Top surnames from the 1881 census in Darnhall, Cheshire

Darnhall 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
COOKSON2112.50001,060.61
DODD137.7381190.34
WHITNEY95.35711,034.48
SCOTT95.357121.17
SUMNER84.7619294.12
BAKER84.761921.73
HODKINSON63.5714504.20
ROBERTS52.97627.91
HULSE52.9762471.70
HOWARD52.976230.32
GILBERT42.381041.80
RIGBY42.381082.14
ERRINGTON42.3810425.53
JOYNSON42.38101,025.64
HEATON31.785774.63
EDWARDS31.78576.41
DAVIES31.78573.51
TOMLINSON31.785738.71
ARROWSMITH21.1905153.85
WOODHOUSE21.190550.25
WILLIAMS21.19051.66
BARNES10.59524.95
SLACK10.595237.74
LYNCH10.595222.57
JONES10.59520.53
BERRY10.59527.50
HORTON10.595216.03
SIMPSON10.59523.40
KEARNS10.5952192.31
COWLEY10.595232.36
BENNETT10.59523.62
STEELE10.595222.22
AUSTIN10.595212.18
MASON10.59524.43
DAWSON10.59525.40
WILKINSON10.59523.90
SWEENEY10.595244.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COOKSON0.171681060.6061
WHITNEY0.171681034.4828
JOYNSON0.171681025.6410
HODKINSON0.17168504.2017
HULSE0.17168471.6981
ERRINGTON0.17168425.5319
SUMNER0.17168294.1176
KEARNS0.17168192.3077
DODD0.17168190.3367
ARROWSMITH0.17168153.8462
RIGBY0.1716882.1355
HEATON0.1716874.6269
WOODHOUSE0.1716850.2513
SWEENEY0.1716844.4444
GILBERT0.1716841.7973
TOMLINSON0.1716838.7097
SLACK0.1716837.7358
COWLEY0.1716832.3625
HOWARD0.1716830.3214
LYNCH0.1716822.5734
STEELE0.1716822.2222
BAKER0.1716821.7332
SCOTT0.1716821.1715
HORTON0.1716816.0256
AUSTIN0.1716812.1803
ROBERTS0.171687.9114
BERRY0.171687.5019
EDWARDS0.171686.4075
DAWSON0.171685.3996
BARNES0.171684.9456
MASON0.171684.4267
WILKINSON0.171683.9002
BENNETT0.171683.6219
DAVIES0.171683.5108
SIMPSON0.171683.4037
WILLIAMS0.171681.6573
JONES0.171680.5256

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 168 people called COOKSON in Darnhall 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 1060.6061 in Darnhall means that 1060.6061% of the people in Darnhall on census day were called COOKSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COOKSON 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 COOKSON 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 COOKSON 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 COOKSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Darnhall means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COOKSON in Darnhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Darnhall in 1881

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

ARROWSMITH (2)  ASTLES (3)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (8)  BARNES (1)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BENNETT (1)  BERRY (1)  BLEVIN (1)  BOFFEY (7)  KEARNS (1)  CHESTERS (3)  COOKSON (21)  COWLEY (1)  DAVIES (3)  DAWSON (1)  DODD (13)  EDDON (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ERRINGTON (4)  GILBERT (4)  HEATON (3)  HODKINSON (6)  HOULBROOKE (4)  HORTON (1)  HOWARD (5)  HULSE (5)  JONES (1)  JOYNSON (4)  LYNCH (1)  MASON (1)  PENKETHMAN (4)  RIGBY (4)  ROBERTS (5)  SCOTT (9)  SIMPSON (1)  SKELLOW (5)  SLACK (1)  STEELE (1)  SUMNER (8)  SWEENEY (1)  TOMLINSON (3)  WHITNEY (9)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOODHOUSE (2) 

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