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 Bristow, with 56 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
2201	Bristow	56	0.010%	0.42x
2202	Cantrell	56	0.010%	4.12x
2203	Care	56	0.010%	2.56x
2204	Cheetham	56	0.010%	0.37x
2205	Dowell	56	0.010%	1.13x
2206	Drakeford	56	0.010%	5.93x
2207	Duffell	56	0.010%	4.63x
2208	Elsby	56	0.010%	9.40x
2209	Hildick	56	0.010%	18.10x
2210	Jacques	56	0.010%	0.67x
2211	Jeffery	56	0.010%	0.26x
2212	Meller	56	0.010%	3.35x
2213	Patterson	56	0.010%	0.16x
2214	Sylvester	56	0.010%	1.69x
2215	Tickle	56	0.010%	1.27x
2216	Trigg	56	0.010%	1.01x
2217	Windmill	56	0.010%	3.57x
2218	Birchenough	55	0.010%	3.28x
2219	Brittle	55	0.010%	4.79x
2220	Bush	55	0.010%	0.23x
2221	Carey	55	0.010%	0.30x
2222	Childs	55	0.010%	0.30x
2223	Detheridge	55	0.010%	12.85x
2224	Dilks	55	0.010%	3.68x
2225	Fellowes	55	0.010%	3.38x
2226	Firmstone	55	0.010%	11.06x
2227	Flaherty	55	0.010%	1.81x
2228	Illidge	55	0.010%	8.98x
2229	Jakeman	55	0.010%	2.01x
2230	Kitson	55	0.010%	0.70x
2231	Leary	55	0.010%	0.62x
2232	Letts	55	0.010%	1.63x
2233	Mattox	55	0.010%	24.21x
2234	Metcalfe	55	0.010%	0.24x
2235	Ogden	55	0.010%	0.20x
2236	Paul	55	0.010%	0.22x
2237	Pierce	55	0.010%	0.38x
2238	Plumb	55	0.010%	0.69x
2239	Portman	55	0.010%	3.06x
2240	Rooke	55	0.010%	0.76x
2241	Ryley	55	0.010%	2.16x
2242	Sewell	55	0.010%	0.26x
2243	Shannon	55	0.010%	0.72x
2244	Simkiss	55	0.010%	10.19x
2245	Slynn	55	0.010%	22.89x
2246	Southam	55	0.010%	1.34x
2247	Ware	55	0.010%	0.34x
2248	Willitts	55	0.010%	7.81x
2249	Wiltshire	55	0.010%	0.42x
2250	Bliss	54	0.010%	0.89x
2251	Carver	54	0.010%	0.60x
2252	Cawser	54	0.010%	26.04x
2253	Clutton	54	0.010%	2.99x
2254	Cowell	54	0.010%	0.38x
2255	Durant	54	0.010%	1.58x
2256	Forbes	54	0.010%	0.16x
2257	Fullard	54	0.010%	6.48x
2258	Grindey	54	0.010%	14.51x
2259	Hadfield	54	0.010%	0.39x
2260	Hastings	54	0.010%	0.43x
2261	Hollyoak	54	0.010%	9.82x
2262	House	54	0.010%	0.42x
2263	Howle	54	0.010%	9.53x
2264	Kane	54	0.010%	0.68x
2265	Liversage	54	0.010%	5.92x
2266	Meadows	54	0.010%	0.39x
2267	Paget	54	0.010%	1.03x
2268	Ramsell	54	0.010%	7.04x
2269	Redman	54	0.010%	0.42x
2270	Rogerson	54	0.010%	0.45x
2271	Selvey	54	0.010%	9.53x
2272	Share	54	0.010%	6.41x
2273	Stocking	54	0.010%	6.61x
2274	Swatman	54	0.010%	8.68x
2275	Symonds	54	0.010%	0.45x
2276	Toole	54	0.010%	1.01x
2277	Towers	54	0.010%	0.47x
2278	Whatton	54	0.010%	6.78x
2279	Wiggins	54	0.010%	0.51x
2280	Worsdale	54	0.010%	8.20x
2281	Wyld	54	0.010%	2.86x
2282	Barks	53	0.010%	3.90x
2283	Barnbrook	53	0.010%	14.63x
2284	Boyce	53	0.010%	0.36x
2285	Brace	53	0.010%	0.94x
2286	Brawn	53	0.010%	2.97x
2287	Breese	53	0.010%	2.01x
2288	Connelly	53	0.010%	0.58x
2289	Connolly	53	0.010%	0.46x
2290	Crewe	53	0.010%	2.06x
2291	Crowe	53	0.010%	0.54x
2292	Dexter	53	0.010%	0.73x
2293	Duckworth	53	0.010%	0.28x
2294	Easthope	53	0.010%	4.57x
2295	Felthouse	53	0.010%	18.72x
2296	Fitchett	53	0.010%	2.21x
2297	Fitzpatrick	53	0.010%	0.37x
2298	Ganner	53	0.010%	15.19x
2299	Harries	53	0.010%	0.29x
2300	Hartwell	53	0.010%	1.31x