1881 census place

Stayley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stayley, 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

274 surnames are listed for Stayley, Cheshire, covering 3,306 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lawton, with 141 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stayley

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	Lawton	141	1.91%	74.21x
2	Shaw	112	1.52%	8.27x
3	Howard	87	1.18%	12.03x
4	Buckley	85	1.15%	21.18x
5	Lees	81	1.10%	24.79x
6	Booth	75	1.02%	10.32x
7	Andrew	61	0.830%	26.12x
8	Hague	60	0.810%	51.76x
9	Schofield	60	0.810%	15.02x
10	Heywood	49	0.660%	33.42x
11	Hoyle	47	0.640%	27.63x
12	Senior	47	0.640%	27.84x
13	Clayton	46	0.620%	11.48x
14	Garside	41	0.560%	38.55x
15	Bottomley	39	0.530%	31.77x
16	Bradbury	38	0.520%	17.84x
17	Platt	37	0.500%	18.96x
18	Wrigley	37	0.500%	39.67x
19	Swallow	35	0.470%	47.09x
20	Oates	33	0.450%	28.73x
21	Beard	32	0.430%	16.49x
22	Ingham	32	0.430%	17.46x
23	Sidebottom	32	0.430%	75.69x
24	Armitage	31	0.420%	16.49x
25	Bardsley	31	0.420%	55.51x
26	Ogden	31	0.420%	14.88x
27	Woolley	30	0.410%	20.51x
28	Beaumont	29	0.390%	13.27x
29	Goddard	29	0.390%	9.78x
30	Norris	29	0.390%	9.16x
31	Wilde	27	0.370%	25.16x
32	Kershaw	26	0.350%	10.94x
33	Wainwright	25	0.340%	16.03x
34	Lomas	24	0.330%	17.62x
35	Hobson	23	0.310%	12.03x
36	Hulley	23	0.310%	134.11x
37	Kenyon	23	0.310%	14.94x
38	Higginson	22	0.300%	29.81x
39	Kenworthy	22	0.300%	44.85x
40	Leigh	22	0.300%	12.97x
41	Lindley	22	0.300%	30.20x
42	Hassall	21	0.280%	45.62x
43	Mallalieu	21	0.280%	374.33x
44	Nield	21	0.280%	41.50x
45	Simister	21	0.280%	108.98x
46	Waterhouse	21	0.280%	18.70x
47	Ainsworth	19	0.260%	13.02x
48	France	19	0.260%	16.95x
49	Hadfield	19	0.260%	18.51x
50	Gosling	18	0.240%	15.60x
51	Haughton	18	0.240%	47.99x
52	Storrs	18	0.240%	382.98x
53	Guthrie	17	0.230%	18.30x
54	Wadsworth	17	0.230%	16.54x
55	Cottrell	16	0.220%	24.38x
56	Garlick	16	0.220%	24.65x
57	Kinder	16	0.220%	51.71x
58	Marsland	16	0.220%	37.25x
59	Redfern	16	0.220%	15.58x
60	Reece	16	0.220%	24.85x
61	Maude	15	0.200%	53.55x
62	Whiteley	15	0.200%	11.33x
63	Brierley	14	0.190%	10.69x
64	Entwistle	14	0.190%	10.91x
65	Harrop	14	0.190%	16.70x
66	Holgate	14	0.190%	22.90x
67	Winterbottom	14	0.190%	20.57x
68	Blakeley	13	0.180%	42.57x
69	Byrom	13	0.180%	64.97x
70	Farrington	13	0.180%	20.53x
71	Higginbottom	13	0.180%	26.99x
72	Hopwood	13	0.180%	15.48x
73	Radcliffe	13	0.180%	15.18x
74	Redford	13	0.180%	32.72x
75	Shirt	13	0.180%	78.27x
76	Thorp	13	0.180%	13.01x
77	Travis	13	0.180%	15.04x
78	Wolfenden	13	0.180%	37.72x
79	Abrahams	12	0.160%	21.46x
80	Balty	12	0.160%	1034.48x
81	Cocker	12	0.160%	19.85x
82	Grayson	12	0.160%	21.83x
83	Moors	12	0.160%	65.79x
84	Ridyard	12	0.160%	112.04x
85	Beever	11	0.150%	90.09x
86	Pott	11	0.150%	65.63x
87	Roebuck	11	0.150%	22.04x
88	Trickett	11	0.150%	34.38x
89	Warhurst	11	0.150%	53.22x
90	Willerton	11	0.150%	122.49x
91	Blease	10	0.140%	67.39x
92	Ridgway	10	0.140%	14.79x
93	Tobin	10	0.140%	33.86x
94	Brayshaw	9	0.120%	33.58x
95	Chetwynd	9	0.120%	121.46x
96	Costello	9	0.120%	20.01x
97	Coyne	9	0.120%	23.07x
98	Crossland	9	0.120%	13.89x
99	Crowton	9	0.120%	1046.51x
100	Eastwick	9	0.120%	212.77x