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 Flint, with 120 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
1301	Flint	120	0.010%	0.68x
1302	Meese	120	0.010%	16.57x
1303	Moor	120	0.010%	0.87x
1304	Sedgwick	120	0.010%	1.68x
1305	Shinton	120	0.010%	15.12x
1306	Teece	120	0.010%	9.25x
1307	Batkin	119	0.010%	19.43x
1308	Brady	119	0.010%	0.68x
1309	Docksey	119	0.010%	21.90x
1310	Ellerton	119	0.010%	6.68x
1311	Gilman	119	0.010%	4.03x
1312	Harriss	119	0.010%	1.85x
1313	Ibbs	119	0.010%	12.82x
1314	Meigh	119	0.010%	17.72x
1315	Pilsbury	119	0.010%	19.43x
1316	Sparrow	119	0.010%	0.95x
1317	Amison	118	0.010%	22.40x
1318	Baines	118	0.010%	0.63x
1319	Baskeyfield	118	0.010%	27.15x
1320	Brant	118	0.010%	2.95x
1321	Done	118	0.010%	3.47x
1322	Goodhead	118	0.010%	10.36x
1323	Horner	118	0.010%	0.63x
1324	Thomson	118	0.010%	0.09x
1325	Tomkins	118	0.010%	1.15x
1326	Egan	117	0.010%	1.43x
1327	Espley	117	0.010%	14.44x
1328	Freakley	117	0.010%	21.28x
1329	Harrington	117	0.010%	0.63x
1330	Spruce	117	0.010%	5.88x
1331	Alexander	116	0.010%	0.22x
1332	Bestwick	116	0.010%	6.91x
1333	Boardman	116	0.010%	0.73x
1334	Clifford	116	0.010%	0.57x
1335	Eyre	116	0.010%	0.98x
1336	Gething	116	0.010%	7.28x
1337	Purchase	116	0.010%	3.43x
1338	Wakeman	116	0.010%	3.88x
1339	Waring	116	0.010%	0.94x
1340	Allerton	115	0.010%	5.10x
1341	Ault	115	0.010%	5.05x
1342	Averill	115	0.010%	12.84x
1343	Bladen	115	0.010%	9.46x
1344	Blakeway	115	0.010%	9.31x
1345	Bridgwater	115	0.010%	6.14x
1346	Dalton	115	0.010%	0.51x
1347	Ferguson	115	0.010%	0.16x
1348	Fleet	115	0.010%	1.74x
1349	Gittins	115	0.010%	1.89x
1350	Heap	115	0.010%	0.69x
1351	Poulson	115	0.010%	4.88x
1352	Sammons	115	0.010%	7.59x
1353	Squires	115	0.010%	0.82x
1354	Beddall	114	0.010%	8.88x
1355	Bowcock	114	0.010%	8.97x
1356	Bowker	114	0.010%	1.19x
1357	Buck	114	0.010%	0.54x
1358	Chesworth	114	0.010%	5.17x
1359	Colbourn	114	0.010%	10.62x
1360	Farley	114	0.010%	0.92x
1361	Gadsby	114	0.010%	2.82x
1362	Golding	114	0.010%	0.66x
1363	Rochell	114	0.010%	18.51x
1364	Shemilt	114	0.010%	24.38x
1365	Ashford	113	0.010%	1.16x
1366	Bevington	113	0.010%	8.19x
1367	Cadwallader	113	0.010%	5.69x
1368	Campion	113	0.010%	1.64x
1369	Douglas	113	0.010%	0.24x
1370	Eades	113	0.010%	2.23x
1371	Garrett	113	0.010%	0.50x
1372	Lilley	113	0.010%	0.83x
1373	Sharpe	113	0.010%	0.39x
1374	Shelly	113	0.010%	4.92x
1375	Blackwell	112	0.010%	0.62x
1376	Deans	112	0.010%	1.67x
1377	Duffy	112	0.010%	0.52x
1378	Nelson	112	0.010%	0.23x
1379	Pountney	112	0.010%	5.84x
1380	Arkinstall	111	0.010%	12.44x
1381	Baggaley	111	0.010%	5.81x
1382	Bebbington	111	0.010%	2.54x
1383	Carnall	111	0.010%	5.98x
1384	Cash	111	0.010%	1.70x
1385	Howes	111	0.010%	0.64x
1386	Kemp	111	0.010%	0.20x
1387	Masters	111	0.010%	0.61x
1388	Minshall	111	0.010%	5.75x
1389	Plimmer	111	0.010%	9.21x
1390	Sant	111	0.010%	5.64x
1391	Spink	111	0.010%	1.40x
1392	Sumner	111	0.010%	0.70x
1393	Tart	111	0.010%	9.31x
1394	Trubshaw	111	0.010%	20.07x
1395	Abberley	110	0.010%	13.47x
1396	Bartlett	110	0.010%	0.25x
1397	Cain	110	0.010%	0.54x
1398	Clamp	110	0.010%	3.65x
1399	Glaze	110	0.010%	9.46x
1400	Johnstone	110	0.010%	0.25x