Top surnames from the 1881 census in Storeton, Cheshire

Storeton 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
JONES2711.06569.77
PARR176.9672278.69
WILLIAMS135.32797.42
FAIRCLOUGH104.0984392.16
HALLIDAY104.0984198.41
HANCOCK93.688581.08
OXTON93.68856,428.57
JOHNSON93.688510.98
CHATTERTON83.2787575.54
HULME72.8689134.10
BURTON72.868933.67
POWELL62.459019.71
HALL52.04926.97
ROBINSON52.04926.43
CANNON52.0492113.12
BENNETT41.63939.98
PEERS41.6393281.69
ROWLAND41.639357.64
SMITH31.22950.87
CAPPER31.2295234.38
WRIGHT31.22953.83
TAYLOR31.22951.92
NORTHAM20.8197444.44
PRESTON20.819716.41
BUCKEY20.81973,333.33
PEARS20.8197178.57
BANKS20.819715.97
LOFTUS20.8197150.38
BAMBER10.409853.19
FRANCIS10.40986.88
LEE10.40982.51
BARNETT10.40989.09
HADLEY10.409830.12
VAUGHAN10.409812.02
MCTIGUE10.409810,000.00
HENSHAW10.409848.08
OLIVE10.4098113.64
GOULDMAN10.409810,000.00
DAVIES10.40980.81
POSTLETHWAITE10.4098107.53
HEATH10.40988.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOULDMAN0.2424410000.0000
MCTIGUE0.2424410000.0000
OXTON0.242446428.5714
BUCKEY0.242443333.3333
CHATTERTON0.24244575.5396
NORTHAM0.24244444.4444
FAIRCLOUGH0.24244392.1569
PEERS0.24244281.6901
PARR0.24244278.6885
CAPPER0.24244234.3750
HALLIDAY0.24244198.4127
PEARS0.24244178.5714
LOFTUS0.24244150.3759
HULME0.24244134.0996
OLIVE0.24244113.6364
CANNON0.24244113.1222
POSTLETHWAITE0.24244107.5269
HANCOCK0.2424481.0811
ROWLAND0.2424457.6369
BAMBER0.2424453.1915
HENSHAW0.2424448.0769
BURTON0.2424433.6700
HADLEY0.2424430.1205
POWELL0.2424419.7109
PRESTON0.2424416.4069
BANKS0.2424415.9744
VAUGHAN0.2424412.0192
JOHNSON0.2424410.9783
BENNETT0.242449.9751
JONES0.242449.7706
BARNETT0.242449.0909
HEATH0.242448.2508
WILLIAMS0.242447.4167
HALL0.242446.9657
FRANCIS0.242446.8776
ROBINSON0.242446.4267
WRIGHT0.242443.8324
LEE0.242442.5075
TAYLOR0.242441.9226
SMITH0.242440.8708
DAVIES0.242440.8057

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 244 people called GOULDMAN in Storeton 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 10000.0000 in Storeton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Storeton on census day were called GOULDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOULDMAN 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 GOULDMAN 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 GOULDMAN 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 GOULDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Storeton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOULDMAN in Storeton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Storeton in 1881

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

BAMBER (1)  BANKS (2)  BARNETT (1)  BENNETT (4)  BUCKEY (2)  BURTON (7)  CANNON (5)  CAPPER (3)  CARLESS (1)  CHATTERTON (8)  CHATTRELL (1)  CONTHOP (1)  DAVIES (1)  DICKIN (6)  DONOUGHUE (1)  FAIRCLOUGH (10)  FRANCIS (1)  GOULDMAN (1)  HADLEY (1)  HALL (5)  HALLIDAY (10)  HANCOCK (9)  HEATH (1)  HENSHAW (1)  HULME (7)  HOSKYN (3)  ITHELL (1)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (27)  JOINSON (7)  LEDSOM (6)  LEDSHAM (2)  LEDSON (3)  LEE (1)  LOFTUS (2)  MCTIGUE (1)  NORTHAM (2)  OXTON (9)  O HARRAGH (1)  OLIVE (1)  PARR (17)  PEARS (2)  PEERS (4)  POSTLETHWAITE (1)  POWELL (6)  PRESTON (2)  ROBINSON (5)  ROWLAND (4)  ROYDEN (4)  SHAKESHAFT (5)  SMITH (3)  TAYLOR (3)  VAUGHAN (1)  WILBRAHAM (6)  WILLIAMS (13)  WRIGHT (3)