1881 census place

Congleton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Congleton, 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

443 surnames are listed for Congleton, Cheshire, covering 5,928 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dale, with 154 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Congleton

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	Dale	154	1.38%	32.71x
2	Bayley	129	1.16%	71.82x
3	Bailey	109	0.980%	6.49x
4	Davenport	107	0.960%	50.69x
5	Ball	102	0.920%	11.08x
6	Pedley	91	0.820%	161.23x
7	Sherratt	83	0.740%	129.71x
8	Cooke	71	0.640%	11.55x
9	Skellern	71	0.640%	979.31x
10	Barlow	70	0.630%	11.63x
11	Whitehurst	70	0.630%	197.85x
12	Stubbs	68	0.610%	23.11x
13	Goodwin	67	0.600%	11.41x
14	Lawton	64	0.570%	22.29x
15	Foden	63	0.570%	128.57x
16	Washington	59	0.530%	105.02x
17	Rowley	58	0.520%	19.82x
18	Mellor	56	0.500%	14.27x
19	Barton	55	0.490%	9.14x
20	Cliffe	54	0.480%	77.20x
21	Yates	54	0.480%	7.05x
22	Chaddock	52	0.470%	539.42x
23	Gee	49	0.440%	17.23x
24	Hodgkinson	49	0.440%	25.59x
25	Poole	49	0.440%	9.13x
26	Cotterill	48	0.430%	49.17x
27	Moss	48	0.430%	6.99x
28	Worrall	48	0.430%	33.89x
29	Hackney	47	0.420%	96.73x
30	Slater	47	0.420%	6.97x
31	Birtles	40	0.360%	103.49x
32	Moores	40	0.360%	43.40x
33	Pemberton	39	0.350%	27.56x
34	Yearsley	39	0.350%	172.95x
35	Barnett	38	0.340%	7.56x
36	Lees	37	0.330%	7.49x
37	Pickford	37	0.330%	40.79x
38	Higgins	36	0.320%	6.39x
39	Oakes	36	0.320%	22.31x
40	Forster	34	0.310%	9.31x
41	Lancaster	34	0.310%	12.28x
42	Lomas	34	0.310%	16.52x
43	Sims	34	0.310%	10.18x
44	Horton	33	0.300%	7.98x
45	Tomkinson	33	0.300%	45.37x
46	Hassall	32	0.290%	46.00x
47	Nixon	32	0.290%	9.43x
48	Axon	31	0.280%	111.55x
49	Blackshaw	31	0.280%	59.98x
50	Pointon	31	0.280%	65.87x
51	Potts	31	0.280%	8.34x
52	Broadhurst	30	0.270%	26.59x
53	Charlesworth	30	0.270%	20.86x
54	Procter	30	0.270%	20.74x
55	Eaton	29	0.260%	9.30x
56	Kennerley	29	0.260%	182.16x
57	Staton	29	0.260%	134.63x
58	Beech	28	0.250%	17.02x
59	Minshull	28	0.250%	117.40x
60	Snelson	28	0.250%	110.67x
61	Jolley	27	0.240%	45.99x
62	Yarwood	27	0.240%	59.59x
63	Boon	26	0.230%	24.90x
64	Capper	26	0.230%	44.37x
65	Moulton	26	0.230%	47.06x
66	Stanway	25	0.220%	80.67x
67	Wilcox	25	0.220%	11.91x
68	Brough	24	0.220%	17.62x
69	Frodsham	24	0.220%	173.41x
70	Hulme	24	0.220%	10.07x
71	Lowndes	24	0.220%	64.07x
72	Worth	24	0.220%	23.98x
73	Dutton	22	0.200%	8.72x
74	Cope	21	0.190%	8.34x
75	Garside	21	0.190%	13.06x
76	Proctor	21	0.190%	7.67x
77	Wainwright	21	0.190%	8.91x
78	Brindley	20	0.180%	23.49x
79	Brocklehurst	20	0.180%	32.90x
80	Littlemore	20	0.180%	214.13x
81	Moors	20	0.180%	72.54x
82	Mottershead	20	0.180%	53.49x
83	Smallwood	20	0.180%	19.46x
84	Thursfield	20	0.180%	126.50x
85	Turnock	20	0.180%	122.17x
86	Brookes	19	0.170%	7.26x
87	Findlow	19	0.170%	209.25x
88	Hough	19	0.170%	9.90x
89	Latham	19	0.170%	8.38x
90	Adderley	18	0.160%	96.98x
91	Cliff	18	0.160%	18.48x
92	Duncalf	18	0.160%	160.14x
93	Sproston	18	0.160%	84.15x
94	Billington	17	0.150%	14.04x
95	Gosling	17	0.150%	9.74x
96	Hollinshead	17	0.150%	58.97x
97	Horan	17	0.150%	52.04x
98	Peake	17	0.150%	15.82x
99	Townley	17	0.150%	24.20x
100	Amson	16	0.140%	318.73x