Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton, Cheshire

Norton 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
JONES185.21744.61
MOORES154.3478526.32
HOUGHTON102.898682.92
HOLLAND92.608736.65
BROOKE92.6087175.10
RIGBY82.318879.92
BENNETT82.318814.11
JOHNSON82.31886.90
BRADBURY82.318880.24
LAMBERT72.029037.17
OWEN61.739114.65
VALENTINE61.7391135.75
PERCIVAL61.7391110.91
WEBB61.739112.83
MAINWARING61.7391447.76
SMITH61.73911.23
HOFLAND61.739115,000.00
ANDERSON61.73918.81
KINSEY61.7391265.49
TANDY61.7391365.85
WYCHE51.44934,545.45
BODRICK51.449350,000.00
SANT51.4493724.64
CASSON51.4493243.90
WEIR51.449355.74
WALKER41.15943.46
RISLEY41.1594930.23
GEE41.159445.45
MASSEY41.159445.35
THOMAS41.15942.81
PRYCE41.1594242.42
HARGREAVES30.869620.86
PRICE30.86964.97
EDWARDS30.86963.12
COOPER30.86963.57
LAWSON30.869614.75
WOODS30.869613.79
HUSSEY30.869686.21
ACTON20.5797100.00
JOYCE20.579723.61
MILLER20.57973.24
DAVIES20.57971.14
BASSETT20.579737.17
NICKSON20.5797194.17
WAINWRIGHT20.579727.40
LAMB20.579710.99
ROGERS20.57974.47
TULLEY20.5797281.69
HOWARD20.57975.91
HARROP20.579751.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BODRICK0.3534550000.0000
HOFLAND0.3534515000.0000
WYCHE0.353454545.4545
TARMEY0.353453333.3333
DOONEY0.353452500.0000
GLEASON0.353451000.0000
RISLEY0.35345930.2326
SANT0.35345724.6377
MOORES0.35345526.3158
MAINWARING0.35345447.7612
TANDY0.35345365.8537
RODDY0.35345303.0303
TULLEY0.35345281.6901
KINSEY0.35345265.4867
CASSON0.35345243.9024
PRYCE0.35345242.4242
WHITLOW0.35345238.0952
MANION0.35345204.0816
NICKSON0.35345194.1748
BROOKE0.35345175.0973
SWINTON0.35345140.8451
VALENTINE0.35345135.7466
GRADWELL0.35345125.0000
PERCIVAL0.35345110.9057
MAKINSON0.35345101.0101
ACTON0.35345100.0000
HUSSEY0.3534586.2069
HOUGHTON0.3534582.9187
BRADBURY0.3534580.2407
RIGBY0.3534579.9201
BANISTER0.3534569.4444
HENSHALL0.3534559.8802
FOWLES0.3534559.1716
WEIR0.3534555.7414
HAYCOCK0.3534551.8135
HARROP0.3534551.0204
SHUTTLEWORTH0.3534548.8998
GEE0.3534545.4545
MASSEY0.3534545.3515
FLEET0.3534543.2900
CHESHIRE0.3534537.5940
CONNER0.3534537.4532
LAMBERT0.3534537.1747
BASSETT0.3534537.1747
HOLLAND0.3534536.6450
HANLEY0.3534535.2113
CLOSE0.3534533.2226
FINN0.3534531.7460
EDEN0.3534528.5714
WAINWRIGHT0.3534527.3973

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 345 people called BODRICK in Norton 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 50000.0000 in Norton means that 50000.0000% of the people in Norton on census day were called BODRICK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Norton in 1881

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

ACTON (2)  ANDERSON (6)  ASHLEY (1)  ASTBURY (1)  BANISTER (1)  BASSETT (2)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (8)  BIERNSTEDT (1)  BODRICK (5)  BRADBURY (8)  BRITLAND (1)  BROOKE (9)  BURNS (1)  BARROW (1)  CASSON (5)  CHESHIRE (1)  CLEME (1)  CLOSE (1)  CONNER (1)  COOK (1)  COOKSON (1)  COOPER (3)  DANELAW (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAWSON (2)  DUFFY (1)  DOONEY (1)  EDEN (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLAM (6)  FINN (1)  FLEET (1)  FODEN (1)  FORD (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLES (1)  GEE (4)  GILCHRIST (1)  GLEASON (1)  GRADWELL (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HANLEY (1)  HARGREAVES (3)  HARROP (2)  HAYCOCK (1)  HENSHALL (1)  HIGNETT (3)  HOCKNELL (5)  HOFLAND (6)  HOFTON (2)  HOLLAND (9)  HARDERN (3)  HOUGHTON (10)  HOWARD (2)  HURST (1)  HUSSEY (3)  JACKSON (1)  JAMESON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  JONES (18)  JOYCE (2)  MC KNIGHT (1)  LAMB (2)  LAMBERT (7)  LAWSON (3)  MAINWARING (6)  MAKINSON (1)  MANION (1)  MARSH (1)  MASON (1)  MASSEY (4)  MC DERMOTT (1)  KINSEY (6)  MC REA (1)  MILLER (2)  MOORES (15)  MOORE (1)  MORAN (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOUNTFAD (2)  NICKSON (2)  OWEN (6)  PAUL (1)  PERCIVAL (6)  PLATT (2)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (3)  PRYCE (4)  RACKEM (1)  RIGBY (8)  RISLEY (4)  RODDY (1)  ROGERS (2)  RUSCOE (1)  RYAN (1)  SANT (5)  SHAW (1)  SHMIESEY (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (2)  SMITH (6)  SWINTON (1)  TANDY (6)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (4)  TARMEY (1)  TROLFER (1)  TULLEY (2)  VALENTINE (6)  VICKERS (1)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WALKER (4)  WARD (1)  WEBB (6)  WEIR (5)  WENLOCK (3)  WHITLOW (1)  WYCHE (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WOODS (3)  WOODWARD (1) 

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