Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton By Chester, Cheshire

Newton By Chester 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
DICKSON217.8358211.69
JONES186.71645.93
MARSH114.104557.53
THOMAS114.10459.95
COOPER114.104516.87
PAYNE93.358237.31
BROMLEY82.9851193.70
DAVIES72.61195.14
HENDERSON72.611924.03
HUGHES72.61199.32
REDDINGTON72.61192,121.21
PRITCHARD62.238841.58
WOOLEY62.2388350.88
BELFIELD51.8657735.29
WILLIAMS51.86572.60
COLLEY51.8657147.06
HARRISON51.86578.40
VAUGHAN51.865754.70
LLOYD41.492512.78
WALL41.492542.69
BROWN41.49252.26
WRIGHT31.11943.49
KEYES31.11941,034.48
KENDRICK31.1194116.28
ROBERTS31.11942.98
LEWIS31.11944.26
KELLY20.74636.81
HAYES20.746312.00
EDWARDS20.74632.68
BLAKE20.746315.41
SMITH20.74630.53
WALKER20.74632.23
DOUGLAS20.746315.41
HEDLEY20.746372.99
WEAVER20.746328.69
PHILIPS10.373120.16
BOATWRIGHT10.3731588.24
STOCKTON10.373161.35
OWEN10.37313.14
HIGGINS10.37317.38
RYCROFT10.3731129.87
WEST10.37313.88
RHODES10.37318.04
CARTER10.37312.22
GABRIEL10.3731140.85
BREWER10.373114.06
ODELL10.373151.02
WILKINSON10.37312.45
RODGERS10.373113.64
CLARK10.37311.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOULBOURNE0.272682500.0000
REDDINGTON0.272682121.2121
KEYES0.272681034.4828
PATER0.27268909.0909
BELFIELD0.27268735.2941
BOATWRIGHT0.27268588.2353
WOOLEY0.27268350.8772
DICKSON0.27268211.6935
SULIVAN0.27268204.0816
BROMLEY0.27268193.7046
COLLEY0.27268147.0588
GABRIEL0.27268140.8451
RYCROFT0.27268129.8701
KENDRICK0.27268116.2791
MAINWARING0.2726896.1538
HEDLEY0.2726872.9927
STOCKTON0.2726861.3497
MADDOCKS0.2726860.9756
MARSH0.2726857.5314
VAUGHAN0.2726854.7046
ODELL0.2726851.0204
FOY0.2726845.2489
WALL0.2726842.6894
PRITCHARD0.2726841.5800
PAYNE0.2726837.3134
WIGGINS0.2726834.6021
WEAVER0.2726828.6944
REDFERN0.2726826.8097
LIGHTFOOT0.2726826.8097
PIERCE0.2726825.3807
HENDERSON0.2726824.0302
PHILIPS0.2726820.1613
FRYER0.2726820.1207
COOPER0.2726816.8738
SADLER0.2726815.8228
DOUGLAS0.2726815.4083
BLAKE0.2726815.4083
BREWER0.2726814.0647
RODGERS0.2726813.6426
LLOYD0.2726812.7836
HAYES0.2726812.0048
THOMAS0.272689.9466
CARTWRIGHT0.272689.7847
WELSH0.272689.4251
HUGHES0.272689.3209
HARRISON0.272688.4048
NORMAN0.272688.0515
RHODES0.272688.0386
HIGGINS0.272687.3801
KELLY0.272686.8143

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 268 people called GOULBOURNE in Newton By Chester 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 2500.0000 in Newton By Chester means that 2500.0000% of the people in Newton By Chester on census day were called GOULBOURNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOULBOURNE 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 GOULBOURNE 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 GOULBOURNE 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 GOULBOURNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Newton By Chester means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOULBOURNE in Newton By Chester than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton By Chester in 1881

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

BEECHBOROUGH (1)  BELFIELD (5)  BIRD (1)  BLAKE (2)  BOOTH (1)  BOATWRIGHT (1)  BREWER (1)  BROMLEY (8)  BROWN (4)  CANDILAND (1)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLARK (1)  COLLEY (5)  COOPER (11)  CROWDACE (3)  DAVIES (7)  DICKSON (21)  DOUGLAS (2)  DOVRICK (1)  EDWARDS (2)  FANCOURT (3)  FINDLOW (8)  FOUDE (3)  FOY (1)  FRYER (1)  GABRIEL (1)  GAULTON (1)  GOULBOURNE (1)  HARRISON (5)  HAYES (2)  HEDLEY (2)  HENDERSON (7)  HIGGINS (1)  HUGHES (7)  HUMBERSTON (2)  JONES (18)  KELLY (2)  KENDRICK (3)  KEYES (3)  LEWIS (3)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLEDIKE (1)  LLOYD (4)  MADDOCKS (1)  MADELEY (1)  MAINWARING (1)  MARSH (11)  NORMAN (1)  ODELL (1)  OWEN (1)  PAYNE (9)  PIERCE (1)  PURCY (1)  PARREY (2)  PATER (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PLEVEY (1)  PRITCHARD (6)  WRAYE (6)  REDFERN (1)  REDDINGTON (7)  RHODES (1)  ROBERTS (3)  RODGERS (1)  RYCROFT (1)  SADLER (1)  SMITH (2)  STOCKTON (1)  SULIVAN (1)  THOMAS (11)  VAUGHAN (5)  WALKER (2)  WALL (4)  WEAVER (2)  WELSH (1)  WEST (1)  WIGGINS (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (1)  WOOLEY (6)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNG (1) 

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