Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kingswood, Cheshire

Kingswood 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
HARRISON145.882426.50
WRIGHT125.042015.72
CLARKE114.621822.81
DYKES114.6218670.73
LITTLER72.9412443.04
GRICE72.9412285.71
KELLY72.941226.85
NIELD72.9412429.45
ATHERTON62.5210140.19
LLOYD62.521021.59
WELSH52.100853.08
BURGESS52.100830.25
WHITFIELD52.1008105.26
BROWN52.10083.19
MADDOCK52.1008230.41
RIMMER52.1008131.58
LEECH41.6807103.09
PERCIVAL41.6807107.24
CAWLEY41.6807317.46
WORRALL31.260599.01
MORGAN31.26056.34
BERRY31.260515.89
FLETCHER31.260511.04
AINSWORTH20.840342.46
HALE20.840323.42
KAY20.840316.17
CLARK20.84032.80
DAVIDSON20.840310.00
SPRUCE10.4202208.33
BECKETT10.420221.10
FARRELL10.420222.17
RYDER10.420224.27
KEAVENY10.420210,000.00
REDICAN10.42021,666.67
HUNT10.42023.16
THOMSON10.42023.14
BLYTHE10.420255.25
GOLD10.420274.07
SHERLOCK10.420262.50
BAKER10.42021.92
KING10.42021.93
ROBINSON10.42021.32
WADSWORTH10.420230.12
STARKEY10.420242.37
LIGHTFOOT10.420230.21
SHALLCROSS10.4202238.10
WRENCH10.4202126.58
JONES10.42020.37
WHITE10.42021.31
HANCOCK10.42029.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEAVENY0.2423810000.0000
REDICAN0.242381666.6667
DYKES0.24238670.7317
LITTLER0.24238443.0380
NIELD0.24238429.4479
CAWLEY0.24238317.4603
GRICE0.24238285.7143
SHALLCROSS0.24238238.0952
MADDOCK0.24238230.4147
SPRUCE0.24238208.3333
ATHERTON0.24238140.1869
RIMMER0.24238131.5789
WRENCH0.24238126.5823
PERCIVAL0.24238107.2386
WHITFIELD0.24238105.2632
LEECH0.24238103.0928
WORRALL0.2423899.0099
BROOME0.2423884.7458
GOLD0.2423874.0741
SHERLOCK0.2423862.5000
BLYTHE0.2423855.2486
WELSH0.2423853.0786
AINSWORTH0.2423842.4628
STARKEY0.2423842.3729
UNSWORTH0.2423836.4964
BURGESS0.2423830.2480
LIGHTFOOT0.2423830.2115
WADSWORTH0.2423830.1205
KELLY0.2423826.8508
HARRISON0.2423826.5001
RYDER0.2423824.2718
HALE0.2423823.4192
CLARKE0.2423822.8074
FARRELL0.2423822.1729
LLOYD0.2423821.5905
BECKETT0.2423821.0970
KAY0.2423816.1681
BERRY0.2423815.8898
WRIGHT0.2423815.7171
FLETCHER0.2423811.0416
DAVIDSON0.242389.9950
HANCOCK0.242389.2336
MORGAN0.242386.3385
BROWN0.242383.1869
HUNT0.242383.1636
THOMSON0.242383.1447
CLARK0.242382.7956
KING0.242381.9279
BAKER0.242381.9175
GREEN0.242381.4921

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 238 people called KEAVENY in Kingswood 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 10000.0000 in Kingswood means that 10000.0000% of the people in Kingswood on census day were called KEAVENY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEAVENY 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 KEAVENY 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 KEAVENY 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 KEAVENY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Kingswood means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEAVENY in Kingswood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kingswood in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (2)  ATHERTON (6)  BAKER (1)  BECKETT (1)  BERRY (3)  BLYTHE (1)  BRITLAND (1)  BROOME (1)  BROWN (5)  BURGESS (5)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (2)  CAWLEY (4)  COWAP (10)  DAVIDSON (2)  DYKES (11)  MC DONOUGH (2)  ELLAMS (9)  FARRELL (1)  FLETCHER (3)  GENMALE (1)  GOLD (1)  GREEN (1)  GRICE (7)  HALE (2)  HANCOCK (1)  HARBRIDGE (1)  HARRISON (14)  HOPLEY (11)  HOLSE (4)  HUNT (1)  JONES (1)  KAY (2)  KEAVENY (1)  KELLY (7)  KING (1)  LEECH (4)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLEMORE (5)  LITTLER (7)  LLOYD (6)  MADDOCK (5)  MC DONNELL (3)  MC GLOTHLAND (1)  MOLYNEURE (5)  SPRUCE (MOLYNEURE) (6)  MORGAN (3)  NIELD (7)  OULTRAM (1)  PERCIVAL (4)  REDICAN (1)  RYDER (1)  RIMMER (5)  ROBINSON (1)  SHALLCROSS (1)  SHERLOCK (1)  SPRUCE (1)  STARKEY (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (1)  THOMSON (1)  UNSWORTH (1)  WADSWORTH (1)  WELSH (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITFIELD (5)  WORRALL (3)  WRENCH (1)  WRIGHT (12) 

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