1881 census place

Checkley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Checkley, Staffordshire 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

132 surnames are listed for Checkley, Staffordshire, covering 1,050 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Shenton, with 46 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Checkley

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	Shenton	46	1.80%	280.83x
2	Bostock	42	1.64%	174.64x
3	Mellor	42	1.64%	46.56x
4	Fower	35	1.37%	6481.48x
5	Howe	31	1.21%	30.82x
6	Nutt	30	1.17%	162.07x
7	Durose	29	1.13%	745.50x
8	Brindley	24	0.940%	122.64x
9	Hawley	24	0.940%	95.88x
10	Faulkner	23	0.900%	33.14x
11	Salt	23	0.900%	60.45x
12	Brough	22	0.860%	70.27x
13	Cope	22	0.860%	38.00x
14	Travis	21	0.820%	69.91x
15	Whieldon	21	0.820%	1200.00x
16	Beardmore	18	0.700%	153.45x
17	Noakes	15	0.590%	80.09x
18	Oakes	15	0.590%	40.44x
19	Philips	15	0.590%	31.63x
20	Charlesworth	14	0.550%	42.35x
21	Gimbert	14	0.550%	1085.27x
22	Titley	14	0.550%	204.38x
23	Kirkland	13	0.510%	57.02x
24	Lovatt	13	0.510%	73.20x
25	Thorley	13	0.510%	78.08x
26	Blood	12	0.470%	117.30x
27	Byatt	12	0.470%	188.09x
28	Shemilt	11	0.430%	909.09x
29	Whiston	11	0.430%	164.92x
30	Bagnall	10	0.390%	45.48x
31	Berrisford	10	0.390%	127.88x
32	Chell	10	0.390%	174.83x
33	Fowell	10	0.390%	257.07x
34	Armishaw	9	0.350%	789.47x
35	Lewty	9	0.350%	1046.51x
36	Shingler	9	0.350%	163.04x
37	Elwell	8	0.310%	109.59x
38	Ferneyhough	8	0.310%	427.81x
39	Malbon	8	0.310%	437.16x
40	Perkin	8	0.310%	58.01x
41	Prime	8	0.310%	79.60x
42	Sherratt	8	0.310%	54.38x
43	Shutt	8	0.310%	86.58x
44	Tune	8	0.310%	248.45x
45	Wooldridge	8	0.310%	57.14x
46	Belfield	7	0.270%	107.86x
47	Capewell	7	0.270%	99.57x
48	Kinder	7	0.270%	65.12x
49	Mart	7	0.270%	419.16x
50	Ryves	7	0.270%	1076.92x
51	Stretch	7	0.270%	121.74x
52	Wheeldon	7	0.270%	55.42x
53	Camwell	6	0.230%	666.67x
54	Corbishley	6	0.230%	150.00x
55	Dearing	6	0.230%	125.00x
56	Deaville	6	0.230%	148.88x
57	Genders	6	0.230%	245.90x
58	Greensmith	6	0.230%	87.21x
59	Holdcroft	6	0.230%	103.09x
60	Horobin	6	0.230%	121.46x
61	Irish	6	0.230%	80.32x
62	Morrey	6	0.230%	124.22x
63	Tavernor	6	0.230%	845.07x
64	Bennison	5	0.200%	69.44x
65	Elks	5	0.200%	186.57x
66	Gallimore	5	0.200%	61.58x
67	Germain	5	0.200%	221.24x
68	Levitt	5	0.200%	58.48x
69	Lowndes	5	0.200%	58.07x
70	Nicklin	5	0.200%	49.21x
71	Tooth	5	0.200%	67.02x
72	Beaman	4	0.160%	81.97x
73	Bottomer	4	0.160%	1379.31x
74	Colly	4	0.160%	291.97x
75	Deardon	4	0.160%	384.62x
76	Leese	4	0.160%	35.59x
77	Locker	4	0.160%	62.40x
78	Loughlin	4	0.160%	95.92x
79	Malkin	4	0.160%	47.56x
80	Moult	4	0.160%	74.21x
81	Slaney	4	0.160%	50.31x
82	Tuffnell	4	0.160%	182.65x
83	Whitehurst	4	0.160%	49.20x
84	Wibberley	4	0.160%	107.53x
85	Woodroffe	4	0.160%	77.82x
86	Averill	3	0.120%	128.76x
87	Bartlam	3	0.120%	108.70x
88	Gillow	3	0.120%	156.25x
89	Pierpoint	3	0.120%	54.74x
90	Slinn	3	0.120%	74.63x
91	Ashe	2	0.080%	82.99x
92	Blore	2	0.080%	63.29x
93	Brandrick	2	0.080%	128.21x
94	Byrd	2	0.080%	98.04x
95	Dowman	2	0.080%	66.67x
96	Everton	2	0.080%	41.58x
97	Fairbanks	2	0.080%	63.09x
98	Goldstraw	2	0.080%	55.87x
99	Grunday	2	0.080%	294.12x
100	Hulton	2	0.080%	39.29x