1881 census place

Wharton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wharton, 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

128 surnames are listed for Wharton, Cheshire, covering 1,885 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Atherton, with 89 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wharton

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	Atherton	89	2.53%	140.98x
2	Oakes	79	2.25%	155.33x
3	Hulse	78	2.22%	351.04x
4	Curzon	76	2.16%	1104.65x
5	Hitchen	57	1.62%	238.39x
6	Stubbs	47	1.34%	50.68x
7	Moss	45	1.28%	20.79x
8	Hough	42	1.20%	69.46x
9	Hatton	38	1.08%	55.12x
10	Newall	37	1.05%	183.62x
11	Sandbach	37	1.05%	787.23x
12	Tomlinson	35	1.00%	21.61x
13	Burrows	34	0.970%	22.12x
14	Latham	34	0.970%	47.56x
15	Pickstock	34	0.970%	1021.02x
16	Noden	32	0.910%	525.45x
17	Warburton	32	0.910%	36.93x
18	Hickson	30	0.850%	123.76x
19	Boden	28	0.800%	98.38x
20	Weedall	26	0.740%	1181.82x
21	Blagg	23	0.650%	361.07x
22	Bratt	23	0.650%	188.83x
23	Carden	23	0.650%	296.39x
24	Maddock	23	0.650%	71.67x
25	Lightfoot	22	0.630%	45.03x
26	Percival	22	0.630%	39.99x
27	Bebbington	20	0.570%	128.53x
28	Rowlinson	20	0.570%	182.65x
29	Whalley	20	0.570%	36.18x
30	Dickenson	18	0.510%	33.81x
31	Cotterill	17	0.480%	55.25x
32	Kitchen	17	0.480%	28.41x
33	Shenton	17	0.480%	75.66x
34	Fryer	16	0.460%	24.55x
35	Goodier	16	0.460%	127.39x
36	Worrall	16	0.460%	35.84x
37	Bennion	15	0.430%	189.16x
38	Dudley	15	0.430%	28.46x
39	Egerton	15	0.430%	86.96x
40	Such	15	0.430%	197.11x
41	Yarwood	15	0.430%	105.04x
42	Astbury	14	0.400%	85.21x
43	Bracegirdle	14	0.400%	157.30x
44	Fitton	14	0.400%	35.44x
45	Dooley	13	0.370%	60.05x
46	Proudman	13	0.370%	389.22x
47	Sant	13	0.370%	185.45x
48	Threadgold	13	0.370%	218.12x
49	Dunning	12	0.340%	40.25x
50	Gillett	12	0.340%	32.36x
51	Hamlett	12	0.340%	288.46x
52	Moseley	12	0.340%	37.44x
53	Moulton	12	0.340%	68.93x
54	Bostock	11	0.310%	33.35x
55	Cawley	11	0.310%	59.14x
56	Hassall	11	0.310%	50.16x
57	Hodkinson	11	0.310%	44.37x
58	Hoole	11	0.310%	96.83x
59	Stretch	11	0.310%	139.59x
60	Brandon	10	0.280%	56.09x
61	Fleet	10	0.280%	42.44x
62	Goulding	10	0.280%	29.15x
63	Lycett	10	0.280%	138.70x
64	Basnett	9	0.260%	205.01x
65	Broady	9	0.260%	299.00x
66	Capper	9	0.260%	48.73x
67	Hamlet	9	0.260%	150.50x
68	Hankey	9	0.260%	107.78x
69	Ikin	9	0.260%	196.08x
70	Joynson	9	0.260%	110.57x
71	Pimlott	9	0.260%	166.98x
72	Sergeant	9	0.260%	53.83x
73	Ashmore	8	0.230%	30.55x
74	Brocklehurst	8	0.230%	41.75x
75	Edgerton	8	0.230%	159.05x
76	Mainwaring	8	0.230%	58.87x
77	Ollier	8	0.230%	202.02x
78	Sefton	8	0.230%	69.32x
79	Thomasson	8	0.230%	125.39x
80	Twiss	8	0.230%	166.32x
81	Fogg	7	0.200%	34.30x
82	Minshall	7	0.200%	101.89x
83	Mulliner	7	0.200%	140.85x
84	Pardo	7	0.200%	813.95x
85	Ravenscroft	7	0.200%	58.63x
86	Benison	6	0.170%	338.98x
87	Blease	6	0.170%	84.87x
88	Gandy	6	0.170%	42.40x
89	Gleave	6	0.170%	40.57x
90	Minshull	6	0.170%	79.79x
91	Palin	6	0.170%	39.84x
92	Serjeant	6	0.170%	204.78x
93	Skellon	6	0.170%	697.67x
94	Asherton	5	0.140%	1190.48x
95	Fiddler	5	0.140%	65.88x
96	Shawcross	5	0.140%	42.96x
97	Sproston	5	0.140%	74.18x
98	Verdin	5	0.140%	714.29x
99	Yoxall	5	0.140%	87.72x
100	Benion	4	0.110%	294.12x