1881 census place

Nantwich surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Nantwich, 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

334 surnames are listed for Nantwich, Cheshire, covering 3,524 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tomkinson, with 109 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Nantwich

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	Tomkinson	109	1.45%	222.86x
2	Williamson	85	1.13%	12.65x
3	Dutton	81	1.08%	47.76x
4	Prince	76	1.01%	44.85x
5	Billington	66	0.880%	81.06x
6	Basford	59	0.790%	261.99x
7	Barnett	54	0.720%	15.98x
8	Hope	54	0.720%	21.18x
9	Hassall	53	0.710%	113.27x
10	Sutton	52	0.690%	10.90x
11	Heath	51	0.680%	13.71x
12	Davenport	50	0.670%	35.22x
13	Latham	44	0.590%	28.85x
14	Peers	44	0.590%	100.66x
15	Chesters	43	0.570%	198.25x
16	Crawford	42	0.560%	11.45x
17	Moulton	42	0.560%	113.06x
18	Astles	39	0.520%	634.15x
19	Platt	39	0.520%	19.66x
20	Shenton	39	0.520%	81.35x
21	Welch	39	0.520%	14.80x
22	Bowyer	38	0.510%	46.52x
23	Poole	38	0.510%	10.53x
24	Ankers	37	0.490%	197.97x
25	Bowker	37	0.490%	50.64x
26	Stubbs	34	0.450%	17.18x
27	Tilley	34	0.450%	34.56x
28	Cornes	32	0.430%	195.00x
29	Bettley	30	0.400%	753.77x
30	Downing	30	0.400%	23.03x
31	Willett	30	0.400%	50.83x
32	Lockett	29	0.390%	53.29x
33	Hollowood	28	0.370%	538.46x
34	Simmons	28	0.370%	9.15x
35	Walley	28	0.370%	79.37x
36	Ruscoe	27	0.360%	174.64x
37	Hyde	26	0.350%	11.28x
38	Nixon	26	0.350%	11.39x
39	Tilsley	26	0.350%	283.22x
40	Hockenhull	24	0.320%	311.28x
41	Bullock	23	0.310%	9.44x
42	Chesworth	23	0.310%	137.23x
43	Edge	23	0.310%	17.82x
44	Lightfoot	23	0.310%	22.07x
45	Jervis	22	0.290%	38.21x
46	Boyer	21	0.280%	89.02x
47	Dunning	21	0.280%	33.02x
48	Galley	21	0.280%	78.50x
49	Garnett	21	0.280%	22.57x
50	Bebbington	20	0.270%	60.24x
51	Broomhall	20	0.270%	197.43x
52	Minshull	20	0.270%	124.69x
53	Sharratt	20	0.270%	86.13x
54	Tew	20	0.270%	60.83x
55	Yoxall	20	0.270%	164.47x
56	Wilkes	19	0.250%	14.63x
57	Reade	18	0.240%	79.93x
58	Wainwright	18	0.240%	11.35x
59	Whittingham	18	0.240%	31.94x
60	Brereton	17	0.230%	54.54x
61	Cartlidge	17	0.230%	78.81x
62	Duffey	17	0.230%	63.27x
63	Farrall	17	0.230%	114.56x
64	Fowles	17	0.230%	46.26x
65	Hilditch	17	0.230%	78.56x
66	Parkes	17	0.230%	11.08x
67	Pool	17	0.230%	19.58x
68	Grocott	16	0.210%	74.52x
69	Sherratt	16	0.210%	37.18x
70	Topham	15	0.200%	27.40x
71	Axon	14	0.190%	74.91x
72	Case	14	0.190%	18.70x
73	Foden	14	0.190%	42.49x
74	Harlock	14	0.190%	143.88x
75	Bithell	13	0.170%	120.59x
76	Coventry	13	0.170%	43.77x
77	Hulse	13	0.170%	27.42x
78	Joinson	13	0.170%	232.14x
79	Penlington	13	0.170%	207.01x
80	Betley	12	0.160%	313.32x
81	Brockley	12	0.160%	220.99x
82	Charlesworth	12	0.160%	12.41x
83	Climo	12	0.160%	292.68x
84	Crosby	12	0.160%	13.53x
85	Dobell	12	0.160%	125.26x
86	Fleet	12	0.160%	23.87x
87	Meachin	12	0.160%	267.86x
88	Noden	12	0.160%	92.38x
89	Ohara	12	0.160%	27.87x
90	Ormes	12	0.160%	248.45x
91	Sowerbutts	12	0.160%	136.21x
92	Bellfield	11	0.150%	148.05x
93	Capper	11	0.150%	27.91x
94	Carolan	11	0.150%	468.09x
95	Cork	11	0.150%	19.81x
96	Hammersley	11	0.150%	46.67x
97	Madeley	11	0.150%	53.95x
98	Peake	11	0.150%	15.22x
99	Rafferty	11	0.150%	28.45x
100	Shakeshaft	11	0.150%	83.08x