOMASON (3)  THORNTON (1)  TICKLE (11)  TITTLE (1)  TOWERY (1)  TULLEY (1)  WARBURTON (2)  WEBB (24)  WELLS (4)  WEST (2)  MC WHANNELL (5)  WHITE (4)  WHITLOW (9)  WHITTLE (1)  WHITTON (7)  WILKS (5)  WILKINSON (6)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (2)