1881 census place

Oxton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Oxton, 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

174 surnames are listed for Oxton, Cheshire, covering 674 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wharton, with 23 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Oxton

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	Wharton	23	0.630%	45.02x
2	Poore	16	0.440%	237.04x
3	Brocklebank	12	0.330%	134.98x
4	Caton	12	0.330%	68.69x
5	Herschell	11	0.300%	1057.69x
6	Leatherbarrow	11	0.300%	144.36x
7	Mutch	11	0.300%	67.57x
8	Tonge	11	0.300%	47.37x
9	Beamer	10	0.270%	1111.11x
10	Stgeorge	10	0.270%	641.03x
11	Baseter	9	0.250%	3913.04x
12	Goodacre	9	0.250%	77.05x
13	Hignett	9	0.250%	122.62x
14	Male	9	0.250%	41.23x
15	Marquis	9	0.250%	142.41x
16	Mayman	9	0.250%	305.08x
17	Sandford	9	0.250%	34.67x
18	Wardell	9	0.250%	62.11x
19	Bratton	8	0.220%	175.05x
20	Delany	8	0.220%	133.33x
21	Dempster	8	0.220%	31.18x
22	Fearnhead	8	0.220%	640.00x
23	Frances	8	0.220%	34.83x
24	Herd	8	0.220%	29.87x
25	Jevons	8	0.220%	124.81x
26	Malpas	8	0.220%	78.05x
27	Morrice	8	0.220%	74.91x
28	Tweedie	8	0.220%	56.86x
29	Acton	7	0.190%	33.14x
30	Alsop	7	0.190%	43.05x
31	Briscoe	7	0.190%	29.86x
32	Brownell	7	0.190%	451.61x
33	Coulthard	7	0.190%	34.38x
34	Grahame	7	0.190%	73.30x
35	Halewood	7	0.190%	204.08x
36	Lipton	7	0.190%	630.63x
37	Mulligan	7	0.190%	34.31x
38	Bigland	6	0.160%	209.06x
39	Gath	6	0.160%	191.08x
40	Gouldson	6	0.160%	283.02x
41	Kingdon	6	0.160%	52.68x
42	Purdie	6	0.160%	39.79x
43	Ragg	6	0.160%	147.42x
44	Randles	6	0.160%	72.90x
45	Satchell	6	0.160%	72.82x
46	Sedgewick	6	0.160%	123.46x
47	Smiley	6	0.160%	416.67x
48	Weare	6	0.160%	94.64x
49	Wool	6	0.160%	472.44x
50	Arkle	5	0.140%	100.40x
51	Ashbridge	5	0.140%	174.22x
52	Britten	5	0.140%	34.41x
53	Bulley	5	0.140%	58.21x
54	Carty	5	0.140%	58.41x
55	Cockrane	5	0.140%	125.31x
56	Crowden	5	0.140%	156.25x
57	Curwen	5	0.140%	64.85x
58	Lange	5	0.140%	164.47x
59	Langtry	5	0.140%	347.22x
60	Macleod	5	0.140%	9.71x
61	Ormsby	5	0.140%	112.61x
62	Urmson	5	0.140%	213.68x
63	Bake	4	0.110%	194.17x
64	Baty	4	0.110%	45.30x
65	Billson	4	0.110%	70.92x
66	Brownless	4	0.110%	116.96x
67	Coathup	4	0.110%	1000.00x
68	Greedy	4	0.110%	94.56x
69	Hanratty	4	0.110%	199.01x
70	Ledson	4	0.110%	189.57x
71	Millan	4	0.110%	76.63x
72	Mudge	4	0.110%	36.10x
73	Trench	4	0.110%	115.61x
74	Wride	4	0.110%	104.99x
75	Beagley	3	0.080%	49.18x
76	Blissett	3	0.080%	55.97x
77	Cato	3	0.080%	60.98x
78	Chisholme	3	0.080%	265.49x
79	Cockroft	3	0.080%	19.46x
80	Dagnall	3	0.080%	37.97x
81	Fazakerley	3	0.080%	92.59x
82	Francies	3	0.080%	141.51x
83	Glazebrook	3	0.080%	45.94x
84	Machell	3	0.080%	65.65x
85	Thistlethwaite	3	0.080%	50.76x
86	Acheson	2	0.050%	243.90x
87	Binney	2	0.050%	35.46x
88	Boadle	2	0.050%	227.27x
89	Bragger	2	0.050%	108.70x
90	Clague	2	0.050%	15.41x
91	Cockrem	2	0.050%	222.22x
92	Combe	2	0.050%	24.18x
93	Dod	2	0.050%	91.32x
94	Ellerton	2	0.050%	30.35x
95	Getley	2	0.050%	303.03x
96	Gilliatt	2	0.050%	118.34x
97	Harbord	2	0.050%	47.51x
98	Harkess	2	0.050%	188.68x
99	Hitchmough	2	0.050%	64.31x
100	Macauley	2	0.050%	34.72x