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 Welch, with 440 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
401	Welch	440	0.040%	1.27x
402	Lakin	438	0.040%	7.58x
403	Smart	438	0.040%	0.98x
404	Proctor	437	0.040%	1.80x
405	Bell	434	0.040%	0.23x
406	Swift	433	0.040%	1.42x
407	Malkin	432	0.040%	13.35x
408	Higgs	429	0.040%	2.39x
409	Colley	428	0.040%	3.42x
410	Wilkins	428	0.040%	0.98x
411	Goodall	427	0.040%	2.02x
412	Rock	426	0.040%	7.60x
413	Broadhurst	424	0.040%	4.25x
414	Podmore	424	0.040%	12.01x
415	Field	423	0.040%	0.86x
416	Ray	423	0.040%	2.17x
417	Simcox	422	0.040%	16.84x
418	Wilshaw	422	0.040%	16.93x
419	Clay	418	0.040%	2.07x
420	Murphy	416	0.040%	0.53x
421	Lawley	413	0.040%	6.95x
422	George	412	0.040%	0.71x
423	Kelsall	411	0.040%	8.28x
424	Elwell	406	0.040%	14.44x
425	Grove	406	0.040%	3.52x
426	Cresswell	405	0.040%	3.89x
427	Woodcock	401	0.040%	1.43x
428	Mansell	400	0.040%	3.47x
429	Morton	400	0.040%	0.76x
430	Silvester	400	0.040%	5.25x
431	Hodgkiss	399	0.040%	10.73x
432	Sadler	399	0.040%	1.72x
433	Fenton	398	0.040%	2.02x
434	Stanway	396	0.040%	14.44x
435	Berrisford	394	0.040%	13.08x
436	Warren	394	0.040%	0.60x
437	Garbett	393	0.040%	10.23x
438	Pedley	389	0.040%	7.79x
439	Nichols	388	0.040%	1.21x
440	Spooner	388	0.040%	2.73x
441	Barton	386	0.040%	0.72x
442	Shepherd	386	0.040%	0.53x
443	Thacker	386	0.040%	5.40x
444	Bostock	385	0.040%	4.16x
445	Challinor	384	0.040%	11.05x
446	Whittingham	384	0.040%	5.18x
447	Ashley	383	0.040%	2.32x
448	Berry	383	0.040%	0.49x
449	Whitehurst	383	0.040%	12.23x
450	Anslow	382	0.040%	15.03x
451	Bickley	382	0.040%	9.35x
452	Burke	382	0.040%	1.32x
453	Preece	382	0.040%	2.38x
454	Warrilow	382	0.040%	22.10x
455	Moseley	380	0.040%	4.22x
456	Wainwright	380	0.040%	1.82x
457	Hammersley	379	0.040%	12.22x
458	Anderson	378	0.040%	0.19x
459	Hurst	376	0.040%	1.07x
460	Armstrong	375	0.040%	0.50x
461	Wild	375	0.040%	0.93x
462	Coates	374	0.040%	1.02x
463	Buxton	373	0.040%	2.52x
464	Leigh	373	0.040%	1.64x
465	Downs	372	0.040%	2.12x
466	Willis	369	0.040%	0.70x
467	Crutchley	366	0.040%	13.66x
468	Warner	366	0.040%	1.02x
469	Beckett	365	0.040%	1.86x
470	Vickers	365	0.040%	1.44x
471	Harley	363	0.040%	2.86x
472	Hinton	363	0.040%	2.74x
473	Mould	363	0.040%	4.30x
474	Cartledge	362	0.040%	7.28x
475	Crump	362	0.040%	3.40x
476	Langford	362	0.040%	2.34x
477	Venables	362	0.040%	5.23x
478	Millard	361	0.040%	2.21x
479	Tipper	359	0.040%	8.48x
480	Copeland	358	0.040%	3.84x
481	Corns	358	0.040%	12.99x
482	Allcock	357	0.040%	3.35x
483	Hartill	357	0.040%	21.01x
484	Critchlow	356	0.040%	13.91x
485	Hobson	356	0.040%	1.39x
486	Roden	356	0.040%	7.71x
487	West	356	0.040%	0.38x
488	Malpass	355	0.040%	13.93x
489	Coleman	354	0.040%	0.72x
490	Worrall	352	0.040%	2.81x
491	Hemmings	351	0.040%	4.18x
492	Hodgkins	351	0.040%	7.92x
493	Yardley	351	0.040%	5.61x
494	Lunn	350	0.040%	2.74x
495	Simmons	350	0.040%	0.87x
496	Titley	350	0.040%	13.27x
497	Fieldhouse	348	0.040%	7.38x
498	Tooth	348	0.040%	12.12x
499	Neale	346	0.040%	1.48x
500	Allsop	345	0.040%	3.41x