1881 census place

Altrincham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Altrincham, 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

519 surnames are listed for Altrincham, Cheshire, covering 4,099 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pearson, with 92 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Altrincham

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	Pearson	92	0.820%	7.03x
2	Drinkwater	86	0.760%	77.37x
3	Walton	64	0.570%	8.07x
4	Warburton	63	0.560%	22.66x
5	Garner	62	0.550%	17.41x
6	Royle	62	0.550%	41.82x
7	Dean	61	0.540%	7.80x
8	Holt	60	0.530%	7.95x
9	Jenkinson	51	0.450%	25.85x
10	Burgess	46	0.410%	5.88x
11	Dutton	45	0.400%	17.64x
12	Hulme	45	0.400%	18.68x
13	Barlow	41	0.360%	6.74x
14	Blease	40	0.360%	176.29x
15	Barber	38	0.340%	5.60x
16	Davenport	37	0.330%	17.33x
17	Gibbon	34	0.300%	29.79x
18	Leigh	34	0.300%	13.11x
19	Bradbury	33	0.290%	10.14x
20	Worthington	33	0.290%	14.61x
21	Barnett	32	0.280%	6.30x
22	Hollingworth	32	0.280%	35.16x
23	Vernon	32	0.280%	17.25x
24	Ackerley	30	0.270%	183.26x
25	Hough	30	0.270%	15.46x
26	Wyatt	30	0.270%	9.08x
27	Ardern	29	0.260%	121.95x
28	Clough	29	0.260%	11.53x
29	Calderbank	28	0.250%	109.76x
30	Pollitt	28	0.250%	32.20x
31	Brundrett	27	0.240%	234.58x
32	Morley	27	0.240%	5.99x
33	Renshaw	27	0.240%	25.33x
34	Cheetham	25	0.220%	14.34x
35	Derbyshire	25	0.220%	21.28x
36	Percival	25	0.220%	14.16x
37	Warrington	25	0.220%	27.07x
38	Boardman	24	0.210%	13.28x
39	Warmisham	24	0.210%	1276.60x
40	Coombs	23	0.200%	12.07x
41	Grantham	23	0.200%	33.15x
42	Lear	22	0.200%	33.43x
43	Street	22	0.200%	8.36x
44	Cowsill	21	0.190%	274.87x
45	Priestner	21	0.190%	301.72x
46	Sheldon	21	0.190%	12.25x
47	Brierley	20	0.180%	9.99x
48	Goulden	20	0.180%	50.34x
49	Hamnett	20	0.180%	113.57x
50	Bowland	19	0.170%	256.41x
51	Hadfield	19	0.170%	12.11x
52	Leyland	19	0.170%	27.60x
53	Ashley	17	0.150%	9.02x
54	Huxley	17	0.150%	33.49x
55	Kinsey	17	0.150%	23.04x
56	Ratchford	17	0.150%	228.19x
57	Southern	17	0.150%	16.36x
58	Broadhurst	16	0.140%	14.02x
59	Woodhall	16	0.140%	35.20x
60	Blackshaw	15	0.130%	28.70x
61	Broome	15	0.130%	26.78x
62	Gleave	15	0.130%	31.61x
63	Litherland	15	0.130%	58.71x
64	Mair	15	0.130%	14.40x
65	Milnes	15	0.130%	15.08x
66	Moores	15	0.130%	16.09x
67	Peake	15	0.130%	13.80x
68	Turton	15	0.130%	11.85x
69	Adshead	14	0.120%	28.55x
70	Bellhouse	14	0.120%	115.89x
71	Brandrick	14	0.120%	203.49x
72	Brocklehurst	14	0.120%	22.77x
73	Gallimore	14	0.120%	39.20x
74	Harrop	14	0.120%	10.92x
75	Heard	13	0.120%	10.85x
76	Murrey	13	0.120%	42.61x
77	Wilkes	13	0.120%	6.66x
78	Woodyatt	13	0.120%	117.12x
79	Worrall	13	0.120%	9.08x
80	Alcock	12	0.110%	7.38x
81	Baguley	12	0.110%	38.11x
82	Bowker	12	0.110%	10.92x
83	Daine	12	0.110%	332.41x
84	Gillibrand	12	0.110%	52.45x
85	Heron	12	0.110%	11.10x
86	Pownall	12	0.110%	24.69x
87	Taberner	12	0.110%	91.39x
88	Tonge	12	0.110%	16.72x
89	Bagnell	11	0.100%	149.86x
90	Boss	11	0.100%	76.92x
91	Coombes	11	0.100%	9.13x
92	Finlay	11	0.100%	9.51x
93	Furness	11	0.100%	12.22x
94	Halloran	11	0.100%	118.41x
95	Hardey	11	0.100%	112.94x
96	Hazlehurst	11	0.100%	56.99x
97	Lyle	11	0.100%	20.87x
98	Okell	11	0.100%	107.11x
99	Speakman	11	0.100%	21.23x
100	Bagnall	10	0.090%	10.33x