Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alpraham, Cheshire

Alpraham 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
DUTTON357.9727352.11
JACKSON204.555816.30
WRIGHT132.96139.23
ADAMS112.505717.00
EDWARDS112.50578.99
SUMNER112.5057154.71
PROCTOR112.5057101.95
LATHAM112.5057123.04
GARNER92.050164.84
ROGERSON92.0501166.67
MURRAY92.050116.53
WILLETT81.8223231.21
HEWITT81.822337.42
SHEEN71.5945238.91
JOHNSON71.59454.75
HEATH61.366727.52
SMALLWOOD61.3667148.15
JONES61.36671.21
BLAKE51.139023.52
KIRKHAM51.139081.70
VICKERS51.139044.37
DAIN51.13901,250.00
MEW51.1390537.63
BARNES51.13909.46
EVANS40.91122.09
WILLIAMS40.91121.27
GREENWAY40.9112122.70
RICHARDSON40.91125.35
EDGE40.911252.91
ASTON40.911255.25
RAVENSCROFT40.9112268.46
BUCKLEY40.911216.74
MASON30.68345.08
DICKINSON30.683416.00
WARBURTON30.683427.70
ASHLEY30.683440.82
MORLEY30.683417.09
SMITH30.68340.48
PARKER30.68343.59
GREEN30.68342.43
CALVERT30.683433.52
ARROWSMITH30.683488.24
BILLINGTON30.683462.89
WILKINSON30.68344.48
HALL30.68342.32
HUNT20.45563.43
SPANN20.45561,666.67
PLATT20.455617.21
WILDING20.455638.76
NIELD20.455666.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPANN0.444391666.6667
DAIN0.444391250.0000
MEW0.44439537.6344
HIPKINS0.44439377.3585
DUTTON0.44439352.1127
RAVENSCROFT0.44439268.4564
BERISFORD0.44439256.4103
SHEEN0.44439238.9078
WILLETT0.44439231.2139
ROGERSON0.44439166.6667
SUMNER0.44439154.7117
SMALLWOOD0.44439148.1481
ELLSON0.44439136.9863
BLAGG0.44439125.0000
LATHAM0.44439123.0425
GREENWAY0.44439122.6994
PROCTOR0.44439101.9462
ARROWSMITH0.4443988.2353
GLADSTONE0.4443984.0336
KIRKHAM0.4443981.6993
JUKES0.4443975.7576
NIELD0.4443966.4452
GARNER0.4443964.8415
BILLINGTON0.4443962.8931
RANCE0.4443960.9756
ASTON0.4443955.2486
ALDRED0.4443953.0504
EDGE0.4443952.9101
FOWLES0.4443946.5116
VICKERS0.4443944.3656
HOLLINS0.4443943.4783
ASHLEY0.4443940.8163
NEWALL0.4443939.6825
WILDING0.4443938.7597
WALLS0.4443937.8788
STOCKTON0.4443937.5940
HEWITT0.4443937.4181
ELSON0.4443936.3636
SHEA0.4443933.8983
CALVERT0.4443933.5196
WARBURTON0.4443927.7008
MOORES0.4443927.5482
HEATH0.4443927.5229
HOUGH0.4443926.4550
WYNNE0.4443923.6407
BLAKE0.4443923.5183
LARGE0.4443922.0751
TOMKINS0.4443921.9780
BOWMAN0.4443917.4368
PLATT0.4443917.2117

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 439 people called SPANN in Alpraham 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 1666.6667 in Alpraham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Alpraham on census day were called SPANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Alpraham means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPANN in Alpraham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alpraham in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ALDRED (2)  ALEXANDER (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ARROWSMITH (3)  ASHLEY (3)  ASTON (4)  ASHTON (1)  ASTBURY (1)  BADRICK (4)  BAILEY (1)  BARNES (5)  BATE (1)  BERRISFORD (10)  BERISFORD (1)  BERISSOFORD (10)  BILLINGTON (3)  BLAKE (5)  BLAGG (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BUCKLEY (4)  CALVERT (3)  CHESTERS (2)  CLARKE (1)  CORFIELD (5)  CUSSONS (1)  COUSINS (1)  CRAUTH (2)  DAIN (5)  DICKINSON (3)  DUTTON (35)  SMITH ((DUTTON)) (2)  EDGE (4)  EDWARDS (11)  ELLSON (1)  ELSON (1)  EVANS (4)  FOWLES (1)  GARNER (9)  GLADSTONE (1)  GREEN (3)  GREENWAY (4)  HALL (3)  HARDING (1)  HASSALL (9)  HEATH (6)  HEWITT (8)  HIPKINS (2)  HOLLINS (1)  HOUGH (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (2)  HUNTBACH (1)  JACKSON (20)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (6)  JUKES (2)  KIRKHAM (5)  LARGE (1)  LATHAM (11)  MASON (3)  MAUDY (1)  MEW (5)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORES (1)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (3)  MOSSFORD (1)  MURRAY (9)  NEWALL (1)  NIELD (2)  OAKES (1)  PARKER (3)  PEBODY (1)  PLATT (2)  POWELL (1)  PROBIN (4)  PROCTOR (11)  RANCE (1)  RAVENSCROFT (4)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIVIET (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERSON (9)  ROWLAND (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SENISTON (1)  SHEA (1)  SHEEN (7)  SHUKA (12)  SMALLWOOD (6)  SMITH (3)  SPANN (2)  SPAWN (7)  STOCKTON (1)  SUMNER (11)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMKINS (1)  VICKERS (5)  WALLS (2)  WALTON (1)  WARBURTON (3)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (1)  WILDING (2)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLETT (8)  WILLIAMS (4)  WYNNE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODCOCK (2)  WOOLLSEY (2)  WRIGHT (13)  YOUNG (1) 

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