Top surnames from the 1881 census in Smallwood, Cheshire

Smallwood 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
SANDERSON284.8443117.25
PAINTER244.1522302.65
HOLLINGSHEAD233.97923,432.84
BARRATT213.6332179.18
DALE183.114273.71
NORBURY152.5952513.70
HODGKINSON122.0761120.85
TAYLOR111.90312.98
WOOD111.90315.97
DEAN101.730124.93
BROAD91.5571122.45
CARR91.557121.58
JONES81.38411.22
BURGESS81.384119.93
DAVIES71.21112.38
YATES71.211117.62
KNOTT71.211161.08
HALL71.21114.12
BLOOR61.0381188.09
GALLIMORE61.0381327.87
BAKER61.03814.74
HITCHEN61.0381152.28
LATHAM50.865142.48
LAWTON50.865133.56
CARTWRIGHT50.865122.70
FORD50.86518.88
JACKSON40.69202.48
CASEY40.692046.95
YEARSLEY40.6920341.88
DAVENPORT40.692036.53
PLANT40.692031.30
BOOTH40.69207.02
DYKES40.6920100.50
BROWN30.51900.79
EVANS30.51901.19
LEA30.519026.29
SMITH30.51900.37
WRIGHT30.51901.62
KNIGHT30.51904.21
SUMNER30.519032.05
BOURNE30.519026.76
MORRIS30.51902.33
KENNERLY30.51902,142.86
JOHNSON30.51901.54
LEESE30.5190118.11
HORTON30.519013.99
EDWARDS30.51901.86
STREET30.519022.22
SHAW30.51902.83
WEBB20.34602.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUFFICY0.585785000.0000
HOLLINGSHEAD0.585783432.8358
KENNERLY0.585782142.8571
TOMAS0.585781111.1111
NORBURY0.58578513.6986
CROXTON0.58578350.8772
YEARSLEY0.58578341.8803
GALLIMORE0.58578327.8689
PAINTER0.58578302.6482
ROSSON0.58578277.7778
CHADDOCK0.58578200.0000
BLOOR0.58578188.0878
BARRATT0.58578179.1809
HITCHEN0.58578152.2843
BROAD0.58578122.4490
HODGKINSON0.58578120.8459
EDGERTON0.58578120.4819
LEESE0.58578118.1102
SANDERSON0.58578117.2529
DYKES0.58578100.5025
LAVIN0.5857898.0392
DALE0.5857873.7101
KNOTT0.5857861.0820
GREER0.5857851.5464
KEMPSTER0.5857849.5050
CASEY0.5857846.9484
LATHAM0.5857842.4809
PALIN0.5857840.3226
RENSHAW0.5857836.5631
DAVENPORT0.5857836.5297
EGERTON0.5857835.2113
LAWTON0.5857833.5570
SUMNER0.5857832.0513
MOTTRAM0.5857831.9489
PLANT0.5857831.2989
COPLAND0.5857830.8642
SHERRATT0.5857830.1205
POOL0.5857829.8507
WOOLEY0.5857827.0270
BOURNE0.5857826.7618
LEA0.5857826.2927
DARLINGTON0.5857825.4453
DEAN0.5857824.9252
MONAGHAN0.5857823.8663
CARTWRIGHT0.5857822.6963
STREET0.5857822.2222
CARR0.5857821.5776
MALONEY0.5857820.9644
BURGESS0.5857819.9302
GOODFELLOW0.5857819.5695

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 578 people called DUFFICY in Smallwood 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 5000.0000 in Smallwood means that 5000.0000% of the people in Smallwood on census day were called DUFFICY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUFFICY 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 DUFFICY 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 DUFFICY 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 DUFFICY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Smallwood means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUFFICY in Smallwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Smallwood in 1881

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

ARCHER (1)  ATHERTON (1)  BAGULEY (2)  BAYLEY (1)  BAKER (6)  BARBER (1)  BEARSLEY (1)  BARNETT (1)  BARRATT (21)  BIRTLES (4)  BENGERS (2)  BLOOR (6)  BOFFEY (8)  BOLSHAW (4)  BOOTH (4)  BOSSONS (5)  BRACEGIRDLE (12)  BRADFORD (2)  BROAD (9)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLEY (1)  BURGESS (8)  BOURNE (3)  BARROW (1)  CARR (9)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CASEY (4)  CHADDOCK (1)  CLARKE (1)  COCKBAIN (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (1)  COPLAND (1)  CORCORIN (1)  COTTON (2)  CROSGROVE (1)  CROXTON (2)  CONDLIFF (1)  CONDLIFFE (6)  DALE (18)  DARLINGTON (1)  DAVENPORT (4)  DAVIES (7)  DEAN (10)  DYKES (4)  DICKINSON (1)  DUFFICY (1)  EARLION (1)  EASSON (1)  EDMONDS (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EDGERTON (1)  EGERTON (1)  EVANS (3)  FAULDER (10)  FODEN (9)  FORD (5)  FOXLEY (1)  GALLIMORE (6)  GANTON (6)  JEBSON (12)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GOODWIN (2)  GREER (1)  HALL (7)  HAMMINGS (1)  HAMPTON (1)  HEAP (1)  HILDITCH (2)  HITCHEN (6)  HODGKINSON (12)  HOLLINGSHEAD (23)  HULME (1)  HORTON (3)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (8)  KEMPSTER (1)  KENNERLY (3)  KENNERLEY (8)  KNIGHT (3)  KNOTT (7)  LARGE (1)  LATHAM (5)  LAWTON (5)  LEA (3)  LEESE (3)  LAVIN (1)  MALONEY (1)  MANLEY (1)  MINSHULL (9)  MONAGHAN (1)  MOONEY (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOTTRAM (1)  NORBURY (15)  PAINTER (24)  PALIN (1)  PATISON (2)  PLANT (4)  PLATT (2)  POOL (2)  POTS (1)  PRINCE (1)  PROUDLOVE (9)  RENSHAW (2)  RUSHTON (1)  ROSSON (1)  SAMPY (1)  SANDERSON (28)  SHAW (3)  SHEKELL (1)  SHERRATT (1)  SKELLERN (5)  SMITH (3)  STREET (3)  SUMERFIELD (5)  SUMNER (3)  TAYLOR (11)  TOMAS (1)  TOMKINSON (6)  TRINER (4)  TWEMLOW (8)  VENABLES (3)  WALTEN (5)  WALTON (1)  WEBB (2)  WILDBLOOD (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WITARER (1)  WOOD (11)  WOODWARD (2)  WOOLEY (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YATES (7)  YEARSLEY (4) 

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