Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolstanwood, Cheshire

Woolstanwood 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
ALLBRIGHT97.692318,000.00
MERRILL86.83762,352.94
VERNON75.9829362.69
SMITH75.98294.24
GIBSON75.982949.30
HILL65.128220.13
JONES65.12824.53
COOPER54.273517.57
STUBBS54.2735161.81
WOOD43.418810.73
GALLEY43.4188952.38
MOTTRAM43.4188634.92
KNIGHTLY43.41888,000.00
LEA32.5641129.87
RHODEN32.56413,750.00
HOBSON32.564198.68
EDWARDS21.70946.13
CORNES10.8547384.62
KELLY10.85477.81
STANWAY10.8547303.03
RIDGEWAY10.8547294.12
PACE10.8547192.31
COPE10.854737.88
WALLEY10.8547181.82
TURNER10.85473.07
HICKSON10.8547123.46
WALKER10.85472.55
SIDDON10.85471,666.67
PEARCE10.85479.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALLBRIGHT0.1211718000.0000
KNIGHTLY0.121178000.0000
RHODEN0.121173750.0000
MERRILL0.121172352.9412
SIDDON0.121171666.6667
GALLEY0.12117952.3810
MOTTRAM0.12117634.9206
CORNES0.12117384.6154
VERNON0.12117362.6943
STANWAY0.12117303.0303
RIDGEWAY0.12117294.1176
PACE0.12117192.3077
WALLEY0.12117181.8182
STUBBS0.12117161.8123
LEA0.12117129.8701
HICKSON0.12117123.4568
HOBSON0.1211798.6842
GIBSON0.1211749.2958
COPE0.1211737.8788
HILL0.1211720.1342
COOPER0.1211717.5685
WOOD0.1211710.7296
PEARCE0.121179.3023
KELLY0.121177.8064
EDWARDS0.121176.1331
JONES0.121174.5280
SMITH0.121174.2373
TURNER0.121173.0703
WALKER0.121172.5530

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 117 people called ALLBRIGHT in Woolstanwood 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 18000.0000 in Woolstanwood means that 18000.0000% of the people in Woolstanwood on census day were called ALLBRIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALLBRIGHT 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 ALLBRIGHT 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 ALLBRIGHT 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 ALLBRIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Woolstanwood means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALLBRIGHT in Woolstanwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolstanwood in 1881

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

ALLBRIGHT (9)  BOLDERSTONE (5)  BOLDERSTON (7)  COOPER (5)  COPE (1)  CORNES (1)  DIDRIDGE (4)  EDWARDS (2)  GALLEY (4)  GIBSON (7)  HICKSON (1)  HILL (6)  HOBSON (3)  JONES (6)  KELLY (1)  KNIGHTLY (4)  LEA (3)  MERRILL (8)  MOTTRAM (4)  PACE (1)  PEARCE (1)  RIDGEWAY (1)  RHODEN (3)  SIDDON (1)  SMITH (7)  STANWAY (1)  STUBBS (5)  TOMKINSON (2)  TURNER (1)  VERNON (7)  WALKER (1)  WALLEY (1)  WOOD (4) 

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