1881 census place

Runcorn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Runcorn, 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

615 surnames are listed for Runcorn, Cheshire, covering 6,142 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Shaw, with 143 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Runcorn

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	Shaw	143	0.960%	5.24x
2	Dutton	126	0.850%	37.44x
3	Hayes	72	0.480%	7.79x
4	Houghton	68	0.460%	13.09x
5	Millington	58	0.390%	25.76x
6	Woodward	57	0.380%	7.77x
7	Leach	55	0.370%	8.97x
8	Bate	54	0.360%	21.43x
9	Kirkham	54	0.360%	26.03x
10	Yates	50	0.340%	4.89x
11	Faulkner	49	0.330%	12.16x
12	Hulse	49	0.330%	52.08x
13	Worrall	48	0.320%	25.40x
14	Percival	47	0.320%	20.18x
15	Clare	46	0.310%	21.37x
16	Massey	45	0.300%	11.84x
17	Pritchard	44	0.300%	5.50x
18	Cooke	40	0.270%	4.88x
19	Ellison	40	0.270%	12.74x
20	Littler	40	0.270%	40.55x
21	Shingler	39	0.260%	121.61x
22	Ainsworth	38	0.260%	12.91x
23	Hazlehurst	38	0.260%	149.20x
24	Stubbs	38	0.260%	9.68x
25	Withington	38	0.260%	96.77x
26	Gleave	37	0.250%	59.11x
27	Rawlinson	37	0.250%	20.87x
28	Stringer	37	0.250%	12.49x
29	Waterworth	37	0.250%	57.24x
30	Hampson	36	0.240%	13.44x
31	Lightfoot	36	0.240%	17.41x
32	Abram	35	0.240%	65.58x
33	Antrobus	35	0.240%	118.08x
34	Handley	35	0.240%	13.95x
35	Moores	35	0.240%	28.46x
36	Wakefield	35	0.240%	13.15x
37	Mather	34	0.230%	9.22x
38	Worthington	34	0.230%	11.41x
39	Rowland	32	0.220%	7.57x
40	Royle	32	0.220%	16.36x
41	Banner	31	0.210%	38.19x
42	Done	31	0.210%	60.50x
43	Joynson	31	0.210%	89.99x
44	Leathwood	31	0.210%	678.34x
45	Orme	30	0.200%	24.17x
46	Hardley	29	0.200%	526.32x
47	Crank	28	0.190%	92.62x
48	Doyle	28	0.190%	7.73x
49	Hough	28	0.190%	10.94x
50	Billington	27	0.180%	16.71x
51	Darlington	27	0.180%	26.72x
52	Findlow	27	0.180%	222.96x
53	Peers	26	0.170%	29.98x
54	Bazley	25	0.170%	161.39x
55	Clough	25	0.170%	7.53x
56	Feeney	25	0.170%	49.51x
57	Hitchmough	25	0.170%	197.47x
58	Ashley	24	0.160%	9.65x
59	Clucas	24	0.160%	67.42x
60	Pye	24	0.160%	10.80x
61	Gatley	23	0.150%	89.95x
62	Layland	23	0.150%	79.34x
63	Leigh	23	0.150%	6.72x
64	Pendlebury	23	0.150%	24.12x
65	Rutter	23	0.150%	10.16x
66	Sefton	23	0.150%	47.08x
67	Tickle	23	0.150%	34.60x
68	Deakin	22	0.150%	10.71x
69	Nickson	22	0.150%	49.74x
70	Rogerson	22	0.150%	12.03x
71	Steele	22	0.150%	5.53x
72	Yarwood	22	0.150%	36.38x
73	Wainwright	21	0.140%	6.68x
74	Bostock	20	0.130%	14.33x
75	Gandy	20	0.130%	33.38x
76	Garnett	20	0.130%	10.83x
77	Lea	20	0.130%	6.81x
78	Speakman	20	0.130%	29.26x
79	Littlemore	19	0.130%	152.49x
80	Lunt	19	0.130%	19.85x
81	Lydiate	19	0.130%	233.42x
82	Bebington	18	0.120%	253.52x
83	Chesters	18	0.120%	41.82x
84	Darbyshire	18	0.120%	22.80x
85	Drury	18	0.120%	7.62x
86	Harrop	18	0.120%	10.64x
87	Ormes	18	0.120%	187.89x
88	Prince	18	0.120%	5.35x
89	Wylde	18	0.120%	58.77x
90	Basnett	17	0.110%	91.55x
91	Boote	17	0.110%	72.71x
92	Cliff	17	0.110%	13.08x
93	Corker	17	0.110%	46.78x
94	Crompton	17	0.110%	6.79x
95	Derbyshire	17	0.110%	10.97x
96	Hindley	17	0.110%	13.89x
97	Maddock	17	0.110%	12.52x
98	Snowball	17	0.110%	35.15x
99	Timmins	17	0.110%	14.21x
100	Anderton	16	0.110%	9.07x