1881 census place

Adlington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Adlington, Cheshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

44 surnames are listed for Adlington, Cheshire, covering 292 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wainwright, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Adlington

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Wainwright	48	5.56%	262.87x
2	Clayton	38	4.40%	80.99x
3	Braddock	20	2.32%	813.01x
4	Mottram	16	1.85%	342.61x
5	Beeley	13	1.51%	722.22x
6	Cadman	13	1.51%	184.92x
7	Snape	11	1.27%	138.19x
8	Holroyd	9	1.04%	93.75x
9	Mottershead	9	1.04%	310.34x
10	Hooley	8	0.930%	193.24x
11	Wolstencroft	8	0.930%	236.69x
12	Goulden	7	0.810%	230.26x
13	Hardern	6	0.700%	1818.18x
14	Bann	5	0.580%	505.05x
15	Baskerville	5	0.580%	245.10x
16	Bucknall	5	0.580%	220.26x
17	Carswell	5	0.580%	158.23x
18	Shadwell	5	0.580%	510.20x
19	Bowett	4	0.460%	2105.26x
20	Higginbotham	4	0.460%	179.37x
21	Ollerenshaw	4	0.460%	196.08x
22	Plumbley	4	0.460%	476.19x
23	Shepley	4	0.460%	170.21x
24	Stanhope	4	0.460%	193.24x
25	Wadworth	4	0.460%	2666.67x
26	Cumberbirch	3	0.350%	1578.95x
27	Kerfoot	3	0.350%	176.47x
28	Stennett	3	0.350%	230.77x
29	Vaux	3	0.350%	254.24x
30	Wheelton	3	0.350%	681.82x
31	Handforth	2	0.230%	281.69x
32	Heeps	2	0.230%	384.62x
33	Sargant	2	0.230%	151.52x
34	Shrigley	2	0.230%	357.14x
35	Bridson	1	0.120%	51.28x
36	Chetham	1	0.120%	370.37x
37	Crittenden	1	0.120%	125.00x
38	Duncalf	1	0.120%	114.94x
39	Legh	1	0.120%	416.67x
40	Morice	1	0.120%	192.31x
41	Poots	1	0.120%	1666.67x
42	Shatwell	1	0.120%	84.75x
43	Woolgrove	1	0.120%	344.83x
44	Worsencroft	1	0.120%	416.67x