1881 census place

Over surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Over, 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

228 surnames are listed for Over, Cheshire, covering 3,298 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hulse, with 129 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Over

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	Hulse	129	1.97%	311.07x
2	Hough	99	1.51%	87.73x
3	Atherton	83	1.27%	70.45x
4	Lightfoot	69	1.05%	75.68x
5	Dodd	65	0.990%	24.39x
6	Mellor	63	0.960%	27.29x
7	Oakes	59	0.900%	62.16x
8	Royle	53	0.810%	61.46x
9	Dickenson	50	0.760%	50.32x
10	Hamlet	49	0.750%	439.07x
11	Kennerley	49	0.750%	522.95x
12	Hamlett	47	0.720%	604.89x
13	Hodkinson	47	0.720%	101.60x
14	Dickinson	45	0.690%	16.08x
15	Tomlinson	44	0.670%	14.56x
16	Egerton	43	0.660%	133.58x
17	Buckley	39	0.600%	10.93x
18	Prince	39	0.600%	26.32x
19	Hatton	38	0.580%	29.54x
20	Slack	38	0.580%	36.80x
21	Astbury	37	0.560%	120.68x
22	Noden	37	0.560%	325.70x
23	Stubbs	37	0.560%	21.38x
24	Boden	36	0.550%	67.78x
25	Stoneley	36	0.550%	962.57x
26	Vernon	35	0.530%	32.44x
27	Bratt	34	0.520%	149.52x
28	Galley	34	0.520%	145.36x
29	Littler	34	0.520%	78.18x
30	Bostock	33	0.500%	53.62x
31	Ikin	33	0.500%	385.51x
32	Weedall	33	0.500%	802.92x
33	Bebbington	32	0.490%	110.19x
34	Dutton	30	0.460%	20.22x
35	Fowles	30	0.460%	93.31x
36	Oaks	30	0.460%	254.24x
37	Sumner	30	0.460%	28.27x
38	Hitchen	29	0.440%	64.99x
39	Yearsley	29	0.440%	218.70x
40	Sant	28	0.430%	213.90x
41	Wrench	28	0.430%	127.97x
42	Ashley	27	0.410%	24.62x
43	Curzon	27	0.410%	210.12x
44	Latham	27	0.410%	20.24x
45	Maddock	27	0.410%	45.09x
46	Cawley	26	0.400%	74.91x
47	Newall	26	0.400%	69.15x
48	Astles	25	0.380%	464.68x
49	Finney	25	0.380%	44.01x
50	Henshall	24	0.370%	75.47x
51	Hickson	24	0.370%	53.05x
52	Rogerson	24	0.370%	29.76x
53	Cheshire	22	0.340%	43.57x
54	Mountfield	22	0.340%	619.72x
55	Hitchin	21	0.320%	132.58x
56	Pickstock	21	0.320%	337.62x
57	Threadgold	21	0.320%	188.85x
58	Whitby	20	0.310%	50.13x
59	Blackburne	19	0.290%	421.29x
60	Deakin	19	0.290%	20.98x
61	Whitney	19	0.290%	55.83x
62	Goulding	18	0.270%	28.12x
63	Yardley	18	0.270%	43.27x
64	Boswell	17	0.260%	27.62x
65	Kettle	17	0.260%	29.65x
66	Whittingham	17	0.260%	34.50x
67	Bennion	16	0.240%	108.18x
68	Brereton	16	0.240%	58.67x
69	Hassall	16	0.240%	39.10x
70	Hilditch	16	0.240%	84.52x
71	Ledward	16	0.240%	422.16x
72	Towers	16	0.240%	21.07x
73	Challinor	15	0.230%	64.96x
74	Chesters	15	0.230%	79.07x
75	Dooley	15	0.230%	37.13x
76	Ravenscroft	15	0.230%	67.33x
77	Heatley	14	0.210%	89.74x
78	Fowls	13	0.200%	403.73x
79	Hopley	13	0.200%	63.66x
80	Michal	13	0.200%	1911.76x
81	Sankey	13	0.200%	47.86x
82	Whitlow	13	0.200%	162.30x
83	Billington	12	0.180%	16.85x
84	Dura	12	0.180%	4615.38x
85	Wilding	12	0.180%	15.57x
86	Allcock	11	0.170%	15.54x
87	Ankers	11	0.170%	67.28x
88	Loundes	11	0.170%	390.07x
89	Bolland	10	0.150%	46.02x
90	Done	10	0.150%	44.27x
91	Dunning	10	0.150%	17.98x
92	Hoole	9	0.140%	42.43x
93	Molyneux	9	0.140%	17.98x
94	Moulton	9	0.140%	27.69x
95	Stonely	9	0.140%	316.90x
96	Summerfield	9	0.140%	21.19x
97	Toogood	9	0.140%	29.61x
98	Bradburn	8	0.120%	30.64x
99	Brandon	8	0.120%	24.05x
100	Breeze	8	0.120%	19.77x