1881 census place

Hurdsfield surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hurdsfield, 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

176 surnames are listed for Hurdsfield, Cheshire, covering 1,500 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Oldfield, with 50 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hurdsfield

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	Oldfield	50	1.26%	76.27x
2	Buxton	47	1.18%	78.85x
3	Sutton	46	1.16%	18.21x
4	Dale	36	0.910%	21.47x
5	Grimshaw	32	0.810%	48.27x
6	Mottershead	32	0.810%	240.24x
7	Slack	29	0.730%	46.39x
8	Potts	28	0.710%	21.14x
9	Dakin	25	0.630%	87.84x
10	Hough	24	0.600%	35.13x
11	Pimblott	24	0.600%	854.09x
12	Steeple	24	0.600%	1008.40x
13	Plant	23	0.580%	26.22x
14	Whalley	23	0.580%	36.82x
15	Hulme	21	0.530%	24.75x
16	Rowbotham	21	0.530%	107.91x
17	Latchford	20	0.500%	324.68x
18	Brierley	19	0.480%	26.96x
19	Oldham	19	0.480%	27.25x
20	Sheldon	18	0.450%	29.83x
21	Brocklehurst	17	0.430%	78.52x
22	Hampson	17	0.430%	23.77x
23	Hodkinson	17	0.430%	60.69x
24	Swindells	17	0.430%	66.90x
25	Orme	16	0.400%	48.31x
26	Armitt	15	0.380%	384.62x
27	Magee	15	0.380%	85.96x
28	Moores	15	0.380%	45.70x
29	Smallwood	15	0.380%	40.97x
30	Bamford	14	0.350%	23.44x
31	Boothby	14	0.350%	124.33x
32	Broome	13	0.330%	65.89x
33	Hollinshead	13	0.330%	126.58x
34	Sigley	13	0.330%	382.35x
35	Warhurst	13	0.330%	116.80x
36	Duffield	12	0.300%	34.86x
37	Gidman	12	0.300%	380.95x
38	Hibbert	12	0.300%	20.64x
39	Hickson	12	0.300%	43.81x
40	Stonier	12	0.300%	170.45x
41	Tatton	12	0.300%	116.28x
42	Bickerstaff	11	0.280%	132.21x
43	Downie	11	0.280%	23.63x
44	Etchells	11	0.280%	71.71x
45	Fitton	11	0.280%	24.65x
46	Hammersley	11	0.280%	88.14x
47	Thorniley	11	0.280%	670.73x
48	Ault	10	0.250%	109.17x
49	Bostock	10	0.250%	26.84x
50	Bracegirdle	10	0.250%	99.40x
51	Nield	10	0.250%	36.71x
52	Norbury	10	0.250%	49.85x
53	Ollerenshaw	10	0.250%	106.61x
54	Sherratt	10	0.250%	43.88x
55	Talks	10	0.250%	1149.43x
56	Bould	9	0.230%	93.26x
57	Craghill	9	0.230%	576.92x
58	Peover	9	0.230%	782.61x
59	Perkin	9	0.230%	42.12x
60	Pownall	9	0.230%	52.57x
61	Riseley	9	0.230%	268.66x
62	Bloor	8	0.200%	36.53x
63	Fern	8	0.200%	64.57x
64	Hardern	8	0.200%	519.48x
65	Hulley	8	0.200%	86.67x
66	Pedley	8	0.200%	39.80x
67	Randles	8	0.200%	89.29x
68	Turpin	8	0.200%	37.58x
69	Whaley	8	0.200%	59.97x
70	Willshire	8	0.200%	141.34x
71	Bamber	7	0.180%	22.86x
72	Barrington	7	0.180%	54.22x
73	Birchenall	7	0.180%	486.11x
74	Birchenough	7	0.180%	103.86x
75	Blackhurst	7	0.180%	100.86x
76	Coops	7	0.180%	448.72x
77	Fairbanks	7	0.180%	142.28x
78	Morledge	7	0.180%	769.23x
79	Naden	7	0.180%	121.95x
80	Pyatt	7	0.180%	92.72x
81	Shatwell	7	0.180%	129.15x
82	Turnock	7	0.180%	120.07x
83	Wallwork	7	0.180%	30.33x
84	Whitney	7	0.180%	33.98x
85	Wych	7	0.180%	197.18x
86	Adderley	6	0.150%	90.77x
87	Boffey	6	0.150%	104.90x
88	Boston	6	0.150%	33.00x
89	Nailor	6	0.150%	240.00x
90	Rawcliffe	6	0.150%	37.83x
91	Reade	6	0.150%	50.34x
92	Shrigley	6	0.150%	233.46x
93	Shufflebotham	6	0.150%	73.44x
94	Abbots	5	0.130%	230.41x
95	Baskerville	5	0.130%	53.30x
96	Chapell	5	0.130%	157.73x
97	Corbishley	5	0.130%	80.65x
98	Goldthorpe	5	0.130%	51.33x
99	Gooder	5	0.130%	111.11x
100	Grindey	5	0.130%	333.33x