1881 census county

Staffordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Staffordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

14,077 surnames are listed for Staffordshire, covering 906,516 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 17,218 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Staffordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	17,218	1.75%	1.24x
2	Jones	14,503	1.47%	1.30x
3	Taylor	7,016	0.710%	1.11x
4	Williams	6,978	0.710%	0.99x
5	Johnson	6,057	0.610%	1.83x
6	Evans	6,041	0.610%	1.40x
7	Cooper	5,224	0.530%	2.18x
8	Turner	5,015	0.510%	1.83x
9	Hill	4,850	0.490%	1.93x
10	Wood	4,608	0.470%	1.47x
11	Brown	4,553	0.460%	0.70x
12	Davis	4,449	0.450%	2.05x
13	Hall	4,273	0.430%	1.47x
14	Edwards	4,173	0.420%	1.52x
15	Walker	4,168	0.420%	1.26x
16	Wright	3,993	0.400%	1.26x
17	Davies	3,954	0.400%	0.79x
18	Price	3,930	0.400%	2.28x
19	Hughes	3,877	0.390%	1.40x
20	Bailey	3,715	0.380%	2.50x
21	Green	3,708	0.380%	1.34x
22	Whitehouse	3,577	0.360%	13.94x
23	Griffiths	3,459	0.350%	2.14x
24	Morris	3,448	0.350%	1.57x
25	Roberts	3,446	0.350%	0.93x
26	Baker	3,263	0.330%	1.51x
27	Harrison	3,207	0.330%	1.47x
28	Harris	3,202	0.320%	1.28x
29	Robinson	3,186	0.320%	1.01x
30	Shaw	3,065	0.310%	1.69x
31	Jackson	3,050	0.310%	1.11x
32	Ward	2,896	0.290%	1.34x
33	Mason	2,852	0.290%	2.15x
34	Adams	2,825	0.290%	1.94x
35	Thompson	2,685	0.270%	0.91x
36	Bennett	2,630	0.270%	1.62x
37	Moore	2,622	0.270%	1.33x
38	Allen	2,594	0.260%	1.39x
39	Thomas	2,582	0.260%	0.63x
40	Richards	2,568	0.260%	1.72x
41	Heath	2,514	0.250%	5.13x
42	Plant	2,412	0.240%	11.06x
43	Parker	2,409	0.240%	1.28x
44	Ball	2,306	0.230%	2.83x
45	Cox	2,304	0.230%	1.54x
46	Lloyd	2,304	0.230%	2.00x
47	Martin	2,298	0.230%	0.95x
48	Rowley	2,272	0.230%	8.77x
49	Lewis	2,235	0.230%	0.86x
50	Clarke	2,230	0.230%	1.12x
51	Lowe	2,216	0.220%	3.00x
52	Foster	2,158	0.220%	1.64x
53	Wilson	2,149	0.220%	0.47x
54	Powell	2,100	0.210%	1.71x
55	Phillips	2,086	0.210%	1.18x
56	Owen	2,072	0.210%	1.77x
57	Webb	2,051	0.210%	1.53x
58	Harvey	1,987	0.200%	1.89x
59	Salt	1,966	0.200%	13.42x
60	Goodwin	1,889	0.190%	3.64x
61	Fletcher	1,877	0.190%	1.67x
62	Yates	1,870	0.190%	2.76x
63	Horton	1,864	0.190%	5.09x
64	Parkes	1,857	0.190%	9.20x
65	Cope	1,823	0.180%	8.18x
66	Simpson	1,784	0.180%	1.03x
67	Barker	1,778	0.180%	1.38x
68	Harper	1,771	0.180%	2.81x
69	Butler	1,758	0.180%	1.83x
70	Rogers	1,758	0.180%	1.37x
71	Birch	1,751	0.180%	4.33x
72	White	1,748	0.180%	0.55x
73	Bates	1,714	0.170%	2.73x
74	Clark	1,709	0.170%	0.58x
75	Mills	1,684	0.170%	1.32x
76	Riley	1,679	0.170%	2.15x
77	Sutton	1,652	0.170%	2.63x
78	Wilkes	1,624	0.160%	9.50x
79	Carter	1,621	0.160%	0.98x
80	Westwood	1,610	0.160%	9.73x
81	Bird	1,586	0.160%	2.10x
82	Bradley	1,572	0.160%	1.99x
83	Pearson	1,572	0.160%	1.37x
84	Fellows	1,556	0.160%	11.66x
85	Lawton	1,554	0.160%	6.11x
86	Slater	1,481	0.150%	2.48x
87	Stokes	1,480	0.150%	3.55x
88	Cook	1,470	0.150%	0.75x
89	Dunn	1,469	0.150%	1.79x
90	Ford	1,457	0.150%	1.52x
91	Bentley	1,445	0.150%	3.46x
92	Fisher	1,420	0.140%	1.23x
93	Booth	1,408	0.140%	1.45x
94	Dean	1,405	0.140%	2.05x
95	Walters	1,385	0.140%	2.95x
96	Aston	1,362	0.140%	8.37x
97	Lees	1,324	0.130%	3.03x
98	Reynolds	1,311	0.130%	1.53x
99	Mountford	1,301	0.130%	14.84x
100	Brookes	1,299	0.130%	5.61x