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 Copestake, with 189 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
901	Copestake	189	0.020%	9.42x
902	Graham	189	0.020%	0.17x
903	Tonkinson	189	0.020%	19.73x
904	Brammer	188	0.020%	7.97x
905	Greaves	188	0.020%	0.65x
906	Mole	188	0.020%	2.46x
907	Turnock	188	0.020%	12.98x
908	Draper	187	0.020%	0.81x
909	Tildesley	187	0.020%	12.73x
910	Tunnicliff	187	0.020%	12.70x
911	Wallis	187	0.020%	0.56x
912	Bakewell	186	0.020%	6.67x
913	Broom	186	0.020%	1.53x
914	Furnival	186	0.020%	10.70x
915	Shelton	186	0.020%	1.60x
916	Stanyer	186	0.020%	17.01x
917	Garratt	185	0.020%	1.85x
918	Wakelam	185	0.020%	17.89x
919	Wallace	185	0.020%	0.27x
920	Whittle	185	0.020%	0.86x
921	Payton	184	0.020%	4.68x
922	Short	184	0.020%	0.48x
923	Brazier	183	0.020%	1.98x
924	Pemberton	183	0.020%	1.46x
925	Pitchford	183	0.020%	5.81x
926	Beddows	182	0.020%	9.56x
927	Carrington	182	0.020%	1.75x
928	Gorton	182	0.020%	2.97x
929	Neal	182	0.020%	0.62x
930	Stacey	182	0.020%	0.82x
931	Brotherton	181	0.020%	3.60x
932	Clements	181	0.020%	0.55x
933	Elson	181	0.020%	2.93x
934	Hanson	181	0.020%	0.57x
935	Kirkland	181	0.020%	2.06x
936	Rowland	181	0.020%	0.65x
937	Wynn	181	0.020%	2.12x
938	Dugmore	179	0.020%	12.05x
939	Knott	179	0.020%	0.92x
940	Overton	179	0.020%	1.87x
941	Grosvenor	178	0.020%	8.12x
942	Norman	178	0.020%	0.39x
943	Wilde	178	0.020%	1.24x
944	Boot	176	0.020%	3.78x
945	Child	176	0.020%	1.05x
946	Dickens	176	0.020%	1.71x
947	Foden	176	0.020%	4.06x
948	Granger	176	0.020%	1.75x
949	Hawthorne	176	0.020%	7.66x
950	Leedham	176	0.020%	6.66x
951	Wetton	176	0.020%	8.33x
952	Connor	175	0.020%	0.60x
953	Dickinson	175	0.020%	0.42x
954	Gratton	175	0.020%	4.45x
955	Newbold	175	0.020%	2.43x
956	Burnett	174	0.020%	0.64x
957	Elks	174	0.020%	16.83x
958	Holder	174	0.020%	1.31x
959	Poxon	174	0.020%	9.61x
960	Whalley	174	0.020%	1.12x
961	Greenwood	173	0.020%	0.23x
962	Parish	173	0.020%	1.14x
963	Screen	173	0.020%	12.42x
964	Corden	172	0.020%	10.57x
965	Percival	172	0.020%	1.11x
966	Salter	172	0.020%	0.76x
967	Wyatt	172	0.020%	0.59x
968	Beebee	171	0.020%	24.61x
969	Birchall	171	0.020%	1.77x
970	Box	171	0.020%	2.14x
971	Collett	171	0.020%	1.35x
972	Devey	171	0.020%	11.57x
973	Halford	171	0.020%	2.33x
974	Malpas	171	0.020%	6.17x
975	Manning	171	0.020%	0.55x
976	Mantle	171	0.020%	3.32x
977	Bache	170	0.020%	8.38x
978	Brittain	170	0.020%	2.23x
979	Greatbatch	170	0.020%	22.84x
980	Keay	170	0.020%	4.04x
981	Pass	170	0.020%	3.53x
982	Tennant	170	0.020%	1.61x
983	Asbury	169	0.020%	7.31x
984	Benbow	169	0.020%	4.32x
985	Bloore	169	0.020%	14.92x
986	Edmonds	169	0.020%	0.90x
987	Fairbanks	169	0.020%	13.83x
988	Leach	169	0.020%	0.42x
989	Dangerfield	168	0.020%	5.84x
990	Flynn	168	0.020%	0.89x
991	Slaney	168	0.020%	5.49x
992	Chatwin	167	0.020%	7.45x
993	Croft	167	0.020%	0.72x
994	Lawson	167	0.020%	0.29x
995	Terry	167	0.020%	0.66x
996	Bladon	166	0.020%	9.41x
997	Fradley	166	0.020%	20.08x
998	Hammonds	166	0.020%	6.40x
999	Head	166	0.020%	0.69x
1000	Leadbetter	166	0.020%	3.25x