Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shotwick, Cheshire

Shotwick 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
ROBERTS2329.487278.39
COTTINGHAM78.97443,333.33
TAYLOR56.410310.02
EDWARDS56.410323.00
JONES56.41035.66
WALLEY33.8462810.81
THOMAS33.84629.32
SPRUCE22.56411,250.00
GRIFFITHS22.564115.67
BENNETT11.28217.80
HEYWOOD11.282164.52
CASH11.2821192.31
MURPHY11.282116.05
WOODWARD11.282125.97
DAVIES11.28212.52
BONNETT11.2821500.00
ROSCOE11.2821208.33
GIBSON11.282110.56
WILLIAMS11.28211.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COTTINGHAM0.08783333.3333
SPRUCE0.08781250.0000
WALLEY0.0878810.8108
BONNETT0.0878500.0000
ROSCOE0.0878208.3333
CASH0.0878192.3077
ROBERTS0.087878.3913
HEYWOOD0.087864.5161
WOODWARD0.087825.9740
EDWARDS0.087822.9991
MURPHY0.087816.0514
GRIFFITHS0.087815.6740
GIBSON0.087810.5597
TAYLOR0.087810.0241
THOMAS0.08789.3197
BENNETT0.08787.8003
JONES0.08785.6600
DAVIES0.08782.5208
WILLIAMS0.08781.7848

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 78 people called COTTINGHAM in Shotwick 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 3333.3333 in Shotwick means that 3333.3333% of the people in Shotwick on census day were called COTTINGHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COTTINGHAM 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 COTTINGHAM 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 COTTINGHAM 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 COTTINGHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Shotwick means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COTTINGHAM in Shotwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shotwick in 1881

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

BENNETT (1)  BONNETT (1)  CASH (1)  COTTINGHAM (7)  DAVIES (1)  EDWARDS (5)  FOMLINSON OR TOMLINSON (2)  GIBSON (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HEYWOOD (1)  JONES (5)  MURPHY (1)  NEWNES (2)  NEWNS (1)  ROBERTS (23)  ROSCOE (1)  SPRUCE (2)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (3)  TILSTON (8)  WALLEY (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODWARD (1)