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 Walklate, with 166 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
1001	Walklate	166	0.020%	22.11x
1002	Derbyshire	165	0.020%	1.61x
1003	Forster	165	0.020%	0.51x
1004	Gosling	165	0.020%	1.07x
1005	Gretton	165	0.020%	7.08x
1006	Pardoe	165	0.020%	3.40x
1007	Parkinson	165	0.020%	0.35x
1008	Shutt	165	0.020%	4.64x
1009	Woodings	165	0.020%	19.27x
1010	Barrow	164	0.020%	0.78x
1011	Bray	164	0.020%	0.49x
1012	Elsmore	164	0.020%	12.15x
1013	Morrall	164	0.020%	9.40x
1014	Ratcliff	164	0.020%	2.58x
1015	Swain	164	0.020%	0.86x
1016	Astle	163	0.020%	5.08x
1017	Lynch	163	0.020%	0.63x
1018	Pickerill	163	0.020%	14.60x
1019	Robbins	163	0.020%	1.06x
1020	Unwin	163	0.020%	1.66x
1021	Butters	162	0.020%	3.34x
1022	Cowley	162	0.020%	0.89x
1023	Dennis	162	0.020%	0.56x
1024	Doyle	162	0.020%	0.67x
1025	Hartshorne	162	0.020%	10.70x
1026	Hillman	162	0.020%	1.91x
1027	Walford	162	0.020%	2.68x
1028	Willett	162	0.020%	2.09x
1029	Butcher	161	0.020%	0.39x
1030	Cliffe	161	0.020%	2.60x
1031	Lowbridge	161	0.020%	27.17x
1032	Rice	161	0.020%	0.53x
1033	Waterfield	161	0.020%	3.97x
1034	Wooton	161	0.020%	6.14x
1035	Abbotts	160	0.020%	10.63x
1036	Beswick	160	0.020%	1.66x
1037	Ferneyhough	160	0.020%	22.19x
1038	Henshaw	160	0.020%	1.90x
1039	Hipkiss	160	0.020%	8.36x
1040	Houghton	160	0.020%	0.46x
1041	Mottram	160	0.020%	3.00x
1042	Toon	160	0.020%	4.33x
1043	Greenfield	159	0.020%	1.45x
1044	Trafford	159	0.020%	4.02x
1045	Vincent	159	0.020%	0.52x
1046	Banner	158	0.020%	2.93x
1047	Bowater	158	0.020%	10.96x
1048	Clewley	158	0.020%	17.08x
1049	Fleming	158	0.020%	0.39x
1050	Gittings	158	0.020%	8.34x
1051	Malbon	158	0.020%	22.42x
1052	Needham	158	0.020%	0.75x
1053	Steadman	158	0.020%	2.60x
1054	Stones	158	0.020%	1.35x
1055	Tideswell	158	0.020%	17.45x
1056	Wheat	158	0.020%	6.82x
1057	Carroll	157	0.020%	0.79x
1058	Hinks	157	0.020%	3.91x
1059	Howl	157	0.020%	19.38x
1060	Humpage	157	0.020%	13.36x
1061	Shore	157	0.020%	1.48x
1062	Storer	157	0.020%	2.54x
1063	Bridge	156	0.020%	0.78x
1064	Briscoe	156	0.020%	2.46x
1065	Tittensor	156	0.020%	25.61x
1066	Broomhall	155	0.020%	11.62x
1067	Clewes	155	0.020%	10.80x
1068	Grundy	155	0.020%	0.77x
1069	Hicklin	155	0.020%	10.46x
1070	Monk	155	0.020%	0.75x
1071	Paskin	155	0.020%	24.14x
1072	Shilton	155	0.020%	5.07x
1073	Siviter	155	0.020%	16.35x
1074	Wynne	155	0.020%	1.63x
1075	Caswell	154	0.020%	3.22x
1076	Clarkson	154	0.020%	0.59x
1077	Fern	154	0.020%	5.00x
1078	Goddard	154	0.020%	0.39x
1079	Mallin	154	0.020%	11.49x
1080	Meacham	154	0.020%	7.70x
1081	Robotham	154	0.020%	8.46x
1082	Sawyer	154	0.020%	0.85x
1083	Simkins	154	0.020%	5.04x
1084	Swinnerton	154	0.020%	10.80x
1085	Thorpe	154	0.020%	0.40x
1086	Warrender	154	0.020%	9.85x
1087	Acton	153	0.020%	2.68x
1088	Cockayne	153	0.020%	5.16x
1089	Scarratt	153	0.020%	17.47x
1090	Vale	153	0.020%	2.17x
1091	Wallbank	153	0.020%	5.00x
1092	Chatfield	152	0.020%	3.20x
1093	Forrest	152	0.020%	0.60x
1094	Foxall	152	0.020%	5.45x
1095	Goodfellow	152	0.020%	1.74x
1096	Kendall	152	0.020%	0.72x
1097	Belfield	151	0.020%	6.04x
1098	Boswell	151	0.020%	1.63x
1099	Dent	151	0.020%	0.80x
1100	Little	151	0.020%	0.32x