Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chorlton, Staffordshire

Chorlton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Staffordshire

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
HEMMINGS164.2105495.36
CLIFF123.1579361.45
PHILLIPS112.894716.18
RANDLES112.89471,279.07
DUNN102.631631.65
PEAKE92.3684245.90
DIX92.3684240.00
BAILEY82.105313.98
HEATH82.105342.40
WAINWRIGHT82.105399.50
TALBOT71.842174.00
DALE71.842143.59
HUBBARD61.578964.94
WILKINSON61.578910.35
GROCOTT51.3158458.72
MITCHELL51.31586.49
HILL51.31585.17
KIRKHAM51.315894.34
RHEAD41.0526816.33
CAPE41.0526412.37
HOOPER41.052624.86
WHITTAKER41.052622.23
TURNER41.05263.78
SUTTON41.052616.54
RHODES41.052622.68
PODMORE41.0526294.12
JENNINGS30.789515.57
PROCTER30.789560.85
MARTIN30.78953.20
SARGEANT30.7895100.33
BENTLEY30.789518.67
EMERY30.789536.14
HUBBERT30.7895882.35
MATHEWS30.789521.38
SARGENT30.789551.28
LOUNDS30.78951,034.48
CORN30.78951,071.43
SIMPSON30.78954.51
BEECH20.526335.65
WEBB20.52633.88
FAIRBANKS20.5263425.53
UNDERWOOD20.526319.49
LEES20.526311.87
CRUTCHLEY20.5263194.17
GRIFFIN20.526311.19
SELLMAN20.5263740.74
HOWSE20.5263136.05
CADMAN20.526364.52
LEA20.526326.67
ROBINSON20.52631.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RANDLES0.383801279.0698
CORN0.383801071.4286
LOUNDS0.383801034.4828
HUBBERT0.38380882.3529
RHEAD0.38380816.3265
SELLMAN0.38380740.7407
HARIS0.38380500.0000
HEMMINGS0.38380495.3560
GROCOTT0.38380458.7156
FAIRBANKS0.38380425.5319
CAPE0.38380412.3711
CLIFF0.38380361.4458
WARRILOW0.38380298.5075
PODMORE0.38380294.1176
PEAKE0.38380245.9016
DIX0.38380240.0000
BENNION0.38380232.5581
SHEPLEY0.38380194.1748
CRUTCHLEY0.38380194.1748
SHUKER0.38380140.8451
HOWSE0.38380136.0544
SHELLY0.38380112.3596
SARGEANT0.38380100.3344
WAINWRIGHT0.3838099.5025
KIRKHAM0.3838094.3396
MOUNSEY0.3838091.7431
LOWNDES0.3838078.1250
RAVENSCROFT0.3838077.5194
HORSMAN0.3838075.1880
TALBOT0.3838073.9958
HUBBARD0.3838064.9351
CADMAN0.3838064.5161
PROCTER0.3838060.8519
MYATT0.3838055.2486
SARGENT0.3838051.2821
ROCK0.3838046.2963
DALE0.3838043.5866
HEATH0.3838042.3953
WHARTON0.3838037.5940
EMERY0.3838036.1446
BEECH0.3838035.6506
DUNN0.3838031.6456
CROMPTON0.3838031.2500
BOSTOCK0.3838028.0112
LEA0.3838026.6667
HOOPER0.3838024.8602
POOL0.3838022.7273
RHODES0.3838022.6757
WHITTAKER0.3838022.2346
MATHEWS0.3838021.3828

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 380 people called RANDLES in Chorlton 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 1279.0698 in Chorlton means that 1279.0698% of the people in Chorlton on census day were called RANDLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RANDLES 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 RANDLES 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 RANDLES 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 RANDLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Chorlton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RANDLES in Chorlton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chorlton in 1881

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

BAILEY (8)  BARRETT (1)  BARRATT (1)  BARWOOD (1)  BEECH (2)  BEMBOW (1)  BENNION (2)  BENTLEY (3)  BIRKIN (2)  BLOCKLEY (8)  BOULT (1)  BOSTOCK (1)  BOUGHEY (1)  BRAYFORD (4)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURGESS (2)  BURSLEM (5)  CADMAN (2)  CAULCOTT (9)  CAULKIN (1)  CAPE (4)  CLARKE (1)  CLEGG (1)  CLIFF (12)  COLLIER (1)  COPE (1)  CORN (3)  CRUTCHLEY (2)  CROMPTON (2)  DALE (7)  DAVENHILL (4)  DEVRUEX (1)  DIX (9)  DOWNING (1)  DUNN (10)  EMERY (3)  FAIRBANKS (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOXLEY (3)  GETHING (3)  GRIFFIN (2)  GROCOTT (5)  HOLLOWOOD (1)  HALLATT (7)  HARIS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARVEY (1)  HAZELDINE (1)  HEATH (8)  HEMMINGS (16)  HEWITT (2)  HILL (5)  HOOPER (4)  HORSMAN (1)  HOWSE (2)  HUBBARD (6)  HUBBERT (3)  JAMES (1)  JENNINGS (3)  JONES (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KIRKHAM (5)  LEA (2)  LEES (2)  LOWNDES (1)  LOUNDS (3)  LYTH (2)  MEADON (1)  MARTIN (3)  MATHEWS (3)  MEACHIN (1)  MITCHELL (5)  MODDERSHAW (7)  MORTON (1)  MOSS (1)  MOUNSEY (1)  MYATT (1)  NARRAWAY (4)  OULTON (1)  OWEN (1)  PEAKE (9)  PEPPER (1)  PHILLIPS (11)  PLATT (1)  PODMORE (4)  POOL (1)  PROCTER (3)  PROSTON (1)  RANDLES (11)  RAVENSCROFT (1)  REDMAYNE (3)  RHEAD (4)  RHODES (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROCK (1)  ROWLEY (2)  SALT (1)  SARGENT (3)  SARGEANT (3)  SELLMAN (2)  SHELLY (1)  SHEPLEY (2)  SHUKER (1)  SIMPSON (3)  SPROSTON (3)  SUTTON (4)  TALBOT (7)  TAYLOR (2)  TILSLEY (3)  TURNER (4)  UNDERWOOD (2)  UNETT (1)  WAINWRIGHT (8)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (1)  WARRILOW (2)  WATERHOUSE (1)  WEBB (2)  WHARTON (2)  WHITTAKER (4)  WILDIGG (3)  WILKINSON (6)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)