Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wallerscoat, Cheshire

Wallerscoat 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
SANDERSON218.1818444.44
FOLEY19.0909714.29
BLAKE19.0909188.68
STRINGFELLOW19.09093,333.33
MULLINS19.0909909.09
CONNELL19.0909526.32
SHAUGHNESSY19.090910,000.00
MINSHALL19.09095,000.00
BURKE19.0909312.50
WHITTLE19.0909416.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHAUGHNESSY0.011110000.0000
MINSHALL0.01115000.0000
STRINGFELLOW0.01113333.3333
MULLINS0.0111909.0909
FOLEY0.0111714.2857
CONNELL0.0111526.3158
SANDERSON0.0111444.4444
WHITTLE0.0111416.6667
BURKE0.0111312.5000
BLAKE0.0111188.6792

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called SHAUGHNESSY in Wallerscoat 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 Wallerscoat means that 10000.0000% of the people in Wallerscoat on census day were called SHAUGHNESSY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHAUGHNESSY 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 SHAUGHNESSY 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 SHAUGHNESSY 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 SHAUGHNESSY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Wallerscoat means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHAUGHNESSY in Wallerscoat than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wallerscoat in 1881

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

BURKE (1)  BLAKE (1)  CONNELL (1)  FOLEY (1)  MINSHALL (1)  MULLINS (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SHAUGHNESSY (1)  STRINGFELLOW (1)  WHITTLE (1)