Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wincham, Cheshire

Wincham 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
DAVIES322.69135.29
ROBINSON252.10266.59
LITTLER252.1026316.86
RAYNOR231.9344279.13
YARWOOD221.8503454.55
FORSTER211.766253.86
HOLLAND211.766224.81
MOORE211.76628.83
RILEY201.682121.26
ANDERSON181.51397.66
HAYES181.513924.35
WALTON171.429820.31
WILLIAMS161.34571.87
SOUTHERN161.3457145.85
PRESTON151.261625.26
SHALLCROSS151.2616717.70
DUTTON151.261655.74
BUCKLEY151.261623.18
EATON151.261645.06
BROOME141.1775236.89
NEWTON131.093414.27
ROWE131.093419.25
BODEN121.0093124.48
SIMPSON121.00935.77
WRIGHT121.00933.15
JOHNSON121.00933.00
HODGKINSON110.925153.84
GROVES110.925132.90
WHITTAKER110.925119.54
TAYLOR110.92511.45
SADLER110.925139.24
HEATH100.841016.94
DICKENS90.756972.35
SMALLWOOD90.756982.04
TASKER90.756971.20
WILKINSON90.75694.96
YOUNG90.75693.52
KENDRICK90.756978.60
CHESTERMAN90.7569439.02
PEMBERTON90.756959.60
BANNISTER90.756943.84
PRESCOTT80.672847.70
DARLINGTON80.672899.01
HITCHENS80.6728278.75
HIGGINS80.672813.31
SMITH80.67280.48
STAGG70.588788.38
JACKSON70.58872.11
BROOKES70.588725.06
BRADBURY70.588720.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALKEN1.191,1892727.2727
SHALLCROSS1.191,189717.7033
YARWOOD1.191,189454.5455
CHESTERMAN1.191,189439.0244
LITTLER1.191,189316.8568
YEARSLEY1.191,189290.4564
RAYNOR1.191,189279.1262
HITCHENS1.191,189278.7456
BROOME1.191,189236.8866
MURREY1.191,189186.3354
HALSE1.191,189169.4915
GOODIER1.191,189164.7059
HOLFORD1.191,189157.4803
SHINGLER1.191,189156.2500
STANWAY1.191,189151.0574
GATLEY1.191,189147.0588
SOUTHERN1.191,189145.8523
MAYERS1.191,189140.0560
BRAMHALL1.191,189132.6260
BRAMALL1.191,189126.5823
BODEN1.191,189124.4813
TUCKEY1.191,189124.4813
ALLMAN1.191,189107.5269
DARLINGTON1.191,18999.0099
STAGG1.191,18988.3838
SMALLWOOD1.191,18982.0419
COPPOCK1.191,18980.3213
KENDRICK1.191,18978.6026
LUNT1.191,18978.4314
HICKSON1.191,18973.0816
ACTON1.191,18972.6744
DICKENS1.191,18972.3473
TASKER1.191,18971.2025
HANKEY1.191,18970.6714
SUMMERFIELD1.191,18964.8508
CAWLEY1.191,18963.4921
NIELD1.191,18961.2745
PEMBERTON1.191,18959.6026
KETTLE1.191,18957.6923
DUTTON1.191,18955.7414
MUSGRAVE1.191,18955.6328
FORSTER1.191,18953.8600
HODGKINSON1.191,18953.8424
PRESCOTT1.191,18947.7042
EATON1.191,18945.0586
MORETON1.191,18944.9438
PIGOTT1.191,18943.8596
BANNISTER1.191,18943.8383
SADLER1.191,18939.2437
RIDGE1.191,18936.0577

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,189 people called WALKEN in Wincham 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 2727.2727 in Wincham means that 2727.2727% of the people in Wincham on census day were called WALKEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALKEN 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 WALKEN 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 WALKEN 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 WALKEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.19 in Wincham means that you are 1.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALKEN in Wincham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wincham in 1881

