1881 census place

Rainow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rainow, 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

46 surnames are listed for Rainow, Cheshire, covering 466 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gaskell, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rainow

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	Gaskell	48	3.74%	364.74x
2	Lomas	43	3.35%	181.28x
3	Oldfield	25	1.95%	117.87x
4	Wainwright	24	1.87%	88.33x
5	Broadhead	22	1.71%	233.30x
6	Sheldon	22	1.71%	112.65x
7	Brocklehurst	20	1.56%	285.31x
8	Maybury	20	1.56%	760.46x
9	Fare	17	1.32%	1976.74x
10	Orme	17	1.32%	158.58x
11	Wadsworth	16	1.25%	89.39x
12	Joule	13	1.01%	1140.35x
13	Mottram	12	0.930%	172.66x
14	Cragg	11	0.860%	134.97x
15	Beamer	10	0.780%	3125.00x
16	Sharpley	10	0.780%	609.76x
17	Rowbotham	9	0.700%	142.86x
18	Statham	9	0.700%	121.46x
19	Blease	8	0.620%	308.88x
20	Gleave	8	0.620%	147.87x
21	Handford	8	0.620%	167.36x
22	Helliwell	8	0.620%	67.62x
23	Biddulph	7	0.550%	243.06x
24	Etchells	7	0.550%	141.13x
25	Minor	7	0.550%	700.00x
26	Nield	7	0.550%	79.37x
27	Trafford	7	0.550%	135.92x
28	Neave	6	0.470%	99.50x
29	Cobham	5	0.390%	393.70x
30	Vare	5	0.390%	892.86x
31	Bold	4	0.310%	112.36x
32	Greenhough	4	0.310%	137.93x
33	Longdon	4	0.310%	155.04x
34	Mottershead	4	0.310%	92.81x
35	Bracegirdle	3	0.230%	92.31x
36	Gretton	3	0.230%	98.68x
37	Albinson	2	0.160%	259.74x
38	Jodrell	2	0.160%	555.56x
39	Willott	2	0.160%	202.02x
40	Armfield	1	0.080%	56.50x
41	Bellfield	1	0.080%	78.74x
42	Daniells	1	0.080%	58.14x
43	Farden	1	0.080%	370.37x
44	Springford	1	0.080%	158.73x
45	Sullon	1	0.080%	2500.00x
46	Thomasson	1	0.080%	42.92x