Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shipbrook, Cheshire

Shipbrook 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
PARRY1319.4030254.90
SHAW1217.910497.48
CARTER1116.417997.78
WEBB57.462755.07
BUCKLEY57.4627136.99
DALE45.9701141.34
STRETCH34.47762,000.00
FOX22.985132.15
WALTON11.492521.19
BANCROFT11.4925153.85
PERCIVAL11.492595.24
LEIGH11.492564.94
FOSTER11.492511.16
PEARSON11.492512.85
HICKSON11.4925217.39
DAWSON11.492513.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRETCH0.07672000.0000
PARRY0.0767254.9020
HICKSON0.0767217.3913
BANCROFT0.0767153.8462
DALE0.0767141.3428
BUCKLEY0.0767136.9863
CARTER0.076797.7778
SHAW0.076797.4817
PERCIVAL0.076795.2381
LEIGH0.076764.9351
WEBB0.076755.0661
FOX0.076732.1543
WALTON0.076721.1864
DAWSON0.076713.5318
PEARSON0.076712.8535
FOSTER0.076711.1607

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 67 people called STRETCH in Shipbrook 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 2000.0000 in Shipbrook means that 2000.0000% of the people in Shipbrook on census day were called STRETCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRETCH 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 STRETCH 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 STRETCH 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 STRETCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Shipbrook means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRETCH in Shipbrook than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shipbrook in 1881

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

BANCROFT (1)  BUCKLEY (5)  CARTER (11)  CHIESMAN (1)  CHESWORTH (1)  DALE (4)  DAWSON (1)  EYRES (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (2)  HICKSON (1)  LEIGH (1)  PEARSON (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PARRY (13)  SHAW (12)  STRETCH (3)  WALTON (1)  WEBB (5)