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 Lacy, with 69 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
1901	Lacy	69	0.010%	1.07x
1902	Locket	69	0.010%	6.15x
1903	Pooler	69	0.010%	9.11x
1904	Poynton	69	0.010%	4.20x
1905	Rich	69	0.010%	0.56x
1906	Richmond	69	0.010%	0.32x
1907	Shone	69	0.010%	1.72x
1908	Tracey	69	0.010%	1.10x
1909	Bale	68	0.010%	0.92x
1910	Blount	68	0.010%	2.01x
1911	Bonehill	68	0.010%	6.95x
1912	Bowman	68	0.010%	0.26x
1913	Burt	68	0.010%	0.29x
1914	Castle	68	0.010%	0.35x
1915	Cattell	68	0.010%	2.48x
1916	Chatterton	68	0.010%	1.21x
1917	Clinton	68	0.010%	1.80x
1918	Davidson	68	0.010%	0.08x
1919	Deacon	68	0.010%	0.41x
1920	Dunkley	68	0.010%	0.87x
1921	Garrington	68	0.010%	10.65x
1922	Greenaway	68	0.010%	1.10x
1923	Grovenor	68	0.010%	12.08x
1924	Jepson	68	0.010%	0.70x
1925	Lightwood	68	0.010%	9.10x
1926	Lounds	68	0.010%	9.14x
1927	Molloy	68	0.010%	1.26x
1928	Obrien	68	0.010%	0.47x
1929	Ricketts	68	0.010%	0.71x
1930	Salisbury	68	0.010%	0.69x
1931	Seaman	68	0.010%	0.89x
1932	Skeldon	68	0.010%	6.79x
1933	Sproson	68	0.010%	11.94x
1934	Styles	68	0.010%	0.65x
1935	Wearing	68	0.010%	2.25x
1936	Wesson	68	0.010%	2.65x
1937	Batham	67	0.010%	13.94x
1938	Boucher	67	0.010%	1.29x
1939	Brett	67	0.010%	0.36x
1940	Brocklehurst	67	0.010%	1.25x
1941	Broomfield	67	0.010%	1.01x
1942	Burn	67	0.010%	0.50x
1943	Carthy	67	0.010%	4.39x
1944	Courtney	67	0.010%	0.95x
1945	Cranage	67	0.010%	13.66x
1946	Daley	67	0.010%	0.58x
1947	England	67	0.010%	0.33x
1948	Fowles	67	0.010%	1.39x
1949	Fry	67	0.010%	0.21x
1950	Greensmith	67	0.010%	2.53x
1951	Hallett	67	0.010%	0.55x
1952	Humphrey	67	0.010%	0.26x
1953	Madden	67	0.010%	0.79x
1954	Oates	67	0.010%	0.44x
1955	Onion	67	0.010%	3.49x
1956	Rabone	67	0.010%	7.24x
1957	Spare	67	0.010%	8.14x
1958	Strong	67	0.010%	0.46x
1959	Tanner	67	0.010%	0.30x
1960	Wale	67	0.010%	1.42x
1961	Walwyn	67	0.010%	13.75x
1962	Brewster	66	0.010%	0.69x
1963	Ditchfield	66	0.010%	1.96x
1964	Durham	66	0.010%	0.78x
1965	Gannon	66	0.010%	1.55x
1966	Hinsley	66	0.010%	4.47x
1967	Hitchen	66	0.010%	0.98x
1968	Kibble	66	0.010%	2.22x
1969	Mears	66	0.010%	0.71x
1970	Morrell	66	0.010%	0.71x
1971	Paine	66	0.010%	0.49x
1972	Pickard	66	0.010%	0.48x
1973	Prior	66	0.010%	0.29x
1974	Staley	66	0.010%	2.04x
1975	Stretch	66	0.010%	2.98x
1976	Summerton	66	0.010%	4.63x
1977	Sykes	66	0.010%	0.14x
1978	Treadwell	66	0.010%	2.57x
1979	Vyse	66	0.010%	4.65x
1980	Beeson	65	0.010%	1.65x
1981	Butter	65	0.010%	1.39x
1982	Dowler	65	0.010%	3.60x
1983	Elliot	65	0.010%	0.26x
1984	Finnemore	65	0.010%	8.29x
1985	Gallear	65	0.010%	24.07x
1986	Grimley	65	0.010%	3.10x
1987	Hitchens	65	0.010%	2.73x
1988	Lock	65	0.010%	0.23x
1989	Maxwell	65	0.010%	0.28x
1990	Mee	65	0.010%	0.87x
1991	Mottershead	65	0.010%	1.96x
1992	Rawlinson	65	0.010%	0.55x
1993	Stallard	65	0.010%	1.49x
1994	Thomason	65	0.010%	1.13x
1995	Tittley	65	0.010%	12.82x
1996	Unitt	65	0.010%	9.72x
1997	Williscroft	65	0.010%	17.47x
1998	Withnall	65	0.010%	12.26x
1999	Ballance	64	0.010%	7.90x
2000	Bently	64	0.010%	2.51x