Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Warford, Cheshire

Great Warford 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
BURGESS205.698082.03
WEBB164.558433.63
MASSEY123.4188133.63
JENNINGS102.849056.18
NIELD102.8490414.94
HATTON92.5641130.62
BAILEY82.279215.13
RIDGWAY82.2792248.45
FROST82.279240.55
RICHARDSON82.279213.39
WORSLEY82.2792260.59
STRAKER82.27921,250.00
DALE82.279253.94
CLARKE71.99439.84
SLACK71.9943126.58
MAYER71.9943346.53
DANIEL71.994390.32
FORD71.994320.47
WASHINGTON61.7094338.98
SUMMERFIELD61.7094264.32
LEA61.709486.58
MATHERS51.4245239.23
LOMAS51.424577.16
HENSHALL51.4245294.12
HARDY51.424523.79
HULME41.139653.26
GRICE41.1396110.50
WOOD41.13963.58
BROWN41.13961.73
HEWITT41.139623.39
CLARKSON41.139642.96
CARTER41.13966.79
HOUGH41.139666.23
JOHNSON30.85472.54
HILLER30.8547612.24
POWNALL30.8547198.68
LAWTON30.854733.15
DOYLE30.854735.09
LEECH30.854752.45
BROADHURST30.854784.51
BOWDEN30.854729.62
WILLIAMSON20.56986.36
WARBURTON20.569823.09
BESWICK20.569858.31
GANDY20.5698141.84
HOWARTH20.569811.86
FORREST20.569822.10
LORD20.569812.36
PERRIN20.569855.71
HARROP20.569850.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRAKER0.353511250.0000
WITFIELD0.353511250.0000
HILLER0.35351612.2449
BADDLEY0.35351454.5455
NIELD0.35351414.9378
ROYLANCE0.35351408.1633
MAYER0.35351346.5347
WASHINGTON0.35351338.9831
HENSHALL0.35351294.1176
SUMMERFIELD0.35351264.3172
WORSLEY0.35351260.5863
MERTON0.35351250.0000
RIDGWAY0.35351248.4472
GRADWELL0.35351246.9136
GILLET0.35351243.9024
MATHERS0.35351239.2344
POWNALL0.35351198.6755
READE0.35351190.4762
STODDARD0.35351172.4138
GANDY0.35351141.8440
MASSEY0.35351133.6303
HATTON0.35351130.6241
SLACK0.35351126.5823
GALLON0.35351116.2791
GRICE0.35351110.4972
DANIEL0.3535190.3226
ASTLE0.3535187.7193
LEA0.3535186.5801
MOTTERSHEAD0.3535184.7458
BROADHURST0.3535184.5070
BURGESS0.3535182.0345
LOMAS0.3535177.1605
HOUGH0.3535166.2252
BRIAN0.3535160.9756
BESWICK0.3535158.3090
NORBURY0.3535156.4972
JENNINGS0.3535156.1798
PERRIN0.3535155.7103
DALE0.3535153.9447
HULME0.3535153.2623
LEECH0.3535152.4476
HARROP0.3535150.1253
CLARKSON0.3535142.9646
FROST0.3535140.5474
DOYLE0.3535135.0877
WEBB0.3535133.6276
LAWTON0.3535133.1492
BOWDEN0.3535129.6150
DRINKWATER0.3535128.9017
TOWERS0.3535124.5700

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 351 people called STRAKER in Great Warford 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 1250.0000 in Great Warford means that 1250.0000% of the people in Great Warford on census day were called STRAKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRAKER 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 STRAKER 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 STRAKER 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 STRAKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Great Warford means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRAKER in Great Warford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Warford in 1881

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

ASHCROFT (1)  ASTLE (1)  BADDLEY (1)  BAILEY (8)  BARKER (2)  BESWICK (2)  BOWDEN (3)  BOWER (1)  BROADHURST (3)  BROWN (4)  BRIAN (1)  BURGESS (20)  CARTER (4)  CLARKE (7)  CLARK (1)  CLARKSON (4)  CROSBY (1)  DALE (8)  DANIEL (7)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (1)  DOYLE (3)  DRINKWATER (1)  DUNVILE (1)  FERNIFULL (1)  FORD (7)  FORREST (2)  FROST (8)  GALLON (1)  GANDY (2)  GILLET (1)  GOOSTRY (1)  GRADWELL (2)  GRICE (4)  HALLWORTH (5)  HARDY (5)  HARROP (2)  HATTON (9)  HENSHALL (5)  HEWITT (4)  HEWIT (1)  HILLER (3)  HULME (4)  HOUGH (4)  HOWARTH (2)  EARLAM (5)  JACKSON (1)  JENNINGS (10)  JOHNSON (3)  LAWSON (2)  LAWTON (3)  LEECH (3)  LEA (6)  LEWIS (1)  LOMAS (5)  LORD (2)  MERTON (1)  MASSEY (12)  MATHERS (5)  MERCER (1)  MOTTERSHEAD (1)  MOULT (1)  MAYER (7)  NEWTON (2)  NIELD (10)  NORBURY (1)  PEARSON (1)  PERRIN (2)  POWNALL (3)  PRIESTNER (2)  READE (2)  RICHARDSON (8)  RIDGWAY (8)  ROYLANCE (2)  SLACK (7)  STODDARD (1)  STRAKER (8)  SUMMERFIELD (6)  TEMER (1)  TOWERS (1)  WALKDEN (8)  WALKER (1)  WARBURTON (2)  WARD (1)  WARDLE (1)  WASHINGTON (6)  WEBB (16)  WITFIELD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WOOD (4)  WOODWARD (1)  WORSENCROFT (6)  WORSLEY (8) 

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