Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bosley, Cheshire

Bosley 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
TRUEMAN184.5000654.55
CLAYTON164.000073.56
CHEETHAM143.5000226.17
MASON123.000022.31
HAMMOND112.750048.31
WRIGHT102.50007.79
RILEY102.500031.60
CASEY92.2500152.54
SLACK92.2500142.86
LAWTON92.250087.29
TATTON92.2500865.38
MALKIN82.0000610.69
BAILEY82.000013.28
PRITCHARD82.000037.14
NASH82.000043.38
GOODWIN82.000037.95
GOODFELLOW71.7500197.74
FERNS71.7500813.95
BAYLEY71.7500108.53
HINTON71.7500130.35
BROADHURST61.5000148.15
LOWNDES61.5000444.44
BARLOW61.500027.78
ARNOLD51.250023.19
MITCHELL51.25006.16
ETCHELLS51.2500322.58
SHAW51.25006.80
BOYSON41.00001,666.67
STUBBS41.000037.88
SKEEN41.00001,081.08
MOULD41.0000116.62
MOSS30.750012.17
BRINDLEY30.750098.04
CULLEN30.750042.80
WOOD30.75002.35
BOWYER30.750068.81
LOWE30.750010.00
PACKHAM30.7500155.44
HOLLAND20.50007.02
PYATT20.5000263.16
DAWSON20.50004.54
PICKERING20.500013.86
LOCKETT20.500068.73
BROWN20.50000.76
ALLISON20.500017.59
GEE20.500019.59
KIRKHAM20.500035.84
BUXTON20.500033.28
BADDELEY20.5000224.72
FRASER20.50005.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYSON0.404001666.6667
SKEEN0.404001081.0811
TATTON0.40400865.3846
FERNS0.40400813.9535
TRUEMAN0.40400654.5455
MALKIN0.40400610.6870
LOWNDES0.40400444.4444
DAMPIER0.40400370.3704
ETCHELLS0.40400322.5806
SIGLEY0.40400294.1176
PYATT0.40400263.1579
CHEETHAM0.40400226.1712
BADDELEY0.40400224.7191
RISLEY0.40400200.0000
GOODFELLOW0.40400197.7401
PACKHAM0.40400155.4404
CASEY0.40400152.5424
BROADHURST0.40400148.1481
SLACK0.40400142.8571
HINTON0.40400130.3538
MOULD0.40400116.6181
BIDDULPH0.40400111.1111
BAYLEY0.40400108.5271
MOORS0.40400101.0101
BRINDLEY0.4040098.0392
STANWAY0.4040090.0901
LAWTON0.4040087.2939
READE0.4040083.3333
CLAYTON0.4040073.5632
BOWYER0.4040068.8073
LOCKETT0.4040068.7285
HAMMOND0.4040048.3092
COYNE0.4040047.1698
NASH0.4040043.3839
CULLEN0.4040042.7960
GOODWIN0.4040037.9507
STUBBS0.4040037.8788
PRITCHARD0.4040037.1402
KIRKHAM0.4040035.8423
NUTT0.4040034.6021
BUXTON0.4040033.2779
RILEY0.4040031.5956
MOORES0.4040030.2115
BARLOW0.4040027.7778
RIDER0.4040025.6410
ARNOLD0.4040023.1911
ALLCOCK0.4040023.1481
LAWS0.4040022.4719
MASON0.4040022.3131
GEE0.4040019.5886

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 400 people called BOYSON in Bosley 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 Bosley means that 1666.6667% of the people in Bosley on census day were called BOYSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYSON 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 BOYSON 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 BOYSON 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 BOYSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Bosley means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYSON in Bosley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bosley in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (1)  ALLEN (1)  ALLISON (2)  ARNOLD (5)  BADDELEY (2)  BAYLEY (7)  BAILEY (8)  BARLOW (6)  BIDDULPH (1)  BOWYER (3)  BOYSON (4)  BRADFORD (1)  BRINDLEY (3)  BROADHURST (6)  BROOKS (1)  BROSTER (1)  BROWN (2)  BULLOCK (2)  BOURNE (1)  BUXTON (2)  CASEY (9)  CHEETHAM (14)  CHELWYND (4)  CHESTERS (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (16)  COYNE (1)  CULLEN (3)  DALGLISH (1)  DAMPIER (1)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (2)  ELSBY (9)  ETCHELLS (5)  FERNS (7)  FERNIHOUGH (5)  FISHER (2)  FLETCHER (1)  FORD (1)  FRASER (2)  GEE (2)  GOODFELLOW (7)  GOODWIN (8)  HAMERTON (1)  HAMMOND (11)  HATTERSLEY (1)  HEAPY (6)  HIBBERT (1)  HINTON (7)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLAND (2)  HORDERN (5)  HUNT (1)  EARLAM (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JOLLY (1)  KIRKHAM (2)  NUTT (1)  LANE (1)  LAWS (1)  LAWTON (9)  LOCKETT (2)  LOWE (3)  LOWNDES (6)  MALKIN (8)  MASON (12)  MITCHELL (5)  MOORES (1)  MOORS (1)  MOSS (3)  MOULD (4)  MOLD (1)  NADIN (6)  NASH (8)  PACKHAM (3)  PERCIVAL (1)  PICKERING (2)  POOLE (1)  PRITCHARD (8)  PYATT (2)  READE (1)  RIDER (1)  RIGBY (1)  RILEY (10)  RISLEY (1)  RUNCORN (2)  SHAW (5)  SIGLEY (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SKELLERN (6)  SKEEN (4)  SLACK (9)  SMITH (1)  STANWAY (1)  STUBBS (4)  SWINDLEY (1)  TATTON (9)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSTONE (4)  TREGILLUS (3)  TRUEMAN (18)  WALKLETT (1)  WHITTAKER (2)  WILD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOOD (3)  WRIGHT (10) 

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