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 Somerfield, with 134 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
1201	Somerfield	134	0.010%	12.52x
1202	Toy	134	0.010%	3.69x
1203	Crane	133	0.010%	0.64x
1204	Crook	133	0.010%	0.47x
1205	Geary	133	0.010%	1.72x
1206	Micklewright	133	0.010%	10.17x
1207	Moody	133	0.010%	0.52x
1208	Wooliscroft	133	0.010%	16.42x
1209	Basford	132	0.010%	4.45x
1210	Bellingham	132	0.010%	3.63x
1211	Farnell	132	0.010%	3.65x
1212	Marks	132	0.010%	0.65x
1213	Moorcroft	132	0.010%	4.03x
1214	Ralphs	132	0.010%	5.09x
1215	Wedgwood	132	0.010%	14.37x
1216	Blurton	131	0.010%	17.60x
1217	Hicks	131	0.010%	0.32x
1218	Mosley	131	0.010%	1.41x
1219	Norris	131	0.010%	0.31x
1220	Sedgley	131	0.010%	8.71x
1221	Stockley	131	0.010%	3.08x
1222	Bacon	130	0.010%	0.52x
1223	Birkin	130	0.010%	6.71x
1224	Elcock	130	0.010%	6.12x
1225	Lownds	130	0.010%	9.49x
1226	Power	130	0.010%	0.98x
1227	Steward	130	0.010%	1.03x
1228	Udall	130	0.010%	7.05x
1229	Blewitt	129	0.010%	5.83x
1230	Chester	129	0.010%	1.07x
1231	Dyer	129	0.010%	0.34x
1232	Foulkes	129	0.010%	1.40x
1233	Kite	129	0.010%	2.30x
1234	Mear	129	0.010%	7.03x
1235	Meeson	129	0.010%	11.07x
1236	Shipton	129	0.010%	3.16x
1237	Bowden	128	0.010%	0.45x
1238	Bridgewater	128	0.010%	5.59x
1239	Bruce	128	0.010%	0.28x
1240	Henley	128	0.010%	1.70x
1241	Jefferies	128	0.010%	1.17x
1242	Kay	128	0.010%	0.25x
1243	Titterton	128	0.010%	8.02x
1244	Wagg	128	0.010%	5.55x
1245	Bartlam	127	0.010%	11.94x
1246	Dolan	127	0.010%	1.48x
1247	Heaton	127	0.010%	0.54x
1248	Hurley	127	0.010%	1.10x
1249	Ravenscroft	127	0.010%	3.79x
1250	Reade	127	0.010%	4.29x
1251	Tipton	127	0.010%	5.31x
1252	Withington	127	0.010%	4.88x
1253	Best	126	0.010%	0.47x
1254	Bunting	126	0.010%	1.15x
1255	Bushell	126	0.010%	1.32x
1256	Creswell	126	0.010%	4.00x
1257	Dingley	126	0.010%	4.25x
1258	Dovey	126	0.010%	3.34x
1259	Inskip	126	0.010%	7.21x
1260	Stafford	126	0.010%	0.60x
1261	Thornhill	126	0.010%	2.04x
1262	Arblaster	125	0.010%	19.98x
1263	Bartram	125	0.010%	2.56x
1264	Bosson	125	0.010%	15.62x
1265	Chance	125	0.010%	2.74x
1266	Draycott	125	0.010%	3.80x
1267	Farrell	125	0.010%	0.67x
1268	Fielding	125	0.010%	0.57x
1269	Marklew	125	0.010%	15.75x
1270	Maskery	125	0.010%	13.66x
1271	Noakes	125	0.010%	1.73x
1272	Orgill	125	0.010%	13.66x
1273	Taft	125	0.010%	7.44x
1274	Brandrick	124	0.010%	20.58x
1275	Hipkins	124	0.010%	10.37x
1276	Hodkinson	124	0.010%	1.78x
1277	Kingston	124	0.010%	1.35x
1278	Poyser	124	0.010%	4.71x
1279	Dewsbury	123	0.010%	8.12x
1280	Lord	123	0.010%	0.27x
1281	Nutt	123	0.010%	1.73x
1282	Prosser	123	0.010%	0.80x
1283	Seabridge	123	0.010%	18.87x
1284	Wallett	123	0.010%	16.75x
1285	Wesley	123	0.010%	3.20x
1286	Willshaw	123	0.010%	14.42x
1287	Bywater	122	0.010%	2.46x
1288	Hodgson	122	0.010%	0.18x
1289	Lines	122	0.010%	1.17x
1290	Scattergood	122	0.010%	4.60x
1291	Sneyd	122	0.010%	12.60x
1292	Wilding	122	0.010%	1.05x
1293	Wolverson	122	0.010%	19.81x
1294	Adcock	121	0.010%	1.24x
1295	Eccles	121	0.010%	0.77x
1296	Foy	121	0.010%	1.49x
1297	Morriss	121	0.010%	2.01x
1298	Peplow	121	0.010%	9.01x
1299	Wigley	121	0.010%	1.94x
1300	Crumpton	120	0.010%	5.15x