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 Stanton, with 569 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
301	Stanton	569	0.060%	2.89x
302	Davenport	567	0.060%	3.03x
303	Hyde	562	0.060%	1.85x
304	Handley	561	0.060%	3.37x
305	Holloway	561	0.060%	1.86x
306	Hollins	560	0.060%	10.84x
307	Hackett	558	0.060%	4.80x
308	Caddick	551	0.060%	16.12x
309	Read	551	0.060%	0.87x
310	Rigby	551	0.060%	1.93x
311	Jenkins	550	0.060%	0.47x
312	Chapman	546	0.060%	0.39x
313	Barber	543	0.060%	0.91x
314	Andrews	539	0.050%	0.57x
315	Freeman	538	0.050%	0.85x
316	Bott	534	0.050%	6.88x
317	Onions	533	0.050%	9.72x
318	Mathews	531	0.050%	1.46x
319	Williamson	531	0.050%	0.60x
320	Holdcroft	528	0.050%	23.58x
321	Till	525	0.050%	7.57x
322	Burns	523	0.050%	0.79x
323	Garner	522	0.050%	1.67x
324	Nock	522	0.050%	11.97x
325	Burrows	521	0.050%	1.21x
326	Howard	521	0.050%	0.54x
327	Ash	519	0.050%	3.19x
328	Gibbons	519	0.050%	1.64x
329	Chambers	516	0.050%	0.92x
330	Knowles	516	0.050%	0.98x
331	Lea	511	0.050%	2.62x
332	Pickering	510	0.050%	1.43x
333	Stringer	510	0.050%	2.60x
334	Billingham	508	0.050%	8.50x
335	Tromans	506	0.050%	22.97x
336	Lawrence	505	0.050%	0.79x
337	Grice	503	0.050%	4.95x
338	Hood	503	0.050%	1.84x
339	Jukes	503	0.050%	8.47x
340	Parry	503	0.050%	0.67x
341	Stephens	500	0.050%	0.91x
342	Clowes	499	0.050%	9.10x
343	Hampton	499	0.050%	3.21x
344	Gee	497	0.050%	1.97x
345	Newman	497	0.050%	0.68x
346	Cartlidge	496	0.050%	17.47x
347	Jeavons	496	0.050%	19.34x
348	Brassington	495	0.050%	12.59x
349	Key	494	0.050%	3.63x
350	Turley	494	0.050%	9.29x
351	Bromley	492	0.050%	3.24x
352	Cliff	492	0.050%	5.71x
353	Parton	490	0.050%	9.13x
354	Watts	490	0.050%	0.59x
355	Gibbs	489	0.050%	1.01x
356	Oakes	488	0.050%	3.42x
357	Skidmore	486	0.050%	6.71x
358	Lockley	483	0.050%	12.91x
359	Cadman	481	0.050%	5.98x
360	Beard	480	0.050%	1.85x
361	Blakemore	478	0.050%	11.36x
362	Norton	478	0.050%	1.46x
363	Snape	478	0.050%	5.26x
364	Wheeler	477	0.050%	0.80x
365	Bond	475	0.050%	0.91x
366	Ingram	473	0.050%	1.57x
367	Redfern	473	0.050%	3.44x
368	Carr	472	0.050%	0.66x
369	Hayes	470	0.050%	0.77x
370	Hancox	469	0.050%	6.24x
371	Meakin	468	0.050%	6.09x
372	Astbury	466	0.050%	10.10x
373	Hodgetts	466	0.050%	10.14x
374	Shelley	466	0.050%	6.10x
375	Hart	465	0.050%	0.55x
376	Moreton	465	0.050%	6.30x
377	Clews	462	0.050%	10.33x
378	Jervis	461	0.050%	6.08x
379	Appleby	459	0.050%	2.85x
380	Hassall	458	0.050%	7.44x
381	Hawley	454	0.050%	4.71x
382	Walley	454	0.050%	9.78x
383	Wilks	454	0.050%	2.93x
384	Clayton	453	0.050%	0.85x
385	Leech	453	0.050%	2.82x
386	Brunt	451	0.050%	6.64x
387	Collier	451	0.050%	1.37x
388	Grocott	451	0.050%	15.96x
389	Osborne	450	0.050%	0.96x
390	Daniels	449	0.050%	1.45x
391	Smallwood	449	0.050%	4.94x
392	Capewell	447	0.050%	16.51x
393	Baxter	446	0.050%	0.76x
394	Pratt	445	0.050%	0.79x
395	Worthington	445	0.050%	2.25x
396	Pope	444	0.050%	1.31x
397	Wain	444	0.050%	5.37x
398	Hough	441	0.040%	2.60x
399	Small	441	0.040%	1.76x
400	Watkins	441	0.040%	0.74x