1881 census place

Marple surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Marple, 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

170 surnames are listed for Marple, Cheshire, covering 1,762 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wild, with 63 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Marple

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	Wild	63	1.42%	34.93x
2	Higginbottom	56	1.27%	193.57x
3	Hadfield	54	1.22%	87.61x
4	Bowden	52	1.17%	40.70x
5	Ratcliffe	49	1.11%	40.08x
6	Ardern	43	0.970%	460.39x
7	Goodwin	40	0.900%	17.15x
8	Tomlinson	39	0.880%	19.10x
9	Wyatt	38	0.860%	29.26x
10	Hyde	32	0.720%	23.50x
11	Pott	32	0.720%	317.78x
12	Bridge	31	0.700%	34.58x
13	Hibbert	29	0.660%	44.70x
14	Osbaldiston	26	0.590%	1969.70x
15	Bowers	24	0.540%	29.72x
16	Fielding	24	0.540%	24.28x
17	Leech	24	0.540%	33.27x
18	Lomas	23	0.520%	28.12x
19	Sharples	23	0.520%	29.72x
20	Cadman	22	0.500%	60.98x
21	Hegginbottom	22	0.500%	1476.51x
22	Marsland	22	0.500%	85.27x
23	Jinks	21	0.470%	113.27x
24	Stafford	21	0.470%	22.29x
25	Moors	20	0.450%	182.65x
26	Rowbottom	20	0.450%	75.79x
27	Hambleton	19	0.430%	105.61x
28	Hampson	19	0.430%	23.82x
29	Brooke	18	0.410%	27.30x
30	Sheldon	18	0.410%	26.73x
31	Thornley	18	0.410%	36.63x
32	Hallam	17	0.380%	20.60x
33	Kelsall	17	0.380%	76.30x
34	Washington	17	0.380%	76.16x
35	Garside	16	0.360%	25.05x
36	Heathcote	16	0.360%	44.77x
37	Osbaldeston	16	0.360%	498.44x
38	Bancroft	15	0.340%	34.97x
39	Ferns	15	0.340%	157.40x
40	Higginbotham	15	0.340%	131.23x
41	Kellett	15	0.340%	38.95x
42	Vernon	15	0.340%	20.58x
43	Wareham	15	0.340%	60.53x
44	Lemare	14	0.320%	1555.56x
45	Moulding	14	0.320%	131.33x
46	Waine	14	0.320%	127.85x
47	Beeley	13	0.290%	140.54x
48	Speakman	13	0.290%	63.85x
49	Ashmore	12	0.270%	36.35x
50	Fidler	12	0.270%	42.37x
51	Hague	12	0.270%	17.23x
52	Swindells	12	0.270%	42.33x
53	Thelwell	12	0.270%	285.04x
54	Allsop	11	0.250%	24.20x
55	Brindley	11	0.250%	32.51x
56	Harrop	11	0.250%	21.85x
57	Longden	11	0.250%	53.82x
58	Adshead	10	0.230%	51.92x
59	Cotterill	10	0.230%	25.78x
60	Wheeldon	10	0.230%	45.81x
61	Barstow	9	0.200%	117.49x
62	Brocklehurst	9	0.200%	37.27x
63	Longson	9	0.200%	181.09x
64	Marcham	9	0.200%	168.54x
65	Mayers	9	0.200%	67.82x
66	Ridgeway	9	0.200%	69.82x
67	Shepley	9	0.200%	74.69x
68	Totterdell	9	0.200%	306.12x
69	Astin	8	0.180%	62.26x
70	Bramall	8	0.180%	67.91x
71	Mattocks	8	0.180%	137.46x
72	Mycock	8	0.180%	52.95x
73	Nester	8	0.180%	800.00x
74	Ollerenshaw	8	0.180%	76.41x
75	Barford	7	0.160%	61.89x
76	Bellfield	7	0.160%	159.45x
77	Bickerton	7	0.160%	37.74x
78	Gaskill	7	0.160%	88.72x
79	Woodhams	7	0.160%	63.64x
80	Woodruffe	7	0.160%	138.34x
81	Adkinson	6	0.140%	244.90x
82	Alsop	6	0.140%	30.41x
83	Bedson	6	0.140%	114.72x
84	Fernley	6	0.140%	97.88x
85	Goody	6	0.140%	47.10x
86	Mutch	6	0.140%	30.36x
87	Openshaw	6	0.140%	27.88x
88	Ravensdale	6	0.140%	500.00x
89	Stenton	6	0.140%	74.07x
90	Armfield	5	0.110%	82.10x
91	Breen	5	0.110%	39.97x
92	Cookes	5	0.110%	257.73x
93	Etchells	5	0.110%	29.21x
94	Flowerdew	5	0.110%	211.86x
95	Gleave	5	0.110%	26.82x
96	Hazelhurst	5	0.110%	147.06x
97	Heighway	5	0.110%	128.21x
98	Ingleson	5	0.110%	149.70x
99	Oldacre	5	0.110%	183.82x
100	Paulden	5	0.110%	294.12x