Top surnames from the 1881 census in Childwall, Lancashire

Childwall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

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
TAYLOR84.27816.69
RIMMER84.2781267.56
HALE73.7433104.32
PYE63.2086214.29
GILLESPIE63.2086202.02
SUTTON52.673841.98
FYFE42.1390232.56
MAY42.139033.61
DALY42.1390216.22
MELLOR42.139060.70
MEADOWS31.6043114.50
DAVIES31.60433.15
BROCKLEBANK31.6043652.17
SHERLOCK31.6043238.10
WEBSTER31.604318.45
ROEBUCK31.6043236.22
ROAN21.06951,538.46
HARDING21.069514.78
WILLIAMS21.06951.49
MILLINGTON21.069570.67
WARHURST21.0695384.62
HUGHES21.06953.82
EARLE21.0695172.41
KELLY21.06959.77
DUKE21.069592.17
WARR21.0695188.68
BROGAN10.5348158.73
WAINWRIGHT10.534825.25
HIGGINS10.534810.58
MARTIN10.53482.17
BATE10.534831.55
QUINN10.534828.01
COTTER10.5348140.85
WYNNE10.534855.56
KILBURN10.5348104.17
SMITH10.53480.38
HACKING10.5348112.36
OWENS10.534810.76
CODY10.5348909.09
IRVING10.534823.98
SEYMOUR10.534826.18
CAIN10.534825.77
RUSH10.534849.75
THOMAS10.53481.30
HIBBERT10.534836.50
MACGREGOR10.5348128.21
HARDIE10.534840.98
QUICK10.534847.85
COPE10.534823.64
WILLOUGHBY10.534861.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROAN0.191871538.4615
CODY0.19187909.0909
BROCKLEBANK0.19187652.1739
WARHURST0.19187384.6154
RIMMER0.19187267.5585
SHERLOCK0.19187238.0952
ROEBUCK0.19187236.2205
FYFE0.19187232.5581
DALY0.19187216.2162
PYE0.19187214.2857
GILLESPIE0.19187202.0202
WARR0.19187188.6792
EARLE0.19187172.4138
BROGAN0.19187158.7302
COTTER0.19187140.8451
MACGREGOR0.19187128.2051
MEADOWS0.19187114.5038
HACKING0.19187112.3596
HALE0.19187104.3219
KILBURN0.19187104.1667
DUKE0.1918792.1659
MILLINGTON0.1918770.6714
FOY0.1918764.9351
WILLOUGHBY0.1918761.3497
MELLOR0.1918760.6980
TELFORD0.1918760.6061
WYNNE0.1918755.5556
RUSH0.1918749.7512
QUICK0.1918747.8469
SUTTON0.1918741.9815
HARDIE0.1918740.9836
SPOONER0.1918737.0370
HIBBERT0.1918736.4964
GOLDSMITH0.1918734.4828
MAY0.1918733.6134
BATE0.1918731.5457
RYDER0.1918730.8642
QUINN0.1918728.0112
CARROLL0.1918726.6667
SEYMOUR0.1918726.1780
CAIN0.1918725.7732
WAINWRIGHT0.1918725.2525
IRVING0.1918723.9808
COPE0.1918723.6407
WEBSTER0.1918718.4502
HYDE0.1918717.3913
HUMPHREYS0.1918715.1976
HARDING0.1918714.7820
SANDERSON0.1918712.9366
OWENS0.1918710.7643

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called ROAN in Childwall 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 1538.4615 in Childwall means that 1538.4615% of the people in Childwall on census day were called ROAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROAN 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 ROAN 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 ROAN 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 ROAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Childwall means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROAN in Childwall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Childwall in 1881

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

BARNISH (1)  BATE (1)  BENNETI (1)  BENNETT (1)  BORE (1)  BROCKLEBANK (3)  BROGAN (1)  BUTLER (1)  CAIN (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARROLL (1)  CODY (1)  COOPER (1)  COPE (1)  CORFE (1)  COTTER (1)  COLTART (1)  COX (1)  DALY (4)  DAVIES (3)  DRICE (1)  DRUNY (1)  DUKE (2)  EARLE (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ESCOLME (3)  FOY (1)  FYFE (4)  GANDELL (1)  GILLESPIE (6)  GITTUS (1)  GOLDSMITH (1)  HACKING (1)  HALE (7)  HAMOND (1)  HARDING (2)  HARDIE (1)  HARRIS (1)  HASSELF (1)  HIBBERT (1)  HIGGANS (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HINLAN (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOWLS (1)  HUGHES (2)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HYDE (1)  IRVING (1)  GENNIS (3)  JENNINGS (1)  MC KAY (7)  KELLY (2)  KILBURN (1)  LAWSON (1)  MARCROPH (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MAY (4)  MC DERMOTT (1)  MACGREGOR (1)  MEADOWS (3)  MELLOR (4)  MILLINGTON (2)  MORRIS (1)  OWENS (1)  OWEN (1)  PLEWS (1)  PYE (6)  QUICK (1)  QUINN (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  REDDIE (1)  RYDER (1)  RIMMER (8)  ROAN (2)  ROEBUCK (3)  RUSH (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERLOCK (3)  SMITH (1)  SPOONER (1)  SPRIGINGS (6)  STANBURY (1)  SUTTON (5)  TAYLOR (8)  TELFORD (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOWNSHEND (2)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WARD (1)  WARR (2)  WARHURST (2)  WEBSTER (3)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WINKWORTH (3)  WYNNE (1) 

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