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

ACTON (5)  AINCLORN (1)  ALLEN (6)  ALLMAN (6)  ANDERSON (18)  ANTROBUS (1)  ATHERTON (6)  BUCKHURST (1)  BANNISTER (9)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (3)  BARTON (4)  BAXTER (1)  BECKETT (1)  BENTLEY (3)  BLEASE (1)  BOLSHAW (4)  BOOTH (2)  BOSTOCK (3)  BODEN (12)  BOWERS (1)  BRADBURY (7)  BRAMALL (4)  BRAMHALL (5)  BROOKS (5)  BROOKES (7)  BROOME (14)  BOOKS (1)  BUCKLEY (15)  BORROWS (1)  CHESTERMAN (9)  CHESTERSON (5)  CLARK (1)  CAWLEY (4)  COLLINS (1)  CONWAY (2)  COPPOCK (2)  CURBISHLEY (7)  CURZON (10)  CRANK (1)  DARLINGTON (8)  DAVENPORT (4)  DAVIES (32)  DEWHURST (1)  DICKENS (9)  DODD (5)  DUTTON (15)  EARLE (2)  EATON (15)  ELSON (1)  EMSON (14)  EVANS (3)  EYERS (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FORSTER (21)  FOWLS (4)  FOXLEY (6)  FRYER (3)  GATLEY (3)  GIBSON (2)  GOODIER (7)  GRESTY (1)  GROVES (11)  GWODIE (3)  HOLFORD (6)  HALSE (3)  HALTON (1)  HAMILTON (2)  HANKEY (2)  HANKEY (WALKEN) (2)  HARGREAVE (11)  HARGREAVES (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HASSALL (1)  HAYES (18)  HANE (1)  HEATH (10)  HINDLEY (2)  HEWITT (5)  HICKSON (6)  HIGGINS (8)  HILL (1)  HITCHENS (8)  HODGKINSON (11)  HODGKINSON (ROWE) (2)  HOLDEN (5)  HOLLAND (21)  HULME (2)  HOOL (1)  HOOLE (21)  HOPLEY (2)  HOUGHTON (2)  EARLAM (3)  IRVIN (1)  JACKSON (7)  JENNINGS (4)  JENNIONS (3)  JOHNSON (12)  JONES (1)  KAY (5)  KELSALL (7)  KENDRICK (9)  KETTLE (6)  LEE (2)  LEARE (5)  LITTLER (25)  LOVATT (1)  LUNT (6)  MASSEY (1)  MALAM (6)  MILLINGTON (6)  MOORE (21)  YARWOOD ((MOORE)) (6)  MORETON (4)  MULLINDER (4)  MURREY (6)  MUSGRAVE (4)  MAYERS (5)  NAPIER (1)  NEWTON (13)  NIELD (5)  PARKS (4)  PARKINSON (1)  PATENT (2)  PAYNE (4)  PEERS (1)  PEMBERTON (9)  PHIPPS (5)  PIGOTT (2)  PLATT (1)  PLUMB (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PRESCOTT (8)  PRESTON (15)  PRESTUN (1)  REVENSCROFT (1)  RAYNOR (23)  READ (2)  REED (3)  RHODES (5)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDGE (3)  RILEY (20)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (25)  RONSTAGE (6)  ROWE (13)  ROUSTAGE (4)  ROWELL (1)  ROYLE (1)  SADLER (11)  SANDBACH (5)  SANKARD (1)  SANTLARD (7)  SENIOR (1)  SHALLCROSS (15)  SHINGLER (4)  SIMPSON (12)  SMALLWOOD (9)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHERN (16)  SPEED (1)  SPENCER (5)  STAGG (7)  STANWAY (5)  STELFOX (6)  STUBBS (TEATHER) (4)  SUMMERFIELD (5)  TASKER (9)  TAYLOR (11)  TEATHER (4)  THOMPSON (2)  THORLEY (1)  TIMPERLEY (8)  TOWERS (3)  TOWNSHEND (3)  TUCKEY (3)  TUNNERCLIFFE (1)  VENABLES (6)  VERDIN (1)  VICKERS (4)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALKEN (3)  WALTON (17)  WARING (3)  WEBB (1)  WELSBY (6)  WHISTON (1)  WATMAN (8)  WHITAKER (4)  WHITTAKER (11)  WHITTINGHAM (2)  WHITTON (1)  WILDING (4)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMS (16)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOODCOCK (3)  WOODIER (1)  WORSLEY (2)  WRIGHT (12)  YARWOOD (22)  YEARSLEY (7)  YOUNG (9)