Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oakmere, Cheshire

Oakmere 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
JOHNSON184.401013.10
LEWIS153.667513.95
MADDOCK153.6675401.07
WILSON133.17856.92
WALKER122.93408.76
ROBINSON122.93409.20
YEARSLEY102.44501,204.82
JONES102.44502.16
MATTHEWS92.200525.22
TAYLOR92.20053.44
BELL92.200511.71
PARTINGTON92.2005155.17
GRAY81.956013.70
JOYNSON81.9560842.11
ROONEY81.9560219.18
FRYER81.9560105.40
VERNON71.7115104.01
EDWARDS71.71156.14
GREENWAY71.7115230.26
LEATHER71.7115250.90
DEARDEN61.4670149.63
BARNES61.467012.19
WILKINSON61.46709.61
WILDING51.2225103.95
COOKSON51.2225103.73
WRIGHT51.22253.81
CAMPBELL51.22257.22
HARTWELL51.2225297.62
BARKER51.22259.34
VICKERS51.222547.62
BLAIN51.2225352.11
SANDERS40.978021.58
CASH40.9780147.60
PORTER40.978013.03
WALTON40.978013.89
LLOYD40.97808.38
SUTTON40.978015.36
WILLIAMSON30.73358.18
HOUGH30.733542.61
WAKEFIELD30.733540.98
HUMPHREYS30.733520.83
WALLEY30.7335155.44
BATE20.489028.86
SHALLCROSS20.4890277.78
GUNN20.489019.98
YOUNG20.48902.28
HUTCHINSON20.48908.61
EMMERSON20.489049.51
BILLINGTON20.489045.05
JOHN20.489013.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAINE0.414092000.0000
YEARSLEY0.414091204.8193
JOYNSON0.41409842.1053
CORD0.41409714.2857
MADDOCK0.41409401.0695
BLAIN0.41409352.1127
HARTWELL0.41409297.6190
SHALLCROSS0.41409277.7778
LEATHER0.41409250.8961
GREENWAY0.41409230.2632
ROONEY0.41409219.1781
FRIAR0.41409161.2903
WALLEY0.41409155.4404
PARTINGTON0.41409155.1724
DEARDEN0.41409149.6259
CASH0.41409147.6015
SHEAD0.41409135.1351
RIDINGS0.41409109.8901
FRYER0.41409105.4018
VERNON0.41409104.0119
WILDING0.41409103.9501
COOKSON0.41409103.7344
BOURKE0.41409100.0000
FINDLEY0.4140992.5926
MICHAEL0.4140990.9091
RATHBONE0.4140988.1057
HAYDOCK0.4140977.5194
JEFFS0.4140962.5000
YARWOOD0.4140960.2410
EMMERSON0.4140949.5050
NORBURY0.4140948.3092
VICKERS0.4140947.6190
BILLINGTON0.4140945.0450
HOUGH0.4140942.6136
NEWALL0.4140942.5532
WAKEFIELD0.4140940.9836
STOCKTON0.4140940.3226
HIGSON0.4140938.1679
SANDFORD0.4140934.3643
WHITTINGHAM0.4140932.4675
BATE0.4140928.8600
WYNN0.4140928.1690
SHEARD0.4140926.6667
SOUTHERN0.4140926.5252
KENDRICK0.4140925.3807
MATTHEWS0.4140925.2242
DUTTON0.4140921.5983
SANDERS0.4140921.5750
CONNOLLY0.4140921.0526
HUMPHREYS0.4140920.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 409 people called BLAINE in Oakmere 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 2000.0000 in Oakmere means that 2000.0000% of the people in Oakmere on census day were called BLAINE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAINE 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 BLAINE 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 BLAINE 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 BLAINE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Oakmere means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAINE in Oakmere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oakmere in 1881

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

ANTWIS (6)  ASHTON (1)  ASTBURY (6)  BARKER (5)  BARNES (6)  BATE (2)  BELL (9)  BILLINGTON (2)  BLAINE (2)  BLAIN (5)  BOURKE (1)  BROSTER (3)  BUCKLEY (1)  KEARNES (1)  CAMPBELL (5)  CASH (4)  CONNOLLY (1)  COOKSON (5)  CORD (1)  DAVIES (1)  DEARDEN (6)  DUFFYS (1)  DUTTON (2)  EDWARDS (7)  EMMERSON (2)  FINDLEY (1)  FIRTH (1)  FISURE (1)  FONE (1)  FRYER (8)  FRIAR (1)  GEORGE (2)  GRAY (8)  GREENWAY (7)  GREGORY (1)  GUNN (2)  HAYDOCK (1)  HARTWELL (5)  HIGSON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOOLE (1)  HOUGH (3)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHREYS (3)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JEFFS (2)  JOHN (2)  JOHNSON (18)  JONES (10)  JOYNSON (8)  MC COY (4)  KENDRICK (1)  KILBUT (1)  KING (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEATHER (7)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (15)  LLOYD (4)  MADDOCK (15)  MANYION (1)  MATTHEWS (9)  MAYHO (2)  MILLS (1)  MICHAEL (2)  NEWALL (1)  NIXON (1)  NORBURY (1)  OULTON (2)  PARTINGTON (9)  PENNINGTON (1)  PORTER (4)  POVALL (1)  RATHBONE (2)  RIDINGS (1)  ROBINSON (12)  ROONEY (8)  RYAN (1)  SANDFORD (1)  SANDERS (4)  SCHISOTEY (1)  SEDDON (1)  SHEAD (1)  SHALLCROSS (2)  SHEARD (1)  SKELON (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHERN (1)  STOCKTON (1)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (9)  TOMKINSON (1)  VERNON (7)  VICKERS (5)  WAKEFIELD (3)  WALKER (12)  WALKER (WILKINSON) (2)  WALLEY (3)  WALTON (4)  WHITE (1)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WILBRAHAM (7)  WILDING (5)  WILKINSON (6)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (3)  WILSON (13)  WYNN (1)  WRIGHT (5)  YANKS (1)  YARWOOD (1)  YEARSLEY (10)  YESFORD (1)  YOUNG (2) 

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