Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rushton, Cheshire

Rushton 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
JOHNSON185.357115.94
HEATH144.166783.93
SMITH102.97622.11
WHITE102.97629.26
ROGERSON92.6786217.92
VERNON92.6786162.75
ROBERTS92.67867.12
TAYLOR92.67864.19
MOUSLEY92.67861,956.52
HODKINSON82.3810337.55
HINDE72.0833500.00
JONES72.08331.84
PRINCE72.083392.11
COULTAS61.7857895.52
BROOKFIELD61.7857618.56
CARTER51.48818.87
LEWIS51.48815.66
BARKER51.488111.37
WILLIAMS51.48812.07
FITTON51.4881132.28
PRICE51.48818.50
DONE51.4881431.03
BARNES41.19059.89
BOOTH41.190512.07
WRENCH41.1905357.14
HITCHEN41.1905174.67
SOUTHERN41.1905129.03
WALKER30.89292.67
PARRY30.892911.73
FLEET30.8929133.33
NAYLOR30.892923.70
BOLT30.8929123.46
MARSH30.892912.52
ROWLAND30.892931.41
CORNES30.8929405.41
LEA30.892945.25
CATON30.8929186.34
BETTLEY30.89291,666.67
HARDING20.59528.22
RAVENSCROFT20.5952175.44
STRETCH20.5952266.67
HULSE20.595293.90
CRAWFORD20.595212.17
MOORES20.595271.94
HEWITT20.595212.22
CHALLINOR20.5952169.49
CRANK20.5952294.12
ASHTON20.595212.15
LAMB20.595211.29
BOWEN20.595214.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUSLEY0.343361956.5217
BETTLEY0.343361666.6667
SPANN0.343361111.1111
COULTAS0.34336895.5224
BROOKFIELD0.34336618.5567
HINDE0.34336500.0000
DONE0.34336431.0345
CORNES0.34336405.4054
WRENCH0.34336357.1429
HODKINSON0.34336337.5527
CRANK0.34336294.1176
STRETCH0.34336266.6667
ROGERSON0.34336217.9177
CATON0.34336186.3354
RAVENSCROFT0.34336175.4386
HITCHEN0.34336174.6725
CHALLINOR0.34336169.4915
VERNON0.34336162.7486
FLEET0.34336133.3333
FITTON0.34336132.2751
SOUTHERN0.34336129.0323
BOLT0.34336123.4568
COUPLAND0.3433693.8967
HULSE0.3433693.8967
PRINCE0.3433692.1053
HEATH0.3433683.9329
MOORES0.3433671.9424
BELLIS0.3433652.3560
LEA0.3433645.2489
SHEEN0.3433644.6429
WHITLEY0.3433636.3636
HOUGH0.3433634.6021
ROWELL0.3433634.1297
ROWLAND0.3433631.4136
NAYLOR0.3433623.6967
RUTTER0.3433619.5313
JOHNSON0.3433615.9447
EDMONDS0.3433615.5763
LATHAM0.3433614.6199
BOWEN0.3433614.3988
DUTTON0.3433613.1406
MARSH0.3433612.5156
HEWITT0.3433612.2175
CRAWFORD0.3433612.1655
ASHTON0.3433612.1507
BOOTH0.3433612.0700
PARRY0.3433611.7325
BARKER0.3433611.3714
LAMB0.3433611.2867
BARNES0.343369.8912

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 336 people called MOUSLEY in Rushton 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 1956.5217 in Rushton means that 1956.5217% of the people in Rushton on census day were called MOUSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUSLEY 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 MOUSLEY 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 MOUSLEY 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 MOUSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Rushton means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUSLEY in Rushton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rushton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ASHTON (2)  BARKER (5)  BARNES (4)  BELLIS (1)  BEBBINGTON (3)  BENNETT (1)  BETTLEY (3)  BETLEY (1)  BOLT (3)  BOOTH (4)  BOWEN (2)  BROOKFIELD (6)  CHALLINOR (2)  CARTER (5)  CATON (3)  CHANDLER (1)  COUPLAND (2)  CORNES (3)  COULTAS (6)  CRANK (2)  CRAWFORD (2)  DIMELOE (6)  DONE (5)  DUTTON (1)  EDMONDS (1)  FINCHETT (2)  FITTON (5)  FLEET (3)  GAULEY (4)  HARDING (2)  HASSALL (10)  HEATH (14)  HEWITT (2)  HINDE (7)  HITCHIN (6)  HITCHEN (4)  HODKINSON (8)  HOPLEY (4)  HOUGH (2)  HOUGHTON (1)  HULSE (2)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (18)  JONES (7)  LAMB (2)  LATHAM (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEA (3)  LEWIS (5)  LOVAT (1)  LOWE (1)  MARSH (3)  MEACHIN (5)  MOORES (2)  MOUSLEY (9)  MACMURDO (1)  NAYLOR (3)  NEWN (2)  OULTON (2)  PENKETH (1)  PARRY (3)  PORALL (3)  PRICE (5)  PRINCE (7)  PRORIN (1)  RAVENSCROFT (2)  ROBERTS (9)  ROGERSON (9)  ROWELL (1)  ROWLAND (3)  RUSCOE (6)  RUTTER (1)  SHEEN (1)  SIDDORN (4)  SYMM (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (10)  SOUTHERN (4)  SPANN (1)  STRETCH (2)  TAYLOR (9)  VERNON (9)  WALKER (3)  WALTON (1)  WHITE (10)  WHITLEY (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRENCH (4)  YOUNG (1)