Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton In Runcorn, Cheshire

Sutton In Runcorn 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
FLETCHER143.723432.62
HAYES133.457455.60
BELL112.925515.57
ANTROBUS102.65961,333.33
FOWLES92.3936489.13
MILLER92.393613.38
LOWE92.393631.93
BENNION92.39361,058.82
HYDE92.393677.79
NICHOLS82.127765.31
BAILEY82.127714.12
MOORES82.1277257.23
LEECH61.595797.88
YARWOOD61.5957392.16
POVEY61.5957263.16
TAYLOR61.59572.50
NICKSON61.5957535.71
JACKSON51.32984.76
RIGBY51.329845.83
IRELAND51.329857.27
HULSE51.3298210.08
SAVAGE51.329834.63
WALTON51.329818.90
ACTON51.3298229.36
CLARKE51.32986.56
WALLINGTON51.3298423.73
POWELL51.329810.66
CLARE41.063873.53
HOUGH41.063861.82
SPEED41.0638132.45
TURNER41.06383.82
MARSDEN41.063825.69
HINDE41.0638254.78
HUNT30.79796.01
CAWLEY30.7979150.75
WILLIAMS30.79791.11
MASSEY30.797931.22
JOHNSON30.79792.37
SUTTON30.797912.53
GIBSON30.79796.57
HOWARD30.79798.13
TOWEY20.5319833.33
COLES20.531915.27
GRADY20.531980.65
WARDLE20.531927.47
ELLISON20.531925.19
JONES20.53190.47
HALL20.53191.81
OLTON20.53195,000.00
HINDLEY20.531964.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLTON0.383765000.0000
HAZLITT0.383761666.6667
GOBIN0.383761428.5714
DAGNAN0.383761428.5714
ANTROBUS0.383761333.3333
BENNION0.383761058.8235
TOWEY0.38376833.3333
NICKSON0.38376535.7143
FOWLES0.38376489.1304
WALLINGTON0.38376423.7288
YARWOOD0.38376392.1569
HICKTON0.38376285.7143
POVEY0.38376263.1579
MOORES0.38376257.2347
HINDE0.38376254.7771
ACTON0.38376229.3578
HULSE0.38376210.0840
BONES0.38376181.8182
CAWLEY0.38376150.7538
SPEED0.38376132.4503
STRETCH0.38376119.0476
LEECH0.3837697.8793
GRADY0.3837680.6452
HYDE0.3837677.7874
DUGDALE0.3837677.2201
CLARE0.3837673.5294
BETHELL0.3837671.9424
NICHOLS0.3837665.3061
HINDLEY0.3837664.7249
HOUGH0.3837661.8238
IRELAND0.3837657.2738
HAYES0.3837655.6031
EGERTON0.3837654.0541
RIGBY0.3837645.8295
SAVAGE0.3837634.6260
FLETCHER0.3837632.6188
LOWE0.3837631.9262
MASSEY0.3837631.2175
LOMAS0.3837628.7770
PERCY0.3837628.4900
WARDLE0.3837627.4725
ABRAHAM0.3837626.9542
REGAN0.3837625.9067
MARSDEN0.3837625.6904
ELLISON0.3837625.1889
UNSWORTH0.3837623.1481
BENNET0.3837619.2678
WALTON0.3837618.8964
SLACK0.3837616.8919
BELL0.3837615.5697

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 376 people called OLTON in Sutton In Runcorn 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 Sutton In Runcorn means that 5000.0000% of the people in Sutton In Runcorn on census day were called OLTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLTON 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 OLTON 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 OLTON 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 OLTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Sutton In Runcorn means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLTON in Sutton In Runcorn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton In Runcorn in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (1)  ACTON (5)  ANTROBUS (10)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASTBURY (2)  BAILEY (8)  BELL (11)  BENNET (1)  BENNION (9)  BETHELL (1)  BONES (2)  CHALLONER (2)  CLARE (4)  CLARKE (5)  CLOUGH (1)  COLES (2)  CAWLEY (3)  COOPER (1)  DAGNAN (1)  DOODSON (2)  DUGDALE (2)  EDGELEY (4)  EDGERLEY (1)  EGERTON (1)  ELLAMS (4)  ELLISON (2)  FAULKNER (1)  FLETCHER (14)  FOWLES (9)  FROGGATT (5)  GIBSON (3)  GLASPOLE (7)  GOBIN (1)  GRADY (2)  GRIFFITH (1)  HALL (2)  HAYES (13)  HAZLITT (1)  HINDLEY (2)  HENNERLY (1)  HICKTON (1)  HINDE (4)  HOUGH (4)  HOWARD (3)  HULSE (5)  HUNT (3)  HYDE (9)  IDDEN (1)  IRELAND (5)  JACKSON (5)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (2)  O'KELL (1)  LEECH (6)  LEATHWOOD (1)  LIGHFOOT (1)  LINAKER (2)  LOMAS (2)  LOVATT (2)  LOWE (9)  MARSDEN (4)  MASSEY (3)  MILLER (9)  MINSHULL (3)  MOORES (8)  NICHOLAS (1)  NICHOLS (8)  NICKSON (6)  OKELL (8)  ORMSON (3)  OLTON (2)  PERCY (1)  PLANT (1)  POVEY (6)  POVER (13)  POWELL (5)  REGAN (1)  RYDER (1)  RIGBY (5)  SAVAGE (5)  SHURLOCK (3)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (1)  SPEED (4)  STRETCH (1)  SUTTON (3)  TAYLOR (6)  TOWEY (2)  TURNER (4)  UNSWORTH (1)  WALTON (5)  WARDLE (2)  WATSON (1)  WALLINGTON (5)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOODIER (4)  WORRAL (14)  YARWOOD (6) 

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