Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wardle, Cheshire

Wardle 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
JONES149.21058.13
VICKERS106.5789256.41
HUNT106.578949.53
DAVIES95.921111.64
PRICE74.605326.32
RUTTER74.6053301.72
BREEZE42.6316425.53
PEERS42.6316449.44
DODD42.631664.72
LEWIS42.631610.01
PALIN42.6316615.38
CLARKE42.631612.99
BROOKES31.973784.03
DUTTON21.315858.14
JOHNSON21.31583.92
BARKER21.315810.06
CRAWFORD21.315826.88
BURSTON21.3158666.67
BOWCOCK21.31581,000.00
PROBERT21.3158166.67
ELLIS21.31589.06
BARBER21.315821.86
WHITTER21.31581,818.18
BENTLEY10.657915.55
ACKERLEY10.6579454.55
ORE10.65791,250.00
DAVENPORT10.657934.72
WALSH10.657912.36
CARTWRIGHT10.657917.27
SPANN10.65792,500.00
HARDING10.65799.09
FELLOWS10.657948.54
WILKINSON10.65794.31
WALLEY10.6579138.89
JACKSON10.65792.35
SHEEN10.657998.04
HANCOCK10.657914.45
SHARKEY10.6579285.71
HAMLETT10.6579555.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SPANN0.151522500.0000
WHITTER0.151521818.1818
ORE0.151521250.0000
BOWCOCK0.151521000.0000
BURSTON0.15152666.6667
PALIN0.15152615.3846
HAMLETT0.15152555.5556
ACKERLEY0.15152454.5455
PEERS0.15152449.4382
BREEZE0.15152425.5319
RUTTER0.15152301.7241
SHARKEY0.15152285.7143
VICKERS0.15152256.4103
PROBERT0.15152166.6667
WALLEY0.15152138.8889
SHEEN0.1515298.0392
BROOKES0.1515284.0336
DODD0.1515264.7249
DUTTON0.1515258.1395
HUNT0.1515249.5295
FELLOWS0.1515248.5437
DAVENPORT0.1515234.7222
CRAWFORD0.1515226.8817
PRICE0.1515226.3158
BARBER0.1515221.8579
CARTWRIGHT0.1515217.2712
BENTLEY0.1515215.5521
HANCOCK0.1515214.4509
CLARKE0.1515212.9870
WALSH0.1515212.3609
DAVIES0.1515211.6414
BARKER0.1515210.0553
LEWIS0.1515210.0100
HARDING0.151529.0909
ELLIS0.151529.0621
JONES0.151528.1324
WILKINSON0.151524.3103
JOHNSON0.151523.9162
JACKSON0.151522.3540

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 152 people called SPANN in Wardle 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 Wardle means that 2500.0000% of the people in Wardle on census day were called SPANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN 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 SPANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Wardle means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SPANN in Wardle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wardle in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (1)  BADCOCK (8)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (2)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BOFFEY (3)  BOWCOCK (2)  BREEZE (4)  BROOKES (3)  BURLTON (3)  BURSTON (2)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLARKE (4)  CRAWFORD (2)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (9)  DODD (4)  DUTTON (2)  ELLIS (2)  FELLOWS (1)  FINDLOW (2)  GALLOND (2)  HAMLETT (1)  HANCOCK (1)  HARDING (1)  HUNT (10)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (14)  LEWIS (4)  ORE (1)  OULTON (6)  PALIN (4)  PEERS (4)  PRICE (7)  PROBERT (2)  RIVELT (1)  RUTTER (7)  SHARKEY (1)  SHEEN (1)  SIDDORNS (1)  SPANN (1)  SPROSTON (1)  THELWELL (3)  TROW (1)  VICKERS (10)  WALLEY (1)  WALSH (1)  WHITTER (2)  WILKINSON (1) 

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