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 Wileman, with 61 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
2101	Wileman	61	0.010%	2.70x
2102	Bagott	60	0.010%	12.74x
2103	Bonell	60	0.010%	8.17x
2104	Budworth	60	0.010%	7.50x
2105	Burkitt	60	0.010%	3.09x
2106	Butt	60	0.010%	0.47x
2107	Davenhill	60	0.010%	23.98x
2108	Eccleshall	60	0.010%	9.80x
2109	Fitzgerald	60	0.010%	0.35x
2110	Fraser	60	0.010%	0.07x
2111	Garnett	60	0.010%	0.49x
2112	Gavin	60	0.010%	1.23x
2113	Hamson	60	0.010%	3.91x
2114	Highway	60	0.010%	10.72x
2115	Langston	60	0.010%	2.16x
2116	Leake	60	0.010%	1.48x
2117	Meadon	60	0.010%	17.69x
2118	Mitchel	60	0.010%	0.62x
2119	Nevitt	60	0.010%	4.71x
2120	Nuttall	60	0.010%	0.24x
2121	Reeve	60	0.010%	0.26x
2122	Spate	60	0.010%	24.97x
2123	Sutherland	60	0.010%	0.12x
2124	Tayler	60	0.010%	1.11x
2125	Tunley	60	0.010%	7.12x
2126	Twist	60	0.010%	1.23x
2127	Ankers	59	0.010%	2.40x
2128	Bedward	59	0.010%	11.41x
2129	Butterworth	59	0.010%	0.17x
2130	Callear	59	0.010%	16.75x
2131	Chetwynd	59	0.010%	5.95x
2132	Dobbs	59	0.010%	0.89x
2133	Eggington	59	0.010%	7.72x
2134	Gilmore	59	0.010%	1.02x
2135	Hawker	59	0.010%	0.78x
2136	Higgott	59	0.010%	10.67x
2137	Hinds	59	0.010%	0.87x
2138	Howarth	59	0.010%	0.12x
2139	Hussey	59	0.010%	0.59x
2140	Judd	59	0.010%	0.46x
2141	Langton	59	0.010%	0.75x
2142	Morecroft	59	0.010%	6.33x
2143	Mullock	59	0.010%	6.03x
2144	Sherriff	59	0.010%	1.95x
2145	Simpkin	59	0.010%	1.59x
2146	Smout	59	0.010%	3.76x
2147	Swanwick	59	0.010%	4.40x
2148	Tompson	59	0.010%	2.79x
2149	Truman	59	0.010%	0.96x
2150	Argyle	58	0.010%	3.52x
2151	Bedworth	58	0.010%	10.42x
2152	Boyden	58	0.010%	3.08x
2153	Brooke	58	0.010%	0.39x
2154	Caddy	58	0.010%	2.06x
2155	Chatham	58	0.010%	3.72x
2156	Cohen	58	0.010%	0.37x
2157	Dance	58	0.010%	0.73x
2158	Dancer	58	0.010%	2.74x
2159	Haddon	58	0.010%	0.88x
2160	Halden	58	0.010%	6.55x
2161	Hind	58	0.010%	0.47x
2162	Huson	58	0.010%	5.66x
2163	Jobber	58	0.010%	24.13x
2164	Light	58	0.010%	0.64x
2165	Lindsay	58	0.010%	0.18x
2166	Lote	58	0.010%	18.54x
2167	Maguire	58	0.010%	0.58x
2168	Mosedale	58	0.010%	6.07x
2169	Mullet	58	0.010%	12.06x
2170	Noble	58	0.010%	0.14x
2171	Norcup	58	0.010%	30.38x
2172	Padmore	58	0.010%	3.86x
2173	Seymour	58	0.010%	0.29x
2174	Stott	58	0.010%	0.19x
2175	Tolly	58	0.010%	6.93x
2176	Torr	58	0.010%	2.73x
2177	Towey	58	0.010%	9.13x
2178	Wickstead	58	0.010%	7.73x
2179	Wint	58	0.010%	11.90x
2180	Callaghan	57	0.010%	0.51x
2181	Devall	57	0.010%	7.59x
2182	Dyson	57	0.010%	0.18x
2183	Eld	57	0.010%	9.31x
2184	Fernihough	57	0.010%	12.02x
2185	Froggatt	57	0.010%	1.26x
2186	Fulford	57	0.010%	1.73x
2187	Gillard	57	0.010%	0.66x
2188	Haydon	57	0.010%	0.92x
2189	Lacey	57	0.010%	0.31x
2190	Middlebrook	57	0.010%	3.15x
2191	Osbourne	57	0.010%	1.57x
2192	Peers	57	0.010%	0.99x
2193	Rowlinson	57	0.010%	1.85x
2194	Smedley	57	0.010%	0.71x
2195	Swetnam	57	0.010%	23.08x
2196	Tipping	57	0.010%	1.01x
2197	Weatherby	57	0.010%	4.06x
2198	Yearsley	57	0.010%	2.86x
2199	Allwood	56	0.010%	1.40x
2200	Anderton	56	0.010%	0.48x